A New Title from Ayn Rand!

Posted by mshupe 5 years, 6 months ago to Culture
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http://textbookofamericanism.com/#ins... for the 55 second video promo narrated by Yaron Brook
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 5 years, 6 months ago
    What me dino took away from the short video~
    Individual rights is the genius of America.
    Me once drafted against my will and always having been an IRS-bullied taxpayer knew I'm supposed to be free,
    but I never up until now considered individual rights as being the genius of America.
    I agree with the concept while trying to also wrap my head around eminent domain and cops seizing my cash should
    I be found with what some government fat cat arbitrarily proclaims to be too much to be in my possession.
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  • Posted by term2 5 years, 6 months ago
    doesnt seem to be available in kindle edition. Too bad, as I read books exclusively on my phone , as its more convenient
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    • Posted by $ Stormi 5 years, 6 months ago
      Just ordered the paperback. What's one more book when you have thousands. I like having something the government can't just wipe out, or some North Korean electromagnetic event can't make unavailable.Always suspicious.
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      • Posted by term2 5 years, 6 months ago
        Good point about kindle books are not permanent and depend on electronics to read them. Also applied to bank accounts and ATM access. We are living in the edge for sure
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 5 years, 6 months ago
    It sounds really cool.

    "Most people have no idea what the United States represents."
    - Standing at arm's length
    - Free refills
    - Working while eating a huge plate of food all mixing together, never in courses
    - Saying "I have gotten your message." and "It's different than that.""
    - Smiling at strangers
    - Driving a car 400 yards.
    - Carrying a 24oz silver coffee cup around with weak coffee, never strong coffee, rarely tea, often filled up at a drive-through.

    I'm just kidding about all that. We really have forgotten those basic principles. We've acquired little habits that I miss when we travel. I read an account of the French being shocked at how George Washington ate dinner on a huge plate with all the courses mixed together, as if we were all commoners. We are.

    But the little habits are certainly not what it's about. The values America was founded on are something everyone can and should have.
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    • Posted by EgoPriest 5 years, 6 months ago
      In that connection, I would like to recommend a beautiful book (and will in books) titled "Your Life Belongs to You: A True Story About the Birth of the United States" by Montessori preschool teacher Barbara Cushman based on a lecture by Dr. John Ridpath.

      Getting this book into libraries and classrooms will do more to advance the long-range cause for freedom than any other book for young readers and prime young minds to understand and appreciate the books (and philosophy) of Ayn Rand.
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      • Posted by CircuitGuy 5 years, 6 months ago
        They need this for all ages. Can they understand it at 2.5 - 6? Maybe so. My kids definitely started receiving messages at that age, which my wife and I have to balance out.
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      • Posted by $ Abaco 5 years, 6 months ago
        Awesome! I will look into this one. My kids both attend a Montessori school. Not surprised of the source on this one.

        Your life does belong to you. I talk to my kids all the time about this.
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