Political view

Objectivism

A philosophy of rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism.

Associated with: Ayn Rand and her novel Atlas Shrugged.

Objectivism sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and strongly tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace.

Where objectivism sits on eight dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders in office today who fit

Nicușor Dan President of Romania, 2025 to present54%Milojko Spajić Prime Minister of Montenegro, 2023 to present53%Maia Sandu President of Moldova, 2020 to present52%

Leaders from history who fit

Thomas Jefferson US President, 1801 to 180963%Václav Havel President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, 1989 to 200350%Bill Clinton US President, 1993 to 200149%

Similar political views

LibertarianismMaximizes personal and economic freedom and shrinks government to a minimum.83%MinarchismLimits the state to a minimal "night-watchman" role of courts, police and defense.81%Anarcho-capitalismAbolishes the state in favor of private property, voluntary contracts and competing…77%CypherpunkUses cryptography and open software to protect privacy and to weaken state and corporate…77%Austrian schoolAn economic tradition that stresses individual choice, sound money and skepticism about…75%

Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions.