Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

The world has recently been saddened by the death of the "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin at age 76. Stefan Molyneux discusses the influence that soul music has had on his life, the life story of Aretha Franklin and the lessons which can be learned from her history.

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Sources
https://www.amazon.com/Aretha-Franklin-Queen-Mark-Bego/dp/1616085819/
https://www.amazon.com/Respect-Aretha-Franklin-David-Ritz-ebook/dp/B00IRIR7IA/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6067627/Queen-Arethas-troubled-soul-mother-age-13-married-pimp-19.html

Question 1: [2:26] – First person account of anti- Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern protests in Auckland, New Zealand following the cancelled and de-platformed event.

Question 2: [50:04] - "After learning about the fall of Rome, I have put a lot of thought into how we can solve the problem of the ever-expanding state, and one of the solution that keep coming back to me is the same answer the people of old had, Feudalism. It seems to me that going back to using a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations to replace a centralized state not only would decentralize power but could also create a government that does not violate the non-aggression principle as all parties must agree to a contract beforehand. What are your thoughts on a system like this?"

Question 3: [55:11] – “I am dating someone from a different culture and religious perspectives and I believe he can be a good life partner. We are both looking to settle down and I already met his mom. My family however are not approval of him given the cultural and religious differences and they are also concern about his past. They think I'm naive and I am making a wrong choice. I wanted to talk about this with Stefan and get his perspective to see whether I am missing something in my approach.”

Question 4: [1:38:55] – “I am in a happy, long term relationship with a wonderful partner. We have built a great life together and share life goals in common. However, we diverge on the idea of marriage. I feel that it's important to have a proper marriage in place to create security, but my partner feels strongly that legal marriage means that we are inviting the state into our relationship, and that this would create a power imbalance in the relationship in my favor. He prefers that we stay unmarried but committed as if we were married. My father agrees with him and urges us NOT to get married. Please help me puzzle this out and understand the philosophical implications, so that my man and I can both get what we need.”

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The last several weeks have been some of the most challenging in the history of Freedomain Radio - and it only got even worse in the last 24 hours. Stefan Molyneux discusses the challenges of the last few weeks including receiving two random YouTube guidelines strikes - putting his account on the verge of deletion.

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On May 2nd, 2013, Stefan Molyneux announced his cancer diagnosis to the world and on August 13th, 2018 he walked out of his final five year cancer checkup with a resounding "all clear." Stefan explains how this "life changing" experience has forever impacted him and what can be learned from a brush with possible death.

Flashback: A Personal Message From Stefan Molyneux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwmr1elnxjg

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On July 22nd, 2018, Stefan Molyneux spoke in Perth, Australia on the dangers of irrational certainty, the most "conservative" culture, the myth of the noble savage, understanding the culture of the Indigenous Australians before the arrival of British settlers and the necessary end of collective guilt.

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"Not since 1860 have the Democrats so fanatically refused to accept the result of a free election. That year, their target was Lincoln. They smeared him. They went to war to defeat him. In the end, they assassinated him. Now the target of the Democrats is President Trump and his supporters. The Left calls them racists, white supremacists and fascists. These charges are used to justify driving Trump from office and discrediting the right "by any means necessary."

"But which is the party of the slave plantation? Which is the party that invented white supremacy? Which is the party that praised fascist dictators and shaped their genocidal policies and was in turn praised by them? Moreover, which is the party of racism today? Is fascism now institutionally embodied on the right or on the left?"

"Through stunning historical recreations and a searching examination of fascism and white supremacy, Death of a Nation cuts through progressive big lies to expose hidden history and explosive truths. Lincoln united his party and saved America from the Democrats for the first time. Can Trump—and we—come together and save America for the second time?"

Dinesh D'Souza is a multiple time best-selling author and filmmaker. His latest documentary “Death of a Nation” and the companion book “Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party” are now available in both theaters and retailers.

