Life, Liberty & Viticulture: Bryan Babcock on winemaking, Patrick Henry, & Ayn Rand

Bryan Babcock is a cutting-edge winemaker named by the Los Angeles Times as one of the "Ten Best Winemakers of the Year" and voted "Most Courageous Winemaker of the Year." Part of his bold and daring reputation stems from his outspoken embrace of liberty and the ideas put forth by Ayn Rand.

"I don't walk around thinking about Ayn Rand, John Galt, or Atlas Shrugged every second of the day, thinking about how I can make this [vineyard] be like Galt's Gulch. But if it was Galt's Gulch, the government would not be permitted to take one step on the property," says Babcock. "John Galt is the guy in fiction that Patrick Henry [was in] real life....And the world needs a few of those. The world needs an Atlas to hold up the globe. The world needs a John Galt or a Patrick Henry to say, 'Freedom is a good thing, man needs freedom, we've got to be free.'"

Approximately 10 minutes. Babcock was interviewed by David Nott. The segment was filmed and edited by Alex Manning. Production assistants were Seth Goldin and Ryan Seals.

This video is part of the Reason.tv series Radicals For Capitalism: Celebrating the Ideas of Ayn Rand.

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[chopsky]

Phenomenal video. What a man.

[piccola55]

I am inspired to not give up in doing my part in the fight for freedom. The natural state of human beings is freedom. We are attracted to nature because these days this is the closest some of us can have the experience of freedom. Too many regulations and impositions in the name of the masses...

[Solverwiz]

What ever happened to our America? (socialism and corporatism)  What is the product of this America? (debt) And where is this America going?

[bittergunowner12]

@averagejoe040 There are too many welfare dependents in the Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles and the coastal areas who vote for liberal statist morons who have dragged the Golden State into the ground.

[BigPurple121]

Sublimely inspiring

[grantsinmypants2]

I was comparing their particular type of "capitalist personality" to other types of capitalists found in other types of the world.

[rkrockr67]

Ah, but California capitalists aren't rare. There are LOTS of them. It's just that none of them run for/get elected to office. Why, because governing doesn't create value, it can only destroy value.

[Beethovens7th]

Patrick Henry is someone I would have loved to meet.

[averagejoe040]

Truly outstanding vid. Wish there were a lot more Californians like this. Wish Schwarzeneger would listen to this guy.

[grantsinmypants2]

This is a beautiful video. But he's wrong... the world doesn't need an Atlas holding up the world... the world needs a guy, holding up a barrel of wine. Next to another guy, holding up a bag of produce, next to yet another guy, holding up a telephone, followed by some other guy, holding up a pair of sneakers...

But, like I said, this is a beautiful video. California capitalists are a rare, take-capitalism-for-granted type of personality, and they need every bit of suppor they can get!

[sleedolfine15]

This man understands that the good life is one which allows Man to freely pursue that which he values bereft the interence of those who would use his life for their own purposes.

[sniffsnarff]

So good that I watched it TWICE!!

5/5*