What is Egoism?
Egoism, in the Stirnerite sense used here, rejects fixed moral duties to state, class, or nation and treats the individual as the only authority. It sits near the economic centre and at the libertarian edge.
Core principles
- Individual sovereignty
- Anti-ideology
- Rejection of the state
On the PoliMap chart this cell runs from -2 to 2 on the economic axis and -10 to -6 on the social axis. Negative economic scores are left; positive social scores are authoritarian.
Nearby ideologies
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