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March 28, 2023
Matt Zwolinski on Libertarianism
<p>Matt Zwolinski is <a href="https://sites.sandiego.edu/mzwolinski/" target="_blank">professor</a> of philosophy at the University of San Diego and the founder and director of USD’s Center for Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy. Zwolinski is the co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism, and he is the co-author, with John Tomasi, of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (available April 4 and available for preorder).</p> <p>This is the Self in Society Podcast #30.</p> <p>TIME MARKERS</p> <p>00 Intro</p> <p>0:54 Murray Rothbard, paleo-libertarianism, the “Mises Caucus,” and the meaning of libertarianism</p> <p>4:06 The “family resemblance” among strains of libertarianism</p> <p>6:22 Would Mises be in the “Mises Caucus”? Mises’s liberalism</p> <p>12:57 Baggage with the libertarian label16:46 Locke’s views of property rights</p> <p>23:24 Henry George’s objections to Locke</p> <p>26:23 Property rights as the central conundrum of libertarianism</p> <p>30:18 Limits to Georgism; resources and production</p> <p>38:45 More on resources and production</p> <p>44:29 House values, NIMBYism, and rent-seeking</p> <p>49:35 Strategies to solve “Lockean proviso” problems</p> <p>52:07 Existing property rights as historically problematic</p> <p>58:15 Addressing the U.S. Black/white wealth gap</p> <p>1:00:15 Property generally as making the world a better place</p> <p>1:05:01 Would reparations solve past injustices better than a basic income?1:10:00 Systemic racism: criminal justice and education</p> <p>1:13:49 Libertarian individualism and structural racism</p> <p>1:15:42 Housing policy and structural racism</p> <p>1:17:48 Methodological individualism and social justice</p> <p>1:25:20 Emergent racism</p> <p>1:28:27 The importance of more open immigration; implications for a basic income</p> <p>1:33:15 A basic income as better than the existing welfare state</p> <p>1:41:17 Matt’s forthcoming books on the basic income and exploitation</p> <p>1:42:36 wrap-up</p> <p>Zwolinski’s <a href="https://sites.sandiego.edu/mzwolinski/" target="_blank">professional page</a> offers links to his various books, including The Individualists, which comes out April 4 (available for preorder).</p> <p>A couple of Zwolinski’s essays on the basic income are available online: “<a href="https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-august-2020/money-for-nothing-2/" target="_blank">A Moral Case for Universal Basic Income</a>” and “<a href="https://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_19_04_04_zwolinskif.pdf" target="_blank">Property Rights, Coercion,and the Welfare State</a>.”</p> <p>The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism contains the essay mentioned by Zwolinski, “Self-Ownership,” by <a href="https://philosophy.arizona.edu/people/dan-russell" target="_blank">Daniel C. Russell</a>.</p> <p>April 4 Update: I published my <a href="https://selfinsociety.substack.com/p/in-the-individualists-zwolinski-and" target="_blank">review of the book</a>.</p> <p>Music by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jsclassical/videos" target="_blank">Jordan Smith</a>.</p>
January 21, 2023
Ian Silverii on Progressive Aims and Tactics
<p>Ian Silverii is the former leader of Progress Now Colorado, founder of the political Bighorn Company, and "First Gentleman of Colorado's 7th Congressional District" following the election of his wife Brittany Pettersen.</p> <p>My main purpose in hosting this conversation was to see if two people with quite different political beliefs could have a civil and productive conversation. I think we accomplished that. Ian is a progressive; I’m a “free market liberal” (I’ll call myself).</p> <p>This episode contains some swear words.</p>
June 15, 2022
Dave Kopel on Guns and Tyranny
