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social consequences thus engendered. The greatest contribution of
Rand’s Objectivism was to moor the libertarian movement to the right
side of the political spectrum. In turn, libertarians kept Rand’s ideas
actively circulating in the years after NBI’s demise. Rand denounced libertarian
appropriation of her work, never accepting that with her success
came a commensurate loss of control. Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged,
John Galt—they no longer belonged to Rand exclusively. She had set
them loose in the world, and their fortunes were no longer tied to hers.
After the deluge, Rand’s fi rst priority was to produce the year’s remaining
issues of The Objectivist, now nearly fi ve months behind schedule.
Her main preoccupation was with Nathan and his betrayal. In
long philosophic discussions with the remains of the Collective—the
Blumenthals, the Kalbermans, and Leonard Peikoff—Rand strove to
identify the root of Nathan’s corruption, to fi nd the seed of evil that had
transformed him from trusted friend to sworn enemy. 3 Rand did what
she could to erase the past, removing his name from future editions
of Atlas Shrugged and repudiating him in a postscript to her nonfi ction
collections. She sabotaged his book contract with New American
Library, her publisher, refusing to release copyright to Objectivist articles
he intended to use and convincing the fi rm to drop his contract after a
missed deadline. Her letter in The Objectivist was intended to ruin his
reputation and prevent him from capitalizing on her work.
It was too late. Nathan was already beyond her reach, relocated to Los
Angeles with Patrecia, whom he soon married. California Objectivists
cared little about the crisis in New York, and before long he had another
fl ourishing psychotherapy practice. Rand had built Nathan up to great
heights among her readership; it was impossible now for her to tear him
down. All but the most orthodox remained interested in his activities.
In 1969 he found a different publisher for The Psychology of Self Esteem,
which launched him on a new career as a leader of the self-esteem
movement. Nathan’s early work remained highly derivative of Rand,
notwithstanding the photo on the book’s back cover, which showed
him towering over a headless statue of a winged goddess. Over time, as
he continued to benefi t from his earlier affi liation with Rand, Branden
would repudiate many of her ideas. His Biocentric Institute strove to
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