From another poster: “There were “capitalists” in Atlas Shrugged who also cooperated in the destruction of free trade, and it would be a mistake to consider them pro-capitalist or even on the political right/libertarian. These people are the classic “2nd handers” that Rand talks about. They may be presidents and ceo’s but they create nothing; they work harder to undermine their competition and get freebies from the government. Our system in the US has bred a lot of these sycophantic capitalists, who want power and influence, but don’t want to earn it and work to have it legislated for them. They are the reason why many think fascism is a politically rightist ideology—it is not.”
There are too many loopholes in the Rand fantasy and much too narrow and outdated a view of the world for it to make for a logical persons blueprint for anyone today.