You're right, it's just part of the absurdity of Rand's vision. In the real world people do work and create something, but some bean counters figure out the he

You're right, it's just part of the absurdity of Rand's vision. In the real world people do work and create something, but some bean counters figure out the heirs who own the majority stake of a company can make a few more bucks by destroying the thing, so it is done.