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Objectivism supports Classical Liberalism/Minarchism and argues that the role of the State should be restricted to defending negative liberty. This logically implies that the State should not interfere in any human actions that do ''not'' involve force, fraud or coercion. For example, voluntary economic activity conducted by fully informed, consenting individuals, should not be restricted in any way. The same applies to capitalist acts between [[Consenting Adults]] ranging from voluntary prostitution to consumption of drugs. This is what Rand and other Libertarians mean by Laissez-Faire Capitalism. They are ''not'' defending [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]], [[Mega Corp|MegaCorps]], or [[Peace and Love Incorporated]]. Also, they are not using the Marxist or anarchist meanings of the term "capitalism," they are referring to "free market economics" first and foremost.
It has to be emphasised again, however, that this is where most of the [[Flanderization]]/misrepresentation of Rand comes from; the fact that both [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] types,
To those that have read the [[Useful Notes/Political Ideologies|Political Ideologies]] page, this should not come as a surprise. Rand is a textbook case of a Classical Liberal and Objectivism embraces a very similar theory of human nature to that of the Enlightenment philosophers (i.e. human reason as effective, humans possessing rationality and free will).
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