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Five ways Ayn Rand predicted America's political crises, from parents spurned to the rise of cancel culture
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Author, philosopher and libertarian thinker Ayn Rand, writing mostly in post-war America, predicted with remarkable accuracy many of the social crises facing America today.
The celebrated Russian-born American author and philosopher predicted with haunting accuracy many of the nation’s current crises. "She understood that history is moved by ideas and if you have rotten ideas you have rotten outcomes" — Yaron Brook "The government has no right to interfere in the upbringing of a child, which is entirely the responsibility and the right of the parent." — Ayn Rand Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Among her observations: Government would encroach on parental rights, stifle academic and scientific research, and fuel a dangerous mentality of victimhood.