Ayn Rand wrote Anthem in the 1930s as a warning to Western civilization about the horrors of collectivism, whether of the Nazi or Communist variety. … Only collectivist thought and speech are permitted. Individuals think and speak of themselves only as “we.”

What was Anthem based on?

In 1976, Rush released the song “2112,” which was based on Rand’s story Anthem.. Fly By Night is the second Rush album, and their first with drummer Neil Peart, who also writes the band’s lyrics. “Anthem” is based on the precepts of Ayn Rand, author of the books Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.

What is Ayn Rand's message?

Philosophy. Rand called her philosophy “Objectivism”, describing its essence as “the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute”.