No Kings; Rand, Social Security & Medicare; Martin Anderson; Nozick; egoism/altruism; existence; etc

18 October 2025, Livestream #59

0:00 Intro

No Kings protests

My original stream title: "No Kings. And no dictatorship of the proletariat. My life is not for tyrants or mobs. It's for ME!!!"

14:12 Ayn Rand, Social Security & Medicare

Israel/Palestine (I only mention the topic, I don't discuss it)

Did Ayn Rand get out of Social Security & Medicare more than she put in?

32:56 Onkar Ghate's article, "What Gave Ayn Rand the Moral Right to Collect Social Security" https://newideal.aynrand.org/what-gave-ayn-rand-the-moral-right-to-collect-social-security/

The Question of Scholarships, by Ayn Rand https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-question-of-scholarships/

Martin Anderson, helped end the military draft, influenced by Ayn Rand

44:57 Ayn Rand and Robert Nozick; article by Keith Lockitch, https://newideal.aynrand.org/must-read-new-book-on-rands-philosophic-case-for-capitalism/

Tax liberation day

55:04 100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand, interview with Evva Pryor re: Ayn Rand, Social Security & Medicare

Max Stirner

The seen and the unseen

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Egoism/altruism & hypotheticals

Existence

Outro

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