Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

While many discuss the repetitive cycles of human history as if they were deterministic and unchangeable, the communication power and philosophical answers available today can help us forge a new path moving forward. Stefan Molyneux breaks down some of the repetitive cycles in human history, what impacts them, the cause and effect of major political decisions and much much more!

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Question 1: [1:25] – “I am a 24-year-old living in a major city with my boyfriend of a year and a half. Prior to meeting him, I was largely career-oriented and assumed I would get married and have kids later in life. Since I've learned what a great father he will be, in combination with the information that I've learned from yourself (Stefan), Jordan Peterson and others, I've started questioning whether or not I'm making the right decision (thinking I can have a career now and children later). I know that it is typically not possible to have a career, be a mother and a wife, and do all three well, but my boyfriend believes I will be able to do so. My question is: Is it ever possible to have all three (to be a mother, a wife, and have a career)?”

Question 2: [1:34:37] – “I am looking for advice on how to balance being outspoken about the direction I think my field should be headed in while remaining employable. I live in a state where the opioid epidemic runs wild, just as it does in much of the country. While pursing my undergraduate degrees in psychology and neuroscience, I had plans to become a clinician. However, an advisor recommended that I look into public health as an alternative. I was immediately sucked in. The focus on prevention rather than treatment resonated with me because I believe that with intervention on the front end, maybe we can stop the cycle of death and tragedy associated with substance use. So I went for it and pursued my Master's in Public Health. I foolishly thought that my tendency toward market justice would enhance discussion with my social justice peers and result in richer conversations and more sturdy solutions. Instead, I was cast as the unfeeling, judgmental, and, everyone's favorite, racist white woman. I escaped grad school and the characterizations of my peers did not affect my job prospects at all, which was encouraging. I now have a platform from which I might be able to influence the direction of substance use prevention in my county, but I am afraid of alienating the network I have spent the last year building because my beliefs about prevention may appear radical to them. How do I push past my fear and become a leader?”

Question 3: [2:12:29] – “For most of my adult life I've been single and have found the whole dating culture here in the United States taxing and meaningless. Because of my lack of success and compatibility with American women, I decided to try international dating sites. After exploring around for a while, I finally met a girl who I feel could be the one. She's beautiful, intelligent, and we share many of the same values and interests. But due to our situation, the only way we will be able to live together or truly spend time together is if I marry her. How can I be sure that she truly is the right one to spend my life with if we can't spend any time together in person before marrying?”

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On May 18th, 2018 at approximately 7:45am, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered a classroom in Texas’s Santa Fe High School armed with his father’s legally owned shotgun and .38 revolver. Wearing a “Born to Kill” T-shirt, Pagourtzis yelled “Surprise!” before opening fire at his classmates, killing 10 people and wounding 10 other survivors.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “We also know information already that the shooter has information contained in his journal and cellphone that he said that not only did he want to commit the shooting, but he wanted to commit suicide after the shooting. As you probably know, he gave himself up and admitted at the time that he didn’t have the courage to commit the suicide that he wanted to take his own life earlier.”

Two additional suspects, including one who showed “suspicious reactions,” were detained and questioned by police after the shooting. Explosive devices described as “pressure cookers” and “pipe bombs” were also found at the school building and at another off-campus location.

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The mainstream media, Democrat politicians and leftist celebrities are incredibly upset by remarks made by President Donald Trump during a conversation with Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims at the California Sanctuary State Roundtable on May 16th, 2018.

President Donald Trump: “We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in — and we’re stopping a lot of them — but we’re taking people out of the country. You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are. These aren’t people. These are animals. And we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before. And because of the weak laws, they come in fast, we get them, we release them, we get them again, we bring them out. It’s crazy. The dumbest laws — as I said before, the dumbest laws on immigration in the world. So we’re going to take care of it, Margaret. We’ll get it done.”

While some feign ignorance and claim that it is uncertain who President Donald Trump was referring to as animals – the Commander-In-Chief has used the same terminology to describe MS-13 on multiple occasions.

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While many discuss the repetitive cycles of human history as if they were deterministic and unchangeable, the communication power and philosophical answers available today can help us forge a new path moving forward. Stefan Molyneux breaks down some of the repetitive cycles in human history, what impacts them, the cause and effect of major political decisions and much much more!

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While many celebrate President Donald Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and his continued judicial appointments as a huge positive, the left is winning the war related to America's courts. Daniel Horowitz joins Stefan Molyneux to discuss the ongoing constitutional crisis, judicial tyranny, recent disturbing court rulings and ways to reclaim stolen power from the courts.

Daniel Horowitz is Senior Editor at Conservative Review and the author of “Stolen Sovereignty: How to Stop Unelected Judges from Transforming America.”

Book: http://www.fdrurl.com/stolen-sovereignty
Website: http://www.conservativereview.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rmconservative

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While China is typically discussed as a robust superpower primed to achieve dominance on the world stage, the country is not without its share of significant problems. Stefan Molyneux breaks down China's economic problems and the devastation caused by the now defunct "one child" policy.

