Nah. Her exposition is mediocre at best. What she did was simply give her readers a rationale for their innate selfishness and lack of empathy, wrapped in flowe

Nah. Her exposition is mediocre at best. What she did was simply give her readers a rationale for their innate selfishness and lack of empathy, wrapped in flowery platitudes. Those that are naturally self-centered read her work and the underlying message of radical egocentrism speaks to them. But since it's such an abhorrent message, they justify their attraction to it by claiming Rand was a compelling writer. She really wasn't. What I guess you can say is that being a hypocrite and narcissist herself, Rand knew her audience quite well and wrote accordingly. There's a lot that can be learned from that.