Would a rational argument to reparations be a cross generational or transgenerational guilt is an irrational idea. I didn't do it to you. You weren't a victim. We're talking, you know, several generations ago. The reality on the ground to day is the generation that enslaved you is not alive. And a, you know, you don't punish the grandchildren for their grandparents of sin,. in this case, great great grandparents. So it's wrong, again, morally. It would not help. Just giving money, just pouring money intoat an unhealthy culture isn't going to solve the problem. But i'm gladto certain rr intellectual leaders who are advocating for a changed
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.