[jjj1232]

I have been guilty of calling behavior like this “hypocrisy” in the past but actually have changed on this recently.

You don’t need to live in a way totally consistent with your ideal society if your current society is not ideal. Why? Partly because it’s impossible or at least extremely difficult.

Ayn rand couldn’t live without driving on roads paid for by the government, patronising businesses that received govt assistance, or relying on state police and firefighters to protect her property.

On top of that, her whole thing is radical selfishness, so if taking govt assistence helps you get ahead you should do it, right?

* I do want to note that I haven’t actually read any of Rand’s writings and am basing this off of what I know about her general philosophy on what the world should look like. If she’s ever said things like “you shouldn’t take any government assistance” then yeah she’s a total hypocrite.