And then she shot a goat... just to get the rage out of her system. And then she self-reported this madness in her book. Somehow this didn't disqualify her in Trumpworld!

Medical care is going to be expensive, as it requires local provision (hard to outsource) and high capital (human/tech) relative to average personal income. We should work on cost-cutting strategies at the same time as increasing govt support to ensure universal coverage.

I have not studied Greenspan's ideology closely, but my impression is that he's not pure Randian (Objectivist). In general to play nicely with others it requires compromising for practical or political reasons.

Rand is mostly developing a maximal individualism without looking at how societies work. She scores some points on collectivism. Greed is not virtuous, although markets can be defended as channeling such self-interest into materially good outcomes by coordinating resources to what is demanded.

Rather this is a characterization of conservatives drawn by the Left. Although insensitive to the struggles of non-whites or the working poor, ideological conservatives normally have a belief that the law should be applied evenly and fairly. Of course, Trump is not conservative...

Ayn Rand was a nut. But her control freak behavior only ever extended to her school of followers and as far as I know, she didn't have anyone imprisoned or murdered.

Bluesky and other alt networks are needed to ensure that Elon can't unilaterally silence disagreement/criticism. But hopefully bsky will be more than just a fallback. 2/2