The Libertarian Republican Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The outrage that the Democrats are showing over DOGE's auditing of government spending shows us that the Democrat Party has abandoned its long-standing, and logically-consistent philosophy of government-provided goods and services.
If we're ever going to return America to a sound financial footing, we all need to support DOGE's efforts to cut unnecessary spending. In this episode, I go through some of the more ridiculous examples of what DOGE wants to cut.
In this one, I go through several of the abysmal government failures that led to the fires that have devastated California in the past week.
The horrible fires in Los Angeles point out the problems with politicians regulating electric companies (or ANY companies). The lesson of what happened in Puerto Rico also looms large.
We as Americans - as humans - need to bring ourselves, our businesses, our institutions and our country back to rediscover our true purpose. Hopefully you'll understand what I'm talking about if you listen to the episode!
The only way to bring more people on board with our philosophy is to peel them away from the "legacy" media sources that lie to them all day long, but that they still trust.
Could Trump return us to The Golden Age, when government was small enough to be funded mainly by tariffs?
The end goal of Marxism is to create a two-tiered society with two distinct classes:
1 - The political ruling class (and their connected cronies)
2 - The impoverished, powerless masses
The Federal Government - the Biden/Harris "regime" - is trying to trick everybody into believing that the economy is strong, just to stay in power.
In this episode, I run down some of the really, really awful economic data that nobody is talking about.
One of the calamities that inflation causes is workers going on strike for higher pay, and we're about a week away from a big strike that could wreak havoc on America's economy.
The Fed cut the Fed Funds Rate by .5%, because it had to. But nothing can stop the inevitable reckoning.
As America slides further and further into a new kind of "communism," those of us on the side of liberty need LEADERSHIP. Where will that leadership come from? Who will carry the torch into the future?
In this episode, I go through some of the absolutely horrendous economic data points that the Democrats and their propaganda media certainly don't want you to be thinking about.
For some reason, all the grocery stores have suddenly decided to have a secret meeting and all agree to raise their prices. Or not...
A few thoughts on both the Trump/Musk conversation and the latest Tucker Carlson episode with Dave Smith.
People all throughout The West need to understand what's really going on and why our leaders are so in love with the idea of mass migration. Please help to share this episode, especially with people in Europe and the UK.
America is bitterly divided into two groups:
The people who believe the media's lies,
and The People who know the truth.
The goal of the globalists is to erase all national identities and differences, and create a homogenous world that can be governed by one set of rules, and one set of people.
Trump has changed the platform of the entire Republican Party, and that's a very good thing.
In this episode, I walk through exactly how America will spiral downward if Joe Biden wins in November.
Will they replace Joe Biden? Can they? Where can they find another "perfect President"? And why is Joe Biden that perfect President?
Here's a quick episode about the very beginning of the debate between Trump and Biden on Thursday, June 27, 2024.
Joe Biden represents the predatory, parasitic political Ruling Class that doesn't care about your health, your prosperity, or your safety.
Donald Trump represents the rest of us.
It really is that simple.
In this episode, I review Tom Woods' book "Diary of a Psychosis". The book is so good that I only have to review the first 11 pages to prove how great (and infuriating) it is.
Real Libertarians should be encouraged by Trump's speech to the Libertarian Party Convention.
Reading through Jefferson's first inaugural address reminds us of the humility and wisdom that our Founding Fathers had, and tells us what Jefferson believed the proper function of government should be.
Just like, in the last episode, I warned against relying on Government to provide for your safety, we should also never rely on Government to take care of us during retirement.
Recently in Europe, I tried to explain the 2nd Amendment to some French guys. I don't think they "got" it, and it's a shame.
America needs a political Party that advocates for the original ideals of America: limited government, individual liberty, free markets and a restrained foreign policy. Unfortunately, what we have now is the Communist/Imperialist Party and the Slightly Less Communist But Just As Imperialist Party.
