Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Onkar Ghate discuss both invalid and valid attempts to blame “both sides” of American politics for various outrages.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [1:42] False moral equivalence
• [9:14] “Two sides to every issue”
• [14:34] Political violence on both sides
• [32:31] Free speech hostility on both sides
• [42:26] Altruism encourages tribal warfare
• [58:28] Recognizing and resisting tribalism
Resources:
• Ayn Rand, “Doesn’t Life Require Compromise?”, The Virtue of Selfishness [courses.aynrand.org/works/doesnt-life-require-compromise/]
• Ayn Rand, “The Missing Link,” Philosophy: Who Needs It
• Ayn Rand, “Global Balkanization,” The Voice of Reason [courses.aynrand.org/works/global-balkanization/]
This episode was recorded on October 28, 2025.
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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Onkar Ghate discuss both invalid and valid attempts to blame “both sides” of American politics for various outrages.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [1:42] False moral equivalence
• [9:14] “Two sides to every issue”
• [14:34] Political violence on both sides
• [32:31] Free speech hostility on both sides
• [42:26] Altruism encourages tribal warfare
• [58:28] Recognizing and resisting tribalism
Resources:
• Ayn Rand, “Doesn’t Life Require Compromise?”, The Virtue of Selfishness [courses.aynrand.org/works/doesnt-life-require-compromise/]
• Ayn Rand, “The Missing Link,” Philosophy: Who Needs It
• Ayn Rand, “Global Balkanization,” The Voice of Reason [courses.aynrand.org/works/global-balkanization/]
This episode was recorded on October 28, 2025.
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youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AynRandInstitute
Download or stream free courses on Ayn Rand’s works and ideas with the Ayn Rand Institute app:
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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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