"Yeah, selfishness needs all the help it can get."

Well, I think what Rand is talking about when she says "selfishness" and what other people are talking about when they say "selfishness" are two slightly different things. I'm not entirely sure Rand would approve of a majority of the selfish people around these days. Maybe, but I dunno. Her selfish individual has a slightly different ring to it. I'll have to read a bit more Atlas Shrugged, though, to be sure. 'Cuz like, Hank Rearden is selfish...but not in a condemnable way, I don't think. The same goes for Dagny. And if those are the ideals of selfishness we're to strive for, I'm not entirely sure the selfishness embodied in many people in our society is quite the same flavor.