Jesus Christ.

Edit: The full debate is here. I highly recommend listening to it.

Yaron Brook is the chair of the Ayn Rand Institute - he's very well spoken, has very good debate skills, and is highly intelligent. I can easily see how he would run circles around most people. But this is where Sam Seder's brilliance shines through. He is also well spoken, has good debate skills, and is intelligent. He was able to counter each point Brook made and further the conversation till the natural end.

The debate was civil and w/o any insults while still being challenging and intellectually stimulating. So completely unlike the usual online debate-bros. One of the things I tried to do while listening was pause it and try to form a counter to Brook on my own w/o listening to what Seder said. I needed to take far more time than Sam did and my answers were nowhere near as precise or well-articulated or counterattacking.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Libertarians will generally side with whatever has more power so long as that power isn't in the form of state, but even then it's wishywashy. There are those who act and those acted upon. If you're acted upon, then you're already morally compromised by being the lesser being in the situation. If you're acted upon by a government regulation, then it's lesser beings trying to restrict your brilliance. It's genuinely the worst moral outlook possible and it should say something that the most powerful figures in business do not subscribe to libertarian thought whatsoever because they're aware it does them no favors.