Please choose an American minor party and explore this party's platform. Then please explain the party's value and or objectives and goals to your peers via this forum.
The Objectivist Party is based on Ayn Rand’s political philosophy of objectivism, which states that it is morally logical to pursue one’s own happiness. Ayn Rand was a Russian-American writer and philosopher, and the party was founded on February 2, 2008 on her birthday by Tom Stevens. She was born in 1905 and died in 1982, and she wrote the novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. The party has a major focus on individual rights and respect. They also focus on the importance of art and the transformation of ideas into a physical form so that one can comprehend it easier and more emotionally. Their essential belief is that everyone should follow their dreams and respect each other. The Objectivist Party’s four main principles are that individuals have a right to life, a right to their own thoughts, a right to their own property, and a right to protect themselves. They are major advocates of civil liberties, the right to bear arms, gay equality rights, immigration, a higher standard of education, free market capitalism, the repeal of income taxes, reduced corporate taxation, a proactive …show more content…
I had no idea that this party existed. We often do not think of unique and traditional as being associated with each other. Equality, talent, and intellect are all very important topics to value. Everyone should have equal rights in the political, economic, social, and civil sense. Egalitarianism is extremely important. We all need to be equal in order to have a beneficial societal outcome. However, it seems to me that basing governmental power on an intelligence test is unequal, even though it might be very beneficial. There are many different types of intelligence, and it is unfair to say that one person is smarter than another based on a test. Very good post,
The Objectivist Party is based on Ayn Rand’s political philosophy of objectivism, which states that it is morally logical to pursue one’s own happiness. Ayn Rand was a Russian-American writer and philosopher, and the party was founded on February 2, 2008 on her birthday by Tom Stevens. She was born in 1905 and died in 1982, and she wrote the novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. The party has a major focus on individual rights and respect. They also focus on the importance of art and the transformation of ideas into a physical form so that one can comprehend it easier and more emotionally. Their essential belief is that everyone should follow their dreams and respect each other. The Objectivist Party’s four main principles are that individuals have a right to life, a right to their own thoughts, a right to their own property, and a right to protect themselves. They are major advocates of civil liberties, the right to bear arms, gay equality rights, immigration, a higher standard of education, free market capitalism, the repeal of income taxes, reduced corporate taxation, a proactive …show more content…
I had no idea that this party existed. We often do not think of unique and traditional as being associated with each other. Equality, talent, and intellect are all very important topics to value. Everyone should have equal rights in the political, economic, social, and civil sense. Egalitarianism is extremely important. We all need to be equal in order to have a beneficial societal outcome. However, it seems to me that basing governmental power on an intelligence test is unequal, even though it might be very beneficial. There are many different types of intelligence, and it is unfair to say that one person is smarter than another based on a test. Very good post,