The only propriate function of government is the one thing that it is instituted to do, and that is use force. And so a government has a monopoly over the use of force. A the market can solve any other problem that arises. But all they should discuss how to protect dal rights,. How to protect us from violence and fraud, and leave us otherwise free.
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.