THE VANISHING I

Here it comes, the stampeding herd.

In the name of "the interest of society," "compassion for the disadvantaged" and "economic equality," and a hundred other liberal/socialist slogans, the "I" is being squashed, the individual is being extinguished, the free thinker is being made extinct.

Whether I like it or not, think it's a good idea or not, want to do it or not:

I will have to pay more taxes to help auto workers keep their jobs;

I will have to pay more to see that depositors in inefficiently run banks don't lose their money;

I will have to pay more so that those who don't have medical insurance for whatever reason will have medical insurance;

I will have to pay more so that the children of poor parents can get a college education;

I will have to pay more to provide housing to the homeless;

I will have to pay more because companies will have to make it in America;

I will have to pay more simply because I can.

The rampaging herd crushes all I-rights in its path - the right to property, the right to free choice, the right to life...and now directly in its sight, the right to justice. The leader of the pack proclaims justice must take into account the separate colors and sizes and backgrounds of those it is judging. Lady Justice, he foolishly boasts, is not blind any more.

No, she's not. She's heading straight to oblivion, with the rest of the herd.

One forAll is the call,
I for Me is now Me for We,
One for One is done.

Read Anthem by Ayn Rand.