“There is a significant change in the leftist-liberal ideology of today, a difference between the old left and the new — not in essential goals or fundamental motives, but in their forms …” Ayn Rand, Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

In her article, ‘The Left: Old and New’, Ayn Rand details the ways in which the New Left differs from the old. She notes that “three fundamentals remain untouched: mysticism-altruism-collectivism”, and identifies what has changed from the old left to the new, drawing on examples.

In this Meetup, questions such as the following are explored: