Understanding Ayn Rand | 5 Minute Video
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Ayn Rand is one of the most famous novelists and philosophers of the 20th century. Her ideas about free markets and free minds still captivate millions. Gloria Alvarez with the Objective Standard Institute tells Rand’s fascinating story.
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Who is John Galt?
This is one of the most famous questions in modern literature. Even today, over 50 years after it was written, you'll hear people asking it.
Why?
Because it recalls the riveting suspense story, heroic characters, and powerful ideas portrayed in the bestselling novel Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia on February 2, 1905, Rand became one the most celebrated authors and philosophers of the 20th century. Her most famous novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, still sell hundreds of thousands of copies every year around the world.
Rand lived through the early years of the Russian Revolution, saw her father's pharmacy business confiscated by the Bolsheviks, and experienced the horrors of communism firsthand.
She longed to emigrate to America. In 1926, she did-and never looked back.
To Rand, the United States meant freedom. She saw the Founding Fathers as heroes. They created a country based on individual rights.
"Man's right to his own life, to his own liberty, to the pursuit of his own happiness," she said, means that every individual has a "right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself"-nor to the government.
The practical results of the American system, Rand said, could be seen in the skyline of New York City.
"America's skyscrapers," she noted, "were not built by public funds nor for a public purpose: they were built by the energy, initiative, and wealth of private individuals for personal profit. And, instead of impoverishing the people, these skyscrapers, as they rose higher and higher, kept raising the people's standard of living."
Rand advocated pure capitalism, which she described as a system in which "the government acts only as a policeman that protects man's rights." No bailouts, no special favors for big business, no government intervention into the economy.
When people are free to produce and trade, and when the government is limited to protecting rights, everyone benefits. Individuals thrive. Societies prosper.
How do we know this?
Compare freer, more capitalist societies to less free, more statist ones:
In Rand's day -
America compared to the Soviet Union.
West Germany to East Germany.
More recently:
South Korea to North Korea.
Colombia to Venezuela.
Such differences were painfully obvious to Rand. So were their causes.
In Atlas Shrugged, she showed how easily a free society can collapse into a dictatorship. The heroine, Dagny Taggart, works tirelessly and brilliantly to save her family's railroad business, while ever-increasing government interventions destroy businesses and crush the economy.
Meanwhile, one by one, the top producers across various industries mysteriously disappear. No one knows where they have gone. The only clue is a question they leave behind: Who is John Galt?
As the economy crumbles, how do politicians, bureaucrats, and academics react? They blame "the greedy businessman" and decry the profit motive and free markets. Their solution: more government intervention which, of course, only makes the problem worse.
Sound familiar?
Atlas Shrugged is a cautionary tale about pursuing equality over excellence-state control over free markets-but it's also about the power of the individual and the power of reason.
The individual's reasoning mind, Rand argued, is his tool of knowledge-his only means of understanding what is true or false, how the world works, what is good or bad for his life.
This is the theme of Rand's work more broadly: In order to thrive, to achieve happiness, the individual must think for himself and live by the judgment of his own mind.
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FINALLY! Someone who's actually studied and read Ayn Rand explaining Ayn Rand! There are a lot of people out there claiming to "know" what Ayn Rand's philosophy was about, and yet it is painfully clear they've not read one word of her writings!!! Great job! Thanks!
Agreed. It about killed me when Stossel had Chuck Kirk speak on behalf of Ayn Rand on his video. Gloria Alvarez's videos on ARI's channel are great, especially everything they can get Binswanger to participate in.
This guatemalan chick is well known these days. She appears in a lot of articles lately.
@@jpg6113 p This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. Joe Biden won the election, and Trump was America’s worst. The 1619 project is true whether you like it or not. ANTIFA has a purpose. Lastly, Capitalism sucks.
I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots.
Here is a longer explanation that backs these topics up:
DO NOT MAKE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS COMMENT WITHOUT WATCHING THE VIDEO.
It WILL convince you.
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#PragerUisConservativePropaganda
#woke
#DumpTrump
#informed
@@prageruisconservativepropa2842 You have to be a troll. There is no way anybody could hit that many dumb liberal talking points by accident.
@Big Boy Well what do you mean "entirely made up"? It is fiction, true. John Galt isn't a real person you could walk around and point at. I don't see the issue here.
"dystopia we’re people are basically to incompetent to function except for the rich and intelligent people."
It's art. It's a selective recreation of reality based on the artists metaphysical value judgements. The point of the book (well there are many) but the point addressing this comment is that:
1) All values are produced
2) Those best able to produce values, produce the most (great bankers, great engineers, great painters, etc.)
3) Without the most productive, every individual has a more difficult time acquiring values, since less of them are being produced.
"logical political philosophy."
Objectivism isn't a political philosophy. You could call her positions in politics a political philosophy if you want, but Objectivism is a philosophy, and isn't primarily about politics.
I remember the old John Stossel video with Gloria and hadn't seen her since. Good to hear from her again.
She's been doing a bunch of stuff with ARI. Worth a watch, especially anything with Binswanger.
@ Alan Greenspan buahahah!!! Oh you guys are funny...
Ayn Rand's philosophy did not change my life.
Instead, it helped me to understand it, and therefore, change myself my own life.
Thats the beauty of this philosophy. It doesnt tell you what to do, only to think by yourself and judge everything, from small things to big things.
If this is true then it won’t be long before it is banned in America.
This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots.
Here is a longer explanation that backs these topics up:
DO NOT MAKE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS COMMENT WITHOUT WATCHING THE VIDEO.
It WILL convince you.
ruclips.net/video/whOtdkkT7hA/видео.html
#PragerUisConservativePropaganda
#woke
#DumpTrump
#informed
Sure, kid.
@@prageruisconservativepropa2842 Ayn Rand: think for yourself.
The left: THIS IS PROPAGANDA!!!
@@prageruisconservativepropa2842 "with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals." Holy shit, the irony!!
I have been following Gloria Alvarez for some time. She is a free market voice for her country and all of Latin America. We can only hope the world will follow.
Yeah and how is that working out in Brazil, that has 100k Covid infections a day? How the rightwing govt, FAILED the people and JAILED Lula. Who took million out of poverty in Brazil. Gloria Alvarez and Prager U should listen to what DIE HARD AYN RAND lover Alan Greenspan ,who put a $ shaped reef on her grave said about the so called "free market" after the crash of 2008. He said it failed , his whole belief of "market correction" didn't work and retired being the chairman.
@ Brazil's case mortality rate (the only number that matters) is 2.6%. Which is worse than the US (1.9%), but better than the UK (2.9%) but far better than Mexico (9.0%). The only reason Brazil is ion the spotlight, is because it has a right wing government. If it was left wing and had the same numbers we wouldn't hear a peep out of the media.
@ And just what is the government supposed to do?
@ You do realize that corporations are now THE government don't you? Madison was wrong, the government should have no influence on corporations and corporations should have no influence on government. The people ultimately control corporations by voting with their wallets, with government influence (regulations and control) corporations are able to establish monopolies that otherwise would not be possible.
Shes white as hell ... Makes sense huh
Thank you for this wonderful video! I discovered Ayn Rand's writing as a teenager, and now I'm retired. She was a monumental influence in my life, and I am grateful for her logical mind!
@Hello But she never would have forced her atheism upon another person, as many do. And she loved Christmas ` because she thought is was a virtue to show those you love you value them. I didn't give up my Christianity either - I will not surrender to the evil of totalitarianism.