The Left is trying to force the world to live according to the laws of some fantastical land of fairy tales, instead of the laws of reality; and they're going to get us all killed.
Trump should take advantage of this "Summer of Hamas," and I explain how he can do just that. Will he listen?
The war in Ukraine is nothing but a political football now (maybe it always has been), and the Ukrainians will keep dying until they figure that out.
The American government has been toppling other governments and leaders all around the world for more than 100 years, and the operation against Donald Trump is just another example.
The arrogance of Washington's ruling political class, which Joe Biden is emblematic of, is causing the USA to lose friends on the world stage.
As the 2024 election draws nearer, the bi-partisan Washington establishment ("The Blob") will create more and more chaos, then blame their enemies - like Trump - for that chaos. Basically, it's a blatant threat: Let us have OUR candidate, or else we'll fill your world with violence.
America, Europe and the whole world are all at a point where things will never be the same, and the Ukraine War seems to be the fulcrum.
Communists always find themselves needing more money, because they confiscate and squander the wealth that the productive class generated before they took charge, and they disincentivize the creation of any new wealth. They're taking Trump's wealth now, but eventually they'll steal ALL wealth - unless you stop them.
Democrats are trying to use the term "Christian Nationalism" to scare the normies, but we need to emphasize that the Democrats are pushing their own religion: Statism - The Worship of Government.
No matter how Aleksey Navalny died, don't let Washington use his death to further their agenda, which is to take your money and destroy Western Civilization.
There are three factions supporting open borders: The Ruling Class, the Marxist Revolutionaries, and the average (really stupid) Democrat voter.
The Democrat Party likes to tout themselves as the "Pro Worker Party," but everything they do hurts the American worker.
Our fiat money has enabled the growth of a ruling aristocracy of the useless and the worthless. A return to sound money would mean that, in order to get ahead in life, you need to be involved - one way or another - in the production of some good or service. This "elite bubble" needs to pop, but they aren't going to go down without a fight.
This election in 2024 is between two sides: Good versus Evil. The Good (MAGA) side wants America to have peaceful economic relationships with the rest of the world, while the Evil (Washington) side wants America to BULLY the rest of the world with GUNS and MONEY.
Republicans should flip the script on January 6th and tell it like it is: It was the day we ALMOST saved America from the disaster that is Joe Biden. Chaos at the border, war in Ukraine and the Middle East, crippling regulations, a war on affordable energy, medical tyranny, corporatist fascism, a weaponized Department of Justice, an all-out assault on free speech, DEI poisoning our government and our military - the list goes on. Imagine how much better EVERYTHING would be right now if we had successfully stopped Joe Biden on January 6, 2021? Americans shouldn't look back on it in horror, we should look back on it with great fondness for what might have been.
Republicans complain about the open border, but they need to be able to explain WHY an open border is a terrible idea.
The Left's obsession with race does nothing but hurt the very people they proclaim to help, while destroying the incentive to achieve excellence.
In this episode I try to quickly and clearly explain what a Central Bank Digital Currency is, and why it should terrify you.
The idea of reparations is NOT about "helping Black people." It's a scam designed to achieve two goals:
1 - Buy votes for Democrats with taxpayer money
2 - Give worthless, non-productive Marxists (Democrats) in Government more power and more wealth.
Once SCOTUS falls to the communists (Democrats), then there will be nothing stopping the Government from discriminating, censoring, over-regulating, banning guns, and so on. The Supreme Court is the ONLY thing left limiting the powers of the Federal Government, and once it's gone, the old Constitutional Republic of America will be dead.
I'm a little angry in this one, because the weaponization of government really is getting completely out of hand. America really is turning into the USSR. (Sorry about the bad language!)
I go through the first half hour or so of the recent debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom.
This episode focuses on Certificate Of Need laws. 39 states have these laws that do nothing but make our health care more expensive. You and I can work at the state level to repeal them!
