I am tempted to respond with a quote from Richard Bach, Herman Melville, or even Homer, just to point out how ridiculous it is to repeat something an author said years ago.    Authors make stuff up and build a story around it.  Some stories are better than others, but that doesn't convert them to facts, nor does it give greater weight to their opinions on other matters.

And reality.  If we were "fast approaching" this stage at the time she wrote it, how come we're not there yet?

By the way, Ayn Rand also supported unlimited abortion on demand and was an atheist.  Don't those two issues make her a conservative pariah?