New, provocative thumbnail/background; PRC; Afroman; 2 calls; Iran; many trolls; capitalism; & more!

23 March 2026, Livestream #89 0:07 New, provocative thumbnail/background; Google Voice number Differences among Objectivists Robert's test call What is Objectivism? Why is faith bad? 22:38 Do you believe reality is subjective? Altruism Clickbait My recent studies 36:43 Why is leftism bad? 40:48 I got my first payment from Google Ways of sending me money Are you against all taxes? An idea to incentive more Super Chats Super Chat goal 56:30 What do you think of the PRC? Friend or foe? 1:04:10 Any thoughts or comments behind the Afroman trial? 60/30 frames per second Buffering / lag test 1:40:53 Do you believe Ayn Rand's ideal of an industrialist is a good role model for young people today? Do you want to see more industrialists, etc? Troubleshooting audio issues 2:15:38 Call w/ Mellow_Mao The history of my YouTube channel How would you explain Objectivism to someone who's never heard of it? Ayn Rand and esthetics Objectivism and group ventures Some background on Mellow_Mao 3:30:37 Which are the three most important facts you've learned about Iranian history of the 20th century? Iranian oil Getting ready to take Holden's call 3:47:44 Break until 3:57:06 3:57:53 Call with Holden (Under a minute of Holden's audio/video is missing at this point—sorry) Holden corrects a point he made in the last stream about the price of gold My new background 4:06:09 "Extremism, or the Art of Smearing" by Ayn Rand; "ideologue" [The description is sketchier after this point because I haven't had time to re-listen to the stream past this point.] [...] Troll attack/failure Induction Debating capitalism with chat Troubleshooting Google Voice call (abrupt ending due to software crash) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate