"We conclude our analysis of the Rand cult with the observation that here was an extreme example of contradiction between the exoteric and the esoteric creed. That in the name of individuality, reason, and liberty, the Rand cult in effect preached something totally different. The Rand cult was concerned not with every man's individuality, but only with Rand's individuality, not with everyone's right reason but only with Rand's reason. The only individuality that flowered to the extent of blotting out all others, was Ayn Rand's herself; everyone else was to become a cipher subject to Rand's mind and will."
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Murray Rothbard, "The Sociology of the Ayn Rand Cult" (1972)
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Ayn Rand
1905 – 1982
Zitiert aus "Wer ist John Galt", deutsche Übersetzung von Barbara Klau und Hansjürgen Wille, GEWIS Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 978-3932564031
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