She did? Where? One can see some intellectual exercise value in Rand's work -- I do -- but please, let us not pretend that her pitiful philosophy ever convinced anyone outside of a very narrow circle of fellow-theorizers.
Since I have personally talked with about a thousand people from many different walks of life about Ayn Rand since 1963, and since Rand not only sold millions of books before her death in 1982, and TWELVE MILLION SINCE her death, your insinuation that my conclusions are based upon PRETENDING I can only guess is based upon hasty wishful thinking or something equally unwise on your part. Further, did my seeing the impact of Rand on influential people from Robert Prechter to Tibor Machan to Jonathan Hoenig, etc., etc. have me fooled? For myself, I've never been part of anyone's inner circle, and have found her philosophy vastly more compelling, life-saving, inspiring and ennobling than anything else, and any implication that I didn't would be unwise to keep maintaining.
That may be the most ignorant post I've ever read here.
"She did? Where? One can see some intellectual exercise value in Rand's work -- I do -- but please, let us not pretend that her pitiful philosophy ever convinced anyone outside of a very narrow circle of fellow-theorizers."
Hmmm, that's funny. I suppose since you seem to believe that the numbers convinced gives validity to a philosophy, you probably are willing to give 100% credence to Karl Marx. What the heck, we have half the country believing in socialism so it must be a valid and workable philosophy!
The more I look around, the more I see "Atlas Shrugged" coming to life!