once you hear rand's philosophy, its not tough to figure out why you never hear of her in any mass media, govt school/universities, etc
I am a great fan of Ayn Rand. I ate up her books, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and others, but when I tried to explain or defend "The Virtue of Selfishness" to any of my friends all I got was shocked or disgusted looks.
That's why I love the phrase I quoted in my previous post - The sanction of victims, because it does sum up a great deal of her philosophy so succinctently.