When I say “capitalism,” I mean a full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism—with a… — Ayn Rand
When I say “capitalism,” I mean a full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism—with a separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church.
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