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: When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law—men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims—then money becomes its creators’ avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they’ve passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket.
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When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law—men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims—then money becomes its creators’ avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they’ve passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket.
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[[Ayn Rand]] [http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/physical_force.html]
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::[[Ayn Rand]] [http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/physical_force.html]
* [[Thief in law]]
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_in_law Thief in law]]
* [https://www.resistance.org/criminals-as-social-allies social allies]
* [https://www.resistance.org/criminals-as-social-allies social allies]
* [[LOO]]
* [[LOO]]
[[fr: pillards]]

Latest revision as of 23:07, 22 July 2022

When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law—men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims—then money becomes its creators’ avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they’ve passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket.

Ayn Rand [1]