Yaron Brook currently being interviewed by Glenn Beck

Posted by jbrenner 7 years, 3 months ago to News

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Maybe Glenn will learn something.

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Posted by Stormi 7 years, 3 months ago

I was asked by a female business owner why I would not join a social service club in which she is active. I told her I was not an altruist. She truly looked blank, even thought well-educated. She knows I will help people, help themselves, but draw the line at outright helping people not once, but repeat moochers. If only everyone grew up or grew into reading Rand.

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Posted by dbhalling 7 years, 3 months ago

I doubt it

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Posted by awebb 7 years, 3 months ago

I missed it live but I think this was the interview (at least in part): http://www.glennbeck.com/2017/01/25/g...

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Posted by Thoritsu 7 years, 3 months ago

Nice. Thanks!

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Posted by jbrenner 7 years, 3 months ago

Yaron Brook just said that he has nothing against charity and philanthropy. Maybe he needs to re-read Rand on altruism.

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  Posted by CBJ 7 years, 3 months ago
  
  Charity and altruism are not the same thing. In her 1964 Playboy interview Ayn Rand said, "My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a moral duty. There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them. I regard charity as a marginal issue. What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue."
  
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    Posted by Abaco 7 years, 3 months ago
    
    Sounds like I'm in the zone...
    
    A good friend of mine said her son had to do some certain charity work in order to graduate from his high school. I said, "Then it's not charity." I'm such a radical...
    
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      Posted by Mamaemma 7 years, 3 months ago
      
      When my children were in high school it was called "mandatory volunteer hours".
      
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      Posted by jbrenner 7 years, 3 months ago
      
      Indeed!
      
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    Posted by jbrenner 7 years, 3 months ago
    
    That is the correct viewpoint. Perhaps the context of Brook's interview would have been helpful for me to share.
    
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      Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 3 months ago
      
      So is Brook a trojan horse?
      
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        Posted by jbrenner 7 years, 3 months ago
        
        I don't think so, but when I heard him say that, it did surprise me.
        
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    Posted by H2ungar123 7 years, 2 months ago
    
    I've had this on my desk for years.
    
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  Posted by paris1 7 years, 3 months ago
  
  See CBJ's remarks directly above yours.
  
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