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'''Ayn Rand and Wikipedia''', an article writen and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com] This page is locked, if you'd like to comment on it, you may email me. Note: This article is not yet finished, it's being built in pieces. [[Jimmy Wales]] is a fan of [[Ayn Rand]]. Jimmy is also the instigator (or co-instigator) of the internet encyclopedia [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. Jimmy Wales states that he is a Libertarian, which typically would mean a person who wants government to be as small as possible thereby allowing laisez-faire capitalism to thrive with little interference. Ayn Rand was also a great fan of laisez-faire capitalism, believing it to be the necessary society in which man, the individual man of purpose and dedication, can achieve his greatest work. That is, the man unfettered by rules, procedures, bureaucracy and committees interjecting themselves into his work. When an artist creates a great sculpture, an author an amazing novel, an architect a beautiful building, they do not do so by forming a committee. Ayn Rand's viewpoint was that each person must live free from these sorts of restrictions, free to create works of art. Whenever an outside agency interferes in the actual finished artwork, the result is an ugly piece of work, not a beautiful one. That is not to say, that one man of vision cannot employ others, but they work for him, at his will and order to accomplish his purpose. So how in Ayn's ideal world can two seperate men of will and vision work together to accomplish a greater purpose?
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