 That's not my concern. It's Ayn Rand's philosophy sustainable to run a nation. Yeah, I mean, wow. You really believe that? I wish. I wish we had the opportunity to show. You really believe Ayn Rand's philosophy is sustainable to run a nation? We have the government's role only playing cops, you know, military, only doing that. Absolutely. I wouldn't be advocating for the philosophy otherwise, but absolutely. And it's, again, the purpose of the philosophy is not to run a nation. The purpose of the philosophy is to run your own life. And the focus should always be on my life. The only nation, the only kind of nation appropriate for my life and appropriate for your life and to maximize your opportunities and my opportunities to make the most of our lives is a nation that is free. That is free, of course, and that leaves us free to pursue our dreams as individuals. So that kind of nation of course works because it's a nation where every individual is free to make the most of their lives. And what a beautiful thing that is, right? Because how do we make the most of our lives? We make it by producing, by creating, by building, and by trading with one another. Here's a follow-up to that question. Is the concept, is the philosophy of Ayn Rand? Is it to attract only the Navy SEALs? Is it to only attract the Navy SEALs and we go live in a small place by ourselves? Who is John Galt? Find all the John Galt's in the world and we go live together because we have a great understanding of each other and how we're wired. Or is it to help, and I know help is a sensitive word in this community, but is it to help and inspire others who are not non-believers yet to convert and say, this way of thinking works, I will also like to be part of this community? Which is it? And by the way, for me, you gotta realize where I'm coming from when I ask this question. I'm 100% capitalist. Okay, I grew up in an environment where I know what socialism and what communism does. I know what it is to make people feel guilty, to force, to tax. If you don't, I left the state for a specific reason, 13.3% to force me to pay for it and you don't wanna fix the road. You're not important because you're not a real capitalist. Yeah, I'm not a 4% yet. Not a 4% yet. But that's the real question. Are you just trying to attract the Navy SEALs of the economy? I'm trying to attract any individual who takes their life seriously. I'm trying to attract anybody who's open to these ideas. And ultimately, look, even if a majority of people don't accept these ideas, but I introduce to them, and their lives is made better because these ideas have political influence and we have a more capitalist environment. Or their lives is better because they take their responsibility for their own life more seriously rather than obsessing, obsessing constantly about what their mother told them to do or how to help other people. But first and foremost, focus on themselves. Then the lives of everybody become, all of those people become better. And of course, the political life becomes better. So, no, the philosophy, the philosophy fits any human being willing to engage in his own reason. So, this is not some elitist, you know, let's go critical. No, but it sounds like it. For me, hypothetically, the moment you make a hundred million dollars, you start getting invited to weird parties. And you go to these meetings. I haven't got there yet. Yeah, and you go to these meetings and I say, do you honestly know who I am? I'm a 1.8 GPA guy. All I did is work my ass off. And I read 1500 business books and I got in this situation. Okay, great. I don't think of myself as this special guy that did this, but sometimes I find guys and gals who came from a family a lot of money and they feel their elite because they were raised in that environment. Makes sense? So, for me, when I think about this philosophy, I say, is this a philosophy to just attract all those free thinkers to come together and let's create a community together? Because logically, based on reason, which is what the community of Ayn Rand likes, I just don't see a nation sustainable to run it based on this philosophy. But that's because you're pessimistic about human nature and I'm optimistic about it. Absolutely not. No, I'm not. So I believe every individual is capable of reason. I believe every individual is capable of taking care of themselves. I mean, put aside the less than 1% that for whatever reason we're born with some defect and they can't do it. Every individual is capable of taking care of themselves. Every individual is capable of reasoning. Every individual is capable of achieving their potential in life. This philosophy is for those individuals. Since every individual is capable of reason, every individual is capable of getting this philosophy. Will it happen in my lifetime? No, right? And would I prefer in my lifetime if I could to live in a community of people who get it and live? Sure, I mean, I'd rather say that. But you know and I know that nobody's gonna leave that community alone. So that community is not gonna be able to survive as a standalone entity because the guys who don't wanna leave it alone have big guns and big weapons. But there's absolutely zero reason why this can't be the dominant set of ideas in a culture. The dominant view of the people in the culture. And look, most people are not philosophers. Most people are non-intellectuals, but they are influenced by the philosophers and intellectuals. So my view is when we get to the point where a substantial number, maybe a majority of intellectuals and philosophers and thinkers in the culture are advocates for these ideas, the culture will follow. That is the rest of the nation, the country, however you wanna call it, the community will follow. And you will get a society based on these ideas. There's nothing in the ideas that prevents that. There's nothing hard or impossible or anti-human in the ideas. On the contrary, the ideas are built. To be practical, the ideas are built in a sense. They work because they're derived from real ideas. So here's, it's okay. So every time I come to LA, if I go to a place and I see this world peace stuff, right, it's a world peace, world peace, world peace, and I see it everywhere. I'll always go to my sister, so tell me how you're gonna get world peace. Well, you know, and I'm asking them, so tell me how you're gonna get world peace. The way we get world peace is this, this, this, and all these rich people, you know, all these, this, this. And if we got rid of religion, and if we got rid of this, and we got rid of this, this is how we could get world peace. I said, so what you're pretty much telling everybody around the world is, the only way we can get world peace is for you to think like me, okay? That's what they're saying. That's the idea of world peace. Okay, so how do we get world peace? Well, let me give you an example of world peace. So after Napoleonic Wars in the 19th century until World War I, it was basically on the big picture, pretty much world peace. Why? Because we had capitalism or as good, as close to capitalism as we've ever had. Since World War II until today, and certainly since the fall of the building, while we haven't had major wars, and today's actually the least violent period in all of human history, we've had fewer wars right now. Do we have as close to world peace as we've ever been? Why? Because more and more countries around the world are becoming free. Thank you for listening or watching the Iran Book Show. If you'd like to support the show, we make it as easy as possible for you to trade with me. 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