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...order to increase its chances of commercial succes, Preservation was released as two separate albums, or "Acts." Act I, setting the stage, presents three characters or archetypes based upon the three sides of Davies's shifting personality. There is Mr. Black, the original altruist and vanguard of the people, who gradually is tranformed into a crazy, tyrannical despot as his power increases. Then there is Flash, a corrupt gangster-like politician currently in power, whose mere presence is a cause for alarm among the people. Finally there is the Tramp, a social dropout who acts as the detached narrator...
...skis and said, "Wait a minute." Adler had no safety strap. Last year that wouldn't have mattered, but the rules had been changed this year. Gordon told the officials that someone had told him it was OK down at the base lodge. No soap, said the starters. An altruist from New England College said, "Here, take mine." and Gordon started madly attaching the straps to his bindings. Just as he got to the gate, the starters said, "Number 15, in the gate." Gordon said wait just a second, he was ready to go. No soap. Number 14 missed...
Allende, the Crimson would have us believe, was a benevolent man whose sole desire was greater freedom, justice, and prosperity for all Chileans. The violations of individual rights--the seizures of property, the attempts to censor or repress the opposition--have been ignored, or rationalized according to the altruist "morality." The connections between the economic fallacies of socialism and the inflation and shortages that crippled the Chilean economy have been evaded. The Chilean entrepreneurs and professionals who refused to submit to government plunder and enslavement have been vilified. Those who dare to speak out against Allende's tyranny have been...
...Atlas Shrugged, Rand responds that if fulfillment is best gained through altruist or socialist systems, then rational men in free, non-coercive societies will choose these systems. If they are not the most fulfilling, men will choose others. The absolutely most important right to preserve, she says, is the right of choosing the system one wants to live under--and respecting others' rights to do the same. When altruism becomes compulsory or socialism becomes coercive, she maintains, this right dies...
...adamantly refused to cooperate with the boycott. He has patiently explained to the organizers that, as a wealthy and prominent member of the community, he is always walking a tightrope between altruism and capitalism. He has admitted that this time he cannot see his way clear to take the altruist position. One felt great sympathy for his position, Moonves reported after his visit with Rabb...