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Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod

Sears is what happens when you take Ayn Rand seriously.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-this-is-what-happens-when-you-take-ayn-rand-seriously?fbclid=IwAR1VfS7Elq2rBbnmXNkHvAyLB7KdQrR-pyu1ZzRgGjtKFe5KmuOdpeOAONY

That's an article written by someone who hasn't actually read the book she is writing about, but is instead writing about what she thinks is in it. The core themes to the book is that people should be compensated for their ideas and that we should pay for use of other's ideas. It also goes quite a bit into how rent seeking (cozying up to government regulators for favorable treatment) destroys competition and hurts everyone. It says nothing about stripping a company bare while neglecting its customers and employees.