[An.American.Expatriate]

When I think of the extreme right - I think of Jefferson, Madison, Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman (individual freedom)

And that is correct from an American perspective!!

Europeans don't understand the concept of individual freedom because they have NEVER had it!! The State is the source of rights in Europe. A government of the people, by the people and for the people is totally alien to them.

[armed_in_sydney]

Ideologues like Rand and Friedman preach sickly-cry-baby systems that require a strong arm government to protect the weak and devious(just as Marxists require it to protect the weak and dumb).The character in 'Atlas Shrugged' would be more like a fairy accountant scared for his life than a superman in the real world.

Income tax and any type of 'federal' power(which Randian philosophy depends on) was unheard of in my own country until certain politicians wanted to 'commercialize' our economy and society after the 1930's.I dont want a government for the people and by the people,i hate the friggin concept of the 'people'.I dont know if that makes me a nationalist or a social darwinist......and i really dont care.Financial schools of thought mean nothing to me,they all end up in the same government controlled system.It's just from one frying pan to another.

Freedom is not a financial system,it is absolute self-reliance.And the Europeans certainly dont have the monopoly on being government reliant.