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Quote #10
And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. (11.20)
Equality 7-2521 worships his own ego, although it's important to clarify here. First, Equality 7-2521 isn't just worshipping his own ego, he's worshipping the notion of "ego" in general. And by "ego" he means the idea that human individuality and selfhood is what gives the world meaning. (Rand later identified this with human "reason.") Equality 7-2521 has to worship that capacity in himself, of course, but he also worships it more generally. Second, we usually tend to think of selfishness as something bad and use "ego" as a nasty word, so when we say something like "he worships his ego." That's because we think that you're supposed to worship something higher than the ego. Rand believes that the ego gives meaning to life and, and as such, is worthy of worship. It also helps that there's nothing else to worship with which it might compete