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It showcases some interesting dynamics regarding businesses becoming involved with politics and power. It's a good walk through of how "we just want the government to make companies give their fair share" can easily turn into something darker.

I certainly wouldn't promote objectivist an-cap policy writ large, but there are truthful elements in both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. I specifically like how Ayn Rand draws a link between collectivism and racism, which was truthful in the era she was writing in. A rare perspective.



> objectivist an-cap policy

Objectivism and Anarcho-Capitalism are distinctly different, though they share much.

Objectivism accepts that a government is necessary, and places in it the legitimate use of force.

Anarcho-Capitalism holds that government is not necessary, and that no individual or organization may legitimately initiate force against another.




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