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The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 163: Is Monarchy Possible?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether a single ruler can rule? What would the limitations be of this single ruler? If rulers must exist is this system preferable? What constrains the power elite in any system to stop a single ruler from forming?
2025-06-251h 03The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 162: Is informed independent journalism blackpilling? #WhitneyWebb #ScottHorton #DawsonThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether highly informed journalists and commentators such as Scott Horton, Whitney Webb, and Ryan Dawson, not those of the BBC or CNN, are blackpilling. If you can define a problem very well in all its gory details, does that give you a way to overcome a problem? If many of the wretched power elite go unnamed and remain unaccountable then what exactly is the point of reading this material? Contrary to what many normies think, thanks to the internet one has access to some of the best commentary and independent journalism that one probably...2025-05-2846 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 161: Is Hans Hoppe an Anarchist or a Monarchist?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether Hans Hoppe is an anarchist or a monarchist? Many of Hoppe’s critics, as well as his disciples, take the view that he is a monarchist but is that the case? Is Hans Hoppe only backhandedly defending monarchies by arguing they are superior to the current existing regime of so-called liberal democracies, or is he outright defending monarchy? Arguably Hoppe could be read as a monarchist if one thinks that abolishing the state is utopian by stating that monarchies are superior to democracies; however, if one thinks abolishing a privileged class of bureaucracies an...2025-05-0156 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 160: The origins of privilege: why the left-libertarian understanding fails.The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses Kevin Carson and the broader left-libertarian movement. The left-libertarians would argue that legal and economic privilege is the cause of inequality in the world. The problem is why did certain individuals, families, societies or firms put themselves into a position to achieve privilege in the first place? If Trump, Bezos, Gates and Musk are rich because their father gave them a bunch of money and privilege, then how in the first place did those fathers (or fathers-fathers) acquire their fortunes/positions? If certain states and firms have the kinds of legal privileges as Carson...2025-04-021h 00The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 159: Is Caleb Maupin's Innovationism possible?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses the thought of Caleb Maupin. Maupin recently declared that he is no longer a Marxist. We can get into weeds about whether ex-Marxists were ever Marxists, but what exactly is the trajectory of Maupin’s thought, especially in the US? Maupin calls himself a US patriot but what would Maupin’s innovationism look like in the US? Is Maupin merely an advocate of socialism in one country with a conservative pro-family position? Is that even possible in the USA in the 21st century considering the fact that the US is the center of both the...2025-03-0753 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 158: When ought life legally begin?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses, when ought life legally begin? Do the pro choice advocates prove too much? Aren't babies and young children as helpless as fetuses? When do children cease to be helpless and dependent? It clearly doesn't begin at day 1 - thinkers like Peter Singer who condones infanticide are much more consistent. On the other extreme, when does bad parenting become a crime?
2025-02-1139 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 157: Is social media social? W/Rik Storey
The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Rik Storey to discuss whether social media is social or anti social? Has social media “improved” things if indeed one can believe in improvement? Is it not the case that social media is radically superior to the network television era of the 1950s to 2000s? What are the downsides of social media usage? Is social media more truthful, if indeed truth exists, than previous forms of technology for the production and dissemination of information? Is engaging in certain forms of “lifestyle anarchism” (such as giving up social media for a period of time) useful? W...2024-11-1050 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 156: Why anarchism means antifeminism and why antifeminists should be anarchists.The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses why abolishing the current existing managerial state will decrease the prominence women have in society. The modern managerial welfare bureaucratic state with its highly regulated economies are a boon for the feminist movement. In five key areas including family law, justice, education, economic regulation and welfare, the modern managerial state helps the feminist cause while robbing men, particularly young men, of rights and opportunities. A curtailment of this bureaucratic managerial regime would strengthen the position that men have in society and weaken women’s position. Hence, only right libertarians who are opposed to feminism ca...2024-10-1849 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 155: Should dissidents and anti-war people h@te veterans?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether servicemen ought to be hated since most recent wars are pointless, if not outright criminal, and leave western home countries both poorer and more insecure. Are veterans merely just doing a job and following orders? In the US since Vietnam it has been an all volunteer force. What should be done about these men (as well as woman) and how should dissidents treat them? For better or worse in the US there exists some amount of veteran worship especially amongst the so-called normie right. You could say in a healthy society which doesn’t...2024-10-0432 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 154: Our beef with declinism. #Tradcats#Libertarianism#Apocalypse
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses the blind spots of declinism. Recently Bob Murphy was interviewed by Reason magazine’s Nick Gillepsie about whether libertarians, or more broadly people on the so-called “right,” are unduly pessimistic. The first question is whether the areas such as economy, culture and fertility/family formation are in decline and when did they start? If it is in decline, what can actually be done about it and what are the social and psychological implications of living in a declining society? Bob Murphy’s answer to the question was he was a Christian which is a robust answer b...2024-09-1841 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 153: Did Julian Assange or the Deep State win?The Mindcrime Liberty show discusses whether the State and the Pentagon “won” against Julian Assange. First of all, we here at this show think Assange is a hero and he will be remembered as a hero by most right thinking persons; however, did the State accomplish what it wanted? The state managed to get Assange, who is in poor health thanks to his time in prison, to plead guilty to the Espionage Act. On top of that he was confined to the Ecuadorian embassy and spent 5 years in one of Britain’s worst prisons. Will this deter both whistleblowers and th...2024-08-1928 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 152: Are we all criminals before the State, International law & God?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether anyone is innocent on various levels. Do any innocent people exist in the eyes of god, international law (if such a thing exists) or the managerial state bureaucracy? On the theological level, why do people baptize children if indeed children are considered cute and innocent? When do children become adults? Why do antiwar activists stress the death of children in war considering that they have the potential to become future soldiers if the conflict is long enough. If the Chinese or the Russians were to wage war on any NATO country would we...2024-07-2148 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 151: Is Plato's Guardian model of the family right? Cutrone, Fraser & Caplan.The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether Plato is right in his guardian family model where children are raised without knowing their precise parents. Will keeping parents anonymous cut down on favoritism (as well as disfavoritism) and make society more cohesive and less individualistic? Why are intellectuals so boring and traditional when it comes to family and marriage? Isn’t gay marriage “conservative” as opposed to free love or the platonic guardian system outlined in Plato’s Republic? If any kind of "Heaven" or Kingdom of God exists would monogamous marriage exist in that place or would it be more like Pla...2024-06-2848 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 150: Is there a market for truth?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether there is a market for truth? Do people want to know the truth, if it does indeed exist, and can it be produced on the “market”? What are the incentives for those who want to spread the truth? Do the so-called “traditional” print media and “journalists” do so? Did the internet make things better or worse? What exactly do so-called reporters and journalists do? Can someone “report” on an event such as a war which takes place in many different locations plenty of which have restricted access or only "selected" access by local authorities? Doe...2024-06-1457 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 149: If Anarchism existed, would it be right-wing?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether anarchism, or abolishing the state, would lead to what is normally understood as right wing. There is a movement to try to transcend or render meaningless the terms left and right; however, even though the terms may not be entirely useful in all areas, this axis still reveals a lot of truth. Anarchism done in the 21st century and beyond will be abolishing the modern secular liberal managerial state not the ancien regime. If abolishing the modern managerial state one will also abolish state welfare, what Michel Foucault and Charles Murray would call...2024-05-2339 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 148: Does the Left hate the poor? Are Charles Murray and Michel Foucault right?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether Charles Murray and Michel Foucault are right that the left hates the poor? Murray and Foucault are two intellectuals whom some might categorize as being at opposite purposes, they are in fact both critical of the modern managerial welfare state. When the modern left speaks of helping the poor arguably they are “warehousing” the poor by providing them a steady dose of just enough necessities which thereby creates dependency on the state.
