Objectivism
Philosophy created by Ayn Rand that exalts reason, individualism, and rational egoism, defending laissez-faire capitalism and the pursuit of one's own happiness as the supreme moral purpose of each person's life.
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In one sentence
I want a society of rational egoism and reason, where each person pursues their own happiness and laissez-faire capitalism is the only valid morality.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Federal
Structure
- Leaning · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Nationalist
Intervention
- Very strong · Private
Economy
- Very strong · Free market
Control
- Very strong · Globalism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Very strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Control
Leans further toward free market than 95% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 64This ideology 6
Of all the axes, Control is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Intervention
On Intervention, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 53This ideology 43
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Leonard Peikoff
An Objectivist philosopher, Peikoff was Ayn Rand's principal intellectual heir, systematizing Objectivism and defending reason, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism as the foundations of life and morality.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyNathaniel BrandenObjectivist psychologist97%
SociallyMax MorePhilosopher98%
EconomicallyHans-Hermann HoppeEconomist100%
Other compatible profiles
EconomicsMilton FriedmanEconomist93%
PhilosophyRobert NozickPhilosopher93%
Intellectual lifeHal FinneyCryptographer92%
PoliticsBarry GoldwaterPolitician91%
EconomicsLudwig von MisesEconomist90%
BusinessJeff BezosEntrepreneur90%
EconomicsPaulo GuedesEconomist89%
ActivismJohn McAfeeEntrepreneur and activist89%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
New York (United States)
Financial-cosmopolitan regionThe financial and cultural center of the United States, New York combines liberal, progressive politics, enormous immigrant diversity, a globalized service-based economy, and strong symbolic weight in the world.
Other close countries
New Hampshire (United States)
Libertarian-fiscal regionA small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallySão Paulo (Brazil)Industrial-financial region86%
SociallyEstoniaDigital-Atlantic republic84%
EconomicallyWyoming (United States)Libertarian-extractive region94%
The most distant
Dutch Republic (United Provinces)
1581–1795A pioneering modern merchant republic, the United Provinces were a confederation governed by a commercial oligarchy, marked by religious tolerance, free trade, and immense naval and financial power at their height.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyMedieval Iceland (Commonwealth)c. 930–126267%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192163%
EconomicallyPinochet's Chile1973–199097%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Libertarian
- Libertarian
Minarchism
Libertarian branch that defends a minimal state limited to police, courts, and defense, leaving everything else to the market and private initiative, to protect individual rights without oppressing freedom.
- Libertarian
Classical Liberalism
Original branch of liberalism that defends natural rights, property, free markets, and a minimal state, seeing individual freedom and the strict limitation of power as the foundations of a just society.
- Libertarian
Libertarian Populism
Branch that unites anti-politics, radical free markets, and direct popular communication, attacking bureaucracies, taxes, and party elites in the name of individual freedom, entrepreneurship, and the sovereignty of the ordinary citizen.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Neoliberalism
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
- Right
Capitalism
Economic system based on private property, free markets, and the pursuit of profit, in which production and prices are regulated by competition and supply and demand, with individual initiative as its engine.
- Center
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
The most distant ideology
Clerical FascismThird Position27%