Her name is Ayn Rand and she her philosophy objectivism is more influential than ever in the U"S and in CANADA
Sarah Bernam, a Canadian, will tell you that "a love of reason or philosophy or problem solving does not preclude anyone from creating a destructive ideological cult. And only thinking about yourself—not looking out in the world for perpetrators of massive power abuse—well that’s the mindset that allowed Raniere to avoid the attention of America’s justice system for more than a decade."
She documents how a rather (strange) philosopher has shaped the Canadian psychologist, Jordan Peterson, who is truly "the Reincarnation of Ayn Rand’s Cult"
Yes she is a woman but it is no problem she said it clearly "For a woman qua woman, the essence of femininity is hero-worship—the desire to look up to man. "To look up" does not mean dependence, obedience or anything implying inferiority. It means an intense kind of admiration; and admiration is an emotion that can be experienced only by a person of strong character and independent value-judgments. A "clinging vine" type of woman is not an admirer, but an exploiter of men. Hero-worship is a demanding virtue: a woman has to be worthy of it and of the hero she worships. Intellectually and morally,"
Peterson and Musk who he befriended loved that passage. This is called Objectivism. Rand’s inner circle of followers so adored her ideas, thought she was so persuasive and right, they used their own reasoning to arrive at these principles described in a 1993 essay in Skeptic:
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"Ayn Rand is the greatest human being who has ever lived.
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Atlas Shrugged is the greatest human achievement in the history of the world.
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Ayn Rand, by virtue of her philosophical genius, is the supreme arbiter in any issue pertaining to what is rational, moral, or appropriate to man’s life on earth.
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Once one is acquainted with Ayn Rand and/or her work, the measure of one’s virtue is intrinsically tied to the position one takes regarding her and/or it.
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No one can be a good Objectivist who does not admire what Ayn Rand admires and condemn what Ayn Rand condemns.
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No one can be a fully consistent individualist who disagrees with Ayn Rand on any fundamental issue.
Since Ayn Rand has designated Nathaniel Branden as her “intellectual heir,” and has repeatedly proclaimed him to be an ideal exponent of her philosophy, he is to be accorded only marginally less reverence than Ayn Rand herself.
But it is best not to say most of these things explicitly (excepting, perhaps, the first two items). One must always maintain that one arrives at one’s beliefs solely by reason."
Please keep reading for Ayn rand is still powerful in the US but also in Canada