The foundation of his ideology was initially grounded in two philosophies: (a) the notion that only verifiable facts are worthy of consideration, and (b) Ayn Rand’s Objectivist theory, promoting the idea that society would be better served if everyone always acted in their own self-interest. To say these theories are unpopular with progressives is a little like saying nuclear power is unpopular with people who owned hotels outside Chernobyl.