THAT is none of your business and was HER decision. Look past your glass house.
The GODS are watching YOU, self righteous one.
@@aesir0784 It would be wonderful if you could be respectful in your comments. There is no need for personal attacks. A little logic and reason goes a long way.
@Hello so what? That has literally nothing to do with all of her Filosophy. You just show that you judge other based on his religion than his mind snd that's pretty sad.
@Hello Her choice. Her business. Has nothing to do with the logic of her writings, unless that’s what you choose to grasp on to.
I've been calling PragerU for about 10 years to address Objectivism. And this video is good. It's not easy for PragerU especially when there is a conflict of ideas over ethics, but I applaud them for making this start and being open for a civilized discussion. More to come I hope from PragerU on this, with more guests from ARI.
And many thanks to Gloria and the Objectivist Standard Institute.
I believe there is a very strong silver lining amongst the few conflicts.
I agree! This is what true dialogue is all about. You can have different viewpoints on issues but still have some commonalities. I wouldn't call myself a full-on Objectivist, but neither do I identify with any kind of religious persuasion. Objectivism is the closest philosophy that aligns with my rational beliefs, and I certainly agree with Rand's positions on capitalism and the extremely limited role of government. I know Dennis Prager has very deep religious beliefs, which I respect as his choice, and what I equally respect is his acceptance of not only other religious beliefs, but of non-believers like Objectivists.
Like Prager himself said: He has more common ground with an athiest who wants freedom than an authoritarian who believes in a god. Ayn Rand was an athiest who wanted freedom.
I appreciate it, too, because it shows that this channel is about nuance and letting people know about these philosophies instead of the mere indoctrination they are falsely accused of pushing.
@@loufancelli1330 I'm a devout Catholic, and enjoy seeing where we can stand together and engage in healthy debate. It's the polar opposite of cancel culture.
Who better to look out for one’s best interests than oneself?
Says the woman who ended up living on welfare
@@isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426 you're wrong but ok
@@isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426 And was pursuing her own happiness selfishly by doing so.
@@isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426 red herring. She paid into Social Security and collected it. There is nothing in objectivity that requires a person to not collect after paying into a system. If you understood it, you wouldn't make that common, stupid mistake.
Social Security is not voluntary. Your participation is forced through payroll taxes, with no choice to opt out even if you think the program harmful to your interests. If you consider such forced “participation” unjust, as Rand does, the harm inflicted on you would only be compounded if your announcement of the program’s injustice precludes you from collecting Social Security. She received about $11K. You're dismissed
@@isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426 you could easily argue the woke people enjoy the fruits of the labor from a system they detest.
Holy crap! 100 years ago this girl was smarter and more aware than half of Twitter today. Impressive.
Edit: Yes, I was being generous saying "half of Twitter", but maybe that will change sooner than we think.
Half of Twitter?
I think you assume there’s too many smart people on Twitter.
In jest of course.
Thats the culture curve, 1900 to 2000 slowly but always up, 2000 to 2010 stable not up but not down, 2010 to well now sacrifice QI and fredom for social justice and moral highground, in a couple of years we will it a new low and at that point we will turn up again, maybe
Look up her interviews. I had to watch them for an ethics class at a Community College. Been a fan ever since.
Solzhenitsyn is another good one to read and research
That's kind of a low bar...
I found the lesson here the lesson is responsibility. “When people are free from responsibility there is no more freedom.”
LV your thought here thank you.
Who are you quoting?
Bingo!
You got that right. Banks free from there responsibility's with a Monopoly of printing free money placed on the backs of taxes payers in the form of riskie home loans. And now are freedom's are disappearing into the long night. "sigh" ....end act 9 exit stage left or right don't matter we own both.....
@@RipMinner
Wrong "banks". I know you are talking about the Treasury of the USA. It is a monopoly because of its place in the workings of Government and the nation. Your local bank is NOT the Treasury. And they are NOT FREE to print money at their leisure. More often than not they are on record wanting to recall bills to re-valuate the Dollar. The problem is with Congress, regardless of party, wanting to spend money for whatever reason the country literally does not have.
If you want to make comment about Govt, learn about it on the subjects within you wish to comment on at least. I know most all modern Western Govts are utterly byzantine in their complexity, but that is no excuse to make utterly ignorant statements pulled out of your [bunghole] as if fact.
_“In the end what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses, and a slave obeys!”_
*Andrew Ryan*
Probably not a great person to be quoting tbh considering Bioshock was one long testament to ‘don’t do a Rand’ 😂
But what if a man chooses to obey?
@@JonGreen91 you are still choosing.
@@JonGreen91
A slave is not at liberty to choose; not to obey.
The Bioshock games are so much deeper and complex than people know. Some say Rapture was supposed to be a Objectivist paradise. It may have been for the Andrew Ryan personally, but the city didn't run by purely Objectivist principles. The creators took inspiration from Rand, but were also inspired by the writing of Walt Disney and Aldous Huxley.
I love this comment section, seems there are a lot of self-reliant, fully conscious, and objective individuals. Wishing every one of you a life full of meaning and success
Thanks!
Thank you! You too!
Go to a left wing video and read the comment section there. You'll lose all hope.
@@formyownedification3879 Well, those who are free must band together to defeat the forces of communism. Ronald Reagan proved that the free world can defeat the empire of evil (i.e. Soviet Union). So no, I'm not gonna give up and neither should you 😉
This video is advertising a literal dystopia. When there's no government intervention in the economy, companies just become governments unto themselves - and they don't even pretend to be democratic. Say hello to corporate towns with company-employed internal justice systems, and goodbye to fair pay, hours and working conditions. The countries with the highest living standards happen to be the ones that understand what the market is and isn't good for.
"Hatred of the good for being the good, is the hallmark of the twentieth century. This is the enemy you are facing'" - Ayn Rand
@@tomasmccauley569 "Social darwinism"? "Eaten alive"
What are you talking about? How are your two statements related? Is social darwinism the term the kids are using to mean cannibalism or something?
When you say "social darwinism", are you referring to a metaphysical view of man's survival or an ethical view of man's survival? I ask because one is essentially self-evident and hardly needs a defense to an honest person, and the other requires at least some explanation.
@@tomasmccauley569 Well, I disagree with social darwinism in the metaphysical sense meaning "scientific diversification of species", but it now clear you are talking about social Darwinism in the ethical sense. However, even taking your sentence here, that is not what Ayn Rand believed.
I mean what you have here is incredibly vague. "societies should favor". There is no such thing as a "society" according to Ayn Rand. A society is just a collection of individuals. Individuals can favor or not. Society can't. Individuals can eat. Society can't.
Ayn Rand's view is everyone should "fend" for themselves, this includes the strong. The way you phrased your sentence implies that the strong need "favors" from society (strong in the human context meaning the most rational). The most productive (the strong, the fittest if you want to use that language) don't need favors from society. All values are produced and they produce the most. Most of the wealth in the world, is produced by these people. Therefore if you value the life you live with incredible wealth, it necessarily was produced by these people. In that sense, they deserve your gratitude. The "weak", those who are unable, are the ones who need "favors", since for whatever reason, they are unable to produce. So I'd just recommend to you that you sit down and think a little more carefully about what you are claiming. Usually when somebody is being as vague as you are, it means they haven't thought through what they are saying with precision.
