The Dan Norton Show

Full debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUbbmSEoP5Q Have dictators “prospered and by all accounts lived happy lives”? That’s what my last debate opponent claimed in one of his videos. I decided to make that claim a focus of my opening statement when I debated him. Here is my opening statement from that debate. Thumbnail image by S K from Pixabay (Stalin) and by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from P...

S3rios’ channel: https://youtube.com/@s3rios964 President Sunday’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PresidentSunday https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton Recorded on October 23, 2022. 0:00 Intro 1:53 My opening statement 7:40 S3rios’ opening statement 12:16 My rebuttal 17:17 S3rios’ rebuttal 22:05 Open discussion (1): Is happiness/pleasure a (or the only) rational end? 40:26 Open discussion (2): Is O...

0:00 Intro to Jerome Armstrong and Mike Mentzer 4:25 High-intensity training 18:40 Mentzer and performance enhancing drugs 23:41 Mentzer and Objectivism 39:06 Resources on high-intensity training 41:42 John Little 43:49 Mentzer’s relationships and early death; Jerome’s bodybuilding competitions; Ayn Rand 56:08 Mentzer and independence 58:59 Diet 1:05:42 Wrap-up The article I quoted from in the vid...

Link to the debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m9ue_hOoAE The debate occurred on September 28, 2022. patreon.com/DanNorton

Aaron's website: voidpod.com Twitter: @etvpod Recorded on September 1, 2022 My patreon: patreon.com/DanNorton

Do I have any disagreements with the Objectivist philosophy? I was recently asked that question on my show. Here is the answer I gave. 0:00 The ultimate value and hedonism 4:34 The dictionary definition of "selfishness" 10:03 Summary

Recorded on October 2, 2022. patreon.com/DanNorton 0:00 Intro to Dave Goodman 3:12 Topics for the convo 4:02 Me and my background regarding Ayn Rand 11:47 My debates 21:02 My Virginia background and OCON 23:22 More on my channel and debates 31:10 My family’s political views 33:28 Current politics/parties 37:08 Yaron Brook 41:38 Alex Epstein’s career vs. mine 44:10 Imagining the future under laisse...

"Ayn Rand's New Idea of Selfishness": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oItLIqKocNU "The Question of Scholarships": https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-question-of-scholarships/. Script: _ _ _ _ _ _ In this video, I want to correct some common smears of Ayn Rand that I’ve seen on the Internet. Perhaps the most common smear I’ve seen is that Rand was a hypocrite because she accepted Social Security...

Perspective Philosophy's channel: https://www.youtube.com/PerspectivePhilosophy07 Recorded on September 18, 2022. patreon.com/DanNorton 0:00 Intro to me and Ayn Rand’s ethical and political philosophy 3:47 Using others. Is it self-interested to rob, rape, murder? 6:50 Is it self-interested to be a dictator? 8:34 The mental effects on oneself of treating others badly. 14:44 What is a correct pleasu...

Luke's channel: https://www.youtube.com/LukeBeasley patreon.com/DanNorton 0:00 Intro; Objectivism vs. Libertarianism 4:28 Taxation and government funding 16:10 Government intervention and prosperity 19:25 Regulation (FDA, building codes, EPA, etc.) 39:53 Coercion and island examples 53:09 Where do you draw the line with coercion? Is it subjective? 1:02:39 Are values objective? Where does the conce...

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 freedo...

Did Europeans steal the Indians' land? Is capitalism based on coercion? I discuss these issues with a Marxist, Swoletariat, in this clip. For the full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuhJLNvvYtI. You can help support my channel by subscribing and becoming a financial supporter at: patreon.com/DanNorton. #Indians #capitalism #coercion #force #nativeamericans #nativeamericanindians #am...

Recorded on May 12, 2022. Swoletariat's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCko8bu6w_OpE8DlKDubg9sQ. [Add 35 seconds to get more accurate timestamps below. This is due to the intro I added for the podcast version about the audio problem at the beginning.] Interview: 0:00 Objectivism vs. Libertarianism 1:33 My background, Objectivists in academia, and how I got interested in Objectivism 5:07...

Econoboi's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Econoboi. This debate occurred on April 22, 2022. 0:00:00 Objectivism vs. Libertarianism; the three functions of government 0:08:07 Funding a government by voluntary means 0:19:18 Economic history of the United States 0:26:54 Freedom and economic inequality 0:29:31 The (in)validity of studies linking economic inequality and crime 0:34:11 Our economic w...

The full debate is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paKM_FtTho8. https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #AynRand #capitalism #socialism #Objectivism #force #reason #freedom #sacrifice #selfishness #politics #ethics #morality #government #taxes #regulations #usa #rights #coercion #selfinterest #egoism #island #debate #DanNorton #openingstatement

This debate occurred on March 20, 2021. My opponent's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqilwNYrajK0djOx3sIh01A. https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #capitalism #socialism #FellowTraveler #debate #aynrand #coercion #freedom #rights #dprk #cuba #usa #imf #enclosure

For the full debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmS_ciNi-LU. https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #AynRand #capitalism #Objectivism #force #reason #freedom #sacrifice #politics #ethics #morality #government #taxes #regulations #usa #rights #coercion #selfinterest #egoism #mind #island #robinsoncrusoe #crusoe #debate #DanNorton #openingstatement

This debate occurred on February 15, 2022. It was hosted by Modern-Day Debate: https://www.youtube.com/ModernDayDebate. This is the first video of mine that also has a live text chat. I invite you to check it out. https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #AynRand, #capitalism, #debate, #BenBurgis, #DanNorton

00:00 Intro, Objectivism vs. Libertarianism, functions of government 04:42 Needy people, minimum wage, and coercion 10:18 The history of capitalism; freedom and prosperity 15:37 Mutual benefit, disabled people, and private charity 24:06 Self-interest, helping others, and exploitative(?) contracts 34:58 Monopolies 39:53 Pollution and property rights 43:13 Freedom and inequality 45:33 Unions, contra...

In the first part of the conversation, Last_username challenges me to explain Ayn Rand’s view of what the fundamental value is, in particular, whether it is life or happiness. (This issue is also discussed in my previous video, with Garrett Mayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPi-A2MEeWw.) In the second part, we discuss/debate how a self-interested person should treat others; in particular, he...

Primary choices, ultimate values, etc., with Garrett Mayer (a technical, insider exploration) by Dan Norton

Link to clip of this call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0a0YN8th1c The call was on December 13, 2021. patreon.com/DanNorton https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/DanNorton11 #SamSeder, #CoconutIsland, #Vaush, #Libertarian, #Objectivism, #AynRand, #MajorityReport, #EmmaVigeland, #MattLech, #coercion, #exploitation, #island

Link to clip of this call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0a0YN8th1c The call was on December 13, 2021. patreon.com/DanNorton https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/DanNorton11 #SamSeder, #CoconutIsland, #Vaush, #Libertarian, #Objectivism, #AynRand, #MajorityReport, #EmmaVigeland, #MattLech, #coercion, #exploitation, #island

Link to clip of this call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS_PuJXRkQU The call was on October 26, 2021. patreon.com/DanNorton https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/DanNorton11 #SamSeder, #Objectivism, #AynRand, #MajorityReport, #EmmaVigeland, #MattLech

Link to clip of my call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD_UDfzsWuQ The call was on October 20, 2021. patreon.com/DanNorton https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/DanNorton11 #SamSeder, #MajorityReport, #chatpolicy, #chatroompolicy