The Exigent Duality
Identified, at last - 08:20 CST, 2/13/17 (Sniper)
This is an excellent article that lives up to its fun title. The short answer: yes, Trump would be an ideal villain for one of Rand's novels.

The more time that elapses, the more articles I read, and the more debates I win against Statists, the more convinced I am that I have narrowed in on the absolute reality with regards to natural rights, the State, and social constructs. I think my views could still use a little pruning along the edges-- but over the years of diligent study and careful thought, I've chopped and whittled an entire world of ideas down to the actual shoe box containing the truth. While I enjoyed the above article, what once would have been revelatory comes across as very rudimentary and basic to me now.

I used to have wavering moments of doubt-- after all, it's natural to question oneself when one is the essentially the only person in an entire stadium who completely disagrees with everyone else's world view. But, fellow Exigent Duality writer and libertarian Dude gave me this helpful token: "I've now seen libertarianism formulated in so many different ways, all of which are so highly plausible, that I have very little doubt as to its correctness-- especially when compared to the alternatives, which crumble immediately under any sort of scrutiny at all."