Beyond Talking Points

We do better staying on track in this one! We dig deeper into what it means to be red pilled, and we get into some arguments about academia. I'd note that Ancap Matt - a fan of Michael Malice - admittedly does a bad job of representing Michael Malice's views accurately and effectively through these 2 episodes. Even though Malice conveys some themes in a way that's easy to communicate, it's not easy to predict how he'd respond to some argument (part of his appeal), and Matt, regretfully, attempts to try and argue what he thinks Malice might argue. Good for discussion's sake, but worthy of the disclaimer.

This is an episode! In short, we try to discuss the idea of being "Red Pilled" using Michael Malice's definition. Unfortunately, we are quickly bogged down into a discussion of using morally charged language in political discussions. Ancap Matt is almost certainly on a watchlist if any feds listen to this episode. We try again in the next episode, so consider this a Part 1.

In this episode, we discuss the idea of "American Culture". The backstory here is that in a private conversation, Matt implied that there is a general American ethos, this triggers ancap Matt. So this conversation is the logical outgrowth of that conversation.

We broadly discuss the corporate press and their role in US politics. We use a Jon Stewart/Rachel Maddow interview as a springboard to dig into this ever-present discussion. A lot of agreement in this episode!

In this episode, we react to the outcome of the 2020 election and have a wide ranging discussion on what happened and potentially why.

Recorded in November, this is our big COVID-19 episode. Matt, the resident ancap, insisted that we discuss reasons to be angry at the government for their COVID-19 policies. He alludes to some articles that should cause doubt about some of the mainstream narratives that are used to justify our totalitarian state. And then we argue.

Since this is a few months old, these arguments aren't as timely, and some of the situations references in Europe that we discuss would greatly benefit from updated info. With that said, this is a good faith argument on if the government response was justified and why/why not!

In another episode that is getting put on the podcast feed a bit late, we reacted to the first presidential debate. Watching the debate, Matt (the ancap, accelerationist Matt) was giddy, since the level of discourse was so partisan and pathetic. So we discuss!

In this episode, we talk about Karl Marx and some of our thoughts regarding capitalism and exploitation.

This was a fun one. We react to an hour long anarcho-primativist interview we listened to that featured John Zerzan. We had a lot of thoughts and it's an interesting topic to kick around. Then, we talked about the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the role of the Supreme Court of the US. We recorded this a while back, so our takes are potentially a bit dated, but it ended up being a solid conversation about institutions contrasting with political expediency.

In this episode, Matt and Matt revisit the Peterson/Harris saga, tackling their fourth discussion. Once again, we somehow find ways to disagree in potentially thoughtful ways. Another discussion on secularism and the value of religion.