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No, there are some Objectivists over here, and she's mentioned in newspapers and Swedish online forums from time to time.

I wish I had the time to discuss this interesting topic further (I might, in a few weeks). But let me at least recommend the following book to anyone who is interested: While Europe Slept : How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within

Here are some writings by Fjordman dealing with Sweden and the problems the Muslims are causing here: The New York Times and Sweden: The Dark Side of Paradise and Immigrant Rape Wave in Sweden and an article by Daniel Pipes and Lars Hedegaard on Muslims in Denmark: Something Rotten in Denmark? Here are some quotes from the last article: "Muslims are only 4 percent of Denmark's 5.4 million people but make up a majority of the country's convicted rapists, an especially combustible issue given that practically all the female victims are non-Muslim. Similar, if lesser, disproportions are found in other crimes." "Muslim leaders openly declare their goal of introducing Islamic law once Denmark's Muslim population grows large enough - a not-that-remote prospect. If present trends persist, one sociologist estimates, every third inhabitant of Denmark in 40 years will be Muslim." "Third-world immigrants - most of them Muslims from countries such as Turkey, Somalia, Pakistan, Lebanon and Iraq - constitute 5 percent of the population but consume upwards of 40 percent of the welfare spending. "

I'd like to have a quote on what exactly it is she says that you are refering to. The phrase being "satisfied with oneself" doesn't sound like Rand, and I'm not even sure I understand what it means. Does it mean having self-esteem? For that we don't need others approval (like I've said). Or does it mean something else? If it means "having every need fulfilled", then of course we do need others (and Ayn Rand would not deny that).

I'd say it reduces to visibility, which is an objective need. Observe that it is not a self-esteem issue. We do not need others for self-esteem. What part of her philosophy is it you mean may have been compromised, and what argument is it that may have been undercut? Ayn Rand never says that we can't derive spiritual value from others.