What are the motifs in The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson?

Lisa's philosophy embraces free-market capitalism, although she doesn't use those terms. Lisa believes that everyone deserves whatever they are smart enough to earn. She doesn't believe that people should be forced to pay for others, as happens in taxation. She also doesn't believe that people should vote. Instead, whoever is most successful, and therefore smartest, will have the power and be in charge. In the novel, this person is Lisa. She is smart, and she has large goals. She builds a city, and she believes she should own the city. If she loses it, then she didn't deserve it. Therefore, there is no need for regulation.