Two thing jumped out at me. First, why the hell is Newsweek publishing anything written by Mark Sanford? Second, no wonder conservatives love Ayn Rand so much:
Ironically, as Heller's biography makes clear, while Rand's philosophy was based on the individual's absolute freedom, Rand herself exercised a dictatorial control over her followers. She would denounce anyone who expressed opinions even slightly diverging from her own. Her chief acolyte (and lover), Nathaniel Branden, once circulated a list of rules for Rand's inner circle to follow; one of them read, "Atlas Shrugged is the greatest human achievement in the history of the world"; another said, "Ayn Rand, by virtue of her philosophical genius, is the supreme arbiter in any issue pertaining to what is rational, moral, or appropriate to man's life on earth." For the leader of a group dedicated to human freedom, Rand didn't allow much of it around her. (Emphasis added.)
Source: Mark Sanford on Ayn Rand | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com
That sure sounds like a lot of the conservatives I know…
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