Here's the sort of thing you'll never see in the mainstream media: A twenty-five minute interview with author and psychologist Nathanial Branden, expounding (briefly) on his time with Ayn Rand, the foundations of the US Libertarian Party, which books changed more Americans' lives than any other, who is most valuable for society -- Mother Theresa for example, or Ernst Moller ("who?" I hear you ask) -- and concludes with some things libertarians often do wrong.Whatever your estimate of Nathaniel Branden (and mine is not awfully high), it's good intelligent television, and available right here at Google Video.
LINK: The Libertarian Alternative - Ayn Rand and Objectivism - interview with Nathaniel Branden [Hat tip SOLO]
RELATED SUBJECTS: Libertarianism, Objectivism, Economics, Books
This clip was in fact my first exposure to N.B. - I formed a very high opinion of him from this, which took a lot of evidence to change.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, he's very persuasive. Rand herself was taken in for nearly twenty years.
ReplyDeleteWho is Ernst Moller?
ReplyDelete"Who is Ernst Moller?"
ReplyDeleteThat would be telling. You'll have to watch and find out. :-)