I said in my earlier post that I thought Ayn Rand was a bad writer and a shallow thinker. It seems to have been assumed that I have this opinion because I dislike her politics. Not so..What I dislike is her Aesthetic....she is a bad writer (by most standards) and that is why she does not appeal to me. Although she read widely in the field of Philosophy, she managed to misunderstand and, therefore, misinterpret most of it.. Most critics and lovers of literature would not rate her very highly. As for her politics..shallow...look who now takes it up.