Then why don’t they? Because they are too in love with life and because they live by one code when it comes to their own life but by another in their dealings with others. They are trying to “balance individualism and Altruism”.
I wish you hadn't asked! Some are just running with a few unexamined premises, like Hank Rearden. IMO the majority are flaccid, complacent, selfish, unpatriotic, habit-bound, reality-evading chickenshits.