Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Question 1: We are a married couple with three young children, but we fight about everything – including money, household chores, responsibility, etc. I realize now that we probably should have fixed our issues before getting married, but we simply chose to ignore all the red flags. Is there any chance to fix this marriage, or are we just simply too cowardly to let go and face the consequences of divorce?

Question 2: If we accept that the political process is unethical, wouldn’t it be wise to vote for Bernie Sanders, since a socialist president would speed up the eventual economic collapse of the American empire?

Question 3: I have been progressing through the stages of grief that people go through with a loss. I was very depressed and sad for a while as I realized that my religion was not true and all the consequences of that realization. Now, as I am figuring out what it means for me and my family for me to not believe while they do, I am angry at the very real situation created by nonsense stories. How do I channel this anger to keep it from seeping into my relationships? How do I hold back anger against the religion I feel so betrayed by to protect relationships with those who still believe?

The mere mention of South Africa in a discussion provokes deep images of institutional racism, discrimination and horrific violence. An in-depth look at the controversial history of South Africa, Stefan Molyneux separates the fact from fiction and discusses: the communist history of South Africa, the South African Frontier Wars, the Suppression of Communism Act, the Bantu, population growth, racial demographics, catastrophic economic decisions, the devaluation of the S.A. Rand, rampant price inflation, affirmative action, family structure, one of the worst education systems in the world, unemployment, Eskom’s rolling power outages, white flight, rising criminality, an astronomical murder rate, horrific rape statistics, the rampant sexual abuse of children, prevalence of HIV/AIDS, white farmer genocide, police corruption, President Jacob Zuma, the “kill the Boer” song, life expectancy, road fatalities and the untold history of Apartheid. Sources: http://www.fdrurl.com/south-africa

The European migrant crisis arose through the rising number of migrant arrivals seeking asylum – a combination of economic migrants and refugees – to the European Union (EU) across the Mediterranean Sea and the Balkans from Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany expected over 800,000 asylum seekers to come this year - over four times more than in 2014. European Union member states agreed in July to take in more than 32,000 migrants to “ease the burden” on Italy and Greece, where the largest numbers have arrived. Another eight-thousand should be allocated by the end of the year, according to the European Union's commissioner for migration. Stefan Molyneux is pissed off – and provides an important look at the European Migrant Crisis.

Question 1: From a libertarian perspective, how would a stateless society benefit everyone as long as the profit motive exists? What could be the one unified aim that we could all agree on to move society forward?

Question 2: Do the Baby Boomers and Generation X owe it to the young to accept decreases in their government services in order to provide student debt relief for the young? Put more simply, given how much they have screwed us, don't they owe us?

Stefan Molyneux reacts to Miley Cyrus's latest "outrageous" performance at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) and discusses the penis-fly-trap of female hypersexuality.

Vester Lee Flanagan, known professionally as Bryce Williams, was identified as the suspect in the on-air shooting that left WDBJ-TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward dead in Roanoke, Virginia. The horrific on-air shooting has drawn comparisons to the Dylann Roof and the Charleston church shooting after excerpts from Flanagan's manifesto cited it as his motivation. Despite Flanagan's history of racially charged interactions and him stating that he desired to further the "race war" the media's reaction has been interesting. Stefan Molyneux is pissed off about Bryce Williams and The Virginia Shooting.

Question 1: Recently, a Greek life sorority published a recruitment video which was later taken down after criticism regarding the lack of diversity that it portrayed. What are you thoughts on the impact of selective societies such as fraternities and sororities which don't adhere to any racial or income based quotas?

Question 2: If a government is merely a collection of individuals who own a vast amount of property, aren't these individuals justified in imposing a tax on anyone who wishes to live on such property?

Question 3: How do you think roads in a free society would work? Should they be regulated and maintained by private entities for a toll to pass through or should they be free for everyone to use?

As the financial markets plunge, many are desperately waiting to see if the Federal Reserve and Janet Yellen will decline to raise the Federal Funds Interest Rate from its current 0-0.25%. In light of the volatility shown by the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other economic indicators, Wall Street yearns for more quantitative easing in the form of QE4. | Peter Schiff and Stefan Molyneux discuss the latest news in the United States and global economy, including: the Chinese currency devaluation, fall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index, mountains of debt, the Dollar compared to the Euro, the plunge in the price of Oil, Bernie Sanders popularity, Gold, Jon Stewart formerly of The Daily Show, minimum wage absurdity, the hatred of the rich and the economic future of the United States.

Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points, its worst weekly performance in approximately four years. On Monday, the index plunged by over 1,000 points early - and closed the day down 588 points. In terms of the number of points lost, Monday August 24th, 2015 was the eighth-worst single-day loss in the index’s history. Some analysis are blaming the China currency devaluation and the drop in the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index – but what is really going on?

Question 1: After listening to "The Truth about Gene Wars: r/K Selection Theory" presentation, I was left with some questions. At first glance I’d say I am and began life as a K-strategist but many outside pressures have worked to encourage the development r selected traits. If r-strategies developed in stressful environments as a child can self-knowledge give me the tools to replace them with K-strategies?

Question 2: I want to talk about the lack of nuance when views about 'the left' are expressed. You ignore that many on the anti-authoritarian left entirely agree with many points that you raise, but you still call ‘the left’ a virus - don’t you think that is rather short-sighted?

Question 3: Over thousands of years countless numbers of mystics and greatest minds and writers in human history, have not only had faith in God but experienced God, as I have myself. How can you say so many great minds throughout history are wrong simply because you have not experienced God yourself, in part because you have not even committed to look?