But Rand, who preached the notion of absolute personal freedom and individualism, was a study in contradictions.Among her acolytes, she did not tolerate dissent.”What she would tell you, basically, is that she was right and you were not thinking properly if you did not agree with her,” Heller says.Rand’s longtime lover and student Nathaniel Branden circulated a list of rules for her followers to absorb. One read: “Ayn Rand, by virtue of her philosophical genius, is the supreme arbiter in any issue pertaining to what is rational or moral.”
via NPR.
