Her heroes and heroines prevail over inferior others in ruthless hierarchical worlds not unlike the high school at the center of the 2004 megahit movie Mean Girls, the quotable bible of millennial meme culture-now also a Broadway musical. Author of the hugely popular novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Rand is the original Mean Girl. Since the election of President Donald Trump, the questions arise: Is the news surreal, hyperreal, or unreal? How do we grasp the daily spectacle of cultural contempt-for immigrants and minorities, for women, for political dissent, for “losers”? How do we comprehend the level of social and political indifference-toward those who cannot buy security and access to power? How can the US Congress pass a hugely unpopular tax “reform” bill that vastly expands economic inequality? Who are these people in power, making these decisions, and what makes them tick?Īyn Rand is the writer whose dour visage presides over the spirit of our time. As I write in 2018, every news day delivers a fresh jolt.
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