Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

In the Democrats’ version of the Hunger Games, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee squared off for their political survival in Las Vegas, Nevada live on CNN.

What will Hillary Clinton say about the scandal about her email server? How does Bernie Sanders hope to shape the economy moving forward? Do All Live Matter or do Black Lives Matter? Should we have more or less Gun Control? Where is Joe Biden? Was Anderson Cooper an impartial moderator? Did Lincoln Chafee get permission to stay up past his bedtime?

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Question 1: [2:47] - Is the “n-word” really offensive? People say context matters, but the only context I've seen it used in is when the user is black. If it is offensive, why does the oppressed group use it so much?

Question 2: [1:12:45] - Since I started watching Stefan's videos, I’ve realized that I abused my children as they were growing up. I spanked them, yelled and even once got into a fist fight with my teenage son. I believed that I was 'doing the right thing', but now I am ashamed of the things I have done to them.

I’ve expressed this regret to them, and have been working over the last two years to change my parenting style. The problem is that my children don’t agree, and have even said that they wished I had spanked them more! How do I help my teenage and adult children to understand that I made mistakes when I raised them, and convince them that spanking and hitting are wrong? How do I stop this cycle of violence that I was raised with and have now perpetuated into my family’s future?

Question 3: {1:59:14] - In my experience, the more someone understands about politics, the more they tend towards one of two ideologies: Libertarianism, or some derivation of a powerful nationalistic regional state. A common argument against Libertarianism is that without the cultural inertia of a church or government, the individuals of a society will tend towards nihilism and hedonism. Although I agree with Stefan that Libertarianism is the ideal, is a nationalistic regional state a more realistic form of government, as it would require far less intelligence and morality in the populace?

Using a combination of demographics, statistics, game theory, and number-crunching, Jon Birger (Author of Date-onomics) makes the case that the "man deficit" is real for every single, college-educated, heterosexual, women who is looking-for-a-partner.

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Jon Birger is a contributor to Fortune magazine. A former senior writer at Fortune and Money, he’s an award-winning freelance journalist who has also written for Time, Barron’s, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio, and Fox News.

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Early Thursday morning at approximately 12:45 am, an altercation in Sacramento, California led to a man being stabbed multiple times in the torso. The victim was out with four friends, one male and three females, and had a run-in with two or three men according to the Sacramento Police Department.

Why are we talking about this? Because one of the last times the victim was out with friends he thwarted a terrorist attack. The victim is Spencer Stone, one of the three Americans (the others being Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler) who stopped a suspected terror attack while aboard a train in France this August.

Considering that this stabbing comes days after the Umpqua Community College shooting in Roseburg, Oregon makes this even more suspicious. Alek Skarlatos had previously attended and already re-enrolled in classes at the college and had he not agreed to compete on “Dancing With the Stars” he would have been on campus the day of the shooting - “I had classes picked out and everything.”

Is this just a massive coincidence? Maybe so - but the certainty from the Sacramento Police Department despite limited information is completely absurd.

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A fascinating look at the impact of Western Colonialism which separates the facts from the fiction regarding this incredibly controversial topic. What were the effects both positive and negative of countries existing under British rule? Is the history of your ancestors true - or is it filled with rampant propaganda? What is the historical impact of western imperialism?

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When astronauts blast off from the planet Mars, they leave behind Mark Watney (Matt Damon), presumed dead after a fierce storm. With only a meager amount of supplies, the stranded visitor must utilize his wits and spirit to find a way to survive on the hostile planet. Meanwhile, back on Earth, members of NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring him home, while his crew mates hatch their own plan for a daring rescue mission.

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An introduction to the variable which ultimately runs the world.

An introduction to the variable which ultimately runs the world.

An introduction to the variable which ultimately runs the world.

Question 1: [1:48] - What do you say to the notion that no word has a single element that is consistently present throughout all its uses, or more precisely that a word’s correct use does not come from some generalized element(s)? The alternative being what Ludwig Wittgenstein called “family resemblance” where different uses of a word share some things in common, but not any particular thing being common to all.

Question 2: [1:16:08] - I am really confused about one aspect of your “End Selfishness Now” video, and I think many of your loyal listeners may be as well. Ayn Rand's explanation of "selfishness" as a virtue is a concept that really motivated me to work harder and take pride in everything I do. I feel less shame, and have gained an enormous confidence boost from that very concept. Isn't being selfish a good thing?

Question 3: [1:46:42] - How is "I did the best I could with the knowledge I had" not a valid excuse?