9/11—25 Years Later: Objectivism, Islamic Totalitarianism, and America’s Crisis of Ideas

Live Sep 2, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12, Episode 141)
The Meaning of 9/11—25 Years Later: Objectivism, Islamic Totalitarianism, and America’s Crisis of Ideas
With Elan Journo, Onkar Ghate & Yaron Brook

When jihadists struck on 9/11, ARI’s response differed radically from those of conservatives, libertarians, and politicians of every persuasion. We argued that America faced a global ideological movement, that it needed to be defeated, but that the fundamental obstacle to U.S. victory was not a lack of military capability; it was philosophic. Unless challenged, the prevailing irrational ideas about morality would subvert the world’s greatest military force.

Tragically, ARI’s analysis was proven correct.

Join us for two events analyzing what went wrong since 9/11, illuminating the power of Objectivism, and pointing the way out.



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Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government, Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.