Am I Going to Send My Son?

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i don't believe the blue soldiers should be sent in. I mean, it's sad what the hoosesdid to the ttse o. The other way round, i can't remember, but it's tragic. But a government sending my kid, and always, it should always be the prospector of my kid,. To fight for war that's not a war of self defence, to protect their familiesnd their rights, i think illegitimate. And there is something going on here that's more than just imigration. That's more than just refugees leaving a territory. There's actually people who want to commit real offenses.

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.