Republicans need to really be able to clearly explain what "Fascism" actually is so we can counter the attacks over the next year.
Younger people are going to have to live in the America of the future, so they'd better make sure it's a country they'd like to live in.
Javier Milei's win as the President of Argentina should be celebrated by everybody who believes in LIBERTY, and Americans should listen to his words. In this episode, I go over a fantastic interview/speech that he gave. It's an absolutely must-listen speech, and this is a must-listen episode. I'll be posting video of the speech on all of my social media accounts.
House Republicans need to be careful and think strategically right now. Watch for the "recession trap."
The point of Marxism (or socialism, communism even fascism) is to create a society where a non-productive political class has all the power.
Democrats are torn between who to support - Israel or the Palestinians. Since the newer, younger Democrats are Marxists, they MUST support whoever best falls into the "Oppressed" category (the Palestinians); but that puts them at odds with the older Democrats who aren't really Marxists - they've just been USING the Marxists. Have they created a monster that they can't control?
Republicans need to rally around a set of good ideas, a coherent, CORRECT philosophy. Then, pick a Speaker of the House and GET TO WORK!
Democrats (Marxists) are turning America's legal system into a mechanism for wielding arbitrary power that will keep THEM at the top of society.
There are only about 21 MAGA Republicans in Congress who care about the national debt. That's it. So the borrowing, printing and spending will continue until the whole thing collapses. Get ready.
America's Federal Government not only exists to serve, enrich and expand itself, it also exists to serve, enrich and expand America's biggest corporations; and that's ultimately not good for the average citizen.
Crises provide opportunities for a "Strong Man" to rise and present himself (or HERself) as the savior of The People; and Strong Men ALWAYS rise from the Left, not the Right.
Some not very good economic data points that tell us that our unsustainable model is about to become even more unsustainable. The scariest part is that, when the bottom falls out, the masses will clamor for Government to "save" them. THAT is when the REAL communism sets in, and America as we know it dies forever.
Yes, Republicans should absolutely impeach Joe Biden, but they should do it for the most egregious of his crimes.
A look at the third mini-chapter of Murray Rothbard's absolutely essential 1974 essay, "Anatomy of the State."
Just because a majority of people vote for something, that doesn't make it good, or right. The only way to prevent this kind of "democratic" evil is to limit the powers of the Government that the people vote for.
More and more workers are striking for higher pay, because inflation has raised the costs of living. Mass strikes are a symptom of this economic turmoil, and economic turmoil often leads to political turmoil. We have to properly diagnose the problems and fix them, or else America might slide into chaotic revolution like so many countries have before.
Democrats want us all to be terrified of covid, climate change, the Russians, "white supremacists" and anything else they can think of - so they can offer their Big Government as our savior.
As The Left misuses and weaponizes the legal system, America is turning into the bureaucratic, dystopian nightmare that Terry Gilliam predicted in "Brazil."
Listeners might enjoy this brief introduction to the great 1974 essay by Murray Rothbard "Anatomy Of The State."
Climate Change is the Left's religion, and Republicans need to master the arguments against it.
Our military is having trouble finding recruits, because only PATRIOTS join the military, and our government thinks PATRIOTS are "domestic terrorists."
A long episode about a short book. "The Law" is absolutely essential reading for everybody who believes in limited government, and it should make the powerful word "plunder" your favorite weapon to add to your arguments.
Every thought in your head is put there on purpose by our "intelligence community" to keep you in line, and to keep them in power.
If Trump was smart, he would listen to this episode and repeat after me. Unfortunately, I don't see anybody else on the horizon (except maybe for Vivek Ramaswamy) who would adopt this message and save this country.
In this episode, I talk directly to the average Democrat voter, who might still labor under the mistaken notion that their Party is still the Party of Truman, JFK, Carter or even Bill Clinton.
