I don't like Mitt, and he is an empty suit; but he is also a smart guy for our time though not as smart as Cicero.
I'll be generous and say that Rand is naively optimistic far past the point when optimism can be considered a virtue. Which for him would have been after the first time someone tried to kill him for his politics.
Cicero was a pretty smart guy. Mitt is an empty suit. Rand is fake and gay.
I don't like Mitt, and he is an empty suit; but he is also a smart guy for our time though not as smart as Cicero.
I'll be generous and say that Rand is naively optimistic far past the point when optimism can be considered a virtue. Which for him would have been after the first time someone tried to kill him for his politics.