> Thousands of years ago, the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burned at the stake he had taught his brothers to light. He was considered an evildoer who had dealt with a demon mankind dreaded.<p>Hate or love her, Rand had a powerful way with words. You can admit that and still thinks she was the evildoer. By her influence she was one of the greatest expository writers of her generation. She brilliantly wrapped treatises on economics and philosophy in sugar pills of fiction. For good or ill, Howard Roark is among the great literary characters of the twentieth century.
Much can be said of Ayn Rand and her books. That aside, I find the money speech of Atlas Shrugged [1] far better at conveying the point than the self speech of The Fountainhead.
1: <a href="https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-speech/" rel="nofollow">https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-...</a>