New, provocative thumbnail/background; PRC; Afroman; 2 calls; Iran; many trolls; capitalism; & more!

23 March 2026, Livestream #89

0:07 New, provocative thumbnail/background; Google Voice number

Differences among Objectivists

Robert's test call

What is Objectivism? Why is faith bad?

22:38 Do you believe reality is subjective?

Altruism

Clickbait

My recent studies

36:43 Why is leftism bad?

40:48 I got my first payment from Google

Ways of sending me money

Are you against all taxes?

An idea to incentive more Super Chats

Super Chat goal

56:30 What do you think of the PRC? Friend or foe?

1:04:10 Any thoughts or comments behind the Afroman trial?

60/30 frames per second

Buffering / lag test

1:40:53 Do you believe Ayn Rand's ideal of an industrialist is a good role model for young people today? Do you want to see more industrialists, etc?

Troubleshooting audio issues

2:15:38 Call w/ Mellow_Mao

The history of my YouTube channel

How would you explain Objectivism to someone who's never heard of it?

Ayn Rand and esthetics

Objectivism and group ventures

Some background on Mellow_Mao

3:30:37 Which are the three most important facts you've learned about Iranian history of the 20th century?

Iranian oil

Getting ready to take Holden's call

3:47:44 Break until 3:57:06

3:57:53 Call with Holden

(Under a minute of Holden's audio/video is missing at this point—sorry)

Holden corrects a point he made in the last stream about the price of gold

My new background

4:06:09 "Extremism, or the Art of Smearing" by Ayn Rand; "ideologue"

[The description is sketchier after this point because I haven't had time to re-listen to the stream past this point.]

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Troll attack/failure

Induction

Debating capitalism with chat

Troubleshooting Google Voice call (abrupt ending due to software crash)

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