David F. Ruccio — Ayn Rand, Native Americans, and property rights

The twisted logic "primitive accumulation" (Marx & Engels), summarized by Ayn Rand to justify the massive rip-offs of colonialism. And the neo-colonialists are still at it. It is still taking place in undeveloped and underdeveloped areas on the same pretext, mostly tribal with no formal land titles even through the peoples living in those places have been using the land for hundreds if not thousands of years.

Economic liberalism is based on enclosure of the commons ordinarily through violence or the threat of violence, and property rights are maintained by the force of law with the power of the state to enforce it. There is nothing liberal about this at all. It is the height of illiberal based on the use and threat of violence based on specious reasoning to justify it.

Historically, economic liberalism required imperialism and colonialism to develop in the way it did into modern capitalism, and it still need it, so the neo-imperialistic and neo-colonial wars continue to increase spheres of influence, add territory controlled and resources available for exploitation.

See Gen. Smedely Butler, War is a racket

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.

I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.

I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.

And war is the most profitable racket in the world! [source] 

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David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics ,University of Notre Dame

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West Point appeared to express no concern with Rand’s extreme, white supremacist views, nevertheless. A West Point official offered final remarks after her speech, quipping: “Ms. Rand, you have certainly given us a delighted example of a major engagement in philosophy, in the wake of which you have left a long list of casualties” — to which the audience laughed and applauded. “And have tossed and gored several sacred cows,” he added. “I hope so,” Rand replied.

More than just seemingly condoning Rand’s comments, the U.S. Military Academy also admirably echoed Ayn Rand’s views. “Ms. Rand, in writing Atlas Shrugged,” the West Point official continued at the graduation ceremony, “made one remark that I thought was important to us when she said that the only proper purpose of a government is to protect Man’s rights, and the only proper functions of the government are the police, to protect our property at home; the law, to protect our rights and contracts; and the army, to protect us from foreign threats. And we appreciate your coming to the home of the Army tonight to address us.” More thunderous applause followed.

The U.S. Military Academy later republished the lecture — but not the Q&A — in a philosophy textbook, giving it the government’s seal of approval.

White supremacy because "American exceptionalism."

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