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By "censorship" Rand meant not only restrictions on political speech, but in fact any restriction on any form of artistic expression—even on forms of expression that she explicitly despised and suggested that any rational being would despise.
 
By "censorship" Rand meant not only restrictions on political speech, but in fact any restriction on any form of artistic expression—even on forms of expression that she explicitly despised and suggested that any rational being would despise.
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Of course, any country that invades or otherwise attacks another nation (one that does not initiate force against other nations or its own people) lays itself open to a counter invasion. This follows from the principle of the Law of Retaliation defined above.
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Of course, any country that invades or otherwise attacks another nation (one that does not initiate force against other nations or its own people) lays itself open to a counter invasion. This follows from the principle of the Law of Retaliation defined above.
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In summary, she rejects the [[neo-conservative]] policy of nations-building and global policing. She also rejects the libertarian policy of respecting the sovereignty of oppressive nations. Contrary to stateless-libertarians, Rand sees the establishment of rights within the nations-state framework.
    
=== Aesthetics ===
 
=== Aesthetics ===
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