Paternal-Objectivism

Also called "Galtism", Paternal-Objectivism‌ is the idea that society relies on a few powerful and intelligent people called the "patrien", without whose leadership society would fall apart. A true patrien can only rise through the mechanism of free-market capitalism. Galtists believe, since the Federation destroyed true capitalism in the 21st century, the only remaining patrien are the descendants of patrien. Hence, power and rule should pass to those patrien who would use it responsibly. It is influential because it is the ideology of the The Peerage‌.