re: #107 Steroid

More importantly it produces the prosperity that people want and are willing to work for, which is more difficult and more valuable than the prosperity that they have to be dragged to.

Yeah, I guess some of mankind’s greatest achievements aren’t really that valuable after all.

When putting a system into play, it is not enough to be right; you must be intuitive as well.

Bullshit. There is no law of nature that the right way of doing anything will necessarily be intuitive.

Please tell them that after they find that checked box, they can also find my private insurance card in my wallet… which if nothing else puts me ahead of Rand in the not-accepting-government-assistance department.

I see this as a metaphor for the larger “I’ll be prepared for anything in life without needing any unanticipated help from others” attitude, while simultaneously relying on the fruits of family and society, provided by previous generations and other members in society, every single day.