The Fourth Way

I chat with my good friend, Ron, about why he comes close to being an anarchist who supports a free market. We take a look at the other side of the coin from our last episode, and talk about why capitalism so often gets a bad rap.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:7:30 War and violence inherent to government
0:10:10 True free market vs. government meddling
0:24:00 Why do libertarians want government if they just screw things up?
0:31:40 Why advocate a free financial market, but not a free association of government?
0:34:00 Governments are inherently destructive through fiscal policy (inflation and taxation)
0:53:00 Why is capitalism misconstrued as greedy and wasteful?
0:59:30 Is capitalism's wealth just plundered and exploited wealth?
1:13:45 How would a privatized society actually function?
1:29:30 Why are you a libertarian and not an anarchist?
1:46:00 Response to episode on communism
1:57:00 Closing

Show Notes

0:00:00 Introduction
0:07:30 War and violence inherent to government
0:10:10 True free market vs. government meddling
0:24:00 Why do libertarians want government if they acknowledge that they just screw things up?
0:31:40 Why do libertarians want a free economic market, but not a free market of governments (like HOA's?)
0:34:00 Government is inherently destructive through fiscal policy (taxation and inflation)
0:53:00 Why capitalism is often misconstrued as greedy and wasteful
1:13:45 How would privatization of the market actually work? 
1:29:30 Why are you a libertarian and not an anarchist?
1:46:00 Response to episode on the positives of communism
1:57:00 Discuss Atlas shrugged and greed vs. self-interest
2:05:10 Closing


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A podcast focusing on issues related to nonviolence, and a member of the Kingdom Outpost.