Ayn Rand

(1905-1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher who delineated a philosophy known as objectivism. It was her attempt to describe objective reality. She aligned herself mostly (almost exclusively) with purist pro-capitalists (right-wing politics; mostly conservatives, and, although she denounced all forms of libertarianism, she is usually considered to be a major, if not THE major, influence on the formation of the U.S. Libertarian Party. Rand defended the egoism of the strong, at least in clearly defined short-sighted outlooks, but did little if anything to recognize the rights of the weaker majority of humans to be egoist by partially limiting the absolute freedom/property-ownership of the strong.  In fact, she often seemed to suggest that the weak owe everything to the strong and should essentially bow-down to their betters/superiors.