Episode 7 – Hitchens & Bitchin

Oct 16, 2020 | Podcast

Episode 7 – liBeRtArIanS aRe sElFiSh!

The late Christopher Hitchens provides sarcastic commentary on libertarianism, displaying his complete ignorance of it. Shocker! He asserts that libertarians are just selfish misanthropes without even the faintest concern for why libertarians’ objections to coercive power might be well founded. A meme libertarians hear constantly, which allows their opponents to conveniently avoid any honest discussion on the substance. A meme that needs destroying again and again. You’re welcome!

Hosts & Guests

Dane

David

Episode Show Notes

Hitchens doesn’t know we exist because he hasn’t existed… for a while now.
https://nyti.ms/33xv7KM

Life and times of the famous polemicist
https://bit.ly/36qWOXK

“Libertarianism in One Lesson”
https://amzn.to/2Juz5wZ

15.3% of federal budget was military spending in 2019
https://bit.ly/36tPV8c

U.S. per capita education spending outpaces the world, yet still lags in outcomes
https://bit.ly/39FFPCO

Moral hazard in banking, bailouts discourage prudence
https://bit.ly/3lpVEQB

Wal-Mart rollback commercial
https://bit.ly/2JAGMSc

Amazon taxes – slightly more nuanced than screeching about paying $0 in income tax
https://bit.ly/2JEIIJu

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Related Topics: Education | Libertarianism | Military | Moral Hazard | NAP | Non-aggression Principle | Taxes

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