[Dumblydorr]

Rand is an author who is taken as a philosopher by the libertarians. In my view, her work has spawned some of the least constructive political behavior in modern US political history. Do you agree with the viewpoints expressed by Rand Paul and his father, for instance? Or of trickle down economics and the pull yourself up by your bootstraps fallacy?

Rand's work is like the Bible, fiction that has far more negative than positive consequences on our community-based democratic society. I'd happily debate the deleterious effects of either of these ouvres, not that they aren't "interesting" or thought provoking as you say, but that they're exerting negative consequences on American Life.