During their lifetimes, Thatcher was far worse. But over time, the people influenced by Rand's work have collectively surpassed the evils of The Iron Lady. But I think that's giving Rand too much credit, as some other libertarian figurehead would have arisen for them to model their worldviews on.
I'm pretty skeptical of the idea that anyone deeply influenced by Any Rand was a paragon of altruism to begin with. In my experience, people mostly just use her as a post-hoc justification for doing the shitty stuff they already wanted to do.
During their lifetimes, Thatcher was far worse. But over time, the people influenced by Rand's work have collectively surpassed the evils of The Iron Lady. But I think that's giving Rand too much credit, as some other libertarian figurehead would have arisen for them to model their worldviews on.
I'm pretty skeptical of the idea that anyone deeply influenced by Any Rand was a paragon of altruism to begin with. In my experience, people mostly just use her as a post-hoc justification for doing the shitty stuff they already wanted to do.
Seriously. When's the last time anybody ran into a well-read libertarian?