Randroid
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Randroid is a pejorative term for some or all followers of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. It is a portmanteau of Rand's name with the word android, suggesting a robot-like adherence to her philosophy. Some use this word to refer to all followers of Rand's philosophy, implying that the philosophy could not be supported by people who think independently. Others – including some Objectivists – employ the word to describe the more dogmatic followers of Rand's philosophy, and some even insist that Randroids cannot be Objectivists, since they have forsaken independent thought for the sake of parroting Ayn Rand's and Leonard Peikoff's works. Template:Fact
Some observers, such as libertarian Murray N. Rothbard, consider Objectivism to be highly dogmatic and cult-like. [1] Justin Raimondo has referred to Objectivism as a "death cult" [2], due to the Ayn Rand Institute's open support for the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and its recommendation that U.S. troops should inflict more civilian casualties (or, as Objectivists would probably refer to it, not be concerned with how few or many they kill.) [3]