I have just now arrived at a preliminary formulation regarding a striking parallel between Trump and Rand. (There is quite a lot of overlap between the haters of these two, most often on the left side of the political spectrum.) I say this the following in the context of being neither a fan of Trump's nor of Rand's polemics against a lot of other philosophers (which scholars of those philosophers don't or wouldn't take seriously). The formulation is as follows:
Sure Trump says a lot of dumb things, can be quite the dick sometimes. But have you seen his haters? They often behave like absolute pieces of shit.
Sure Rand's polemics leave a lot to be desired, but have you seen how her haters polemicize against her? They often behave like absolute pieces of intellectual shit.
And I can, if and when I have the time and interest to do so, marshal a mountain of evidence to prove all of this....
