The following is from Ayn Rand’s book, ‘Atlas Shrugged.’ The character speaking sounds just like Obama. Although the character, Francisco, was trying to make a point, this appears how Obama truly believes. This is communism/socialism/marxism.
“I don’t know why you should call my behavior rotten. I thought you would recognize it as an honest effort to practice what the whole world is preaching. Doesn’t everyone believe that it is evil to be selfish? I was totally selfless in regard to the San Sebastian project. Isn’t it evil to pursue a personal interest? I had no personal interest in it whatever.
Isn’t it evil to work for profit? I did not work for profit—I took a loss. Doesn’t everyone agree that the purpose and justification of an industrial enterprise are not production, but the livelihood of its employees? The San Sebastian Mines were the most eminently successful venture in industrial history: they produced no copper, but they provided a livelihood for thousands of men who could not have achieved, in a lifetime, the equivalent of what they got for one day’s work, which they could not do.
Isn’t it generally agreed that an owner is a parasite and an exploiter, that it is the employees who do all the work and make the product possible? I did not exploit anyone. I did not burden the San Sebastian Mines with my useless presence; I left them in the hands of the men who count. I did not pass judgment on the value of that property.
I turned it over to a mining specialist. He was not a very good specialist, but he needed the job very badly. Isn’t it generally conceded that when you hire a man for a job, it is his need that counts, not his ability? Doesn’t everyone believe that in order to get the goods, all you have to do is need them? I have carried out every moral precept of our age. I expected gratitude and a citation of honor. I do not understand why I am being damned.”
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Just listened to this passage via the audio version of AS. I had the exact same thought that Obama is saying the same thing through his words and actions. He is creating his own version of the novel but this time it isn’t fiction. He never tires of demonizing job creators, he’s salivating over the possibility of redistributing wealth, and forcing policies on us that seek to bring his marxest ideals to fruition. We now live in a time where success is punished, the worthless are worshipped and given the fruits of anothers hard work and he has created a whole class of people who believe entitlements are their birth rite. Meanwhile, the middle class suffers while the elitist left become the aristocracy of the 21st century. Someone needs to update AS to fit modern times and shorten so the morons will be able to finish it before their eyes glass over.
Isn’t it amazing that success is bad in Obama’s world? It is the fault of the rich that got us into this mess, according to him. He would even like to put a limit on profit, take that money and redistribute it. How many people get jobs from those who don’t make any money ever?