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Ayn Rand

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by b

Ayn Rand

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Ayn Rand is warning that when a government gains unlimited power and controls what its people are allowed to do, society reaches a dangerous point similar to oppressive regimes in history. This situation represents a loss of individual freedom, where citizens must ask for approval to act instead of acting independently.

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