Force & Coercion -- Why Almost Everyone Thinks They Are OK? | Yaron Brook Show

00:00 Intro
01:39 Vivek's Tweet
03:29 Upcoming Shows Schedule
05:54 Blind Spot
11:27 Government Coercion
15:28 Individual Rights http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights
20:50 Collectivism http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/collectivism
33:48 The thing to fight for http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individualism
35:50 A defense of individual rights must be based on a defense of selfishness, rationality, reason, and reality. No shortcuts exist.
37:30 Collectivism is the enemy

Live Questions:
43:38 Have tyrants realized they have to allow some degree of economic freedom to maintain power? People see the abundance of the west and won't tolerate living under complete privation. Is this a victory in some small way? Did Rand contribute to this?
52:11 I’ve suggested to Marxists that they join a commune (instead of adopting it on a national scale) and allow the rest of us to be capitalist, but they resist. That’s because they know there will be no Jeff Bezos in the commune to feed them.
54:12 You notice storage lockers in big cities are cheap but apts are not? I can get a 15 × 15 storage locker in SF for $500 a month. But an apt that size would be $2,500. If we had a free market people wouldn’t be spending 50% of there income on rent.
57:07 I didnt get Onkars talk at OCON. Why is psychologizing bad? Ayn Rand was better at identifying people's psychological motives than anyone. I think its always good to try and identify someones psychological core. Both politically and interpersonally.
1:07:33 People have no imagination. They can't picture 9% GDP growth if the shackles of the welfare/regulatory state were removed. They think it's a science fiction fantasy. How do we convince people without being able to show them?
1:09:21 Part 1) I was listening to Yeonmi Park's talk at OCON. Is North Korea an 80 year old open air concentration camp? I'm sure if North Korea was ever liberated it would look a lot like the liberation of Auschwitz.
1:10:33 Part 2) Do people not care about communist concentration camps because they don't involve racial killings?
1:12:49 Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?
1:14:32 Historically religion has used art effectively to push its philosophy. Does a philosophy of reason also need art to gain traction? If so, why?
1:17:10 What is your top 5 list of countries that respect individual rights the most?
1:18:48 Hi Yaron, just wondering if you had a chance to review “Whiplash”. Thanks!
1:19:23 Is there a concerted effort to eliminate nuance in order to promote a narrative?
1:20:04 Just wondering if you have ever seen the HBO miniseries “John Adams”? Curious why Adams is not as mentioned as one of the founding father. Also curious how come he is not on any US currency
1:22:58 You claim Zuck & twitter's old mgmt didn't do anything wrong, yet you agree there are Orren Boyles. What's an example of sanctioning gov't censorship?
1:27:19 Republican governors have been eliminating almost all permit requirements to purchase and conceal a firearm. This seems like a very questionable extension of rights in order for people to protect themselves from coercion?
1:28:32 I hope Adam he Got a ride home and not Ammunition.
1:28:41 Taking someone's property by misrepresentation is indirect force.
1:28:52 Looking ahead to the New Years Eve show. If we raise $15,000 that evening could you ban Scott permanently?
1:29:25 Bud Light boycott seems collectivist. Some customers feel coerced into joining. Isn't the Individualist is the one who enters the bar and orders a BL?
1:30:54 Can you think of another way to segway more people towards a more Objectivist way of thinking other than just saying read ‘Ayn Rand and Objectivism’?
1:32:04 Fire and Fury was the correct approach to North Korea.
1:33:24 I’m with you in not wanting to see the Zuckerberg-Musk fight. It’s undignified. Do you view it as an example of Dr. Peikoff’s comment that we need a more mature culture before Objectivism takes hold?

1:35:35 Outro

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