Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Tristan de Liège discuss the military draft in light of recent changes to the Selective Service System.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [1:02] Debating Selective Service System changes
• [5:46] Unconstitutionality of the draft
• [12:23] The immorality of the draft
• [16:43] The impracticality of the draft
• [32:31] Palantir’s endorsement of the draft
Resources:
Against The Un-American Call for National Service, ARI Podcast [youtube.com/watch?v=mNhDEBmJYf4]
A Central Planner's Trojan Horse: The Technological Republic, ARI Podcast [youtube.com/watch?v=A28R9JnfNro]
Ayn Rand, entry on the Draft, Ayn Rand Lexicon [courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/draft/]
Ayn Rand, “Wreckage of the Consensus” in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal [courses.aynrand.org/works/the-wreckage-of-the-consensus/]
This episode was recorded on April 22, 2026.
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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Tristan de Liège discuss the military draft in light of recent changes to the Selective Service System.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [1:02] Debating Selective Service System changes
• [5:46] Unconstitutionality of the draft
• [12:23] The immorality of the draft
• [16:43] The impracticality of the draft
• [32:31] Palantir’s endorsement of the draft
Resources:
Against The Un-American Call for National Service, ARI Podcast [youtube.com/watch?v=mNhDEBmJYf4]
A Central Planner's Trojan Horse: The Technological Republic, ARI Podcast [youtube.com/watch?v=A28R9JnfNro]
Ayn Rand, entry on the Draft, Ayn Rand Lexicon [courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/draft/]
Ayn Rand, “Wreckage of the Consensus” in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal [courses.aynrand.org/works/the-wreckage-of-the-consensus/]
This episode was recorded on April 22, 2026.
Image Credit: Andrew Harnik / staff / via Getty Images
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– Google Play play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aynrandu
ARI is funded by donor contributions. You can support our work by becoming an ARI Member or making a one-time contribution: ari.aynrand.org/donate
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org
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