Actually, Rand's view was that government wouldn't provide electricity, roads and education. These goods and services would be private and paid for by the people who wanted to use them.
Defense was a different matter, in that in her view, that was one of the legitimate functions of government -- protecting the individual rights of the citizens.
Rand acknowledged that every generation stands on the shoulders of the productive people who came before them.
Yes, if Bill Gates was born in Somalia he probably wouldn't have followed the path he did. If Somalia was a nation where individual rights were respected, as Rand advocated, everyone in Somalia would be much better off.
Defense was a different matter, in that in her view, that was one of the legitimate functions of government -- protecting the individual rights of the citizens.
Rand acknowledged that every generation stands on the shoulders of the productive people who came before them.
Yes, if Bill Gates was born in Somalia he probably wouldn't have followed the path he did. If Somalia was a nation where individual rights were respected, as Rand advocated, everyone in Somalia would be much better off.