Ayn Rand supported collectivism.
Atlas Shrugged . The book explores a number of philosophical themes from which Rand would subsequently develop Objectivism . In doing so , it expresses the advocacy of reason , individualism , and capitalism , and depicts what Rand saw to be the failures of governmental coercion . Ayn Rand . In 1957 , Rand published her best-known work , the novel Atlas Shrugged .