Are those dependent on the state likely to criticize, let alone overthrow it? Welfare robs the poor of what Murr...2024-04-2534 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 147: Is saving possible? #Bitcoin #GoldThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether it is possible to save for the future outside of actual material goods. Austro-Libertarians are famous for their criticisms of government backed fiat currency as either outright criminal or just a known fraud. If that criticism is the case, what value does anything denominated in US currency, as well as other fiat currencies such as the Euro, Yen and Pound, have considering state central banks have an incentive to create inflation as a silent tax? What value do the various stock markets have considering that a good portion of its value is backed...2024-04-1150 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 146: Does universal voting damage family and friendships? #democracy #oligarchy #deepstateThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether eliminating voting would make family and friendships stronger. With the growing polarization which is occurring in the major "democracies” there is a growing trend of family, friendships, churches, marriages and business relationships being broken up on the grounds of who one votes for. Is this "rational" or a good state of affairs? Are friendships and families stronger in societies where voting obviously doesn't matter as much and/or the political system is more closed? Is this an argument against democracies? Should people date/marry and make friends with those who are strong supporters of...2024-03-2348 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 145: Was the Covid 19 regime failure a Black Pill or a White Pill?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether the “War on Covid regime failure” is a white pill (or provided many of what Sean Gabb calls collateral benefits) or was it a black pill? All three aspects of the war on Covid including vaccine mandates, masks and social distancing are retrospectively being renounced, or walked back/distanced, by most so-called experts. To paraphrase Peter Hitchens everyone thought they were a skeptic at the time but I can clearly recall that they were not. Does the fact that “the trust the science establishment” was dealt such a rhetorical blow count as a victory...2024-02-1031 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp.144: Are non-profits profitable for society?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether non-profits are profitable? How does one judge an organization which doesn’t have profits and losses? Are some non-profits merely front organizations for billionaires to further enrich themselves and create good PR for them? Are some non-profits merely rackets to gain further donations to keep the organization alive? Are non-profits merely holding centers for people who can’t find effective employment in a “real” job so one must work at a fake job? Do non-profits pursue goals which are in principle unable to be judged? Are non-profit organizations nobler than for profit ones? Are many...2024-01-1244 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 143: Are extremists more logical than moderates?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether the extremists are more logical and clear than moderates? On a variety of issues it seems that those with the extreme viewpoints are more clear than those who are considered moderate. Is this merely a kind of genetic horseshoe fallacy or do the extremists have a commitment to consistency and rigor that “the adults in the room” don’t have? Extremists are often painted by the mainstream as being unintelligent un-nuanced persons but based on certain research, those with higher intelligence tend to hold extreme economic views. Is this the case in most areas...2023-12-1753 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 142: How would an ideal society deal with low ability persons?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses what an ideal, or libertarian, society ought to do with those of low abilities? One can dispute whether there would be as many in an ideal society with a freed market and stateless institutions; however, it seems that there would be a class of persons who aren’t competitive. Christians of the left and the right often times criticize libertarians for not caring about the poor namely not supporting welfare and various social programs. Libertarians would be quick to counter that many of the so-called programs are not effective and are probably harmful such as...2023-12-0145 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 141: Why do people get out of bed? What counts as coercive violence? #UBI #LeftLibsThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses why do people get out of bed in the morning and what counts as coercive violence? Would coercive violence to force people to work exist in a stateless or an ideal society? Why do people get out of bed and work in the current existing world? Is work necessary to have a society? Does work make people happier? Assuming a society of UBI welfare is possible, would it be a tyranny? Should people work less in order to get more leisure time? If people aren’t working or raising children, why do people get ou...2023-11-1437 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 140: Rik Storey vs David Bentley Hart & RC Sproul on Free Will & Sin.The Mindcrime Liberty show is joined by Rik Storey to discuss whether sin exists. One of the more common maneuvers is to state that sin exists because free will exists, thus, in order to explain sin one must explain free will. Our guest Rik Storey defends free will as being integral to his understanding of Catholic Christianity. What are the limitations of free will and who are some Christian theists who are opposed to this view? Do the so-called extremes of modern theology represented by the American Calvinists RC Sproul and universalists David Bentley Hart agree that free will d...2023-10-2952 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 139: Will Israel end up like East Prussia? Ft. Keith Preston.The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Keith Preston to discuss the long term status of Israel by using East Prussia as an analogy. East Prussia used to exist as a major port and was one of the causes of the German invasion of Poland but now is Polish/Russian Federation territory with hardly any German inhabitants. Will Israel cease to exist in this fashion? Is Israel dependent on the US for its military position and what is the long term trajectory of that support considering that the US is taking a moderate isolationist turn as Zeihan describes? Despite...2023-10-1852 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 138 Professional Sports, Women and Transgenderism
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses why no thinking person of the Right should care about transmen competing in women's sports leagues. Sports themselves, and its rise, are quite important for males of all ages in developed industrialized societies as both an outlet and a venue for athletic excellence. Elite sporting leagues are a necessary Platonic ideal embodying that excellence and shouldn’t have a protected category for anyone especially woman considering that mainstream culture wants to hold them as equals. If feminists want no male spaces then women shouldn’t get any protected female spaces either. In almost no sporting leag...2023-10-0934 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 137: Defending the Undefendable: The NSA and Mass SurveillanceThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses surveillance. If one isn’t doing anything wrong should one care about surveillance and spying? Can one have privacy in the modern world if one chooses to participate in its various technologies? How private was the past? Should one expect privacy and is it a genuine right?
