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Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss conspiracism regarding Israel's role in the Iran war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU5EJxVtork Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss recent conspiracism about Israel’s role in the Iran war.Topics include: Facts conspiracists distort Facts conspiracists evade The conspiracist mentality An anti-conceptual culture Decades of unprincipled foreign policy Tribalism and conspiracism Evading America’s deadly morality Resources: Ayn Rand Lexicon entries on the anti-conceptual mentality, the arbitrary, and tribalism Ayn Rand, “For the New Intellectual” in For the New Intellectual This episode was recorded on April 8, 2026.

People in this episode

Host: Ben Bayer

Guest: Elan Journo

Topics covered

• conspiracism
• foreign policy
• tribalism
• morality
• anti-conceptual culture

Keywords

• Israel
• Iran
• conspiracism
• foreign policy
• tribalism
• morality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ayn Rand Institute

Books & works: For the New Intellectual

Places: Israel, Iran

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