She believed the threat of being drafted creates a state of "terror" where young people cannot plan their futures or count on their own efforts. Political Impact and Legacy
Rand’s ideas influenced the eventual abolition of the U.S. draft in 1973. ayn rand
New Article: “End the Debt Draft” - The Ayn Rand Institute She believed the threat of being drafted creates
She maintained that a volunteer army is the only moral and practical way to defend a free country. Practical Arguments not the state.
Rand viewed the draft as an enactment of "altruist self-sacrifice," where individuals are forced to serve purposes they may not share or understand.
Rand's opposition was rooted in her philosophy of , which holds that an individual’s life belongs to them, not the state.