"A Defense of Egoism," with Dr. Bach Ho - The Dan Norton Show #16 by Dan Norton

This is my sixth call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with about 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube. Here are links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule:

1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w

2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00

3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew

Ridicule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udbVQJn6kF4

4th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHBwH2vNpA

5th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXDgNA92nJA

6th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NSFMUwLp_Q

My Majority Report playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnacph8TWFLVYIQm-fgXw05Z8r5sjso1s

My sixth call was on May 3, 2024.

0:00 Ayn Rand and Social Security

5:23 What gives money its value?

10:41 Greenbacks and different currencies

12:17 Why did the U.S. move to one currency?

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Today’s social system in the United States and in other Western countries is often called “capitalism.” But this is a mistake, according to novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand. In this video, I present Rand's view of what capitalism actually is.

0:00 Introduction

1:33 Capitalism's basic principle

3:06 The proper role of government: police, military, courts

4:34 Some implications of no taxes and no regulations

7:31 Government funding without taxes

10:39 America

Watch this video in five separate parts at the links below:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tl0noYXcvU

Part 2: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyyx6zEXD00

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMbGGomNNc

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V7H7apvKM

Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTPusgIjgQ

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Full clip of my 3rd call to The David Pakman Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZGrs7XIoOY

On February 28, 2024, I made my third call to the largest show I've ever been on, The David Pakman Show, which currently has 2.1 million subscribers on YouTube. Check it out at the link above.

Pointer video for my 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwwsYOkU818 (includes a link to the full call)

Pointer video for my 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INx9iNG_48 (includes a link to the full call)

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Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDeA4Tfhhjk

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The full video from which this discussion is excerpted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttPM_pDtzOo.

0:00 Does putting your own oxygen mask on first exemplify rational self-interest?

6:00 Lifeboat example

8:44 Back to the oxygen mask case

21:26 Morality and practicality

24:41 Back to the oxygen mask case (again)

Thumbnail photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash.

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Intro

0:00

Ethics

1:21 Does putting your own oxygen mask on first exemplify rational self-interest?

7:20 Lifeboat example

10:05 Back to the oxygen mask case

22:47 Morality and practicality

26:02 Back to the oxygen mask case (again)

Metaethics

31:29 How do you justify that you should do what best serves you?

37:16 The primary choice (subsection)

Metaphysics

45:17 Analogizing the primary choice to God and the universe: time, space, Big Bang, eternity, infinity, infinite regress, and identity

52:55 The law of identity (subsection)

1:10:33 Deism (subsection)

A bit about Bryan’s background

1:20:35

Politics

1:23:05 Coercion, taxation, regulation, anarchy

1:26:48 Is taxation sort of a trade? Is it like being mugged?

1:30:22 Voting, democracy, Socrates, and mob rule

1:35:31 Government financing in a free society

1:39:07 The military and foreign policy in a free society, 9/11 terrorist attacks

1:43:03 Altruism in war, pre-empting terrorist attacks, oil in the Mideast—who should own it? Britain and dictatorship

Outro

1:49:29

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This is my fifth call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule:

1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w

2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00

3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew

Ridicule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udbVQJn6kF4

4th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHBwH2vNpA

5th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXDgNA92nJA

6th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NSFMUwLp_Q

My Majority Report playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnacph8TWFLVYIQm-fgXw05Z8r5sjso1s

0:00 Intro

1:11 A is A, The Law of Identity

9:48 Ayn Rand, Social Security, and welfare

11:17 "the most unproductive of conversations I've ever had with a libertarian"

12:22 End of call, post-call chat by The Majority Report crew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyB11kObzbE, a video about Ayn Rand, Social Security, and welfare (a topic which came up near the end of my fifth call [9:48] and near the beginning of my second call).

My fifth call was on October 2, 2023.

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My complete fourth call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MheHlEjlwdI&t=8516s. (The link should take you directly to the spot in the full show on The Majority Report's channel where my call starts, i.e., 2 hours, 21 minutes, and 56 seconds. The relevant segment is 9.5 minutes with about a one-minute interruption during which Emma reads unrelated comments from show supporters.)

0:00 Clip of the beginning of my fourth call

0:49 My comments on my fourth call

2:14 Clip of Emma inviting me to call back and (conditionally) apologizing

2:24 My comments on my fourth call (continued)

This video is about my fourth call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule:

1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w

2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00

3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew

Ridicule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udbVQJn6kF4

4th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHBwH2vNpA (See above for link to complete call.)

5th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXDgNA92nJA

6th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NSFMUwLp_Q

My Majority Report playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnacph8TWFLVYIQm-fgXw05Z8r5sjso1s

My fourth call was on August 11, 2022.

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In this discussion, I reflect on my calls to The Majority Report, with a particular focus on the aspect of ridicule. The Majority Report is a leftist show hosted by Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland with over a million subscribers on YouTube. I have been on the show five times:

1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w

2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00

3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew

4th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHBwH2vNpA

5th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pEV-A3a6Hk

6th call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NSFMUwLp_Q

My Majority Report playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnacph8TWFLVYIQm-fgXw05Z8r5sjso1s

0:00 A few clips from my calls highlighting ridicule

1:20 Discussion of my calls

5:26 Summary of my first three calls (with some analysis of the first call [about chatroom policy])

8:26 Return to discussion of my calls

This discussion was on February 8, 2022. The full video from which it is excerpted is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjhBq0C1nA.

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