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Muninwing t1_j23nsu4 wrote

Reply to comment by gothiclg in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand by gothiclg

Libertarianism is just Classical Liberalism plus conspiracy theories. Objectivism is just using Classical Liberalism to justify antisocial tendencies. So they pair nicely.

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GraniteGeekNH t1_j24i76t wrote

Objectivisim and Libertarianism is just "everybody who isn't similar to me is bad so I'm justified in doing bad things to them" with pseudo-science trappings.

Hence the comparisons to fascism, despite different approaches to centralized authority.

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