He put a series of questions at the end of The Ideas of Ayn Rand which I will now proceed to answer. Let the chips fall where they may. Merrill correctly stated that Rand failed to answer these questions, and her lapse sunk the young Objectivists and the Libertarian Party. There is nothing mysterious about my answer. Government is a mistake.
Nothing justifies it.
Rational men should not submit to it, if they value their dignity. Next question, please. My assessment of Cato and Hazlitt is well known. Libertarian vote peddling is mental masturbation. Voting is immoral, because it implicitly validates the state.