The Dan Norton Show

In this discussion, I reflect on my calls to The Majority Report, with a particular focus on the aspect of ridicule. The Majority Report is a leftist show hosted by Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland with over a million subscribers on YouTube. I have been on the show five times: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://w...

This is my third call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew Ridicule: https://www....

This is my second call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew Ridicule: https://www...

This is my first call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew Ridicule: https://www....

A debate on capitalism with a leftist who heard me on The David Pakman Show (the largest show I’ve ever been on, with nearly two million subscribers on YouTube). 0:00 Intro, background, and Steve’s opening thoughts 12:50 Charity/philanthropy under capitalism; absolute vs. relative poverty; responsibility 26:54 Minimum wage and poverty 29:29 Government programs (e.g., Hoover Dam and highways) and t...

Full clip of my 2nd call to The David Pakman Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8huXpimHcTc On September 20, 2023, I made my second call to the largest show I've ever been on, The David Pakman Show, which currently has 1.94 million subscribers on YouTube. Check it out at the link above. Pointer video for my 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwwsYOkU818 (includes a link to the full call)...

A link to the introduction of _What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict_, by Elan Journo, can be found here: https://newideal.aynrand.org/free-read-the-introduction-of-what-justice-demands/ Other free resources on related topics: https://newideal.aynrand.org/aris-resources-on-israel-palestine-and-the-middle-east This video was recorded on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, a few...

Full clip of my 1st call to The David Pakman Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCKSOls4LFU On June 14, 2023, I called in to the largest show I've ever been on, The David Pakman Show, which currently has 1.9 million subscribers on YouTube. Check it out at the link above. Pointer video for my 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INx9iNG_48 (includes a link to the full call) Pointer video f...

I was recently on @AynRandCentreUK 's YouTube channel to discuss physicalism (similar to materialism), which holds that the mind or consciousness is physical rather than non-physical. Physicalism is a dominant view among academic philosophers today, but I wrote a doctoral dissertation that challenges their arguments in support of it. In this video, which reprises some of the key parts of my disser...

I recently debated capitalism with leftist Matt Binder on his show Doomed. Matt also co-hosts The Majority Report w/Sam Seder on Thursdays. Matt's channel: @MattBinder . 0:00 Intro 1:37 Ayn Rand and Social Security; coming to America from Communist Russia 6:37 Taxes, government funding, and charity 11:02 Why was the welfare state created? 12:00 Nineteenth-century immigration and progress; governme...

I recently crossed the 500-subscriber mark. This video is to celebrate reaching that milestone and help boost me to the next big milestone—1,000 subscribers—at which point I can apply to YouTube to have my channel monetized! Will you help me get there? https://twitter.com/dannorton111 https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #aynrand #dannorton #youtube #subscribers

This video introduces my recent appearance on the @LotuseatersDotCom podcast to discuss Ayn Rand's ethics. It is part of their Symposium series, hosted by Stelios Panagiotou. The full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDeA4Tfhhjk. 18-minute clip from the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPsupy4cyls. The full episode can also be found on the Lotus Eaters website: https://w...

Recorded April 7, 2023, during my visit to Scandinavia. 0:00 Intro 1:08 Klaus Nordby, Ayn Rand, and Harry Binswanger’s book How We Know 6:30 Espen Hammer, Objectivism, and Vegard Martinsen 13:16 Is Scandinavia socialist? 18:05 Covid response in Scandinavia vs. the U.S. 20:53 Immigration in Scandinavia and the U.S. 30:25 Ayn Rand (memorabilia) and Friedrich Hayek (The Road to Serfdom) 33:44 Klaus a...

Sinthe's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Sinthe/about. My chat with Bruh Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfpMXfG46Oo. My chat with Aaron Rabinowitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZx_VD54pg. 0:00 Intro 1:25 Egoism and some hypotheticals (e.g., a drowning child) 10:07 Egoism vs. utilitarianism (one's own pleasure vs. pleasure in the abstract) 11:47 The nature of the self (western indi...

Bruh Machine's channel: @bruhmachine7778 . 0:00 Intro 1:07 Ethical debate (including discussion of selfishness, pleasure/pain as the basis for good/bad, and egoism vs. utilitarianism) 1:02:58 Political debate (including discussion of Social Security, immigration, and Nordic countries) 1:54:16 Bruh Machine’s closing statement 1:58:23 Dan’s closing statement https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton Recorde...

Carson's channel: @CarsonHughes85 . 0:00 A primitive society, “taxation is theft” 6:14 Voluntary vs. coercive (fiat) money, and 7:43 the history of currency 11:28 The government’s role and enforcement of contracts 12:51 Who should create money or print dollar bills, if not the government? 18:41 Return to primitive society question: How should it function? Voluntarily. 22:23 Is government control o...

Carson's channel: @CarsonHughes85 . 0:00 Intro to this episode and to me 0:56 Intro to Carson 1:51 Abortion discussion begins; individuation as a condition of being a human 6:07 What does it take to be individuated? 9:19 What should happen if a viable fetus is inside a dead mother? 15:52 What should happen if a baby is born and then put back inside a dead mother? 19:12 What if a baby is trapped un...

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Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgTuSCIfV1M. In this clip, I quote a penetrating analysis of "conservatives" and "liberals" by Ayn Rand, who argues that both camps "hold the same premise—*the mind-body dichotomy*—but choose opposite sides of this lethal fallacy." Check it out to hear more. #aynrand #conservatives #liberals #freedom #politics #politicalspectrum #rights #force #coercion...

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President Sunday's BioShock video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtCuppaCTEM https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #AynRand #PresidentSunday #BioShock #Fountainhead #atlasshrugged #Roark #sex #freelove #rape #natureofgovernment #rights #politicalspectrum #conservatives #liberals #communists #rights #fascists

Adam's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AdamSomething Recorded on January 14, 2023 as part of a marathon livestream on Adam's channel to commemorate his crossing of the one-million subscriber mark. The full stream can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIHJL95UFrY&t=31081s. That link should take you to the point where the debate starts, at 8:38:01. [Update May 18, 2023: the full strea...

0:00:00 Intro to Harley Dalton 0:07:22 Abortion discussion begins 0:12:14 Are you religious? 0:14:41 Back to the abortion discussion (Perhaps I will add more timestamps later.) patreon.com/DanNorton Recorded on November 30, 2022 My previous abortion debate with Tim Seiler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa0yOW3FLaw Pregnant woman photo by Toro Tseleng on Unsplash #abortion #aynrand #objectivism #...