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#178 – Michael Malice and Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is the State a Threat to Human Life?

Lee: Why couldn't a security force in a particular context say, yeah, if you take stuff on that store, we're not going to have anything to do with that? Lee: There are already more cases than you can count where there's private arbitration. But my point is there's many examples where even though that recourse is theoretically possible, it's not a realistic concern specifically because they know that if you have recourse to the state, you have no concept of what that outcome will look like. He says when big money is involved and big and power is involved, remember again, politicians who today get into politics are likely to want to run some of these security agencies.

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