@@damonhage7451 There is no way man can escape the force of natural selection except through the application of rational thought and action. There is no guiding hand to natural selection, merely the selective force of the environment.
We are part of the natural world but our society is an extension of nature. We are all born helpless and dependent on others, and if we are fortunate, work hard and make good decisions, we may progress, become independent, and accomplish great things. There is virtually no limit to what a person or an organization of men and women can achieve working together. What is important is the individual will to achieve success, collaborate with others, and the collective will of different groups of individuals working within various social organizations.
Any Rand merely emphasizes the importance of individual free will to enterprise.
@@thegeneralist7527 I have two things to say about your comment.
I don't understand what message you are trying to convey. Your comment boils down natural selection is real but since we have produced so much, it doesn't really affect us that much. True. Human beings have the capacity for great achievement. True. Why did this need to be said? Are you just soapboxing?
But then, you throw in a "merely" on a derivative aspect of philosophy, when it takes 200+ pages of OPAR to arrive at what she "merely emphasized" so that makes me think you don't know what your talking about, and the fact you mention "free will" or volition as if it was a political concept further demonstrates sloppy thinking.
Bunch of nonsense a 5 year old could spew while being on the potty.
I am convinced it is because I read Ayn Rand in high school out of my own volition that I now hold the strong values that I do. Reading her novels was like living through this vicariously, she paints the feeling well. Thanks for making and sharing this video.
High school. Thats about the level of Rand's ideology.
@@jeffsmith9420
I think it's more like the limit of your ability to understand her work
@@stultuses Understand. Its sort of like saying I am not appreciating "fine dinning" when I am served steamed dog shit.
“Equality” is the word that appeals to the common man’s emotions. But we know what it really means.
Today, EQUITY.
The word equity is the one to listen for.
Got it a little mixed up there. Equality of opportunity, but equality of outcome (which they use the word equity for)
Freedom appeals to the simple minded. An easy tactic to control citizens and govt. All you need is capital and theyll be as "free" as you want them to be.
Equity is the dangerous word.
I remember reading her novel, and being impressed on how an immigrant was able to succeed in the US and be influential. She was not held back by her immigrant status or sex.
Very well said. As long as a person doesn't live with a victim mentality, success is possible in any condition.
Or by debt.
She didn't want handouts, she wanted opportunity. Today, only 15% of immigrants contribute more than they consume
@@DeadAbeVigoda What percentage of natural born citizens contribute more than they consume?
left wing socialits will say it was all due to her white privilege lol
I was named after the main character in Atlas Shrugged!
Great name!
damn bro thats pretty cringe
Shut the front door...No way...Really? That is a bold move by your parents....
@@Bubatz_braucher being named after a strong, brave, and highly intelligent woman is cringe??
Take a nap wokist.
Good for your parents!
Ayn is absolutely one of the most powerful authors of the 20th century
Lol, no, the authors of the 1619 project were better. This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots. Here’s a better explanation by FOX (your other form of propaganda) ruclips.net/video/yih-t0tpzXU/видео.html DO NOT MAKE A COUNTER ARGUMENT WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE VIDEO FIRST. It covers all of the points I said above, and it WILL convince you.
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@@nicholasstancel I’m 12 I’m not old enough to go to college and it’s sad that I’m smarter than every conservative adult
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Children need harsh discipline.
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"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion-when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing-when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors-when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you-when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice-you may know that your society is doomed." - Ayn Rand
Stunning quote. (Scary too though.) Thanks for sharing.
For someone who's meant to be an uber capitalist, that's quite the Marxist quote. I doubt we'd agree on much else, but based take, Rand
@@connormcinerney7503 the best way for the rich to rip people off is Marxism... gullible people keep falling for the same scam
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Greenspan was the chairman of the Federal Reserve which is as far from the free market as it is possible to get.
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There is no banking free market.
Thank you, Prager University and Dennis Prager!
Fun fact: Anton Lavey based his religion from Ayn Rand's philosophy.
Anton Lavey was the founder of the church of SATAN.
So free market capitalism was the core philosophy of the Lavey form of satanism.
By the way Ayn Rand hated religions.
So these facts proves that Prageru is an oxymoron.
You can't like both judeo-christian values and free market capitalism.
These things contradicts each other.
@@69smilodrone85 Just right. She was a full-blown atheist. I do not see how one can manage to mix religion with her philosophy. Will be interesting.
@@69smilodrone85 You're making one of the most rookie mistakes: discussing people instead of the results of their ideas or policies.
@@mazz4149 very very easily. She also Loved Real pastors and quoted them frequently. She herself may have been an atheist but she was No anti theist. Regardless santanism is in no way at all similar to Objectivism
@@lukesalazar9283 she considered religions as useless and dangerous.
How is it not anti-theist to you?
"Atlas Shrugged" isn't a novel today. It's a documentary.
True!
I think the Current Government used Atlas Shrugged as a Guidebook, Similarly to how they used 1984 as a Guide Book, rather than the Warnings that they were.
No, it's a handbook
Yes , indeed !
A documentary? I don't recall some rich guy inventing the literal perpetual motion machine.
These concepts should be obvious - but they have been censored in our education system for about 40 years
That is about the same time that Zinn rewrote our History books in the US. Zinn also received the Upton Sinclair Award for Communist Manifestos for his work. And Biden, in one of his first Executive Orders, rejected the 1776 Project as being divisive. Unfortunately, Socialism always works at first.
That's because such philosophical theories wouldn't last five minutes in the atmosphere of Mars. Let alone the nearest deserted island or war zone. 🤔 😤 🙄 😴
@@_Abjuranax_ no the 1776 protect haf a lot of problems
@@rileytheloser1350 Thus spoke the loser! 😂
@@kallaji7383 hey I rememberember you. Hello
"Man-every man-is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life." --Ayn Rand
These are the words of an intellectual giant. The bernies of this world shall always and forever choke on the humongous Ayn Rand.
I must remember this quote for every time I hear someone say to do something "for the greater good of the community" and to vaccinate "to protect others ". I will not set myself on fire to keep someone else warm
That's where she is both right and wrong. Without the context of divine providence, man exists only for himself, and there is no longer room for holy charity. While she rightly rejected the errors of communism, her answer to it was not enough.
Nice abstraction you got there. How about you drop rand and actually become an egoist instead
Man's desire can't be objectively defined. If one desires to act for the sake of others, not doing so because of "morals" alienates the individual. Rand wasn't an individualist she was stupid
Ayn rand's atlas shrugged, in a way, predicted a society similar to what we have now. Only it is far worse than Rand could have ever imagined.
OH we aint got there yet. Ayn saw it. with the Gulags and Secret Police...we are getting close there but not quite yet.
socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor.
Same with Orwell’s 1984. The themes are all there but it’s much worse in many ways.
It only is worst because we do not have Franciscos D'Anconia and John Galts creating a "Galt's Gulch". If we had that, it would be fine.
And her solution would still be completely absurd
"Atlas Shrugged" now non-fiction.
YOU’RE non fiction. Why, you may ask? Well...
This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. Joe Biden won the election, and Trump was America’s worst. The 1619 project is true whether you like it or not. ANTIFA has a purpose. Lastly, Capitalism sucks.
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Ayn Rand absolutely changed my life.
Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” should be required reading for all college students.
Yes
High school. By college its too late
Why?
@@pauldezv5884 read it and you will know.
