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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: The Constitution Ignored: Trump’s War on Venezuela
Description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28TpOvna_78
Podcast audio:
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Onkar Ghate, Elan Journo and Ben Bayer discuss the recent American attack on Venezuela to capture Nicolas Maduro.
Topics include:
Invalid “international law” objections;
An act of war;
Drug, “narcoterrorism” and oil excuses;
Nationalistic “spheres of influence”;
The altruistic conception of “self-interest”;
Contempt for the Constitution;
Ayn Rand on the Roots of War.
Resources:
Ayn Rand, "The Roots of War"
ARI Podcast, "How Drug Boats Could Be Used to Rationalize an Unjust War with Venezuela," December 11
ARI Podcast, “Trump’s Anti-Capitalist Control Over Business,” Sept 1...