# The Iron Giant

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/pop-locke/the-iron-giant>

**By** Sean Malone, Paul Meany, Landry Ayres

**Published:** October 12, 2022

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Is this another of Brad Bird’s “objectivist” films?

## SUMMARY:

Should you be allowed custody of nuclear powered weapons? It’s questions that’s plagued libertarians before, and one that’s also raised by the animated cult classic _The Iron Giant._ Through innovative production means, Brad Bird’s box office blunder turned cinematic darling wraps a clear creative vision and Aristotelian characterization of themes up in a seemingly simple story of a boy and a giant robot. Sean Malone and Paul Meany joins us to answer questions it raises like; is Brad Bird an objectivist filmmaker? How much can we change the path we’re set upon in life? And is The Lorax a good lesson for kids?