Students of all ages should be introduced to #AtlasShrugged... Waiting until college... Allows to much damage and resistance to truth & knowledge IMHO. 😉
Gloria thank you for your excellent telling of Ayn Rand and her compelling story together with her understanding the advantages of freedom and capitalism.
It's a shame she supports abortion up until the last day of pregnancy.
@@izquierdaderecha7661 If you have a rational understanding of individual rights, such that you're able to effectively defend them intellectually and don't have to appeal to mysticism or sheer emotion, then you will understand that they can't apply to fetuses in the womb. Thus, abortion can't properly be banned.
Search: "Ayn Rand's Philosophy vs Abortion Bans".
I liked her book Anthem.
Literally ordered that yesterday, will be great to read
Me too. I read a few of her books when I was in high school, they gave me a wonderful foundation to build my philosophy upon. I wish that more people would read them instead of the drivel spewed out from the progressives.
Theresa at age 21 (now 74) I was handed Anthem by a friend after my complaining about not being allowed to excel. I read it in one sitting, and followed it with every book she ever wrote. "Shrugged" is of course the epitome of her observations and wisdom, heavily concentrated in Galt's speech. I have been able to connect man's actions, good and bad, to the three instincts born into people. Doing so has made it possible to complete the loop of understanding the accuracy of Objectivism.
The Audible version of the audiobook is SO good.
I teared up when the main character sees that the golden one has followed him into the wilderness.
Had to read her novella anthem for AP10. Frankly I liked it a lot.
Read We The Living its my favorite of hers
I consider it the most important book she ever wrote, and it's ridiculously short.
@@wariodude128 Atlas Shrugged is far more important. Yes, I love Anthem but no way is it more important than any of her books. All of them demonstrate the horror of the destruction of the individual. May I ask why you thought it was more important? Her attack on contemporary morality was summed up in Galt’s final speech.
@@holynightofserenitea The way Anthem is written is like a series of journal entries. Partly why it's so short. We don't learn too much about the world, but what's there hints at a world that went through something pretty terrible. At the start, the main character refers to himself as we in the first person until later on. Not in a royal sense either, but as part of a collective. It's been awhile since I last read it, but that really stuck out for me.
@@wariodude128 Oh, have you read Atlas? Rand's works do have those deep effects she is really good at concretizing abstract principles. We The Living was destroyed by the communists by the power of the state in the name of the collective. While the society in Atlas was destroyed by their evasions and their hatred of the men of ability. There are tons of concretizations of these facts. The most surreal one was when John Galt fixed the electric generator. Also, when everyone died on the train because they evaded the reality in front of them. While in We The Living all the characters were crushed by the state that deprived them of life. It was a slow death and some characters were already spiritually dead. In the case of We The Living it's concretes were present through almost every moment it was a truly rotten society. The only one more was Anthem but Antem was so evil and abstained from the functions of the individual that their society was all but impotent in the face of someone who uttered I. The society itself could only fear their fellow men unlike the USSR who the communists pushed to destruction and had actual power.
Atlas Shrugged should be taught in every middle school and again in high school.
This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. Joe Biden won the election, and Trump was America’s worst. The 1619 project is true whether you like it or not. ANTIFA has a purpose. Lastly, Capitalism sucks.
I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots.
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@@prageruisconservativepropa2842 they aren’t a real university, most get that. I just thought you should know that because of your comment I ended up donating $25 to them. Seeing you on here is proof they’re not getting through to enough people. Thank you for giving me that push to donate to an entity that is trying to save Freedom and Liberty from people with your mentality.
I recall reading Anthem in high school. Atlas Shrugged in college. But you are correct. They should both be taught in high school, but in today's schools I highly doubt they will make a comeback. Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984 should be required as well. Also Huxley's Brave New World.
I've just bought Atlas Shrugged for 7€ after watching this video. What a bargain!
It's a great book. Some unsolicited advice. Read it slowly. It's not a book to be swallowed whole but "chewed" and consumed slowly. You miss a lot if you blow through even one page.
I agree with Keith. It's very long and the first 300 pages or so move slowly. Hang in there though, it gets better. And you'll be in the "I've read Atlas Shrugged" chunk of humanity.
@@keithmichael9965 Thanks for the advice! I'll keep that in mind. I'm slow reader anyway 😀
@@dboy6400 Alright. Will hang in there for sure! 😀
@@kallaji7383 I agree with the others. It's entertainment for the mind and not lightweight reading but ultimately proves to be both exciting and mind-expanding.
*Andrew Ryan:* _“Lacking its own ingenuity, the parasite fears the visionary. What it cannot plagiarize, it seeks to censor. What it cannot regulate, it seeks to ban.”_
(Sounds to me like current woke entertainment)
Remember what happened to Rapture? That's right, didn't go well
Sounds like Disney for the last 20 years... Now, Warner Brothers is starting down the same path. Giving JJ Abrams $500 million to help out the DC movies. The first thing he does... hires an activist whose writing experience is in books about white privilege to write the new Superman movie.
This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots. Here’s a better explanation by FOX (your other form of propaganda) ruclips.net/video/yih-t0tpzXU/видео.html DO NOT MAKE A COUNTER ARGUMENT WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE VIDEO FIRST. It covers all of the points I said above, and it WILL convince you.
@@prageruisconservativepropa2842" free thinker and leftist " an oxymoron to be sure !
Andrew Ryan was literally a parody of Ayn Rand put in a context that showed the ridiculousness of her ideology... Someone hasn't been studying their video games.
I finished Atlas Shrugged last year... and it changed my perspective about society forever 🙌🏻
Like how Any Rand was a massive hypocrite who lived the end of her life on welfare?
@@bigultrafunny9751 My comment refers to the literary work, not the author. And don't tell me that the book doesn't deserve recognition simply because the author lived on welfare? The author's life doesn't make the literary work any less. You can judge them separately, her life and the text.
@@sanashy9024 But her rally was for private businesses to provide her means of attaining necessities. She advocated for rugged individualism but didn’t practice it herself.
Atlas shrugged, my favorite book.
I’ve read Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and Anthem. I plan on reading her philosophical books as well. No writer has affected me more than Ayn Rand. Read her books before they are banned. And find all the banned books you can and read them, as well. “Before you go tearing down fences, be sure you know what the fences were intended to keep out.”
Leonard Peikoff's "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" puts all of her philosophy between two book covers. The Ayn Rand Institute, aynrand.org, has many lectures and speeches in audio form. Be sure to check out Peikoff''s "Objectivism through Induction" as well as Rand's Ford Hall Forum speeches. Finally, I highly recommend books and lectures by Harry Binswanger for ideas built on top of Rand's Objectivism. His book, "How We Know", could be considered the sequel to Rand's "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology".
We must have this in every highschool
The 1619 project should be instead.
This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. Joe Biden won the election, and Trump was America’s worst. The 1619 project is true whether you like it or not. ANTIFA has a purpose. Lastly, Capitalism sucks.
I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots.
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Basically what your saying is class collaborationism ie sacrificing yourself for the good of the super wealthy, should be forced onto children so they know their place rather than fight for independence and sustainability
@@prageruisconservativepropa2842 this is just sad dude
It used to be...
This is a wonderful description of Rand. Kudos to Prager for allowing this unbiased description of Ayn. She is a personal hero of mine. A guide in my life. Honesty. Reason. Productivity. Charity. And self ownership define Rand’s philosophy.
Atlas Shrugged is the greatest symphony of language a human being has ever produced.
