https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHQq-bGX5wPodcast audio:In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss Ayn Rand’s view of evil as fundamentally impotent, and what it reveals about Soviet Russia, Iran, and the failures of American foreign policy.The standard view of evilEvil as impotentParadox of Soviet dangerIllusion of Soviet technologyOverstating Iran’s powerAltruism empowering evilResources: Ayn Rand, Lexicon entry on Evil and Sanction of the VictimAyn Rand, “Galt’s Speech” in For the New IntellectualAyn Rand, “Altruism as Appeasement” in The Voice of ReasonAyn Rand, “The Anatomy of Compromise” in Capitalism: The Unknown IdealOnkar Ghate and Elan Journo’s, Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: What Went Wrong After 9/11Elan Journo, Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic TotalitarianismThis episode was recorded on 04/10/2026.