Freedomain Radio - Stefan Molyneux - Being More Direct in 2025 Aired: 2025-01-10 Duration: 04:50 === Why People Leave (03:44) === [00:00:00] All right. [00:00:01] The idea of Steph being more blunt slightly boggles my mind. [00:00:04] Well, you know, I listen to comments. [00:00:05] I read comments. [00:00:06] And some of them are nonsense, but some of them are, of course, very interesting. [00:00:09] By the way, this guy who posted about, hey, whatever happened to Stefan Molyneux? [00:00:14] He was kind of neutral. [00:00:15] He was kind of milquetoast, but they nuked him out of the universe. [00:00:18] That thing's at like 5.4 million views or something like that. [00:00:24] I mean, it's pretty crazy. [00:00:25] Pretty crazy. [00:00:26] But good. [00:00:27] So... [00:00:27] Somebody was like, oh, he was more direct back in 2015, 2016, 2017. And there's some truth in that. [00:00:33] There's some truth in that. [00:00:34] But I'm going to be wrestling myself back to the high, challenging, butt-scraping, charging horse of directness as best I can. [00:00:42] All right. [00:00:43] Steph says, Joe, I just renewed my locals subscription for another year. [00:00:47] Looking forward to another great year. [00:00:48] Well, thank you. [00:00:49] I appreciate that. [00:00:49] Local subscriptions are going down. [00:00:52] And not by a tiny amount. [00:00:54] So, I mean, this is just a general business issue. [00:00:57] I mean, if you've been an entrepreneur, you kind of understand this. [00:00:59] So, there's always, right, it's called turnover, right? [00:01:03] So, people get into the show, they get distracted, they forget about it, they don't listen for a while, or for whatever reason, my content doesn't grab them by the brain horns and ride them to a blinding sunrise of illumination. [00:01:15] And so, they end up, oh, I forgot about this. [00:01:19] Renewal, I'm going to cancel or let it decay or whatever, not renew. [00:01:22] And so normally you get people who just decay out of the show. [00:01:25] I don't know why, but it happens. [00:01:27] And then you get people who come in. [00:01:28] Now, because I'm not as prominent as I used to be, and of course I've never really advertised, not on other people's shows, not on a major platform, the input is less than the output. [00:01:40] So the outflow of people supporting the show is less than the inflow of people supporting. [00:01:47] It's great. [00:01:47] Sorry, the outflow is greater than the inflow. [00:01:50] And that's just a fact. [00:01:52] Obviously, I can try and do my best to give you quality, positive shows and be helpful and useful and productive and all of that kind of stuff. [00:01:58] But it's just to say that if you are listening to this now, live or later, if you haven't subscribed and you've been listening for a while, I mean, I think it's personally, I just think it's the honorable thing to do is to support. [00:02:12] What it is that you care about. [00:02:14] Like, whatever you fund is going to get stronger. [00:02:15] Whatever you don't fund is going to get weaker. [00:02:17] And I think we all want philosophy to get stronger in the world. [00:02:19] And, you know, just by the by, like, the mass immigrant rape of little girls in England is back in the news because of a report. [00:02:31] And I posted on Locals just way over a decade ago. [00:02:35] I was talking about this in very strong terms. [00:02:38] So just having been right for so long and It's brutal, right? [00:02:42] It's really, really tough. [00:02:43] I hate being right, and the price of being early is horrendous at times. [00:02:49] So, if you are listening, you want to help support philosophy, not just in the here and now. [00:02:53] The philosophy that we do here is for all time. [00:02:55] It is for all time, forever and ever. [00:02:58] Amen. [00:02:58] And it changes things. [00:03:00] I get philosophy doesn't change a huge amount sometimes in the here and now, although it can in your personal life, but societal-wise, it takes time. [00:03:06] So, if you have not Subscribed, it would be gratefully accepted. [00:03:12] There, of course, are massive benefits to subscriptions. [00:03:15] You get like 120 or 140 shows. [00:03:19] You get the truth about the French Revolution and all kinds of other great stuff that goes on in the donor section. [00:03:25] And there are private donor channels which we can talk about and talk with. [00:03:29] So you get a lot of benefits. [00:03:30] You get to help philosophy. [00:03:31] I think it's pretty good for your own conscience. [00:03:34] And, you know, you can donate for the price of, I don't know, a cup of coffee a week. [00:03:38] Cup of coffee a week. [00:03:39] $2.50 for a coffee. [00:03:41] Four weeks, $10. [00:03:42] You can subscribe. [00:03:43] It's very helpful. === Help Philosophy Conscience (01:05) === [00:03:44] People are leaving. [00:03:45] Of course, that's inevitable. [00:03:47] And if you could help either by subscribing or if you are subscribing, and again, obviously, if there are financial issues, massively sympathize. [00:04:00] It can be a tough economy out there. [00:04:01] So if you could hold on to your subscription, I would really appreciate that. [00:04:05] And if you would like to help out, I would really. [00:04:08] Appreciate that. [00:04:09] As well. [00:04:10] So thank you, Joe. [00:04:11] By the way. [00:04:12] By the way. [00:04:13] Thank you for being so blunt, Steph. [00:04:14] I needed that. [00:04:15] Good. [00:04:16] We need more of this, Steph. [00:04:18] Right. [00:04:18] Right. [00:04:19] I love the bluntness. [00:04:21] A 43-year-old can technically still have a child. [00:04:25] You mean a 43-year-old woman? [00:04:26] That's some real dice rolling, man. [00:04:28] That's some real dice rolling. [00:04:30] Because it's not just can you have a child, it's can you have a healthy child. [00:04:34] Can you have a healthy child? [00:04:39] You're right. [00:04:44] Those painted on eyebrows. [00:04:46] Yeah, it's wild, man. [00:04:47] Feminine fit cooperative. [00:04:49] Yes, that's right.