Vampires on the producers of society bleeding us dry

Excerpted from syndicated columnist Erik Rush, WND, June 23:

When I was around 11 years old, my father turned me on to Ayn Rand. Apparently, he thought it was important. You can imagine what sort of kid I was to start reading that fare willingly, then head off to the library for more at that age.

For many weeks, there's been a buzz around the release of the film adaptation of Rand's "Atlas Shrugged." While the viewer feedback (as opposed to critical reviews) was generally good, what's germane to our situation is the thesis. There are aspects of Rand's philosophy (called Objectivism) with which I roundly disagree; still, I believe that she definitely did "get it." Having escaped Russian communism, she knew that the eternal social struggle is not between the capitalist and the worker, but between those who contribute to the advancement of society (capitalists and workers) and those who don't.

Throughout history, kings, oligarchs and, now, communists have set themselves above the contributors through might or guile and simply … suck. They suck subsistence for themselves, creativity from the creative and all positive energy from the collective. In the end, nothing remains, but it's only the short-term existence of these vampires that matters.

Editor's note - Rush, who writes for World Net Daily, the Ft. Collins Coloradoan and numerous other papers, is a frequent guest on Fox News - Hannity.