• • Conservatives Say It Out Loud: They Hate Democracy 
Dave Johnson, Truthout Individual Rights  | The roots of today’s toxic conservative movement lie in Ayn Rand’s teaching that wealthy “producers” -- now called “job creators” -- should be left alone by the government, namely the rest of us. The rest of us are “freeloaders,” “moochers,” “leeches” and “parasites” who feed off these producers and who shouldn’t be allowed to make decisions to collect taxes from them or regulate them or interfere in most other ways. The Randians hate democracy, and say so, declaring that “collectivism” sacrifices individual rights to majority wishes.   Published: 2011-09-23