> "Libertarians" citing Ayn Rand is like evangelicals and their fondness for
> CS Lewis, except that Lewis was both smarter and a better writer. But as
> Carrol says, if it weren't Rand, it would be someone else. Hayek, probably,
> when we're lucky, although honestly the comparison seems grossly unfair to
> Hayek?
>
Hayek is too nuanced to serve that kind of role. Rothbard, maybe?