Vital Dissent with Patrick MacFarlane

In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley imagines a bleak future in which the population is segmented and conditioned from artificial conception to grave.  The linchpin of this society is the drug "soma," which lulls the user into a euphoric, pliable, and suggestive state.

In this Thoughtcrime Thursdays edition of the show, we discuss the proper role of hallucinogenics and other drugs within society. In doing so, we rely on the work of Aldous Huxley and Graham Hancock to frame the issue.

In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley imagines a bleak future in which the population is segmented and conditioned from artificial conception to grave.  The linchpin of this society is the drug "soma," which lulls the user into a euphoric, pliable, and suggestive state.

In this Thoughtcrime Thursdays edition of the show, we discuss the proper role of hallucinogenics and other drugs within society. In doing so, we rely on the work of Aldous Huxley and Graham Hancock to frame the issue.

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In the Constitution of No Authority, Lysander Spooner obliterates the idea that the drafters of the Constitution and the people they represented had the authority or ability to bind their posterity to the government they created. In this episode, host Patrick MacFarlane further develops Spooner's points by dissecting the disconnect between legal arrangements in the private sphere and legal arrangements in the political sphere. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/libertyweekly/support

In the Constitution of No Authority, Lysander Spooner obliterates the idea that the drafters of the Constitution and the people they represented had the authority or ability to bind their posterity to the government they created. In this episode, host Patrick MacFarlane further develops Spooner's points by dissecting the disconnect between legal arrangements in the private sphere and legal arrangements in the political sphere. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/libertyweekly/support

In the Constitution of No Authority, Lysander Spooner obliterates the idea that the drafters of the Constitution and the people they represented had the authority or ability to bind their posterity to the government they created. In this episode, host Patrick MacFarlane further develops Spooner's points by dissecting the disconnect between legal arrangements in the private sphere and legal arrangements in the political sphere.

In the Constitution of No Authority, Lysander Spooner obliterates the idea that the drafters of the Constitution and the people they represented had the authority or ability to bind their posterity to the government they created. In this episode, host Patrick MacFarlane further develops Spooner's points by dissecting the disconnect between legal arrangements in the private sphere and legal arrangements in the political sphere.

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Lauded in the mainstream mainly for his abolitionist work, Lysander Spooner is a titanic figure in the history of libertarian and voluntaryist thought. As a pilot episode for a more scholarly and fact-laden podcast, host Pat MacFarlane begins by offering a short biography of the man behind the beard. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/libertyweekly/support

Lauded in the mainstream mainly for his abolitionist work, Lysander Spooner is a titanic figure in the history of libertarian and voluntaryist thought. As a pilot episode for a more scholarly and fact-laden podcast, host Pat MacFarlane begins by offering a short biography of the man behind the beard.

Lauded in the mainstream mainly for his abolitionist work, Lysander Spooner is a titanic figure in the history of libertarian and voluntaryist thought. As a pilot episode for a more scholarly and fact-laden podcast, host Pat MacFarlane begins by offering a short biography of the man behind the beard. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/libertyweekly/support

Lauded in the mainstream mainly for his abolitionist work, Lysander Spooner is a titanic figure in the history of libertarian and voluntaryist thought. As a pilot episode for a more scholarly and fact-laden podcast, host Pat MacFarlane begins by offering a short biography of the man behind the beard.

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