Dave Smith is a comedian, libertarian, political commentator, and the host of Part of the Problem podcast.

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) - Introduction

(00:10) - Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections

(09:32) - Libertarianism

(10:47) - Ron Paul

(13:59) - Military–industrial complex

(20:53) - War on Terror

(33:12) - China and Taiwan

(41:00) - Just war theory

(48:09) - Israel and Gaza

(1:05:35) - Douglas Murray

(1:13:29) - Hamas

(1:29:48) - Hitler and Stalin

(1:32:01) - Darryl Cooper

(1:41:13) - Antisemitism

(1:54:46) - World leaders

(2:07:21) - Jeffrey Epstein

(2:15:24) - Sam Harris

(2:28:07) - Ukraine and Russia

(2:47:32) - Joe Rogan

(3:00:01) - Conspiracy theories

(3:17:52) - Hope

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