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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Why Socialists Fear the Republican Party Platform
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In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss how the Republican National Convention’s platform has turned away from its traditional appeal to small government and turned instead towards adopting many of the big government policies that socialists envy.
Among the topics covered:
The RNC platform on energy policy, regulations, and Israel;
The RNC platform on entitlement programs, industrial policy, and tariffs;
The Republican Party’s unprincipled view of political and economic freedom;
JD Vance as a symbol of the Republican Party’s turn away from f...