Debating Objectivist politics and ethics with TJump

My debate with a prolific YouTube debater who has 11.5k subscribers. Please consider liking/subscribing to help the channel. Recorded on June 24, 2022. patreon.com/DanNorton TJump's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TJump. 0:00 Intro to me and Objectivism 3:47 How do you fund a government without taxes? 4:49 Funding the military and a foreign policy of self-interest 14:09 Self-interest and freedom 19:39 Why haven’t countries adopted a fully voluntary system without taxes? Altruism. 29:04 Historical evidence for/against capitalism 30:48 Public education 33:40 Ayn Rand’s conception of selfishness 35:04 Why did Rand use the word “selfishness” and not something else? 36:23 Self-interest and helping others 38:25 Vaccines and the government’s proper role 40:42 Charity/benevolence under freedom vs. coercion 41:38 Poverty under freedom vs. coercion 42:26 Homelessness etc. under freedom vs. coercion 43:37 Coercive wages 44:54 Coercion. Becoming a “slave” to save one’s child: Is it moral? Should it be legal? 55:30 Coercion and prosperity; reason as the basic means of survival 57:59 Wealth inequality 59:33 Freedom/coercion and prosperity, in the long-run 1:04:52 Closing At 59:27, I misspeak. I should have said we want inequality of wealth, not rights. #tjump #objectivism #aynrand #government #taxes #rights #military #funding #selfinterest #freedom #coercion #altruism #capitalism #publiceducation #selfishness #vaccines #charity #benevolence #poverty #homelessness #wages #slavery #prosperity #inequality