Ayn Rand

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  • Ayn Rand
    • New right
    • Human nature
      • we are guided by self-interest
      • we have a duty to put our interests first
    • Society
      • atomistic- sum of total individuals
      • any attempts to restrict individuals in the name of society should be restricted
        • Under totalitarian rule, the word“I” is banned and replaced by“we.”
    • The state
      • should be confined itself to law, order and national security
      • Attempts at ‘positive liberty’ via further state intervention should be rejected.
      • Reason was the key to individual freedom, which should not be restricted by the state
    • Economy
      • self-proclaimed 'radical for capitalism'
      • shared view with Friedrich Von Hayek
        • unregulated free market as the only true barrier against the tyranny of the state
          • guarantees individual freedom

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