"The Structure of Government" by Ayn Rand
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- Ayn Rand at Columbia University -- part 5: The Structure of Government
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In this radio interview, Ayn Rand discusses the purpose and proper structure of government, addressing such issues as the importance of a written constitution, the difference between a republic and a democracy, federalism, checks and balances, the judiciary, “one-man-one-vote” and filibuster.
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Ayn rand is demonized because she was a genius evaluating ideas on rational merit not subjectivist feeling or whim. We need more Ayn rand now - perhaps even more than ever.
The wholesomeness of this woman's faculty of reasoning is a challenge to some who have attempted to prove that woman is less when it comes to it. I say we are not all gonna be one or the other but to know that with the freedom that she pushes through, we can all fare better in taking on roles that we are capable of undertaking. We are all different but the same.
More than ever, people need to discover what Ayn Rand had to say.
Her certainty is what puts people off. But they don't understand that Rand would never say "believe me I am right"
"There is only really one right - The right of a man/woman to his own life"
NO MAN
has the right to dispose the life of another
I don't think ayn rand would ever say your second part because it would contradict with the part you quote what ayn rand said. If other trying to "dispose" of you, you have the right to protect yourself so you would take action and one of the action is self defense which include disposing your would be murderer.
In my 6th decade of life , I realized Ayn Rand's ideas match mine accurately !
8 minutes in she is talking about our situation currently.
the power of the Judiciary
an individual must possess the ability to influence the conduct of their central (federal, national) government
the protection of individual rights
2nd Amendment is the essential Check and Balance of last resort.
Hong Kong is asking for that.
@@rafaelcconceicao Australia and the UK could use it right about now as well.
I love her so much ❤️
protection against physical violence
prevention of the government from developing into a tyranny
filibuster, as opposed to obstruction
the Judiciary has been forced into a position of legislating vague laws
This aged well
After you read all of Ayn Rand’s non-fiction works I encourage you to look into her marginalia - her notes in the various books she learned from herself. That includes “Human Action” by Ludwig von Mises who clearly played a role and Ayn Rand’s understanding of capitalism. After that, read the intellectual giants who follow in those traditions, like “Man, Economy, and State” by Murray Rothbard, and “Democracy: The God That Failed” Hans Hoppe.
Rothbard and mise plagarized Ayn Rand, used her philosophy as authorithy and undermined everything she wrote. Ancaps are naive and lack an understanding of morality.
*@A isGood* I think smart well-read individuals will benefit greatly from studying intellectual giants whether you agree with every syllable or not. As for plagiarism, so far the only evidence I’ve seen for that I was able to easily debunk myself. I hope you’re not just a second-hander repeating claims made by partisans and actually have credible evidence for your claim. Cheers!
No second-hander sir, but Mise and Rothbard are. They have no moral basis to explain how capitalism is good, they simply start with Ayn Rand's politics and work backwards. Just as the ancap society would start with Ayn Rand Capitalism (excluding the government) and regress backwards to caves.
*@A isGood* you’re mistaken. It’s simply that the philosophical approach used by Mises is quite different from Rand, which is different from Rothbard. Mises was an individualist moral utilitarian of sorts, and a minarchist like Rand. Rothbard believed at root in a kind of Thomistic Natural Law tradition where all ethics reduce to property rights. You can learn all about Mises’s foundations by carefully studying “Human Action” and reading his biography “The Last Knight of Liberalism.” For Rothbard you can read “The Ethics of Liberty” to learn about his moral foundations.
It’s sloppy and uncharitable of you to declare Ayn Rand as having the final answer and therefore all others must either plagiarize or have no answers. I think Ayn Rand is right about the foundation of ethics. Rothbard is quite close with his rationalist ethics too. In any case there’s no good reason to speak ill of books and authors that teach sound economic philosophy and science simply because you disagree with their views on an unrelated matter. If you’re learning economics the right way it doesn’t matter what your ethical views are. The truth is the truth regardless of how you feel about it. Take it from someone who has studied Objectivism for over a decade and read every non-fiction book Rand ever wrote. I’m not naive about her views or her philosophy. I’m actually very supportive of it. And I know enough to not arrogantly write off the value from reading books by high order geniuses who advanced humanities’ knowledge of how the world works. Even Ayn Rand read Mises and had his books on her recommended reading lists for new Objectivists. Only an idiot would deny the value of studying these great works and learning all you can from them. You’re not suppose to blindly agree with them, by all means use your critical faculties. But don’t deny their immense value. It just makes you sound like a cult member or an angry crank that can’t admit the greatness in others for childish partisan reasons.
@@MasterofFace They do not even work backwards, they stop, and slice off essentials, Mises epistemology, Rothbard ethics, metaphysics, etc.
I wonder how about the kingdoms in Europe. What will a kingdom be called, if it does not have unlimited majority rules? Can there be Republic kingdom?
Constitutional Monarchy
Unfortunately Europe, as well as Africa and Asia, are now and have always been Imperialist or Statist.
how does a written document signed by a few people force compliance?...guns...how does a written statutory document prove jurisdiction...guns
No force is necessary if the contents of the document reflect the realities necessary for a peaceful society...and if reason is respected by the creators of the document and by the people who are asked to accept it. This is the problem we are facing now: the lawmakers who are elected by the people do not respect reason...because the people who elect them either don't respect it themselves or don't know what it is.
It only takes a small percentage of the people to sway the culture from one extreme to another. We are drowning in a sea of irrational behavior driven by the chaos of untethered emotions. Right now we don't have the numbers; the only way this will correct itself is if more people become reasonable...or the number of irrational peoples are reduced by some dramatic event or series of events. I would rather it be the former than the latter because dramatic events are often indiscriminate.
@@A_friend_of_Aristotle education of how to think will make more reasonable people.
AJF at 10:23. When Rand says "men ...." she means men and women
So sad that you felt the need to let us know that. That's a sign of the times.
Rrrr4rrrrrreeeeeeeeee exe.not found
the sanction of the victim
Whatever be the politico-socio philisophy the objective has to be one that is Peaceful Coexistence..As its not been achieved yet every human philosophy has to be revisited till PEACE prevails..
SANATAN PRINCIPLES will prevail, not Greko-Roman falsity which fuels western way of thinking...