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For years, Google has been a prime target of antitrust persecution. But let’s call it what it really is: a war on success.
The Department of Justice wants to break you apart, claiming it's for “fairness” and “competition.” But let’s be real – they’re punishing you for one reason: you’re too good at what you do.
You’ve built the best search engine. You’ve earned the loyalty of billions. Your ad platforms deliver unparalleled results. People choose Google because they want to, not because they have to.
The DOJ is supposed to represent the people. But by persecuting Google for its achievements, it does not speak for any of us at the Ayn Rand Institute. We call on everyone who shares our convictions to speak out.
If enough of us do, we can help end this injustice. Read our open letter to Google on the Atlas Circle's Substack here: theatlascircle.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-sundar-pichai-and
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For years, Google has been a prime target of antitrust persecution. But let’s call it what it really is: a war on success.
The Department of Justice wants to break you apart, claiming it's for “fairness” and “competition.” But let’s be real – they’re punishing you for one reason: you’re too good at what you do.
You’ve built the best search engine. You’ve earned the loyalty of billions. Your ad platforms deliver unparalleled results. People choose Google because they want to, not because they have to.
The DOJ is supposed to represent the people. But by persecuting Google for its achievements, it does not speak for any of us at the Ayn Rand Institute. We call on everyone who shares our convictions to speak out.
If enough of us do, we can help end this injustice. Read our open letter to Google on the Atlas Circle's Substack here: theatlascircle.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-sundar-pichai-and
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![Steven Pinkers Weak Defense of Enlightenment Values vs. Religion
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss a recent essay by Steven Pinker and Marian Tupy (“The Golden Age of Humanity? We’re Living In It” [https://www.thefp.com/p/the-golden-age-of-humanity-were-living]) that aims to offer a secular alternative to the recent resurgence in religious culture.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [1:22] The Anti-Enlightenment Phenomenon
• [12:23] Pinker and Tupy’s secular strengths
• [22:32] A weak critique of Christian morality
• [30:07] Christian morality and antisemitism
• [36:41] Understanding the crisis of meaning
• [47:13] Unphilosophical moral foundations
• [59:08] Alternative, Pro-Enlightenment moral foundation
Resources:
• “The Objectivist Ethics,” Ayn Rand [https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-objectivist-ethics/]
• “Finding Morality and Happiness Without God,” Onkar Ghate [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/finding-morality-and-happiness-without]
• “Debunking the Supernaturalism That Haunts Secular Ethics,” Ben Bayer [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/debunking-the-supernaturalism-that?utm_source=publication-search]
This episode was recorded on December 16, 2025.
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![Iranian Theocracy on the Brink? Why Protesters Deserve Our Moral Support
In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate examine why Iran’s ongoing uprising may be the regime’s most serious challenge yet—and why it deserves far more moral support from the free world.
Among the topics covered:
• Introduction; [0:00]
• The nature of the protests; [1:37]
• Moral versus military support; [6:40]
• Trump versus Obama and Biden; [16:49]
• The benefits of a free Iran; [22:31]
• The roots of Western silence. [26:20]
Resources:
- Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: [https://courses.aynrand.org/works/failing-to-confront-islamic-totalitarianism/]
- What Justice Demands: [https://newideal.aynrand.org/free-read-the-introduction-of-what-justice-demands/]
- The U.S. has Appeased Iran for Decades: [https://newideal.aynrand.org/the-u-s-has-appeased-iran-for-decades/]
This episode was recorded on January 13, 2026, and posted on January , 2026. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.
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![How NOT to Explain Mamdani’s Socialist Revival
In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos critique a recent Wall Street Journal article that tries to explain Zohran Mamdani’s rise and the persistence of socialism in American politics.
Among the topics covered:
● 0:00 - Introduction;
● 4:09 - Why socialism is not an innate impulse
● 7:34 - Why socialism is not simply the product of ignorance of history;
● 18:11 - Why naïve idealism does not explain socialism’s popularity;
● 30:59 - Why impatience with real problems does not explain socialism’s popularity
● 39:48 - Why “woke” ideology is only a superficial explanation for socialism’s popularity
● 47:27 - How to fight socialism.
Recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451191145], her article “Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World,” [https://courses.aynrand.org/works/faith-and-force-the-destroyers-of-the-modern-world/] the Ayn Rand Lexicon entry on Socialism [https://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/socialism.html], and Bayer’s articles “The Dishonesty of ‘Real Socialism Has Never Been Tried’” [https://newideal.aynrand.org/the-dishonesty-of-real-socialism-has-never-been-tried/] and “The Old Morality of the New Religions.” [https://newideal.aynrand.org/the-old-morality-of-the-new-religions/]
The podcast was recorded on August 25, 2025 and posted on August 28, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here: https://newideal.aynrand.org/podcasts/
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![Trump’s Un-American, Unconstitutional Tariff Scheme
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Robertas Bakula examine the key arguments supporting the President’s tariffs before the Supreme Court and expose their un-American hostility to the rule of law.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [01:51] Background on the case
• [09:10] Defying the rule of law
• [15:13] Hostility to objective legal interpretation
• [27:58] Tariffs are not foreign policy powers
• [40:27] The absence of an “intelligible principle”
• [55:09] Striking down unconstitutional laws
• [01:02:45] Un-American arguments and policies
• [01:11:41] Likely and desirable outcomes
Resources:
Ayn Rand Lexicon, “Law, objective and non-objective” [https://courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/law-objective-and-nonobjective/]
Ayn Rand, “The Nature of Government” [https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-nature-of-government/]
Ben Bayer, “The Constitutionally Dubious Law Empowering Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Tariff Authority” [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/the-constitutionally-dubious-law]
Ben Bayer, “The President Has No “Foreign Policy” Discretion To Impose Sweeping Global Tariffs” [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/the-president-has-no-foreign-policy]
Ben Bayer, The Lawyers Defending Trump’s Tariffs Know They’re Un-American. Here’s How We Can Tell. [https://newideal.aynrand.org/the-lawyers-defending-trumps-tariffs-know-theyre-un-american-heres-how-we-can-tell/]
This episode was recorded on November 13, 2025.
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