Republicans need to go on the offensive and attack Gavin Newsom and his "California Model." One big issue I forgot to mention in this episode is the CRIME! But I've talked about this before: Democrats are Marxists, and they see criminals as members of the "Oppressed" class. That's why they are reluctant to punish them. What does that mean? It means that criminals run wild. Yet another way that Democrats destroy civilization.
I lay out a brief timeline of some of Joe Biden's alleged corruption, along with some opinions on where this all goes.
Tim Scott (Republican Senator from South Carolina and 2024 Presidential Candidate) went on The View, which was brave; but he failed to make the best and most essential argument.
The Democrat Party has a very simple business model: "Vote for us, and we'll steal from those people over there and give it to you."
America spends more on public education than almost any other country on Earth, but most of that money gets sucked up by a self-serving bureaucracy that is more interested in enriching itself, expanding itself and protecting itself from accountability rather than actually educating children.
Tucker Carlson's departure should mark the end of an era. No more cable news lies and propaganda. Let's switch our attention, and steer our friends, neighbors, co-workers and family members to the new media: Rumble, audio podcasts and other independent sources, where the TRUTH can still be found.
26 states now allow the carry of concealed handguns for personal defense without a permit. Republicans should make the argument to voters that allowing people to buy guns but then NOT allowing them to carry those guns for self-defense outside of their home is foolish. If we don't allow and encourage the GOOD use of guns, then all we'll be left with is the BAD use of guns. We'll find ourselves in a country with a well-armed criminal class, while the good people are prevented from defending themselves.
The push to indoctrinate kids into the LGBT community, like the push to convince kids that the older generations have destroyed the planet and left them with a smoldering ruin, is nothing but a Marxist tactic to enlist your kids into their Revolutionary "Army of the Oppressed."
America used to be an honest country that got rich and powerful by making stuff and selling it to other countries, but Joe Biden and the Washington "Ruling Class" now want to get ahead by BULLYING the world. The world has other plans.
Democrats are the party of an overly "energetic" Government, and they want to eliminate the most basic right of The People to fight back against it.
The disastrous American withdrawal from Afghanistan is a perfect example of the "deep state" in Washington sabotaging and undermining the plans of elected leadership, doing what THEY want, then having to ignominiously scramble at the end.
The "Boom/Bust" cycle of unsustainable good times followed by recessions or depressions is not natural. It is a result of government intervention - socialist central planning. Republicans should use any economic downturn as an opportunity to preach free markets over central planning.
Some thoughts on the ridiculously bureaucratic and expensive health care system in America, and how we can escape it.
Democrats insist that America should be more like Scandinavia, but is that even possible? And do Democrats really know the details of their mythical "Scandinavian Utopia"?
Our society is more susceptible than ever to the mass hypnosis, the mass hysteria, the "mass formation psychosis" that gives rise to totalitarianism. We need to be careful, and try to pull our friends, family members, coworkers and neighbors back from the edge of their insanity. Because if they go over the edge, history has taught us that the result can be mass murder.
The Soviet pseudo-scientist Trofim Lysenko killed millions with nothing but arrogance, the will to reject everything that came before communism, and friends in VERY high places.
Anthony Fauci funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. He funded Eco Health Alliance. We know that Eco Health Alliance wanted to modify bat coronaviruses. The US Government now admits that COVID probably leaked from the WIV, which means it was CREATED inside that lab. This is the biggest story of my lifetime, and we need to get to the bottom of it.
Americans tend to think of our economic problems as confined to America, but they have world-wide consequences that we might - very soon - start to experience.
Joe Biden's regime wants us to think they're doing a great job, but they're slowly but surely wrecking the American economy.
One tactic for winning anti-gun Democrats over to "our" side is to stop glorifying "gun culture" (at least around THEM!). Yes, guns are horrifying and can do tremendous damage to the human body, which is EXACTLY why we shouldn't hand them all over to Government.
I air my disagreement with Gene Epstein's assessment (On a recent Tom Woods podcast episode) that younger people are not getting screwed too badly by the modern American economy.
