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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Who is a Communist?
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In this episode of New Ideal, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the question of whether Kamala Harris is a communist, and if not, what the real problem with her views is.
Among the topics covered:
The essence of the Marxist ideology;
Why Harris is not a communist;
How the “communist” label helps New Right tribalists hide their own anti-Americanism;
The importance of using concepts precisely;
How mislabeling someone as “communist” whitewashes real communism.
Recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s article “The Left: Old and New” and Sotirakopoulos ’s lecture at Ayn...