I used to like Ayn Rand, but then I discovered the fatal flaw in the whole philosophy which is that she conflates ability with morality. All of the good guys a

I used to like Ayn Rand, but then I discovered the fatal flaw in the whole philosophy which is that she conflates ability with morality. All of the good guys are highly competent, all of the bad guys are incompetent bumblers. Reality is not like that. Having read some Stalin biographies for example, I am really impressed by his legendary competence as a politician and administrator and how he could effectively build and administer a country totally paralyzed in fear of him, but the morality of it all is of course miserably poor.