You ever read another book or just that one? She is the worst must turgid writer imaginable. Her characters have no emotion, are one dimensional, and speak in stilted overblown, LONG, dialogues and often monologues.
Her grasp of human beings their emotions, motivations, and speech patterns is so tenuous, it has been convincingly suggested she was autistic.
It's a stupid book. Have you even read it?
Go read Homer's Iliad.
@@JohnGeometresMaximos It is the greatest philosophical work since Aristotle.
@@micchaelsanders6286
Please elaborate. I would love to read an analytical juxtaposition of Aristotle and Rand. Oh wait. You have only skimmed through Aristotle's wiki page. Never mind.
@@micchaelsanders6286 I've dropped turds with more wisdom than Rand's drivel, is all I'm saying...🤣
I read ‘Atlas Shrugged’ thirty years ago. It is one of the few books I use to compare modern politics and business practices regularly. It is a brilliant piece of work.
This channel needs to grow to 10M subscribers. And then after it's reached 10M, it needs to hit 20M, and so on. It needs to never stop growing.
PragerU: We believe in Judeo-Christian Values!
Also PragerU: Ayn Rand is awesome!
Rand's criticisms of big government can be right and her views on Christianity wrong (though I think some of her criticisms were on point). This is also a good reason for the separation of church and state: "And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
We do not live in the Kingdom of Heaven but in the City of Man, where we must still develop systems of governance and economic policies that on the surface don't appear to reflect so-called Judeo-Christian values. Capitalism is simply the best system to ensure that people are free to exchange ideas, goods, etc., and thus also have the opportunity to enrich people and the world at large with whatever values they bring to the table. If a democratic and capitalist society does not embody Judeo-Christian values, it is not the fault of the system itself, but of the people within it.
Rand wasn't against charity or doing nice things for people. She very clearly states that people ought to do so if it brings them pleasure. What she opposed were coercive altruism and systems that forced people to give to others by making them feel guilty or by taking their property by force. That's a fairly important distinction.
I hear ya. For a great deal of my youth, I had known Ayn Rand more as an atheist than a proponent of Capitalism. One does not have be Jewish or Christian in order to believe and endorse thinking as she does. I think you have a hard problem grounding it though.
I think it speaks somewhat well of Dennis or whomever is calling the shots. As in the subject matter of Capitalism over Socialism, one does not have to believe in Judaeo-Christian Values to endorse Capitalism.
Sometimes you gotta trim the fat to get the good stuff. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
@@lucasfabisiak9586 So you agree with the left when they say state and church should be seperate??
Spot on, but please dont say Judeo-christian because its an oxymoron. This shows how PragerU are subverters and not pro Christianity, religion or conservatism. They want us disarmed. They basically say "we all have in common is that we have nothing in common" to stop people from organizing themselves against a common enemy.
If you stand up for nothing, you fall for everything.
@@tahahagar7664 It's not a left-wing position; it's a centrist and mainstream position at this point in the West. But yes I agree with the separation of church and state. I'm not really sure what the purpose of your question is. Perhaps you could clarify.
I’m having a sleep over with 34 other men. We’re all waiting at the camp for this to premiere. Everyone took off work and time for the family just for this. Absolutely stoked.
Which camp , some military camp ?
@@BalrajSingh-ky7se hunting camp
@@gigilaco Please, dont hurt animals. Just enjoy nature.
Yummy animals
@@NotSoRev It is not good to kill living animals and eat their dead bodies. It is much better to co exist with them and enjoy watching them.
What a beauty presentation of Ayn Rand's moral, economic, and political theory! I first read Atlas Shrugged in 1971 as a junior in high school. It provided me a grounding which continues to this day. ...Free markets, individual choice, the power of reason and intellect were ideals hammered home.
Thank you Prager for this video!
We're talking about the same Ayn Rand who stubbornly claimed nothing was wrong with smoking cigarettes and that doctors were wrong about them causing harm... until she contracted and died of Lung Cancer.
Ayn Rand never cared about reality. She cared about a reality centered around HER.
The thing I was reminded watching this is that I'm responsible for my own happiness and well being. If I let the state control me then I won't get it. Moreover, if you let the state support you then you're trapped by it because you become dependent on it. People are happier when they have their own means of support rather than someone else keeping them alive.
I love this woman. It is crazy to me that her ideas aren't widespread. They're just so obvious after you learn about them.
I argued with someone over Rand. They tried to discredit everything she wrote on the basis that she received social security... ignoring the age at which she received it, the fact that she'd paid into it as a citizen, and that she was using it exactly as it was meant to be used.
@Sister Supersonic I said it before and I’ll say it again. DUDE. STOP SPAMMING.
@Sister Supersonic Dude. You read an article about her. I ACTUALLY read the book. ALL OF IT. I don’t even USE sparknotes. So to see you accuse me of not knowing about her when you’ve only read an article about her yourself is downright hilarious. Do yourself a favor and go read the book, and THEN talk to me.
@Sister Supersonic I am calm, though I can see why you’d want to think of me as otherwise. And I see your point of view, unfortunately. It’s that of someone who only skimmed it at best. Did you just skip the speech at the end? A is A and objective reason and all that? Because if you really did read the book in its entirety, then aside from the possibility of you going into it and actively trying to ignore what you read, then the only thing that I can think of is that you’re deliberately trying to misconstrue the book out of hatred. Considering your copy-paste tactic and assuming you’re not lying about reading it, I can only assume the latter.
@Sister Supersonic The foundation of objectivist philosophy is rational thought. Rand described Objectivism as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute".
@Sister Supersonic - Ooooh, you read it in high school? Wow. You must have *such* an intellectual take on it. Because teens are the epitome of brilliance, right? 😂😂😂 And then you read an article! Wowee wow wow.
I never get tired of the facts! Thanks!
I laughed at this. 🤣 It was clever on many levels, albeit perhaps not all them intentionally so.... (I know what you meant, I think. That Prager U preaches reason and truth more often than not.)
Its literally propaganda from rich oligarchs
I read We The Living last summer, and can recommend it. Even the most viscious objectivism-critic can read that one and get a find decent morality from it. Also helps if you´re not into books thick as door-stoppers. It takes place during the early days of the USSR, whic Rand experienced first-hand, and depicts the struggle of individual value in the face of self-insisting totalitarianism, and all the social implications that follow such. An increasingly relevant topic these days
Thanks for the book suggestions!
This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. Joe Biden won the election, and Trump was America’s worst. The 1619 project is true whether you like it or not. ANTIFA has a purpose. Lastly, Capitalism sucks.
I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots.
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@@prageruisconservativepropa2842 Keep searching for truth, dont just take your political science professor's word for things. A few things to consider: If America is so oppressive and terrible, why do so many people flood our borders, desperate to get in? Also you could try living in a socialist or communist country for awhile, then decide where you feel the most free. Another question to consider: If America is so systemically racist, how in the world did Obama ever get elected? Lots of whites had to vote for him, or he couldn't have been elected. I would encourage you to keep listening to Prager U on lots of subjects as well as your professor. Why do you want them censored? Have you noticed it is only the left that tries to censor speech? Why is that? If the left's ideas are so right and good, you have nothing to fear from different or conservative opinions being heard. Keep listening to both sides, or you will never be truly educated.
Much respect to PragerU for posting this video. This is freedom of thought at work.
Gloria Álvarez es 😍! Gloria haces que todo esté mejor! Gracias por esas ideas y todo el conocimiento que impartes.
