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July 13, 2019 - Freedomain Radio - Stefan Molyneux
06:18
38 Philosophy Questions in 6 Minutes
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Who, in your opinion, is the enemy?
Willful ignorance.
Was 9-11 an inside job?
The U.S.
government was responsible for 9-11 through the admitted murder of millions of Muslims overseas and the continual propping up of Middle Eastern dictatorships.
I don't have the expertise to judge the science behind 9-11, and it doesn't really matter.
There are enough documented and admitted crimes that we don't need to chase after hard-to-prove ones.
Which strategy for liberty?
Peaceful parenting.
Do you need God to be good?
You cannot be good with God.
You can only be obedient, which is amoral at best.
Would you circumcise your son?
Hell no!
And I would not cut the ear off my daughter either.
Would you like to see the government taxing the rich rather than the poor?
No amount of violence will solve our social problems.
It doesn't matter who the target is.
Is there a God?
No.
What do you consider yourself politically?
Anti.
Is it okay to jail children violently for experimenting with cannabis?
No.
But somebody should probably try and help the parents who may not be doing that great a job.
If you had to pick one way to solve the national economic crisis, what would it be?
Politicians need to put the guns down.
If you had to describe love and its corollaries, compassion, justice, social justice, empathy, equality, etc., how would you do it?
Well, I've got a whole book called Real-Time Relationships, The Logic of Love, where I talk about this in more detail, but very briefly, love is our involuntary response to virtue if we ourselves are virtuous.
The best underdog of all time, the masses.
Who would you like to see win the 2012 presidential race?
The majority, i.e.
no politicians.
Tattooing a minor is illegal in the U.S.
Do you think piercing of minors should be illegal too?
I don't believe in laws.
There are far better ways of protecting children than pointing guns at the parents.
Why am I so fucked up?
Because you were propagandized by the state, lied to by priests and politicians, and then exploited by the national debts of a vampiric democracy.
Bernard von Notthaus committed the crime of making a virtual currency, and the US government labels him an economic terrorist.
Who is the real terrorist?
False philosophers.
Mostly academics.
Who should be Ron Paul's VP candidate in 2012?
Sam Harris, to balance his religious fundamentalism.
Should our elected officials be subject to the same polygraph testing requirements as our police?
No, because there are much better liars.
Have you ever contributed to a Ron Paul money bomb?
No, I don't like the last syllable.
Would you grant anyone the power to deprive you of the things you need to survive?
If new technologies would arrive that would extend life indefinitely, provided that you would be rejuvenated to a healthy 20 to 30-something, would you do it?
Absolutely.
Should products and services be provided at gunpoint?
No.
Only self-defense.
Do you find anime girls to be sexy?
No, those bambi eyes sort of creep me out.
What is the worst government program?
The law.
What is your opinion of Bradley Manning?
He is a tragic and instructive sacrifice.
Please tell us who you would most likely support for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
A hand puppet?
A ghost?
Santa Claus?
Or Gandalf?
Who's your favorite economist?
As long as he's not writing history, Murray Rothbard, his historical writings are pretty dull to me.
Do you support a tax increase for Americans making over $250,000 a year, only if they are government employees, at which point the tax should be 100%?
What is your preferred web browser?
Chrome for speed, Firefox for stability.
What kind of anarchist are you?
The philosophical kind.
Who do you think won the first Republican presidential debate?
Everyone except the economically productive.
We need your help.
What topic should the Canadian Awareness Network now focus most of our resources on to create some real change in this country?
Child abuse.
What is your favorite hot drink?
Mmm, a nice latte.
Is it a valid parental right to amputate healthy body parts from children?
No.
And this includes their brains, i.e.
sending them to public school.
Or church.
If you could work on a movie, which job would you most want?
Writer!
It's the only one that matters!
Do you support the Patriot Act?
I oppose the initiation of force in all its forms.
Should you be arrested for dancing at the Jefferson Memorial?
Only if you're voguing.
Do you want genetically modified food on your plate?
I want me in the free market to decide what I eat, not the state.
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