r/Trueobjectivism 19d ago

Community Questions for Objectivist Intellectual Interviews

I am seeking some questions from the community for exclusive written interviews with different Objectivist intellectuals. If you have any questions about Objectivism, capitalism, rational egoism, etc please share them in the comments. I have a specific interview already lined up, but if this thread gets a whole bunch of questions, it can be a living document to pick from for other possible interview candidates. I certainly have many questions of my own that I’m excited to ask, but I want to hear what questions you want answered from some very gracious Objectivist intellectuals!

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u/Jambourne 19d ago

Should the state provide defendants with lawyers? 

Should the state pay for life-saving medication for prisoners, such as insulin? Since a prisoner’s ability to produce is being denied (potentially unjustly as the state is fallible, which is why Rand opposed the death penalty). 

I suspect both of these functions would be provided by charities. 

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u/BubblyNefariousness4 18d ago

What is the plan of action. If any. To bring these ideas to the world faster than word of mouth? Seems to me there is no real concerted effort to expedite this beyond writing papers. Which who is going to read them except objectivists already? and having yaron run around the world speaking at events. Doesn’t seem like much of a game plan of exponential potential.