What torques most conservatives about her work, is she went after the mystics, those who preach the word... the Jim Jones', the Tammy Fayes, and Jim Bakers.
Being religious does not make one conservative, but then nor does being an atheist. Conservatives definitely have loyalty to things other than themselves. Their nations for example. Is loyalty to one's nation a quality appreciated by objectivists? It is by me.
And just what does she offer as an alternative?
Anarcho-syndicalism.
I do not think Ayn wanted to put industry under the control of labor, but I think she wanted to put the government under control and make the individual supreme in dealing with the government...wait where have I heard this before?
"Why do you think I haven't read it? Because I said it's about how commies want to ruin civilization?"
That's about it, I'm hard pressed to see how anyone could come to that conclusion after reading Atlas Shrugged.
"Conservatives definitely have loyalty to things other than themselves. Their nations for example."
Loyalty to their nation...how do you choose, is it the nation that was given to us, or the nation we have now, or the nation it will be in the future? It would seem that your loyalty at some point along this path would be considered betrayal.