I normally don’t like Prager U but this is one of the best videos from them so far!
One of the few tricky things Prager U is making videos about.)
Tricky? How so?
@@Givemegymtips Rand had a divisive philosophy. Even many conservatives reject her completely. I remember Andrew Klavan said she knew a lot about economics, but was a nut job on every other topic.
@@amichiganblackman3200 First off, just because you say "many conservatives reject her completely" does not mean she is wrong. Secondly, that statement is false on the face of it. It MAY be correct to say many conservatives reject some part of what she says, but completely? No that is false and shows yet another example of your weak and faulty thinking.
@@Givemegymtips she’s pro-choice, anti-God and had a history of racism towards Native Americans.
@@SOLIDSNAKES35 She did not have a history of racism towards Native Americans. She said they were a culture of savages and they were. She did not attribute their savagery to their race. The idea that saying "the Natives in America were savages" is a racist statement is projection. You make no distinction between race and culture (which is racist by the way), and therefore you don't stop and ask if she does.
It's ironic actually. It is a clear indication of whether a person is a racist or not, by asking if they consider her comments on Native Americans racism. If they consider those comments to be racist, it shows that they are racist by implication for the reason I pointed out above.
You show me a person that thinks 'Equality of Outcome' is a good goal for society, I'll show you a person that has resolved themselves to a life of failure and mediocrity, and is envious of those who achieve.
Its equality of opportunity.
@sdrawkcabUK True.
It's not so much about "equality of outcome" as it is about ensuring an acceptable outcome for all and mitigating the tyranny created by the imbalance of power resulting from inequality.
@@christophersnedeker2065 that's a mouthful of unnecessary jargon. it's called 'equal opportunity'. we used to strive for this.
@@jwoellhof it's also a matter of inequality of outcome itself leads to inequality of opportunity.
Christopher Hitchens on Ayn Rand:
"I don't think that there is any need to have essays advocating selfishness among human beings. I don't know what your impression has been, but some things require no further reinforcement."
Heh-heh.
Excelente video Gloria, sigue adelante, bravo!
*Andrew Ryan:*
_What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds. A parasite asks 'Where is my share?' A man creates. A parasite says, 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents. A parasite says, 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God..."_
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you realize the point of Bioshock was that its about how Rand's philosophy when fully implemented would create a terrible world, right?
@@artirony410 Yes, the game shows that, its a satire of that philosophy.
This show the Utopias are great and beautiful in paper, but the reality is more complex that we imagine.
Ken Levine achieve showing that in their game, Bioshock the prespective of Rand worlds are "perfect" until one day that something appears and change, making the Rapture the "heaven" to a "hell".
@@BlackBirdNooB This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. Joe Biden won the election, and Trump was America’s worst. The 1619 project is true whether you like it or not. ANTIFA has a purpose. Lastly, Capitalism sucks.
I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots.
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Gloria Alvarez is an astute woman and Ayn Rand is brilliant social philosopher. Thank you.
I read this masterpiece and in the end, they get John Galt and ask him, what to do to save the economy: "Stop all income tax"
This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. Joe Biden won the election, and Trump was America’s worst. The 1619 project is true whether you like it or not. ANTIFA has a purpose. Lastly, Capitalism sucks.
I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots.
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@@prageruisconservativepropa2842 Youre the one doing propaganda.
“It's not that I dislike altruism, it's just that it's evil.” She sounds like a lovely woman
Her views on being altruistic bothered me as well. It seems to go against how I see American generosity to others and being self sacrificing as a good, moral thing. From my understanding, Rand saw altruism as a slippery slope which dilutes your own personal ambition and creates dependence in those who receive the help. This help can be addictive, be used by government to trap you (i.e. rent assistance, food stamps). As a Christian, I seek to help others, so her views on this didn't sit well. I understand her point though. I'm a social worker, and I see where well intentioned social programs can cause dependence.
@@keithmichael9965 No. Rand saw altruism for what it actually is, living for others. Today the term has been dilluted to make it more palatable, to mean having compassion for others, helping others, which is not altruism.
@@keithmichael9965 you're confusing altruism with charity.
To be fair to her, that's some proper spunk you need to define one of the fundamental neurological aspects of being human, which is biologically ingrained into everybody, as "evil". Interestingly, she arbitrarily decided that another fundamental neurological ingrained aspect, self-interest, was cool and good. Gotta love that logic.
@@keithmichael9965 Yea I think Rand got altruism very wrong. Altruistic behavior is not necessarily a sacrifice of one self, but the result of an inner desire. Altruism suffers under socialism because it discourages individual satisfaction from actively helping each other.
Always a pleasure to ear Gloria.
Came quickly after seing Rand’s name. I’m a big fan
Such a great explanation about Ayn Rand. She was brilliant and her ideas still guiding our routes. Thanks PragerU❤️
Thanks a lot. This increased a knowledge and understanding on Ayn Rand!
Recently read atlas shrugged loved it
Please don’t base your political ideology off a fictional book
You love depicting many of us poor Americans as morons. Bravo.
@@rowdok
Why not the Democrats are.
@@iamchillydogg which book?
@@isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426
Atlas Shrugged. Wesley Mouch and Dr. Ferris are alive and well in today's world.
Two of her many famous quotes: "Fascism, Nazism, Communism and Socialism are only superficial variations of the same monstrous theme - collectivism", and the difference between the latter two is "merely the difference between murder and suicide".
They're all just slightly different flavors of tyranny.
@@PhilBagels absolutely!
I wouldn't spread Ayn Rand as an inspiration to young people without decoding her message 😮
Ayn Rand has an invidualist materialist vision of the world and people 🔧
Being intelligent as she was, her theory is very attractive but true american values are not just about "things" and "human heroes", is much much more, there are higher human values 💛
Of course Ayn Rand is right about freedom and autonomy of the individual 🗽
Only there is no empathy there, no space for the family and the community 🔄
#RealPeople can be #heroes in everyday lives, just look around you, your neighbours, a nurse, a doctor, a policeman, a firefighter, a small busisness owner, a cleaner, a soldier, a mother, a father, a daughter, a son, that's the american idea 💛
The #dignity of each #life , of each #humanbeing only #highervalues can give, otherwise is each one for himself, and we don't build a country wirhout empathy, #respect , #interaction , #negotiation , #families , #communities 🔄
That's why we have #keyinstitutions as #justice , #localgovernments , #military , #police , #religion , communities , families, must be defended and respected 🗽
These are the institutions this administration is after, and not by chance 🔨
#Control over these institutions, the destruction of families, communities and religion, and they have the key to #SocialismCommunism and total control over the entire population 🔨
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Of course Ayn Rand is right about freedom and autonomy of the individual 🗽
Only there is no empathy there, no space for the family and the community 🔄'''''''''''''''
individualism does not mean you don't care about family or community
it only means you place yourself before either of those things
Your comment strikes me as someone who is unfamiliar with Ayn Rand's writing. There is nothing in Ayn Rand's philosophy that is opposed to empathy or family, or community taken appropriately.
Also, she was not a materialist.
What makes Rand unique is that she was the first to combine philosophy with politics and science. Her moral system doesn’t rely on religion or popular opinion, but self-evident morals revolving around the basic needs and requirements of man.