2023-09-2742 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 136: Are organized crime gangs states? feat. Keith PrestonThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses with Keith Preston whether organized crime and street gangs are like states/megacorps. What is the relationship between street gangs, organized crime and the formal state? Is Thaddeus Russell right in that crime gangs have provided America (and elsewhere) a steady stream of goods/services that the formal society outlaws and thereby a kind of material freedom? In the US, gangs provided alcohol during prohibition and in certain state socialist countries there was a trade in iconography/religious artifacts. Do certain gangs and organized crime syndicates resemble the state itself? Do they rival the...2023-09-1447 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 135: The Essence of the Political: the Right, Carl Schmitt and the State Ft. Lukas EidolonThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses Carl Schmitt with Lukas Eidolon of Metanaissance. What can one, in particular libertarians and anarchists, learn from Schmitt’s concept of the political? Why has the friend/enemy distinction been such a relevant concept? What would Schmitt think of Thomas Hobbes and vice versa? Is trying to abolish the state unrealistic? Does the sovereign actually have truly independent power? https://metanaissance.com/
2023-09-031h 28The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 134: Do intellectuals and environmentalists want to reduce the world’s population?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether environmentalists would prefer a world with fewer people. Environmentalists of the Left as well as the Right have pursued a variety of policies in particular forms of birth control as well as higher education for girls which has lowered the birthrate in most, if not all, industrialized developed countries. Intellectuals like JS Mill spent a night in prison for the crime of distributing materials related to birth control and abortion. Many traditional people of the Right have complained about the effects of industrialization and urbanization on the family as well as its secularization...2023-08-1951 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 133: Are teachers and college professors prison guards?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses, are school teachers AND college professors merely prison guards? Is this rhetorical extremism? Are state schools merely about warehousing and disciplining children in order to create obedient soldiers and corporate employees? Why is there so much sympathy toward school teachers as well as college professors from the general public? Is there really any difference between “lower” and “higher” education? How much of a free choice is university/college education considering the need for credentials in order to get a decent job? Why is the Left, including so called left-libertarians, fairly uncritical of most college professo...2023-07-241h 00The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and Patton132: Are voluntary militias for the defense of a stateless society compatible with mass immigration?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether mass immigration is compatible with the idea of a volunteer militia. The defence of a stateless society is a common point of criticism made against libertarians and anarchists. One of the solutions, other than rights protection agencies, proposed by theorists like Roderick T. Long and David Friedman is the adaptation of a much older form of organization: a voluntary militia. Can voluntary militias be compatible with mass immigration which many left libertarians such as Roderick T. Long support? Will the stateless society which is mass immigration friendly fight as a unified cohesive whole...2023-07-1137 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 131: Who won the Nassim Taleb vs. Gary North debate?
Who won the Nassim Taleb and Gary North “debate"? There was no actual debate that happened; rather, the Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses an early essay written by the legendary Mises institute speaker and author Gary North, which critiqued Nassim Taleb’s very first and arguably best book, Fooled by Randomness. In that essay North perceptively picks up that Taleb is a Hayekian by adapting the evolutionary defense of the market and for that matter society. North, a Misean and Creationist, is of course opposed to this randomized view of society which is further strengthened by the fact that a robust acco...2023-06-2946 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 130: The Euthyphro dilemma of art, music and filmsThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses the Euthyphro dilemma of art, music and films. To paraphrase the Euthyphro dilemma of theology, is good art merely good because powerful people and institutions say it's good, or are there some timeless propaganda-free and power-free ways to judge art? If the New York Times or Guardian reviews a film highly but more independent critics and the audience “pan” it, can they make a bad film (or other forms of art) “good.”? Can powerful persons and institutions deem “bad” art “good” merely by using their clout to create tastes? More practically how should lay persons treat pr...2023-06-0658 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 129: If abortion is murder, is contraception murder?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether contraception, including natural family planning, is murder, if indeed abortion is murder? If humans, in particular couples who view abortion as murder, engage in sex while knowingly frustrating the natural consequences of the act, what is the difference between that and many abortions (in particular those that occur early on which are the majority)? The humans doing this intercourse are not ignorant of the mechanics of the act, unlike certain supposed isolated tribes or animals, thus ignorance is not a defence. Even if this process isn’t murder, what is the ethics of “fami...2023-05-191h 19The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 128: Is marriage a form of slavery?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether marriage is a form of slavery. Feminists, as well as other radical thinkers, view marriage as a form of slavery from which the individual needs to be liberated. Currently many men's rights advocates would posit that men of all classes can and do get exploited by marriage laws. It seems that both sides have a low view of marriage, yet unlike chattel slavery, marriage is a social institution which continues on. Marriage rates may not be as high as in the past but why do both men and woman (as well as same...2023-05-1136 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 127: Can the vegans be stopped?
The Mindcrime Liberty show discusses veganism. Why don’t vegans care about plants? Can the vegans (hopefully) be stopped? Are frugivores the most consistent? Is being a vegetarian, let alone a frugivore, healthy? Are vegans anti-human? Are environmentalism or animal rights the primary pro-vegan argument? What is the best way to refute the growing vegan movement? Is veganism a form of post-Christian secular religion?
2023-05-0149 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 126: Who exploits whom? Hoppe, Marx and Kaczynski.
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses who exploits whom? Is modern society merely exploitative a la Ted Kaczynski? Is the modern state exploitative? Do the unemployed exploit the employed? Is capitalism as defined by Marx exploitative? Is everyone in the periphery exploited by the first world? Are absentee landlords exploitative? Are central banks defined by Mises exploitative? If exploitation does indeed exist, who exploits whom?
