The Mindcrime Liberty Show with Dobson and Patton

Ep. 13 The philosophy of Donald Rumsfeld, the Unknown Unknown, WMDs, and the Iraq War

The mindcrime liberty show discusses Donald Rumsfeld and one of the official justifications for the Iraq War which is the prevalence of WMDs in Iraq.  When Rumsfeld is asked a question about the prevalence of WMDs in Iraq and the link to terrorist organizations he responds with what amounts to a philosophy lecture.  Is Rumsfeld's philosophy lecture true or is it just  dodge to a simple question. What would be the kind of evidence to make Errol Morris or Slavoj Zizek happy. Do we apply the same stringent demands of evidence to other areas? Finally was Iraq ( and Saddam Hussein) really a threat to the US even if it did have WMDs. 

Episode 12: What is Justice and a discussion on pan anarchism, Hoppe, Chomsky, Stirner and Foucault with Richard Cheimison.

The mindcrime liberty show along with Richard Cheimison discusses what is justice and whether it exists in any meaningful sense.  Is justice merely power or is it something else.  What is the foundation of justice other than whatever the state and its courts/police say.   What does Aristotle or the Thomists say? Does anybody in modernity actually have any foundation for justice or are well all closeted (or not) Foucauldians, Nietcheans, and Stirnerites  Finally, we have a discussion on pan anarchism (or general libertarinaism of both left and right) as an approach to solve the problems inherit in the term justice in its current use.  Would justice exist in Hoppeville or Chomskyville considering both thinkers think the current state is an unjust criminal organization.  

Episode 11: Liberty for Julian Assange with Brian Vickery. Please visit libertyforassange.uk

We interview Brian Vickery who runs the libertyforassange.uk website and he lays out what exactly happened to Assange and why he was dragged out by British police from the Ecuadorian embassy and ended up in  Belmarsh prison for 50 weeks on a bail violation. Was the Swedish rape allegations a set up or not?  Assange  currently is facing extradition being indicted with 17 counts of the 1917 American espionage act.  Will he be extradited  and charged to add to a long list of persons charged with this act? Why is he so hated by so many and why has mainstream journalists been so silent about his predicament?  Has Julian Assange annoyed too many powerful people on both the left and the right?  Why has the UK looked like American lap dogs in the extradition process?   What does this mean for the future of journalism if Julian Assange gets extradited and charged?   

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.