The Ayn Rand Long Sleeve

“Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different.” –Bioshock   In an age when most people refuse to read anything longer than 280 characters, a tendency to associate great novelists with single ideas has arisen. Although his collected works form enough volumes to create a nightstand, Poe now stands for a single type of bird. To mention Williams is conjure up an affected Southern accent. Lovecraft is exceptional – he represents either indescribable sea monsters or the kind of sentiment that gets you quickly banned from Twitter.   So what has Ayn Rand been boiled down to? Art Deco, unfortunately, solely because the aesthetic so often adorns her books’ covers. But she stands for so much more.   Rand envisioned every man as the protagonist of his own story, n