Episode 334 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following aphorisms written by Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski: “A bad economist believes that prices should be policed by the state. A good economist believes that police should be priced by the market.”; “A barbarian believes that liberty erodes community. A civilized person knows that liberty creates community.”; “A fool believes that taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. A person of reason knows that a civilized society is the price we pay for taxes.”; “Bad may be less bad than worse, but that doesn’t make it any better.”; “A fool believes that the way to destroy culture is to commercialize it. A person of reason knows that it is to subsidize it.”; “A little knowledge makes one believe that he knows everything. Some knowledge makes one afraid of how little he knows. A lot of knowledge makes one accept that he knows nothing.”
Category: Everything Voluntary
COVID-19 10x Higher, Junk Food, Saudi Arabia Ruling, & Chinese Uighurs (42m) – Episode 333
Episode 333 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: CDC study shows COVID-19 cases may be 10 times higher than reported; COVID-19 testing produces 20-30% false negatives; Britons want to treat junk food advertising like tobacco advertising; a court in Saudi Arabia ruled in favor of a woman who was on trial for living and traveling on her own; British lawmakers want to put more pressure on China over their criminal and genocidal handling of their Uighur population; and more.
Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness Review (47m) – Episode 332
Episode 332 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: postmodernism and Sad Gaad; the Smithsonian’s chart titled, “Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness & White Culture in the United States”, originally made by Judith Katz in 1990; and more.
Mr. Radical Libertarian & Safe Spaces (27m) – Episode 331
Episode 331 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in August 2011 titled, “Call Me Mr. Radical Libertarian” and an article he wrote in July 2018 titled, “Safe Spaces Make Sense, but Not Always”.
Contra The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism: Economics and Markets (31m) – Episode 330
Episode 330 has Skyler giving his commentary on the subtopic “Economics and Markets” from Mike Huben‘s “The Short, Simple Dismissal of Libertarianism“. He writes, “99% of libertarianism is obviously untrue or unacceptable for one or more of these reasons… How can we know that so easily? Here are some simple principles that make it obvious.”
Parental Ignorance, Shouting, Promises, & Legalize Unschooling? (34m) – Episode 329
Episode 329 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: “How do I teach parents that they are not always right?”; “Do parents shout because they’re immature, angry, or just for intimidation?”; “Why does my dad make promises that he never keeps?”; and “Should unschooling be legal?”
Pandemic Evictions, MN Police PTSD, Student Visas, & SCOTUS Robocall Ruling (29m) – Episode 328
Episode 328 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the looming evictions of 28 million Americans caused by government lockdowns; Minneapolis police officers filing for PTSD-related disability claims; ICE forcing student visa holders to attend university in-person or risk deportation; the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning the 2015 law exempting government debt collectors from the 1991 law banning robocalls to cell phones; and more.
Private Censorship, Bootlickers, Forcing Dishonesty, & Free Country (21m) – Episode 327
Episode 327 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: attacking social media censorship on intellectual property protection grounds; repeating the state’s demands is it’s own form of bootlicking; forcing your children to offer an insincere apology is teaching them to lie; do we live in a free county of public discourse is dominated by politics?; and more.
Economics 101: Price Controls & Wizard’s Ninth Rule: Contradictions Cannot Exist (24m) – Episode 326
Episode 326 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: continuation of the Economics 101 mini-series on prices and price controls; continuation of the Wizard’s Rules mini-series, Wizard’s Ninth Rule: “A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole”; and more.
Ghislaine Maxwell, PPP Loans, Columbus Statues, & NYPD Budget Cuts (26m) – Episode 325
Episode 325 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the arrest of socialite and underage sex ring director Ghislaine Maxwell; the moral hazards of the Paycheck Protection Program; tearing down statues of Christopher Columbus and other villains in history; New York City cutting $1Billion from the NYPD budget amid protests; and more.