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<DIV><FONT size=2>My hubby Patrick brought this to my attention recently -
I had no idea about this aspect of Ayn Rand's views. Patrick belongs to an
Internet forum discussion group (talk origins or some such), and he forwarded
one discussion to me where a person wrote "<FONT size=3>I can tell you what made
Rand uncomfortable about the theory of evolution. If man descends from a lower
animal, of whatever sort, then /the mind of man is no longer
exceptional."</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I am still looking around exploring this subject ...
hmmm:</DIV></FONT>
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class=Apple-style-span>"She goes on the same entry to describe those incapable
of rational life as “sub-human” who need to be “enslaved” and “controlled.” (p.
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=stefano.vaj@gmail.com href="mailto:stefano.vaj@gmail.com">Stefano
Vaj</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 30, 2009 1:15
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ExI] What is Meant by
"Slavery"?</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/5/30 <A
href="mailto:painlord2k@libero.it">painlord2k@libero.it</A> <SPAN
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class=gmail_quote>To call "slavery" something that is not is cheapening the
word.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>I think we both like rigour in language and have a distaste for the
undue emphatic and wildly metaphoric extension of historical concepts for
purely rhetorical purposes. Thus, I second your remark.<BR><BR>But it must be
added that other social phenomena usually (and wrongly) assimilated to slavery
are not necessarily better for those concerned. For instance, the medieval
"serfdom" replaced servitude to a man or a family to that to an estate, which
per se is a dubious improvement and may lead to an even lower social
mobility. Moreover, the slave owner has a vested interest in the survival and
productivity, if not the welfare, of the slaves he owns, something which does
not necessarily remains the case when they are replaced by fungible
"proletarians". <BR><BR>Yet, it remains the case that societies widely based
on slavery are poor performers in pseudo-darwinian terms, something which I
suspect played a more important role than ideology in their
near-extinction.<BR></DIV></DIV><BR>-- <BR>Stefano Vaj<BR>
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