Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand is a powerful diagnostic for the evil of socialism, but she is NOT a cure.  Self love is not a cure for communal love for both are idolatry.  In both cases men fall upon the double-edged sword, for God damns all kinds of idolatry.  Mr 12:30 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength...."  We cannot love our neighbor as ourselves if we begin by cutting the head off the body, separating man from God.