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An Objectivist psychologist, Branden was Ayn Rand's collaborator and a pioneer of the psychology of self-esteem, uniting Objectivism with the appreciation of reason, individualism, and personal responsibility in mental life.
Political axes
Nathaniel Branden leans further toward free market than 96% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where Nathaniel Branden stands furthest from the rest.
On Diplomacy, Nathaniel Branden sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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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.
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.
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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Clerical FascismThird Position21%
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