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To: The Barracuda™ who wrote (44692)11/7/1999 10:57:00 AM
From: Enigma  Read Replies (2) of 116764
 
Yes - but what if Rearden was polluting the rivers with mercury poison - or employing child (or slave labour) or operating a mine with tailings ponds which were leaching arsenic into the water supply? Where, in society, do you draw the line between the public and self interest - where does the idea of the common good have any place in a world run by businessmen, accountable only to themselves and 'the bottom line'?
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