Gideon Rozner is the Director of Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs, an Australian policy think tank that focuses on economic and political freedom. This was the longest and most fun interview I’ve done in all of 2020.
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Show notes:
3:15 Is Gideon a climate change denier?
7:44 Why Gideon loves politics
15:28 Shout out to Bev McArthur MP
15:57 The state of politics in Australia
18:38 The Western World has descended into a ‘frenzy of sub-rational, paranoid, needless, nihilistic destruction’
22:07 The love of big government
25:40 Civil disobedience is everywhere
31:36 Policing through fear and intimidation
35:23 Why VicPol went bad (thanks to Topher Field)
37:18 Will experts feel guilty after the hysteria subsides?
42:09 The technocracy and our democracy
45:02 Personal success, finding purpose, peaking early
47:48 The failures of the Liberal government
49:56 Youth unemployment and industrial relations reform
55:06 The realities of politics
57:53 Lawyers love big government
59:24 The political ‘swamp’ in Australia
1:01:15 Renegotiating the relationship between the people and their government
1:04:28 Disasters of Victorian bureaucracy
1:05:59 Prime Minister Bill Shorten!
1:07:48 Culture determines politics – where is Australia at?
1:11:58 The Left lose elections but still win policy
1:13:39 The Left tell stories and the Right respond with statistics
1:18:17 ‘The Little Government Who Could’ by Topher Field
1:21:40 The right wing should welcome the disillusioned left wing.
1:25:22 The end of leftism?
1:29:36 Liberal politicians doing it right
1:34:46 What makes Gideon so confident in his opinions?
1:39:00 Words are not dangerous
1:40:47 Hope vs pessimism
1:43:54 Victoria is at a crossroads in history
