By Richard Hoste 22

A Critique of Ayn Rand on Race

Today I read Any Rand’s 1963 essay “Racism.” I had read Atlas Shrugged as a teenager. It was a little too absolutist for me but I called myself a libertarian for years afterward and still do to a great extent. I find the argument that the vast majority of what states do is coercion convincing, but I can’t completely accept Rand’s morality. Once a person has...