<p>Dave Kopel is research director of the Independence Institute in Colorado and a leading attorney on Second Amendment issues. He is the author of Aiming for Liberty: The Past, Present, And Future of Freedom and Self-Defense, Colorado Constitutional Law and History, several other books, and countless articles. This is the Self in Society Podcast #28.</p> <p><strong>Time Markers</strong></p> <p>00 Intro</p> <p>1:06 U.S. violence in context</p> <p>6:39 Homicides by government</p> <p>8:15 Civilian gun ownership as protective against mass-murder by government</p> <p>11:08 Interlude: Some personal connections</p> <p>11:44 But some governments are better</p> <p>13:44 Governmental violence in Europe</p> <p>15:24 Worrisome signs in the U.S.</p> <p>18:17 Armed racial nationalists as a threat to the country</p> <p>20:41 Bad governments get guns to bad people; Sudan and Venezuela</p> <p>23:03 The German example; gun-owner registration lists</p> <p>24:36 The French example</p> <p>25:14 What’s behind the global rise of authoritarian movements? What is nationalism?</p> <p>27:58 The Russian example</p> <p>30:12 The murders of Hitler, Mao, and Stalin</p> <p>31:00 The Victims of Communism Museum</p> <p>31:15 Deficiencies of American history education; the evil of Communism</p> <p>33:16 The Cuba example</p> <p>34:16 The Marxism of Antonio Gramsci</p> <p>36:24 Ideological takeover of American schools</p> <p>38:04 Guns for personal self-defense</p> <p>43:02 Police responses to crimes</p> <p>44:45 Armed teachers</p> <p>49:49 The movement against armed self-defense</p> <p>50:55 The Second Amendment and individual rights</p> <p>53:09 Background checks and gun-owner registration</p> <p>59:25 "Assault" guns</p> <p>1:04:45 Wrap-up</p> <p>Kopel’s <a href="https://davekopel.org/" target="_blank">web site</a> links to his many works. See also his <a href="https://i2i.org/about/our-people/dave-kopel/" target="_blank">bio page</a> at the Independence Institute.</p> <p>Kopel discusses his recent article, “<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3942071" target="_blank">Guns Kill People, and Tyrants with Gun Monopolies Kill the Most</a>” (which he <a href="https://reason.com/volokh/2022/06/09/guns-kill-people-and-tyrants-with-gun-monopolies-kill-the-most/" target="_blank">summarizes</a> at Volokh). Here is the abstract:</p> <p>What are the relative risks of a nation having too many guns compared to the risks of the nation having too few guns? Comparing and contrasting Europe and the United States during the twentieth century, the article finds that the United States might have suffered up to three-quarters of million excess firearms homicide over the course of the century—based on certain assumptions made to maximize the highest possible figure. In contrast, during the twentieth century Europe suffered 87 million excess homicides against civilians by mass-murdering tyrannical governments. The article suggests that Americans should not be complacent that they have some perpetual immunity to being subjected to tyranny. The historical record shows that governments planning mass murder work assiduously to disarm their intended victims. While victim resistance cannot necessarily overthrow a tyrannical regime, resistance does save many lives.</p> <p>Recently Kopel <a href="https://youtu.be/0h1OL6-PNow" target="_blank">discussed</a> his book on the Colorado Constitution with Jon Caldara.</p> <p>Kopel discusses William English’s paper, “<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3887145" target="_blank">2021 National Firearms Survey</a>.”</p> <p>During the discussion Kopel mentioned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gramsci" target="_blank">Antonio Gramsci</a>. We discussed the <a href="https://victimsofcommunism.org/voc-museum/" target="_blank">Victims of Communism museum</a>. I wrote down my thoughts on nationalism in a <a href="https://ariarmstrong.com/2016/12/the-trouble-with-donald-trumps-nationalism/" target="_blank">2016 article</a>. I quoted Wikipedia on international <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate" target="_blank">homicide statistics</a>. I also quoted the Texas Tribune and a <a href="https://www.texasaft.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/22.06.08_TexasAFT_GunsSurvey.pdf" target="_blank">union poll</a> about arming teachers. And I mentioned Robert Zubrin’s article about the Russian authoritarian mystic <a href="https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/meet-aleksandr-dugin-mystical-high-priest-of-russian-fascism-who-wants-to-bring-about-end-of-the-world/" target="_blank">Aleksandr Dugin</a>.</p>
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