Sure, but this particular article is far better than the trash you describe. It acknowledges some good ideas, notably "the delight that a human being ought to

Sure, but this particular article is far better than the trash you describe. It acknowledges some good ideas, notably "the delight that a human being ought to feel at watching another member of our species doing things superbly well." Recall the scene in Atlas Shrugged where Hugh Akston "heroically" prepares an excellent hamburger. :) Another good idea: "It's a world of cooperation and mutual benefit through the pursuit of self-interest, enabling satisfying lives not only for the Hank Reardens of the world but for factory workers." She opposed coercion, writing that "in a free society, all government financing would be voluntary." At the time she considered that an ideal whose time had not yet come, but I would argue with her, probably until 3:00 in the morning, that after 46 years it's high time we moved in that direction. We would have other disagreements as well. She thought that monopolies of force were needed to avoid anarchic carnage, but unfortunately anarchic carnage was precisely what force monopolies themselves delivered throughout the 20th century. Of course Ayn Rand had her annoying traits, habits, and foibles, but I've read "The Letters of Ayn Rand" and seen plenty of endearing personal qualities as well. But she hated collectivism with a vitriolic passion, having seen its murderous effect on the people of her native Russia.