2023-04-0548 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 125: Did Christianity create modern feminism? Is feminism orthodox or heretical? Ft. Rik Storey
Rik Storey joins The Mindcrime Liberty show to discuss, did Christianity create feminism? The idea that Christianity raised the status of woman in the 1st century is fairly undisputed; however, are the forms of feminism practiced today still Christian? The right to vote both in the US and UK was largely pushed through at the behest of Christian organizations. The suffrage movement was very Christian in its aims, and as historian Thaddeus Russell would joke, the first thing they did is ban alcohol in the US. Is the growth of Islam in the West, Paganism and Men's rights movement a...2023-03-2558 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 124: Why do Sean Gabb and Chris Cutrone agree so much?The Mindcrime LIberty Show discusses why do seeming diametrically opposed intellectuals agree on so much? For instance, Sean Gabb, whom we interviewed twice, has given talks at forums ranging from the Libertarian Alliance to the Property and Freedom Society, and Chris Cutrone, a Marxists-Leninist who is a key member of the Platypus affiliated society? Is this agreement only surface level? They both agree that the War in Ukraine is a pointless proxy war, both have similar views of the current existing political and economic ruling class of the West, both view that their side's strategy has failed and both...2023-03-1748 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 123: Was Jeffrey Tucker and Ron Paul Right, and Hans Hoppe and the ”Bordertarians” wrong?
The Mindcrime Liberty show discusses whether Jeffrey Tucker, as well as Ron Paul, was right about Trump and the broader issues of the national security state with respect to immigration, as compared to Hans Hoppe. In his lecture/essay on realistic libertarianism Hans Hoppe goes after Jeffrey Tucker by name and argues for what is pejoratively called by left libertarians the “bordertarian” position. Regardless of whether this position is desirable, what ought libertarians do if the state is hostile to their tribe? Ron Paul in his failed presidential campaign made the deeply pessimistic point that the “walls,” broadly considered, would be used...2023-03-0638 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 122: Why Hoppe and Paul are right & Mises and Moldbug are wrong.The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses why Hans Hoppe and St. Paul provide a better answer to the origins of laws, as well as why the state is an outlaw to them, than compared to Mises and Moldbug (Curtis Yarvin). Mises and Moldbug are both classical liberals who support a minimum state monopolist of law and order. As Hans Hoppe argues in the Democracy the G** that Failed, the classical liberals criticized monarchical states as being “above” the law; however, this problem is also true of so-called democratic states and their officials/politicians. Hoppe goes after classical liberal democratic states as b...2023-02-2255 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 121: What is a good life? Does Bill Gates live a better life than a homeless man?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses, what is the nature of the good or ideal life? Are Amish farmers, McDonald's workers or the homeless living a better life than billionaires, trust fund babies and the power elite? Does work or some form of productive activity a component of a good life and make one "happier"? Is having friends and family a part of a good life or is being a reclusive hermit preferable? Is the Nozick experience machine or Zizek's joke about lemonade and pornography really a good life? Is merely consuming for base pleasures that pleasurable?
2023-02-1355 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 120: Is selfishness a virtue? W/Rik StoreyThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses with Rik Storey, whether seflishness is a virtue? Is Ayn Rand right? Or are the Christian and some communist critics of her right? Does not one need to care for oneself in order to care for others? Is selfishness merely the excess of necessary love to oneself? Aren't most uses of be less selfish by the state and society merely tools of more exploitation? For example, take this Big Pharma unproven j@b, or pay higher gas prices to help the environment and the Ukraine. Was Christ himself purely selfless?
2023-01-2656 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonWho is the freest man: Boss, Employee, Master or Slave?
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses who is the freest man: the slave, employee, boss or owner? Is Thaddeus Russell's Renegade History of the United States correct in arguing that many abolitionists thought that slaves were too free? Is Aristotle's theory of slavery right? Does this analysis extend into other forms of so called modern "slavery" such as so called wage slavery? Do Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates "work" longer hours than there minimum wage employees? Was Thaddeus Russell right when he debated with Michael Brooks, in that workers managing the means of production would require lots of meetings which not...2023-01-1143 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 118: Is free speech a Unicorn?
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether anyone believes in free speech without limitations? Free speech is commonly cited as a value of certain groups; however, does any society live up to that standard at any time? Can free speech exist in a fashion which meets the SlateStarCodex/GK Chesterton standard, whereby the genuine outgroup gets to say whatever it wants without consequences, formal or informal? What level of punishment or consequences given to verboten ideas means free speech no longer exists? Did free speech exist for Communists in America in the 1950s? Did free speech exist for Christians in the...2023-01-0348 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 117: Are landlords criminals? Is the state a landlord?
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether those who collect rents from properties are criminals? If this is the case, wouldn’t the state also be a landlord par excellence considering that it collects property taxes and tells the occupants what it can and can’t do? Why do so many progressives, social democrats and others hate landlords but seemingly love the property tax collecting and the money printing managerial state? Are land, housing and rent more expensive because of central banks giving out easy money? Do environmental regulations, which so many people on the Left love, and licensing requirements also make...2022-12-2253 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 116: Can the government pull off conspiracies?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether the state is really too incompetent to pull off a “conspiracy.” Libertarians routinely accuse the government of being too incompetent but this argument is incorrect. The problem with the State is that it isn’t incentivized to provide said services for the common good. On the contrary the so-called open and closed conspiracies, which it is accused of, ARE in the interest of certain sectors of the State. Since most sophisticated political theorists including Hoppe, Chomsky, Burnham, Rothbard, Preston and Carson, understand that the State isn’t some grassroots democracy, the question of conspira...2022-12-1433 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 115: Does mental illness exist? W/Rik StoreyThe Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Rik Storey to discuss, does mental illness exists? Is it merely a tool which ruling powers use to isolate and medicate those who don’t fit in? Is PTSD a rational response to witnessing horrors? What exactly is “normal” or “healthy” behavior especially in the current age? Are the formal institutions of society in any position to say that? Is mental illness merely a way to get around moral culpability by labelling any unwanted action as something akin to diarrhea or a toothache? What causes mental illness if it does indeed exist? Is mental i...2022-12-021h 04The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 114: Why don’t central banks print even more money???
