[polotics]

Rand failed by her own metrics: a little old lady requiring social help... Not a philosopher, or much of a novelist.

[mnm1]

What kind of an asshole would not help a little old lady who requires help? Rand would and so would anyone who understands her philosophy.

[polotics]

Well, no. She was at first trying to refuse social help until the reality that she was actually poor was forced upon her.