Originally Posted by TCLGirls

Yes of course it is just my conclusion that Rand would not come out and explicitly say "families suck, let your child die." Why? Because anyone who wants people to follow their philosophy will not suddenly introduce an offensive/unpopular concept. Doing so immediately turns off a prospective follower. Rather, the more efficient way to introduce a philosophy is to focus on the more "palitable" general concepts...like 'selfishness is a virtue", or that the "individual comes before all else". That's what Rand did.