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Much of the purist Objectivist declarations I see sound much like the arguments of "sovereign citizens" and Anarchists. Long on philosophy, but short on reality. The "sovereigns" do resort to violence to try to put their principles into effect, and much of the statements about how to create a "pure" Objectivist state sound much the same.
I may be labelled a "pragmatist" by the purists on this site, but I think that I'm trying to envision a way to instill what I regard as admirable Objectivist goals in the real world. I think of myself as a "practicalist."
There has also been numerous cases of enclosing another's land by buying up all the surrounding land, then trying to deny access. Attempting to gain water and/or mineral sources, etc. Even the government. Easements were forced by courts.
In some cases in which a county or state road, (even trail) had been abandoned, the owner of the land crossed tried a Quiet Title, again to deny access to another section of land, and the courts have forced easements.
So I'd say the author's example wasn't flawed.
I see a lot of Pragmatism and Relativism and near Fascist Nationalism of the conservative type, in many of the comments as well as a lot of mis-understanding (maybe outright mis-statement) of Ayn Rand's thoughts. There's also much misdirected anger against the immigrant---not against those government actors that have bastardized our institutions to such an extent through government programs, non-prosecution, stupid and ignorant drug policies and wars, and outright scare mongering where the anger should be aimed.
Take a step back and review the principles of Objectivism and you will find solutions to your anger. While you're at that also do a little review of Hitler's promises to the German people if they'd just let him handle the Jewish, Gypsy, and mentally and physically deformed and weak problems. Germany would then be a country of prosperity and success again. Compare those promises to Trump's if we'll just let him handle the immigrant problem.
The realities that you refer to that we face today are there, only as a result of the general we that let them become such, by compromising those essential principles.
Yes, what they do is more relevant than what they say. Even so, for the purpose of my statement the sentiment remains.
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