individualist anarchism

[Gar Lipow]

I think there was a 19th century German call Max Stirner who as a sort 
of proto-randite. He preached a form of individualist anarchism based on 
absolute personal selfishness - including a right do anything you had 
the strength to get away with. I heard gossip that his wife left him 
because he was too sexually selfish for her; I found this too juicy to 
research and spoil with an actual fact.

In all fairness some people have argued to me that this view unfairly 
caricatures Stirner. If you have way too much free time on your hands, 
and want to decide for yourself, you can find his key essay at:

http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/stirner/theego0.html