The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and Patton

Episode 10. Was Malcolm X Right? Separatism, Social Conservatism, Rothbard, and Self Determination

 

The mindcrime liberty discusses the case for black separatism in the US.   If Michele Alexander and  many progressives want to claim that the US still is structurally racist even after 50 years of the formal culture and state bending over backwards to change that then the only logical case seems to be separatism.  Is the US the actual hellhole that people like cornel west and Alexander say it is (probably not) but nonetheless why do  mainstream liberals, neocons, and progressives have no interest and ideologically opposed to any form of separatism or even decentralization. Why has Malcolm X been more or less written out of history to the mainstream? Finally was Malcolm X a social conservative?  Would Malcolm X be a supporter of the war on drugs and is he pro gun rights and pro traditional family?

Episode 9: In defense of consumerism.

We defend the undefendable for many on both the left and the right: consumerism. We discuss why environmental criticisms of consumerism fail, why most most religious criticisms of consumerism are either incomplete or contradictory, why hunter gatherers are no better if not worse, and lastly why consumerism has improved human freedom.  

Episode 8: Keith Preston on George Floyd protests/riots and policing in the US.

The Mindcrime Liberty Show is joined by Keith Preston to discuss the details around the George Floyd incident and subsequent protests and riots. What is the cause of this and are there any historical precedents. Did the lockdown have any effect on this? Why do some many on the progressive and liberal left advocate the FBI or Federal government  to intervene considering the at best "shaky"  relationship the FBI has to police violence itself espeically considering the fact it considered the civil rights movement its enemy.  Keith Preston work can be found at www.attackthesystem.com and is the author of books including Thinkers Against Modernity and Attack the System. 

Ep. 7 The Sociology and Politics of Autism with Rik Storey

The Mindcrime Liberty Show interviews guest Rik Storey on autism.  The guest and one of the hosts each have a son diagnosed with autism.  Are there benefits to autism considering so many great men in history are autistic purportedly including Tesla, Newton, Jefferson, Mozart, Yeates, and Wittgenstein to name a few. Many of the architects of libertarian-ism get accused of being on the autistic spectrum.   What are the downsides to being an autist  as well as the downsides to parents and society in general?  Do we want to cure autism if a "cure" actually exists.  Is autism a real disease and what causes it? The guest is also the author of the book The Uniqueness of Western Law which is available at amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MTQRTK2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

 

Episode 6: Walter Block on Reparations including Slavery, Israel, and the Americas.

We discuss reparations with longtime libertarian intellectual who is the author of now more then 500 plus papers and books Walter Block. 

Episode 5: Right Ruminations on Catholicism, Murray Rothbard/Libertarians, scarcity, and what makes a flourishing society.

We interview youtuber Right Ruminations on what libertarians get right, whether its compatible with either Catholicism or Christianity, and does it lead to a flourishing society. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGXWnIeLIb4Z_aqJpvFOww

Episode 4 with Keith Preston: Does the Left advocate a Police State?

The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Swithun Dobson and Tim Patton interviews Keith Preston on the left and there relationship with the Police state.  Our guest, Keith Preston, is the author of books such as Thinkers against Modernity as well as Attack the System who can be found at https://attackthesystem.com/.   Although most of the left commonly views itself  as being in opposition or critical of  the police state at times most of the left has not rejected the  state itself including the police state.  The left has rather changed the role of what the police state has gone after in this new secular age.  The authoritarian right might use the police to go after blasphemy or abortion while the left will use the police state to go after those who attack the new sacred values such as environmentalism, racism, "wrong" speech, and even quarantine skeptics.  

Episode 3: Sean Gabb on Libertarian strategy and why Libertarians failed to have an impact.

Mindcrime liberty show interviews a distinguished libertarian intellectual who is the author of more then forty fiction and non fiction books as well as former director of Libertarian alliance.  He discusses why libertarians have failed to have an impact, the importance of culture, and what ought to be the strategy going forward. 

Were Libertarians for Trump right?

We update the libertarians for trump as well as discuss the ways in which most nevertrumpers inside and outside the libertarian camp have failed to have a substantial criticism while Block's case has largely been correct in the past 4 years.

Ep1 Libertarianism and the coronavirus

Two libertarians discuss the case for skepticism about the states actions, the data, and the massive costs associated with this mild to extreme lockdown. What would a libertarian society do for a pandemic? Is this virus worth worrying about considering all the costs of drastic action especially to quality of life.