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses, why don’t government central banks print more money? Printing money is extremely useful for the state because it is seemingly “unseen” tax. This “tax”, paid for by inflation and Cantillon effects, also has the effect of weakening those who don’t get the money as quickly and those who are on fixed incomes. What is the limit of state banks from going hyper MMT considering how it allows them to live effectively "rent free"? Does the fear of a radical alteration in your exchange rate between other central banks keep them honest? How much coordination...2022-11-2144 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 113: Are the British Royal family any different than the Kardashians?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses the British Royal Family by asking, are they any different than the Kardashians? Are the royals merely attention seeking celebrities with a brand that sells branded merch to adoring fans? Did Queen Elizabeth become a kind of “girl boss” celebrity or is she the last standing member of the ancien regime? Are parliamentary politicians merely celebrities too? If this “celebrityfication” did happen, when did it happen and is this a good development? Does the monarchy still have virtues? What is the role of the royal family in Britain and the wider English world going forward?2022-11-1156 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 112: What is the purpose of fathers?The Mindcrime liberty show discusses, what is the purpose of fathers? Are fathers merely sperm donors? Are fathers merely breadwinning money cows to be milked by children and wives? Are fathers a cultural killer app, to use the Niall Ferguson term? Do societies with involved fathers do better than those which don’t? Is there a tension between the idea of an involved father and a successful one? Being successful at anything seems to require a significant number of hours. As Musk jokes, nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished on 40 hours a week, let alone “part-time.” Most fathers in the nuclea...2022-10-3158 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 111: What causes the decline of civilization? W/Rik Storey.The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses, what causes the decline of the civilisations? Does improved material standard of living lead to selfishness? Do late stage civilisations value artistic endeavours above ancient military heroes? Do the populations then neglect public institutions which are needed to maintain social order? Does the increased political participation of women, historically and presently, aid the decline? Does specialisation lead to the feminisation of men? How can we arrest the decline?
2022-10-211h 02The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 110:Are nuclear weapons a win for liberty and decentralization?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether nuclear weapons are a win for liberty and decentralization. Since nuclear weapons exist and one can’t put the genie back in the bottle, what should libertarians, anarchists and the Right think about them? Are they an a priori offensive weapon? Are nuclear weapons a way for small states (or a hypothetical libertarian society) to project force against large states to prevent aggression? Should Libya, and for that matter Ukraine, kept its nuclear weapons? Are North Korea and Israel pursuing a rational strategy? Do Nukes protect Russia from regime change? Do nukes put ski...2022-10-1143 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 109: Is voting a waste of time?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether voting is a waste of one’s scarce time? Is voting cooperating with evil? Is voting for the lesser of two evils or a third party a useful strategy? Is Walter Block right? What are the dangers of third parties?
Aren’t things like the “socialist” or “libertarian” party merely a theoretical contradiction? If they do win, what will the existing bureaucracy, military industrial complex and deep state “allow” them to do? If John F. Kennedy allegedly told De Gaul that he didn’t know who was in charge of this government back then, what wou...2022-10-0244 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 107: How do people come to believe what they believe?The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Terminal Philosophy to discuss belief formation. Why and how do people come to believe what they believe? Is it reason, genetics, social environment or simply opportunistic pragmatism? Or more malevolently is it propaganda and indoctrination combined with cowardice and weakness of will that are the real causes of beliefs in most people? Does ignorance, living in a bubble and lack of self reflection play a role? Is there any difference between so called elites and everyday people? Who has a more robust usage of reason and a greater degree of self-reflection? Are...2022-09-211h 05The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 106: Is Collapse and Decline Inevitable?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses decline and collapse. Why are so many dissident and fringe thinkers, as well as many mainstream ones, often believers in some form of coming collapse? For both the Left and Right this could be economic, cultural and/or an environmental collapse. Do the thinkers really believe in the decline (i.e. performative contradiction) and is it happening? What does it mean for a civilization to be in decline for 100s of years or in some cases thousands of years? Is this just a form of crying wolf (or rather collapse)? What institutions or metrics a...2022-09-091h 01The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 105: Does Humility Exist?
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses humility and whether it exists. Bishop Barron as well as many other Christians and ethicists praise humility. If it does exist what is it and is it a virtue? Can someone actually be humble in a non-contradictory manner without it becoming humble bragging? What is humility in the context of knowledge? Is extreme skepticism the most or least “humble” position? Are state appointed experts acting with “humility” when they prescribe certain policies or actions to be done? Are the people who question them more humble?
2022-08-3140 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 104: Is War Popular? W/Keith Preston.The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Keith Preston to discuss whether war is popular. War seems to be popular amongst a variety of classes, sectors and worldviews throughout time and places, especially in modernity or bourgeois society. Whether war was more or less common before the 1800s is a good question but seemingly most of the populace, including the soldiers themselves, go along with most wars.
The armies of modernity especially in the major conflicts are quite large and are equipped at great expense. There are structural ways one could argue oneself out of this seeming...2022-08-2256 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 103: Who owns the land: Marx, Hoppe or Crazy Horse?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses who owns the land by using three figures to represent differing positions: Karl Marx, Hans Hoppe and Crazy Horse. We argue that there is much overlap between the Marxists and Hoppean position as opposed to the Crazy Horse position. If in order to own land one must mix one's labor with it, then there is no way that Crazy Horse, or any nomadic group, could own all the land. Marxists themselves, as much as they ridicule libertarian property theory, have a kind of ownership theory themselves which has more affinities than commonly thought as Ha...2022-08-1447 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 102: Can children consent to anything at all?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses consent especially with respect to children and minors. When ought an ideal society start treating children as adults? Is consent itself a sound doctrine? Even though some anti-liberals and natural law advocates criticize the doctrine of consent, could a society function without it? It seems as if even in tyrannical societies or older ones, certain aspects of consent exist. Children and minors don’t have as many rights and are under the aegis of their parents or the state. Are children a kind of slave? Should children be granted more rights at a younger ag...2022-07-2650 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 101: What is health and can public health exist?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses health, or more precisely the incoherent and tyrannical concept known as “public” health. If by public one means the state, the current state has no interest in health and flourishing outside of some narrow do gooder definition. One needn’t go full conspiracy to recognize this fact, rather, the state doesn’t have the right incentives to care for individuals, let alone the general public. De facto state subsidized and regulated monopoly megacorporations aren’t worthy of trust either.
