Hi, glad to see your E – mail. To tell the truth, I’m surprised that you’ve supported the idea of A. Rand. “I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debt to them”. So, you’ve written: “…the celebration of “I” and “We” is sounded guidance for life”.
I’ll repeat that Rand's political views, reflected in both her fiction and her theoretical work; emphasize individualism, laissez-faire capitalism, and the constitutional protection of the right to life, liberty, and property. She was a fierce opponent of all forms of collectivism and statism. That was said on wikipedia.com.
You must understand that A. Rand came from a Russian middle-class family; it was a society which was limited by authorities. People had to be inhibited individuals: They couldn’t express themselves in art, even in daily routine and they didn’t time for thinking. Soviet people had to take part in different organizations: Work counseling services, spartakiadas…
But who says that it was negative? – Everything was OK, but it shouldn’t be so total, because the whole nation wasn’t able to create something new. That’s why A. Rand moved to another country in pursuit of such a kind of freedom. That fact, she got an opportunity to think freely vindicated her immigration. Rand had everything that she couldn’t realize at home. As a result, she became to idealize the society surrounded her.
You know, a comparison is a very dangerous thing, because the difference between two nations seems to de enormous. It comes to an idealization. But there’s nothing ideal, that’s why it was unfair to call capitalistic society a summit of something brilliant. Besides nowadays when we’re sunk is a great number of troubles, altruism is impossible to consider a “moral cannibalism”. Think about it one more time...