Book: http://www.fdrurl.com/death-nation-book
Movie: http://www.deathofanationmovie.com
Website: http://www.dineshdsouza.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dineshdsouza

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Recently Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern were deplatformed in New Zealand ahead of their sold out event - censoring their planned speeches and giving the hecklers veto power over their free speech. While powerful forces don't want you to hear Stefan Molyneux's speech - he is now making it available for free online.

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Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern speak with an Australian Journalist about their Australian tour - and almost immediately the question decent into absurd race-baiting. Watch Molyneux and Southern reasonably answer unreasonable questions and leave the journalist increasingly befuddled as the interview progresses.

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Question 1: [1:42] - “I'm a big fan of the peaceful parenting principles you advocate. I had a rather unhappy childhood myself. I was able to grow out of the misery and get my life on track. Now happily married, and we are expecting our 5th child any day now. We are part of a growing homeschool co-op with parents who just can't bear the thought of sending their lovingly nurtured children to the sardine factory called public school. At the same time they have to grow out of the "peaceful bubble" that my wife and I provide and deal with the real world in which they have to choose their friends wisely, choose their lifestyle, set and attain their goals, and so forth. When children grow up in an honest and safe environment, will they recognize dishonest or untrustworthy people when they grow up? How can you best prepare them for the complexity of real life?”

Question 2: [53:13] – “Over the years, I have felt a deep sense of meaninglessness within myself, which has led to me adopting many different philosophies and lifestyle pursuits in order to attain a sense of self-worth. Recently, it has been harder for me to move past these feelings, and I can feel myself slipping into a deeply nihilistic worldview. How do I move past my childhood insecurities, and my low self-worth and recognize that I can in fact provide meaning to a meaningless world?”

Question 3: [1:53:41] – “I’ve heard you advocate for a society in which coercive force is universally forbidden and people orient themselves using free-market principles. When presented with this idea, much like everyone else, my tendency is to try to make assumptions about what that would mean and how it would play out, but I hear you say that we can’t do that because nobody knows, and what’s more, you don’t care. As long as everyone is acting voluntarily then whatever happens is, essentially, right.

In principle I don’t disagree with that, but I believe that we know both intuitively and based on history at least how the first moments will play out. We know this from witnessing revolutions throughout history and, more anecdotally, from watching tv shows like Survivor or The Walking Dead: 1) The majority of the people will look for a leader to follow. 2) A small minority will vie for power and look for a group to lead. 3) The remainder will go find a patch of land and insist that everyone else leave them alone.”

“If we know (based on my assertion) that most people will try to form a leadership, either by leading or by following, isn’t it safe to assume that a government of some kind will naturally emerge? how do you avoid the paradoxical notion that coercion would be required to get a group of people to adhere to the idea of a society free of coercion?”

Question 4: [2:13:37] - “You, Stefan, keep talking on your show how God is impossible to logically prove. You advocate faith to Christians, yet faith is an exercise in willpower and you know that willpower isn’t sustainable. We also can’t use reason and faith at the same time. As you said once, human is halfway between God and animal, so let’s see how we can move closer to God and further from animal. Science transforms our environment, ethics transforms relationships, but metaphysics transforms our self. My claim to defend is, I have found a way to access God via the objective definition and bodily senses. I am not the first, but I am best able to explain it, as a philosopher of metaphysics. In effect, this is a method to hard-wire a person for reward of pleasure from ethics or philosophy. Philosophy becomes an instinct, instead of a verbal discipline. The exertion of will becomes the ease of habit. Let’s make philosophy as rewarding to people as possible. Why do you say that God can’t be logically proven? I think I just did that and that it’s better than advocating for faith, so would you hear it?“

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The President Donald Trump hostile mainstream media has finally gotten their wish as Alex Jones and Infowars were banned from YouTube, iTunes, Spotify and a host of other distribution platforms. Under the guise of 'hate speech" one of the most prominent alternative media voices in the world has been removed from public view on major platforms - prompting a fierce debate about the power of social media companies in modern times.

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