Health itself is a disputed term, and the tradeoffs which go into what is and isn’t...2022-07-1748 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 100: Is following ”politics” or podcasting a waste of time?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether “following” politics, and more broadly culture, then podcasting about it is a waste of time? Why bother doing it all? Are “apolitical” “unaware” people happier? Can these classes of persons really exist? Are we doomed to be interested in these subjects? Are most political and social commentators who are sufficiently “radicalized” largely a pessimistic, dreary lot? Why not get another hobby which makes one "happier" or work more? Is influence even desirable? Aren’t most successful political podcasters and commentators merely government/megacorp backed narrative builders, or petit bourgeois grifters after money? Can one actually “unplug?”...2022-07-0748 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 99: Is the death penalty more humane than life imprisonment?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses the death penalty by inverting the usual way it is discussed: is it more humane then life in prison? If punishment in itself is just and an institution or individual desires to carry it out, which is the best form? Generally punishment is done for reasons of justice, isolation or deterrence. Maybe punishment in itself is unjust but if a heinous act occurs (someone murders an innocent person’s entire family) are most people or societies going to go full Anabaptist and forgive them? Thus, for most societies and individuals some form of punishment is...2022-06-2843 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 98: Are Ad Hominem Arguments Useful? /w/terminal philosophy/The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Terminal Philosophy to discuss whether ad hominem arguments are useful. The ad hominem fallacy as well as the closely related whataboutism point is routinely viewed as an invalid form of argumentation. It is not a logical inconsistency rather a pragmatic inconsistency. In best practice, it is pointing out that the person does the very thing that they are against in their formal argumentation. A common example is the smoker who tells their child not to smoke. The child asks, “If smoking is so bad, why are you doing it? What about your ow...2022-06-1748 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 97: Can societies exist without elites? / w/Keith Preston /The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Keith Preston to discuss whether a society without elites or a ruling class could exist? What exactly are elites and do they occur in most societies? Is there such a thing as a non-exploitative “elite”? Is Hayek right in why the worst get on top? If having power over others is the defining feature of elites what exactly is the power that they have? Where does that power come from? Do democracies create worse elites than autocracies or monarchies? Are elites a kind of category of people or are they merely the resu...2022-06-101h 10The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 96: Why do people do drugs? Is Brave New World right?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses, what is the purpose of drug use? By drugs we mean so-called recreational drugs and alcohol. Debates on what drugs are medicinal and what are recreational are quite fraught, but regardless, why do people use them? Do people use them to escape a bad reality? Do they use them for fun? Are the drug and alcohol prohibitionists right in that it ruins lives? Is Brave New World right about the usage of drugs as a way to maintain control over a population? What are the Marxists views on drugs? Why do some communist regimes...2022-06-0154 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 95: Can we escape ”Liberalism”? / Mark Fisher, Nick Land and Alasdair Macintyre/The Mindcrime liberty show discusses whether “liberalism” is escapable? There are many similar words to describe the current ruling order and they can include what we used in our title, liberalism, as well as crony capitalism, late capitalism, liberal democracy or neoliberalism. It is true that Murray Rothbard wouldn’t call our current society pure capitalistic; however, the anti capitalists would call it capitalists. It is also true that Mark Fischer and David Graeber wouldn’t of course call this existing order socialists or democratic; however, many of its right wing critics would. Neoliberalism may be the most technical but very...2022-05-2459 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 94: What is a woman? Ft. Natty.
The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Natty to discuss, what is a woman? What is the biological basis of male and female? Is there a third sex? Some in the Dissident Right have argued that women are childlike. Is this true? Either way, what are the general psychological differences between men and women? Given typical female psychology, are the Pick-up Artists right or are they only correct about more K strategist women? What kind of relationship do women want with their husband? Do they want the dominant Alpha Chad telling them what to do all the time or do...2022-05-131h 04The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 93: Why is wealth inequality a problem? W/Todd LewisThe Mindcrime liberty show is joined by Todd Lewis to discuss whether wealth inequality is a problem and why? What are the causes of wealth inequality? Is wealth inequality just an extension of talent inequality? Who or what ideology is to blame? What can be done? Would wealth inequality be a problem for Ancapistan? Are interest and absentee landlordism always going to cause excessive wealth inequality?
2022-05-061h 11The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 92: What is the purpose of sex?
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses what is the purpose of sex, especially in developed societies with effective birth control? The “natural” answer, whether one is dealing with animals or humans, is to create offspring which is no longer the answer since the invention of birth control. With its rise, things have changed significantly, with pleasure and peer bonding added into the mix of reasons to do it; they have arguably become the central reason. For much of human history there wasn’t really any cheap, reliable, available and effective birth control. If healthy fertile people did the act then children would...2022-04-2848 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 91: Is Arranged marriage defensible?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether arranged marriage is defensible. The divorce rate in the UK is 33% and 50% in the USA so alternative marriage arrangements need to be considered. Is an approved list of marriage candidates preferable to parental veto or typical American dating? Are the lower divorce rates with arranged marriage good evidence for its desirability? Is arranged marriage possibly in modern western with high levels of geographical mobility? In that case, what is the best way to encourage good spousal choice? Would treating marriage more like a standard financial investment help?
2022-04-1958 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 90: Why aren’t there more women in prison? W/Todd Lewis.The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Todd Lewis of the Praise of Folly podcast to discuss, why aren’t there more women in prison? If opening up male dominated spaces and closing the gender gap is so important for politicians, government bureaucracies, megacorporations, universities, many churches and activists, then why do they not try to go after the disparity in this male dominated institution: prisons. In England and Wales 95% of the prison population is male. In the US Federal prison system 93% of the population is male as well. A large gender gap also exists in school detentions and pu...2022-04-0759 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 89: How much would an ideal society spend on healthcare?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses what is the marginal value of healthcare compared to other goods (say a nice dinner or a house)? If an ideal society existed where there was no IP, parasitic middleman, regulations and etc what would people spend on healthcare? How much is a life worth and how much is life extension worth given that scarcity exists? How much is perfect safety worth? Is Hans Hoppe right about the absurdity of modern “insurance”? Can healthcare be provided by the free market? What is to be made of alternative, or off label use of medicine? Why do p...2022-03-2858 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEP 88: What is GDP growth and why should anyone care?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses GDP and the problems surrounding its calculations and use. Is GDP useful? Is much of GDP growth illusory especially that which is created by finance and central banks? Is the wealth of nations impossible to calculate and compare? Is calculating the wealth of nations harmful and only done for malevolent reasons? Would private product remaining be a more useful statistic to calculate? What are the problems associated with this? What would be a better way to calculate the "wealth of nations"?
