He thinks almost all the wars we've been involved in, except for the three, revolutionary war, civil war and world war two, just a complete waste of money. What's the libertarian or objectivist solution to the middle east crisis? Well, i mean, i think the libertarans will be the first ones to tell you that i do not speak for them e, and i certainly yoa. You know, maybe it's one state solution? I don't advocate an isra-palestinians peace deal but if they really wanted peace, they would sit down with us and cut a deal.
Michael Shermer speaks with entrepreneur, writer, and activist Yaron Brook about Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Objectivism; individualism vs. collectivism; the nature of human nature; altruism, cooperation, reparations, and charity; the starting point of morality and the foundation of ethics; collective action problems and how they are best solved; our moral obligation to help those who cannot help themselves; the Is-Ought problem of determining right and wrong; reason and empiricism; immigration, abortion, foreign wars, the welfare state, and terrorism.