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ayn rand is an example of one of those people who wants so badly to be respected as a thinker that she intentionally complicates her (not very complicated) points across hundreds of pages and multiple books.

the only reason to read ayn rand is if you're in circles where you think people will be impressed by you having read her books, because there is a following of people who fell for the ayn rand meme. youre not going to learn anything or find yourself thinking about things differently in a philosophical sense, and the stories that were chosen to convey her ideas arent any good in a literary sense.

plus, after you've read them, you can accuse critics of "not getting it" or not being smart enough to understand them