Source analyzed: ARI on Wikipedia

🧠 Memetic Profile: Core Memeplex Structure

Foundational Memes:

• Objectivism as a Closed System – All truth claims trace back to Rand’s canon; philosophical expansion is reframed as misinterpretation.
• Moral Certainty Through Reason – ARI teaches that ethical clarity and objective knowledge are achievable through rational inquiry alone.
• The Heroic Individual – Roark and Galt aren’t just fiction—they’re ethical templates.
• Capitalism as the Only Moral System – Not just practical, but philosophically necessary.

Narrative Structure:

• Rand’s life and works are mythologized as a struggle between truth and collectivist suppression.
• Followers are cast as torchbearers keeping the flame of rationality alive in a decadent age.

Doctrinal Core:

• Metaphysics: Objective reality exists independent of consciousness.
• Epistemology: Reason is man’s only means of knowledge.
• Ethics: Rational self-interest is moral.
• Politics: Laissez-faire capitalism is the only moral political system.
• Aesthetics: Romantic realism is the highest artistic form.

Memetic Architecture:

• Highly structured and self-reinforcing, with texts, courses, and lectures forming a closed-loop logic.
• Rand's published works function as primary scripture, while Peikoff’s interpretations act as canonical extensions.