This is the audio version of Onkar Ghate’s November 6, 2017, post, “The Anti-Intellectuality of Donald Trump: Why Ayn Rand Would Have Despised a President Trump.”
In this wide-ranging episode of The Thinkery Podcast, Carl Benjamin (known on YouTube as “Sargon of Akkad”), interviews Yaron Brook. Among the many topics covered are: Why Adam Smith’s conventional morality undermines the case for capitalism; why Ayn Rand is not a “liberal” or a “conservative”; communism as the secularization of Christianity; the need for rational education; the essence of morality.
No one can speak for the dead. But as an expert on Ayn Rand’s philosophy, I’m often asked what Rand would have thought of President Trump, especially now, on the one-year anniversary of his election and in light of stories in the Washington Post and elsewhere trying to link Trump to Rand.
Yaron Brook, the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute, was recently interviewed on Amy Peikoff’s show Don’t Let it Go regarding his views on the proper immigration policy.
In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Brook discusses Obama’s policies over the past eight years and their impact on our freedom. He also explains how these destructive policies are motivated by the philosophy of altruism and collectivism.
Yaron Brook recently appeared on The Glenn Beck Program to discuss Trump’s plans for the country. Brook and Beck weigh in on Trump’s relationship with Putin, his views on foreign policy and other topics.
Voices for Reason is a blog that covers a wide range of topics, including philosophy and its application to current events, programs of the Ayn Rand Institute and the ideas of Objectivism. Looking back on the year, here are 2016’s most-read blog posts (along with edited versions of the introductions that accompanied them at time of publication).
What is the significance of Donald Trump’s election win? “Can You Love God and Ayn Rand?” What's Behind the Bullying of Vaccine-maker Pfizer? And what does society look like without a wall separating religion and state?