2022-03-1852 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 87: Is Vladimir Putin right? #justwartheory #reparations
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether Vladimir Putin is right? Is this a legitimate case of re-acquiring land as a kind of military invasion version of reparations? Is this a just war? What exactly is a modern “just” war and does anyone care to apply the standards consistently? Who exactly owns a piece of land and how do individuals, groups and/or state acquire it “justly”? What exactly is the process of just land acquisition other than naked state military force and has it ever occurred justly? Does anyone or any state have a pure clean title to land, especially the land...2022-03-0956 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 86: Should public intellectuals be more like Ric Flair?The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Terminal Philosophy to discuss whether Public intellectuals should be more like Ric Flair. Flair in a way invented professional wrestling, in particular the part that makes it fun: the flamboyant gregarious trash talking promos. Should public intellectuals adopt this posture at times especially when they are right or think they will be right? Would this make learning and politics more “ fun” and make it easier to pay attention? In our previous discussion with Terminal Philosophy we discussed how both Alex Jones and Graham Hancock are public figures who are extremely entertaining compared to t...2022-03-0158 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 85: Does grammar exist? w/Rik Storey.The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether grammar exists with Rik Storey. What are the rules of grammar and where do they come from? Is grammar merely a useful social construction? Is there such a thing as universal grammar and is Chomksy right? Does grammar’s existence imply a kind of divine order? Is there such thing as “correct” grammar or does it evolve over time and in different places? How does one improve on grammar if it is indeed so subjective? Is grammar authoritarian or libertarian?
2022-02-221h 10The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 84: What does a community devoted to Free Speech look like? Feat. Right RuminationsThe Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Right Ruminations to discuss what a community devoted to free speech would look like. Is free speech in decline and if so when did it reach its zenith? Why is free speech valuable? What is the relationship between free speech and excellence? How would a free speech society deal with heretics? What place would the university have in a free society? Would they encourage public debates with the heretical views? How should employers view speech of employees outside of work? Does freedom of speech conflict with freedom of association?
2022-02-1055 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 83: Are rent and interest slavery?
The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether interest and rent are a form of soft slavery? Robert Nozick in Anarchy, State and Utopia assumes no one defends slavery and the Marxists view capitalism as just an updated form of serfdom defined by exploitation. Two of the key aspects of capitalism are interest on capital and rents collected on property. Are landlords and rent collectors the beneficiaries of a form of exploitative soft slavery? Are those persons who collect gains on capital indirectly benefiting from a form of exploitative toil? For the economic left, what would be the attributes of a system...2022-02-011h 04The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 82: Why do Feminists want to work for Capitalists if Marxism is true?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses why Feminist woman want to work for or become capitalists themselves if Marxism is true? The classical Marxist doctrine is roughly that working for capitalists is a form of exploitative slavery and enriches the owner. Feminism for the most part comes out of, or has serious overlaps, with the Marxist left viewing the patriarchy as a form of slavery. Most self-described Marxists today are feminist or at least not against it and vice versa. Exceptions of course exist but the affinity and overlap remains. If all the above is the case, then why is...2022-01-2156 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 81: Are politicians stupid, mistaken or evil?The Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses whether politicians are stupid, mistaken or evil? Are politicians good intentioned at heart and merely making honest mistakes? Are they evil and purposely pursuing bad policy and engaging in malice? Is the situation a bit of both? This issue is an issue which divides the anti-conspiracy theory minded beltway libertarians with the more radical ones who suggest the politicians are evil criminals. This issue also divides minarchists (and almost everyone else) and anarchist libertarians. What exactly is a criminal other than what the state says so? If the state has legal privilege and immunity...2022-01-1354 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 80: The Graham Hancock and Alex Jones Theory of History.The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Terminal Philosophy for the third time to discuss two popular figures who dispense taboo ideas to the public and offer an alternative view. What is the role of persons like Graham Hancock and Alex Jones? Are they merely lying grifters, trying to sell content to gullible "idiots" as their mainstream critiques argue? Are they more right about the past than the mainstream itself even though they don't have the prestige and institutional resources that the mainstream has? Are they at minimum a necessary corrective or counterbalance which asks questions which one isn't...2022-01-0356 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 79: Is Oliver Cromwell and Ayn Rand right about Santa Claus?Ayn Rand, who is secular, and Oliver Cromwell, who isn't, have interestingly the opposite view of Christmas. Rand loved Christmas because she thought it was a celebration of greed, consumerism and capitalism. On the contrary Cromwell who represents the Calvinists, puritans and some other protestants has a quite negative view of Christmas and possibly even tried to ban the celebration of it. Cromwell among others view it as a holiday inherited from the Romans and an excuse to get drunk and engage in biblical mischief. Is Christmas "biblical" or "christian"? Where did Christmas and some of the traditions such as Sa...2021-12-2647 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 78: Analyzing the Assange, Zizek and Horowitz conversation.The mindcrime liberty show discusses the old gem of a conversation which appeared on Julian Assange's show for Russia Today when he was in asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy. What unfolds in this conversation is quite memorable not only considering the high profile names but the interesting insights provided. Assange has the show and the two guests are Slavoj Zizek and David Horowitz. Topics discussed include the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, is Obama a secret Marxist or not, Hobbesianism, whether liberalism is Utopian and the absurdity of using the word freedom by the military industrial complex. We show selected clips...2021-12-1953 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 77: Is the household or a hotel a state?The mindcrime liberty show discusses whether a household or hotel become a "micro" state when it enforces certain rules, or any rules, within its boundaries? If the hotel owners and management say no smoking in rooms and will evict/fine you the cleaning cost if you engage in said behavior a kind of authoritarianism? What if the father or mother in a family have a similar kind of rule within their own household which the children and those who visit must follow? In both instances are these organizations becoming a microcosm of the state? In the case of no alcohol...2021-12-0959 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 76: What actually is decadence and degeneracy with Rik Storey.The mindcrime liberty show discusses two words/concepts which conservatives, paleo-cons, paleo-libertarians, reactionaries and others accuse modernity of being: decadent and degenerate. What do those concepts/words mean? Is modern day western civilization, including the US and UK, a decadent and degenerate society? Is this preventable? Do good times create weak men? Was this inevitable? Is this cyclical? What can be done and will anything be done?
