Many people may not realize that Ayn was born and raised in Russia. She personally experienced the destructive nature of a “Big brother” society under communism. She personally observed her families life turn to crap. Her fathers business was just taken away. Her passion for her writing was a warning to Americans of what might come if they fall asleep. Her vision was nothing more than what she had already observed in real life and in real time.
Rand’s book “We the Living” provides a good view of the awful life under communism in Soviet Russia.