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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: National Conservatism vs. Americanism
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the Statement of Principles recently released by leaders of the “National Conservatism” movement outlining the ideas they think are necessary for “recovering and maintaining our freedom, security, and prosperity.” Journo and Sotirakopoulos discuss the “principles” the statement advocates, how they relate to America’s founding principles and the philosophic ideas behind this movement.
Among the topics covered:
“National Conservatism” as a movement to redefine conservatism to exclude individualism;Why “national conservatives” regard the family and the nation as the units of society and oppose claims to know universal truths;Why “...