2021-12-0151 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp.75 Austrian Economics, the Cantillon Effect and Marxist Third Worldism.The Mindcrime liberty show discusses one of the primary affinities or darkside of the moon agreements that the Austrian school of economics has with certain aspects of Marxism. If one takes the Austrian business cycle theory/central banking critique as well as theory of state and combine them one can find an area where technically the Austrians agree with the Marxists in a way although the solutions are much different and it ironically depends on ones class (hint Bernie Sanders supporters would not have as many victim points). The Austrians consider much of inflation, economic crisis's and for that matte...2021-11-2355 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 74: Why do people have children?The mindcrime liberty show discusses why people continue having more people? Since the invention and proliferation of effective birth control the production of children can be divorced from the act to create them. Before then if people had sex children would most likely result "naturally" in the same way breathing happens. Of course one could abstain but that requires an act of will and self control which for the most part is uncommon. Since child production in many places is now under the aegis of human action and not merely natural instinct why then do people choose to do so...2021-11-1339 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 73: Has Bitcoin/Crypto currency already saved the world?The Mindcrime Liberty show discusses whether the various crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, Doge and Ethereum has already saved the world. Forget the does it "work" question, (it clearly works as in it exists and people use it no different than stamp collections) rather has, it prevented a crisis? In the past 2 years governments around the world have printed incredible amounts of money. This is on top of the pre 2020 existing situation. The wider world has also witnessed considerable inflation in the past 2 years and governments have been paying people not to work largely by printing money out of thin air...2021-11-0429 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 72: What is a good environment?The mindcrime liberty show discusses what would a human centered environment look like. What wouldn't it look like? Would higher or lower temperatures be preferable? What kind of topography would most humans care to be near? Would this change if humans only had pre industrial technology? Were historical societies really that "nice" to the environment? What areas are the best for growing certain foods?
2021-10-2854 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 71: Do the Amish and Ancaps need Woodrow Wilson and B. Kristol to protect them?The mindcrime liberty show discusses freeriding, pacifism and defense. Recently popular youtuber Peter Santenello interviewed a beachy Amish family and they stated that during times of war they were viewed as freeriders or scabs who didn't do their fair share but enjoyed the freedoms and luxuries provided by the broader society including the security state. Is this criticism true? Also recently Bill Kristol and Scott Horton debated the topic of regime change wars and whether they benefit the US. The primary benefit for certain groups including libertarians and the Amish is a foreign power isn't destroying their property or liv...2021-10-201h 02The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp.70 Are we all grifters now?The Mindcrime liberty show discusses grifting. What is it, is there an alternative and what are the implications if it exists? Grifting is an accusation which one will encounter if one spends enough time online or oneself is online. It is not only "unrespectable proles" but even Glen Greenwald (although he may be an unrespectable prole anyways) gets this accusation thrown at him from time to time. Dave Rubin and many people further to the right of him get this accusation thrown at them. What are the incentive structures of producing content? Why isn't this accusation thrown at more estab...2021-10-1137 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 69: Borders, War and Physical Removal Part 2. Towards an ideal system of borders and relations.in part 2 the mindcrime liberty show lays out what an ideal system of borders, conflict and relations would look like. We continue to defend Hans Hoppe's view of realistic libertarianism from characterological and emotive attacks and try to sketch out a possible future or ideal system. The outline would consist of thousands of Lichtenstein's of various internal rules and mores all respecting each others property. A world of a thousand Lichtenstein's all respecting one another's properties may be considered utopian but a one world state seems utopian at best and dystopian in practice. Property doesn't require something like universal love t...2021-09-2856 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 68: Borders, War and Physical removal. Part 1 Mainstream Incoherence.The mindcrime liberty show discusses why most modern political theorists have an emotive incoherence and hypocrisy towards borders. With the rise of Donald Trump the libertarian movement split over the issue which ironically blew up in reverse with the shutdown. Many, but not all, "open border" therapeutic liberals (sadly some "libertarians" included) suddenly got rather friendly towards borders or at least less outraged at them for this rather politically correct usage of them. Internal borders in the EU and the US were actually erected! This recent issue notwithstanding we discuss why borders of some kind are necessary for all...2021-09-1753 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 67 To Trust or Not to Trust the Experts? #iatrogenics #PredictionsThe Mindcrime Liberty Show discusses what is an expert, do they exist and whether we should trust them if they do? Are experts merely an extension of a ruling class/ruling mantra in order to keep them in power? Are Michel Foucault and Thomas Kuhn right about science? On some areas they might be.
We at the Mindcrime Liberty Show hold that you can best demonstrate expertise in fields/activities which have a physical good and some amount of skin in the game. For example carpenters have to build structures that work. One could philosophically quibble with wha...2021-09-101h 02The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp 66: What is art and why is SJW art bad?The mindcrime liberty show discusses what is art and why SJW art is bad with Don. What makes good movies, books and art? What is the purpose of art in general? What is the purpose of SJW art? To further the egalitarian agenda? Why is most of the latest Hollywood films and shows quite terrible and full of cheesy and idiotic plots, characters and themes. Was older art better then current art? What are some of the most egregious SJW films and comics?
2021-09-021h 11The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 65: Is the Taliban's victory a win or defeat for the West?The mindcrime liberty show discusses the Taliban's victory and most likely the multi nation coalition dominated by the US leaving Afghanistan. We at the Mindcrime liberty show argue it is a victory. It is a victory for Ron Paul, Scott Horton, Glen Greenwald, Julian Assange and Peter Hitchens. It is a huge loss for arms contractors, neocons, hawkish liberals/progressives, imperial feminists and "Wilsonites" who want to export democracy abroad. This war also exposes some pesky problems for anti war culturally left wing people in a way that is much different then the Vietnam war. The Taliban are very much a...2021-08-2425 minThe Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 64 Is Anarchism progressive or reactionary? Is the state inevitable w/Keith Preston?The mindcrime liberty show discusses the topic of anarchism and whether its a progressive (ie progress oriented ideology in the Alasdair MacIntyre framework) or is a reactionary, bleak or tragic one? Why have there been so many failures in the grand sense in the past 70 or so years ranging from various wars to create liberal states in eastern Europe and the middle east to the failure of almost all major ideological projects on grand terms? Does anyone actually have a plan on the left or the right which can work or are we all Francis "Fukuyamists" or "Pinkerites" now? Do...2021-08-161h 00The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and PattonEp. 63: Men, Women and Society in the 21st Century w/Natty.The Mindcrime liberty show discusses men, woman and society in the 21st century with guest Natty who has been active in various men's rights movements. What are the roles of men and woman? How and when did they change? Why are family courts such kangaroo courts for men? What is the future for men and boys in society? Is there any case for optimism in formal society? What is feminism? Has anything changed at the very top?
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