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If the future of the United States were based on destroying all diversity of political voice and replacing it with 19th-Century doctrines of individualistic exploitation of the Earth’s resources, then the Young Americans for Freedom would have a valid place as the catalysts of such homogenization. However, the United States is not a mere concatenation of human economic units, each actively pursuing its own private interests. Rather, we are a nation of people who believe in helping our fellow citizens live together in peace, security and dignity.
YAFfers are more to be pitied than censured.
LARRY SELK
Los Angeles
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