I don’t like her either man. You seem to be personally injured by me some how, or agitated at least, I’m not sure why. The “hate on” comment was meant in jest and not a legit troll attempt.
As posted in the other thread she expresses no new ideas (rational self interest/the ills of collectivism), and she expresses them poorly compared to other real economists and philosophers.
Smith, Fetter, Hayek, Mises, Friedman, Sowell, Rothbard etc… all had a far greater influence on the Austrian/Libertarian school of economics that Reagan and his cabinet believed in.
We don’t need to go back and forth on this, I personally don’t think she is important. Certainly not to the level you’ve elevated her to (you mentioned Aristotle and Plato in your last post). Don’t put Rand in the same post as them FFS, even if it’s a metaphor.
As for civic duty vs civil service… again: Who cares? Motivations are unimportant, outcomes are. The important thing is that we have teachers, cops, firefighters, warriors, postmen etc… It doesn’t matter what political, social and economic forces drove people to those careers.