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Notable anarchist figures, including Emma Goldman and Donald Rooum, have extensively engaged with Stirner’s principles, finding in them a pathway to a system that allows for personal and social fulfillment. Goldman, for instance, has lauded Stirner's exploration of individuality as offering profound social possibilities.
Stirner urges individuals to pursue their own interests, arguing that altruism can lead to self-neglect and thereby perpetuate tyranny—oppressors masked as benevolent figures. This critique supports a shift in the zeitgeist among the contemporary left, wherein self-interest is reclaimed as a legitimate, and indeed necessary, aspect of revolutionary thought.