[DiogenesLamp]

While I like her love of freedom, etc., I didn’t always agree with her, and was disappointed to find out that she had some kind of relationship with a married man who was her friend’s husband.

Ayn Rand was more libertarian than conservative. I suspect this is why she's not more popular in conservative circles. Having Grown up in Amoral Socialist Russia, it is not surprising that she hadn't been taught better behavior when she was young.

Still, her mind was very sharp and her novels have come very close to accurately predicting the world in which we are living.

[BigGuy22]

“Ayn Rand was more libertarian than conservative. I suspect this is why she’s not more popular in conservative circles.”
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She also had low regard for religion, and that too alienates many conservatives.

[Lakeshark]

She was excellent in showing how leftist totalitarians work to gain and hold power. These were her finest observations and sh deserves kudos for seeing them clearly.

Her solutions were often shallow and lacking perspective.

[Sun]

“..Still, her mind was very sharp and her novels have come very close to accurately predicting the world in which we are living.”

True.