Being selfish is more Jewish than based Edit to clarify: I think it’s important to draw the distinction between what she refers to as selfish and what I interpret as selfish. She seems to define it as an absence of altruism - doing what’s best for yourself. I think of it more as a lack of backstabbing, or destructive of others in pursuit of bettering yourself. A good example is Walmart. Initially, under Sam Walton, he strove to provide products to the middle class at reasonable prices. He put competitors out of business along the way, and absorbed others, and he became rich doing it. But his goal was mutually beneficial with the public. When his heirs took over, they became more parasitic; they used lawyers and unscrupulous contracts to take over their vendors’ businesses. They fired workers for being there too long and making salaries they didn’t want to pay. In my opinion, I think Ayn’s vision is seen in what Sam Walton did and practiced - it was beneficial to everyone because he provided a service that they needed, and he was compensated and grew rich doing so. His heirs were selfish and took it too far - turning it into a parasitic relationship. This is turning into more of an essay than I’d intended, but I guess one area that Ayn doesn’t fully comprehend is one that Aldus Huxley did: propaganda. And it is with that propaganda that companies like Walmart …or Amazon, Microsoft, etc. thrive. The masses aren’t intelligent or aware enough to know they’re being duped and led to the slaughter. So it’s not that they have a choice of which product to buy….