In Defence of Ayn Rand #4: Rand, Anarchism, and Taxes
A response to XOmniverse's video questioning whether Ayn Rand's opposition to Anarchism was inconsistent with her philosophy, objectivism.
I provide my own theory of the legitimacy of government and of taxes, and suggest that it is (a) consistent with Rand's philosophy, and (b) gives further explaination for why Rand's opposition to Anarchism is not inconsistent with her philosophy.
I also discuss Rand's characterization of government legitimacy: that government gets its power from the governed, with the consent of the governed. I propose that that idea - being an idea proposed also by Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau (whose philosophies were quite different from Rand's) - is actually a bad fit with Rand's philosophy.
NOTE: I do not propose that my theories of government and taxation were proposed by Rand. I do think that they are logically consistent with Rand's philosophy.
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Tags: Ayn Rand Objectivism anarchist taxes government
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