🤔 ...was she, though? “The first to combine philosophy with politics and science...,” I mean? Because I can think of a few hundred years of that prior to her “uniqueness.” For starters, the Enlightenment comes to mind... just sayin’! 😆 (And saying as a “believer” in some- Some- of Rand’s ideas... and a believer in Voltaire and Kant, too, to name a couple of uniquely philosophically political sciencismists.... 😆)
Hahahaha no she was not
@@WitchyWagonReal The enlightenment had philosophy, but failed to cohesively combine that with economics. I’m not familiar with Voltaire, but Kant was a destroyer of philosophy and morals, not a creator.
@@synonymrolls8531 Why not?
@@WitchyWagonReal Good luck framing a good political system with Kant morality 🤣🤣
_“An artist strives to frame his ideals in an image; to challenge his audience and to make his vision immortal. But the parasites say 'no, your art must serve the cause... your ideals endanger the people!'”_
*Andrew Ryan*
(Sounds like woke entertainment)
No. Same as Comstock their right ideas were taken to the extreme. That was the way the creators made their dystopias.
Besides, who doesn't love a villain with smart, valid and intelligent arguments that question the hero?
Besides, fact that Andrew Ryan was an anagram of Ayn Rand doesn't invalidate her points not makes them evil.
The game made a lot of people get interested in her work.
Sounds like the Gillette, McCain and River Island commercials of late.
@@hermitcard4494 This is conservative propaganda, funded by giant oil companies. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM. The amount of effort this “university” (a fake one) gives to shove false narratives down the throats of the youth is absolutely horrible. I once fell under such propaganda, but with the help of my political sciences professor, became a free thinker who believes in leftist ideals. Don’t listen to anything they say. They exaggerate leftist claims and say that we are idiots. They are selfish people who try to say they “teach lessons that are untaught” or “give true facts only,” while they continue to tweak their facts and basically lie to the people. The Constitution was racist and made 100% by white racists who only want personal gain. I have to use an alt now because PragerU being the fascists they are, banned my main account from commenting. This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from RUclips, as they are nothing but bad to America and political opinions. Leftism is key to society; conservatives are nothing but racist idiots.
Here is a longer explanation that backs these topics up:
DO NOT MAKE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS COMMENT WITHOUT WATCHING THE VIDEO.
It WILL convince you.
ruclips.net/video/whOtdkkT7hA/видео.html
#PragerUisConservativePropaganda
#woke
#DumpTrump
#informed
@@hermitcard4494 mans straight up said comstock and ryan weren't the villains. "their right ideas" of ... unbridled capitalism and.. religious ethnostate cults?
you are not supposed to take quotes from them with the intent of it supporting your point
Atlas is my favorite book of all time. A true masterpiece!
Interesting to hear PargerU speak of Ayn Rand in a favourable light as she would have rejected PargerU's fundamental metaphysics and epistemology as irrational. For example Ayn Rand was a staunch atheist and also accepted Darwinian evolution. She rejected thoroughly Christianity's positions on morality as well. She regarded Christianity's concept of substitutional atonement and "original sin" as wholly obscene and rejected it's reverence for altruism, collectivism and selflessness. She was a strong advocate for rational self interest and individualism and against personal sacrifice. Ayn Rand was not your friend, PragerU.
Self-interest is a large part of the conservative view-point, and has it's roots in Christianity when the founding fathers came to the U.S. - although not all points of conservatism are on the same side of Rand, a large part of it is, so you're statement isn't completely true.
lmao, PragerU is not your friend.
Ladies, THIS is a female hero you can look up to: Ayn Rand.
Exactly.
@Sister Supersonic Dude, stop spamming. Also, you clearly didn’t read it.
Eww 🤢🤢
@@tahahagar7664 What?
@Sister Supersonic based and true
A simple illustration of the difference between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. It's like making popcorn: all the kernels go into the same pot with the same oil and the same heat (equality of opportunity). But there are always some kernels that do not pop with the rest. Yet, if we try to pop every last kernel we end up burning the rest of the popcorn. Equality of outcome results in equal misery for all.
Damn, this woman was amazing.
Ayn Rand wasn’t too bad either.
Lol
Any Rand and Paul Harvey: prophets.
How did Paul Harvey get into this?
Outstanding! A very clear, concise presentation of Rand's philosophy.
Its conclusions, about the merits of free capitalism, are very close to those of Prager U; but it's to the latter's credit that this video was made, given that Ayn Rand begins from rational atheism rather than religious "revelation."
Everyone should read her
Has to be her or Aristotle. His feats were incredible given his context of knowledge.
Something else I noticed when reading Atlas Shrugged is how the people of the day fully trusted whatever their media told them. Doesn't matter if it was true or not, whatever the newspapers or the radio was saying, most of the people figured it was true because they would NEver put lies in print or on the air. Rearden Metal, nuff said.
The leaders of the People's States have the best intentions at heart. Just a few more privations are needed until we catch our stride. Suffering, in fact, builds character as does Suffering together builds community. We must shoulder each other's burdens and be our brother's keeper (cager).
Atlas shrugged is NOT about equality over excellence. It is about equality-- equal rights among people to trade freely. It is as much about freedom rights as it can be. So there is no contest there.
Looking forward to this :)
The major flaw with Rand's thinking: happiness is what you make for yourself.
The truth: God is the only arbiter of the "objective standard" of happiness. His example for joy is one of selflessness-in giving His only Son, whom He loved, to die on a cross for us that we might be part of His family. And it says of Christ, "for the **joy** that was set before Him, He endured the cross."
****** In a word, "YOU KEEP ONLY WHAT YOU GIVE AWAY." *******
God is provable nonexistent. Rand demostrates how you can prove that god does not exist. By comparing everything about god to reality, god becomes an obviously counter to reality idea, which can be dismissed as impossible.
@@ExistenceUniversity
"God is provable nonexistent. Rand demostrates how you can prove that god does not exist"
I'd like to know how she supposedly did that, given that it's widely accepted (for good reason) that you can't prove a universal negative.
"By comparing everything about god to reality, god becomes an obviously counter to reality idea, ..."
Huh? That is a non-sequitur. So it makes no sense.
Besides, there is massive amounts of evidence _for_ God's existence.
@@PJRayment It's a misconception that you cannot prove a negative. You can prove a negative. Is there a tea cup in orbit around the sun? Did anyone make a cup and send it into space? No. Then there is no cup.
God is interacting with the world, but the world cannot interact with God. This is not how physics works. God and physics are opposite, physics exist because it is physical and the universe is full of physical objects. Therefore god is opposite to reality. Therefore god doesn't exist.
You cannot prove a negative if you are a skeptic that reality exists. Objectivists are not skeptics, we are objective.
@@PJRayment You give me any "fact" about God and I will demonstrate why and how it is counter to reality, and why it would mean this character must be fictional.
@@ExistenceUniversity
"It's a misconception that you cannot prove a negative."
The misconception is that I made that claim. I said that you can't prove a _universal_ negative. I can prove that there are no matches in this matchbox, but not that there are no matches in the entire country, because it's impossible to search everywhere in the country.
"Is there a tea cup in orbit around the sun? Did anyone make a cup and send it into space? No"
How do you know nobody did?
"God is interacting with the world, but the world cannot interact with God."
And yet people do all the time.
"God and physics are opposite, ..."
In what way? I am not my house, but that doesn't mean that I'm the opposite of a house. Which I made by the way (albeit by hiring builders). We both exist, even though one is a living thing and the other isn't (so in that limited sense we are opposites).
"physics exist because it is physical ..."
Huh? That doesn't make sense.
