I think there is some commonality between Rand's views of the endgame of liberalism and what we are seeing now, just as some business owners talk about going Galt if the Dem agenda passes. But otherwise there is little in the way of shared beliefs between Objectivism and the Tea Party movement. But to a liberal, all us right-wing nutcases look the same.
Yes, I’d agree with that. The real similarities are in what I think are her best characters, her villains. When you have a head of state appointing czars to run the government like Mr. Thompson - or was his name 0bama? - when you have that similarity to everyday events you don’t have to like Rand to feel a little uneasy about the whole thing. If the progressives don’t like the book maybe they ought to stop acting it out in the real world.