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Objectivism
Rand · 1957– · United States · Libertarian · Doctrine / school · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Rational self-interest as a moral duty; altruism and collectivism as the root of political evil.
Economic model
Laissez-faire capitalism defended as a moral rather than merely efficient system.
Organisation of powers
Constitutional government confined to protecting individual rights; explicitly opposed to anarchism.
Reading note
Culturally secular and atheist while economically far right — regularly conflated with religious conservatism it explicitly rejected.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored +10
At the ceiling: laissez-faire defended as a moral system.
- Programme textCapitalism: The Unknown Ideal argues the case on ethical rather than efficiency grounds.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +01
Coded +1: atheist and secular, and socially conventional in most respects.
- Programme textRand attacked religion explicitly and is regularly conflated with the religious right she rejected.
AU · Organisation of power · scored −07
Coded −7: constitutional government confined to protecting individual rights, and explicitly not anarchism.
- Programme textRand attacked anarcho-capitalism directly, arguing that force must be placed under objective law.
SC · Scale of decision · scored −05
Coded −5: a minimal national government.
- Programme textOnly police, courts and defence are legitimate functions in the doctrine.
ID · Rule of membership · scored −03
Coded −3: individualist and anti-collectivist by construction.
- Programme textGroup identity of any kind is treated as an error in the doctrine.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −02
Coded −2: persuasion and cultural change rather than political action.
- Programme textRand held that philosophy had to change before politics could.
Where it came from, and what came after
- destroyedAnarcho-Capitalism
Rand attacked anarcho-capitalism directly, holding that force must be placed under objective law.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
- Classical Liberalism4.2
- Minarchist Libertarianism4.8
- ACT New Zealand7.7
- Anarcho-Capitalism7.7
- Free Democratic Party7.9
- Individualist Anarchism8.7
Countries
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