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thus the popularity Ayn Rand is enjoying

I just don't understand what attracts people to her writing. I mean here is a woman who is obviously very, very intelligent, but like many who started on third base (in her case, in an intellectual sense, not a material one) she feels that if you can't make it its a personal failing. I can absolutely guarantee that out of ~990M people in Africa, at least 9M are smarter than me, but most of those 9M have a far, far lower living standard than do I. Thats not because they failed some how. Its simply because we don't all have equal access to opportunities, and never will.

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