"...the universe is full of physical objects."
You've checked every part of it, have you? Actually, the statement is false anyway. The universe contains information, numbers, etc. that are not physical.
"... the universe is full of physical objects. Therefore god is opposite to reality."
You seem to have overlooked that, in one sense, God is _outside_ the universe. So no, your argument is garbled, and your conclusion simply doesn't follow from the premises.
"You cannot prove a negative if you are a skeptic that reality exists. "
As I have shown above, I _can_ prove a (non-universal) negative. And I most certainly believe that reality exists. The physical reality we experience was created by God.
"You give me any "fact" about God and I will demonstrate why and how it is counter to reality, and why it would mean this character must be fictional."
Okay. God is eternal. He has no beginning. He exists outside of time. (Pre-emptive response: your experience of reality not being eternal is of _physical_ reality not being eternal, but God is not physical.)
Thanks for getting out this mesage. We need it now more than ever.
(1:50) It's ironic. Capitalism that has a component of greed ingrained, rose standard of living for everyone; government policies and taxes in the name of equity, diminished standard of living. (see Detroit, Baltimore, Los Angeles)
You can now find “Anthem”, “They Live”, and “Soylent Green” in the How-To section.
Author Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series is highly inspired by Ayn Rand’s work. I quite enjoyed this fantasy series.
I'd like to remind the religious conservatives that Rand was an outspoken atheist, and regarded all religion as manmade mysticism not in sync with reality. She was a wise woman.
In the words of of our founding document the rights and (and responsibilities) of people are endowed by their Creator. Without an authority above man we are condemned to whims of our times. For somebody who loathed the Soviet Union so much she seems have missed the greatest shortcoming of the system. It's godlessness
@@markgeer9833 The Soviet Union failed not because of godlessness but because of collectivism. America has prospered not because of Christianity but because of individuality. There is an authority above men that is not god. It is objective reality, or more commonly referred to as nature. I would take Christianity as a moral framework over the complete rejection of ethics that is the dominant view today, but Christianity is still far from ideal. Objectivism is the answer, a morality derived from reality without any contradictions. Ayn Rand outlines it in her book, the virtue of selfishness.
Atlas Shrugged was the most awesome book I ever read. I will not argue the merits of this novel with anyone who has not put in the time to read it cover to cover. And neither should you. Declare it loud and proud along with me now, "I AM JOHN GALT!"
okay im going to nut up and read Ayn Ran. too many people have been suggesting her for too long.
Reason
Objective reality
Self interest
Moral integrity
Personal responsibility
Individual rights
Production
laissez-faire capitalism
Everything the Wokish evade or deny.
On the other side:
Weaponized emotions
Relativism
Social altruism, aka others sacrificing others
Feelings of moral superiority
Collective duty by any means
Equality of outcome
Deconstruction
Socialism/communism/marxism/utopianism/postmodernism/...
When you base your entire perception of reality on US state sponsored propaganda
@@mustang607 CEO pay growth from 1979-2019: 1,167% Worker pay growth from 1979-2019: 13.7% Maybe it's a radical idea, but I think it's time we created an economy that looks out for the working people of this country, and not just the CEOs.
Bernie Sanders
Hahahaha she lived off welfare
ISVDB, Sad how socialists can brutally force you to pay for something you don't want, need and even dislike, then when you try to get some of your money back they say, ha ha.
I'm so glad to see Prager U making a video about this fascinating philosopher ,thank you for that 👌👍!!!
Fun fact: Anton Lavey based his religion from Ayn Rand's philosophy.
Anton Lavey was the founder of the church of SATAN.
So free market capitalism was the core philosophy of the Lavey form of satanism.
By the way Ayn Rand hated religions.
So these facts proves that Prageru is an oxymoron.
You can't like both judeo-christian values and free market capitalism.
These things contradicts each other.
@@69smilodrone85 CEO pay growth from 1979-2019: 1,167% Worker pay growth from 1979-2019: 13.7% Maybe it's a radical idea, but I think it's time we created an economy that looks out for the working people of this country, and not just the CEOs.
Bernie Sanders
@@69smilodrone85 While I agree with this statement: "You can't like both judeo-christian values and free market capitalism.",
You really should be more careful in how you word your comment. Anton Lavey could not have "based" his religion on Ayn Rand's philosophy since there is no conceivable way to arrive at religion through her metaphysics.
"So free market capitalism was the core philosophy of the Lavey form of satanism."
Also, "free-market capitalism" is a political position. It can't the "core" of any philosophy. The "core" of every philosophy is their positions in metaphysics and epistemology. Those two give rise to all derivative branches of philosophy such as ethics, politics or aesthetics.
🔥 «The hardest thing to explain is glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see». (Ayn Rand)
California is the after life of this book. After the true value creators are gone.
CEO pay growth from 1979-2019: 1,167% Worker pay growth from 1979-2019: 13.7% Maybe it's a radical idea, but I think it's time we created an economy that looks out for the working people of this country, and not just the CEOs.
Bernie Sanders
@domhnall777 The real value creators are workers. Who are oppressed under this capitalist system. The people who make beautiful houses cannot afford to have decent housing in this economy. One of the many contradictions of capitalism.
@@BalrajSingh-ky7se it’s not a capitalist contradiction, it is a mode of being for humanity. I don’t like it but it is a truth none the less. There will always be inequality and trying to force it to balance is destructive.
@@baremetalmafia What if I tell you there is a better and more humane way to organise society.
@@BalrajSingh-ky7se
"CEO pay growth from 1979-2019: 1,167% Worker pay growth from 1979-2019: 13.7% Maybe it's a radical idea, but I think it's time we created an economy that looks out for the working people of this country, and not just the CEOs.
Bernie Sanders"
Then everyone's pay growth will be 0% and possibly lower.
OH and by the way; take out the years 2017 to 2019; those are years of prosperity and are not based on the same old failed economics that oppressed the people prior to Trumps economic initiative. During the Trump economic growth years; the workers pay increased. They were stagnated for decades prior to Trump's economic policies.
Who is Dennis Prager?
@@deleteduser1877 Please, dont bring someone s faith into it.
Well done Gloria Alvarez, Objective Standard Institute, and Prager U!
Epic collaboration!!!!! ❤️
Unfortunately, the problem we face today is that more and more people have stopped thinking for themselves. They are unable to reason, so everything they don't understand is now simply unreasonable, and so they look to others to fix their problems, which only leads to bigger and bigger government.
PragerU will be our societies saving grace.
Love Ayn Rand. Looking forward to this show!
Why?
then why do you like Prageru?
Prageru promotes judeo-christian values.
Ayn Rand considered all religions as evil and must be destroyed.
So in her eyes free market capitalism is the enemy of judeo-christian values.
You love someone who betrayed her family and left them to die at the hands of the bolsheviks in Crimea. That's who you love?
@@rowdok Rand offered a strong moral justification for capitalism.
@@69smilodrone85 Rand was not a militant atheist and she often found common ground in politics with Jews and Christians.
It's ok to be selfish. You are free to be so
Who better to look out for one’s best interests than oneself?
Ayn Rand: proclaims to be an objectivist
Also Ayn Rand: *uses every Social Security check she got*
What does using Social Security checks have to do with whether or not she was an Objectivist? Your comment makes no sense.
@@johnnynick6179 Her whole life she talked all the time and everywhere promoted how everyone on security checks are incompetent parasites... like her at the end of her life.