Ben Bayer
@BenBayer
Fellow and Director of Content, the Ayn Rand Institute. Former philosophy prof. Views expressed are my own, I am not authorized to speak for my employer.
From my latest for New Ideal, part of an ongoing project: "Once we exorcise morality of these ghostly remnants of religion’s past, we’ll see this leaves more than enough room for new secular moral ideals to flourish."
Agustina Vergara Cid: ICE raids and parades aren’t just about immigration trib.al/9QsCzkn
"We need more than just political independence. . .we need a morality of life, of self-interest, of the pursuit of happiness." - America Should Declare Independence from Altruism, @BenBayer #OCON2025 #July4th #independenceday2025
Profit Without Apology: The Moral Case for Business Businessmen are widely vilified, but they should be celebrated. @donswriting and Onkar Ghate introduce their new book—Profit Without Apology—and explain why business needs to stand up for itself. #capitalism #aynrand #profit
A medieval anti-sex attitude explains the bizarre inconsistencies in the anti-abortion policy world. @BenBayer's latest article below 👇
𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄. Not fraud. Not exploitation. Their real crime? They’ve been too timid to say what they do is GOOD. 🧵👇
Hey @jubileemedia you should have @yaronbrook on one of your episodes of Surrounded, where he debates 20 anti-capitalists in favor of capitalism
Highlights from the 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference Join us next year: events.aynrand.org/ocon/ Clips featured from the following talks: What Is Western Civilization? | @yaronbrook Revolutionary Constitutionalism | @CBradleyThomps1 Enlightenment on Trial: The Real Lessons…
Great new piece by @MMichulka and @BakulaRobertas on the latest antitrust outrage, this time against @Apple by @EpicGames. Excellent moral clarity on the value Apple has created that's now being ruthlessly exploited. new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/how-epic-gam…
In July 1969 NASA invited Ayn Rand to attend the launching of Apollo 11. She wrote about the experience in her essay ‘Apollo 11’. Here is the first page:
"Due process matters because it's a legal safeguard that protects the individual from the arbitrary whims of the state." - Immigration Enforcement and the Betrayal of Due Process, @agustinavcid, a new American 🇺🇸 #OCON2025
Join me in just over an hour for a special July 4 event. Planning to both challenge and inspire.
Join us tomorrow for a live-streamed event from #OCON2025 in Boston, where ARI fellow Ben Bayer will deliver a powerful talk: “America Should Declare Independence from Altruism.” Sign up for the event now: hubs.la/Q03vPnhQ0
"Variolation was the chief medical contribution of the Enlightenment. . . . Many of the founding fathers [Ethan Allen and Thomas Jefferson] were inoculated, many in defiance of the laws." - @AmeshAA, "Smallpox in 1721" #OCON2025
“It’s time for businessmen to stop apologizing for their success and start demanding moral recognition for their achievements – and the moral right to their own freedom.” - 'Profit Without Apology,' ARI's latest release.
"We're celebrating 40 years of ARI." @taltsfany #OCON2025 Join us live: youtube.com/live/9PCQRzAMo…
The myth of win-lose self-interest, dispelled. hubs.la/Q03vHfb10
"A rational foreign policy minimizes the possibility of war . . . It informs our enemies of our certainty of the rightness of our political values, and our rejection of any doctrine invoked by criminal states to justify their coercive behavior." - @PSchwartzIDS #OCON2025
"For those of us who are immigrants to the United States, the 4th of July has special meaning. Not only does it represent the birth of America, but it represents our rebirth as free men and women. For this we immigrants will be forever indebted to the United States of America."