It's not hard to find out that many individuals in the current administration -- and the thinkers they praise -- are fans of Rand. In particular, they are fans of her novel, Atlas Shrugged. Many of the terms these individuals use, like "moochers" and "looters," come straight off the pages of Atlas Shrugged. Even the president, who by all accounts almost never reads anything, says it's his favorite book. Am I exaggerating Rand's influence? Perhaps, but not by a lot. All it takes to verify my claim is a few web searches.

sure they're fans, but they certainly are not in any way acting like libertarians. Libertarians are live and let live, leave my property alone, personal rights, we'll settle this in court, people are equal; that's not what the MAGA movement is. These MAGAs want women's right taken away, free press jailed, LGBTQ people punished and declared insane, and on and on. It's a christofascist movement at it's core, and they only want one voice in the room, theirs.