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Question 1: [1:24] – “I’m a 26-year-old male who has recently had his life turned entirely upside down. As a musician who’s lived in nothing but artistic communities since my early teens, on top of being raised, taught, and employed by feminist women, I’ve been deeply indoctrinated in the radical left ideology. I was always taught and was under the implication that compassion was the deciding factor for being left leaning. I was hook line and sinker. Rallies, fundraisers, ANTIFA meetings. That mindset changed viscerally this past summer, when a kangaroo court of individuals whom chose to remain anonymous to me, started to smear my name in the vane of ‘toxic masculinity’ after a disagreement amongst political views. A number of life altering false rumors, and fake utterances were written up, passed onto my roommates, and musical peers. Leading to an intervention style meeting, where they laid out my so called ‘problematic behaviors’. Without being able to properly defend myself, not even being given the dignity of knowing my accusers, this led to my short-term homelessness, the loss of my source of income, social ostracism, and deep emotional turmoil. I’d like to believe that I’m not the only well-meaning man who’s been largely cast out from his former peers, just in result of voicing right of center opinions who’ve had their lives completely uprooted. My question is, how does one begin to start over after your life has been burned to the ground by the far left? Is it worth censoring yourself in the pursuit of new friends?”

Question 2: [44:14] – “Does Stefan have a proposal as to why some callers are emotionally invested in their belief system and such callers are often beyond the reach of logic? I am a qualified Hypnotherapist (among other things) and believe that some people have mental processes that produce ‘anti-logic’. They hold to untenable positions and invent increasingly bizarre constructs to maintain their position, (regardless of the facts) - resorting in the last to conspiracy theory. I recently listened to the show with the Flat Earther. Despite the absurdity of his position he could not be moved from his position by Stefan's appeal to reason. As Stefan regularly points out, actions have consequences and people respond to incentives. A ‘Flat Earther’ invites the dis-benefit of ridicule, so there must be a compensating benefit to make him cling so tenaciously to his untenable belief system.”

Question 3: [1:16:15] – “I have developed the basics of a potential theory of ethics that states that what is ethical for a community is what is in the community's common interests, and the community's common interests are based upon the commonly shared interest of all the individual members of said community to reliably maximize their own interests. I would like to explain my theory to Stefan and see if he agrees with it and/or if it accords with his theory, UPB.”

Question 4: [1:34:15] – “I am happily married mother with 2 children. My husband and I are deeply dedicated to providing the best upbringing possible for our kids. My husband works full time & I stay at home. We are doing what we can to raise our children to be happy, healthy and productive humans. Of course, there is a pin in our bubble. Some of our important members are mentally ill or are not participating in our lives. The mentally ill ones cause A LOT of unneeded drama for our family of 4. When the ones NOT participating in our lives DO show up they think that we need to drop everything to be with them, and they are resentful when we do not direct our full attention to their presence. The stable ones have pulled away from family life all together or live too far away for us to meet often. So mostly we are stuck at the dinner table with the crazies.”

“My question is: As a role model for children where do we place our boundary with family? Is it in children's best interest to have a connection with family even if they are mentally ill & destructive? What about opening doors to allow people into our lives when it is convenient or them but promptly having the door shut on us when they decide they are done visiting? Would it be healthier to live in exile without the headache & drama that relatives can bring, and still hope that the kids still learn the value of family? Or should we for the sake of the children endure so that they can develop relationships with cousins, aunts, and grandparents?”

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Tommy Robinson is an independent journalist, the Founder and ex Leader of the English Defence League (EDL), the author of the bestselling books “Enemy of the State” and “Mohammed's Koran” and he recently took a stand for free speech with the Day For Freedom rally in London.

Website: http://www.tommyrobinson.online
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6wdP5hTf_phre6Q3kFiV2g
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetommyrobinson/

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While many claim to support free speech in the abstract, when confronted with uncomfortable real-life decisions or the principles behind freedom of speech, people can display different attitudes. In an attempt to demonstrate trends in free speech and the demographics which support it – we turn to the comprehensive data made available through the General Social Survey.

Since 1972, The General Social Survey (GSS) has collected “data on contemporary American society in order to monitor and explain trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes. … Since the GSS adopted questions from earlier surveys, trends can be followed for up to 70 years.”

For the purposes of this presentation, we will use the term Free Speech Absolutist to refer to those who said that an admitted Communist, an admitted homosexual, an Anti-Religionist (somebody who is against all churches/religion), a Militarist (a person who advocates doing away with elections and letting the military run the country) and a Racist (a person who believes that Blacks are genetically inferior) should all be allowed to speak.

While this data does have limitations, which we will discuss during the course of this presentation, it provides an indirect sampling over an extended period of time and provides insight unavailable from a direct short-term survey. Who really supports free speech?

Source Data: General Social Survey (GSS) Variables: Allow Anti-Religionist to Speak (SPKATH), Allow Homosexual to Speak (SPKHOMO), Allow Racist to Speak (SPKRAC), Allow Militarist to Speak (SPKMIL), Allow Communist to Speak (SPKCOM), Race/Ethnicity (RACECEN1 and HISPANIC), Religion (RELIG), Generation (COHORT), Intelligence (WORDSUM), Native-Born/Foreign-Born (BORN), Gender (SEX), Marital Status (Marital), Number of Children (CHILDS), and Political Party Affiliation (PARTYID).

General Social Survey (GSS) NORC: http://gss.norc.org

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