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If we want more builders, we should work on the disincentives that builders face.

The original American builders weren't saddled by a progressive tax system where they were penalized according to their degree of success.

Perhaps we're witnessing Rand's strike of the mind in slow motion. The headwinds to building in public are so strong that the builders have retreated to build things in private, no longer sharing their gifts with the world.



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