The Fair Tax, the Triffin Dilemma and consumption versus production. I should add that I forgot to mention the real downside to the "scam" that I talk about: The accumulation of more and more debt!
One of the most important reasons to keep Government small and weak is because the institutions of Government tend to attract the worst people in the world: People who salivate at the idea of bossing other people around.
Do the people who want America and Europe to get more involved in the Ukraine War really appreciate that this situation could explode into one of the events that changes the entire course of world history?
The Left's assault on "white privilege" disincentivizes the fulfillment of a parent's sacred responsibilities.
Once every nook and cranny of our Government, as well as our economy, is filled with communists, then the primary mission of every Government agency and every business will no longer be to provide us with the goods and services that we want and need. Their primary mission will be to keep the communists in power.
The intra-party battle for the Speaker of the House was a wonderful example of a few good Representatives refusing to just do what the Republican Party leaders tell them - instead laying the groundwork to actually get some important things done.
We need to explain to voters that Republicans embrace policies and ideas that WORK, while Democrats embrace policies and ideas that DON'T work. Of course, we also need to think critically and analyze our own side, so we can correct ourselves if necessary.
The simple economic idea of tradeoffs is a good way to explain to people that nothing is free, and nothing is without consequences.
The American People are tightly controlled by an "Unholy Trinity" of Big Media, The Federal Government and the Democrat Party - all working together to pick and choose which information reaches their eyes and ears. Republicans need to bypass this control mechanism and speak directly to the People.
Normal people won't realize that they're filling the Government that rules over them with ruthless communists until The Revolution comes to ruin their happy, prosperous lives; but by then it'll be too late to change anything, because they'll have filled the Government with ruthless communists - and ruthless communists don't stop and ask "I wonder if The People are actually happy with us"...
Is being "pro-union" the same as being "pro-worker"? Or do the unions make more money and get more political power when workers are unhappy, angry and suffering?
Now we know what we always suspected: The United States Federal Government CHOSE Joe Biden over Donald Trump, and used a compliant, Democrat-run Big Tech to very carefully control the flow of information that reached the eyes and ears of the American People in order to manipulate the voters into voting Democrat. It's possibly the most blatant and consequential violation of the First Amendment in this country's history. Heads should roll (literally.)
Too many people think that they're entitled to get free stuff, because, to them, work is "exploitation." But work is simply the age old process by which we secure the necessities of life, and today's modern, specialized economy has made human life better than ever in many ways.
Far too many of our fellow Americans will be suckered into supporting the stupid, destructive but all-too-seductive "solution" to sky-rocketing prices: Price controls. It's our job to talk them out of it.
Maybe the biggest problem plaguing America, and modern Man in general, is that far too many people have no meaning in their lives. When we seek that missing meaning in the worship of Government, we hand power to the most destructive force in human history.
If the Federal Government wasn't so ridiculously powerful, then nobody would really care who was in charge of it. Sensible arguments like that can win over voters who are "in the middle."
One of the lesser understood reasons for our current skyrocketing prices is the disruption of the interconnected nature of the world's economy that occurred during the covid lockdowns.
Fetterman has brain damage. Republicans shouldn't be shy about pointing that out, but the bigger issue is why Democrats want to send a man with brain damage to Washington.
The Left has turned every level and every aspect of America's legal system into a corrupt weapon for crushing their political opponents, and liberty-loving people need to fight back.
America used to be a place of abundance and prosperity, but our political leaders are turning it into a place where we'll all have to struggle for our day to day survival.
Our "leaders" think they have it all figured out, but they just might be leading us right into World War Three. And with the shocking sabotage of the Nordstream pipelines, the pace is accelerating.
Republicans want to preserve the environment FOR humanity, while Democrats want to preserve the environment AT THE EXPENSE of humanity.
Leftists tend to believe that Republicans are nothing but stupid, uneducated hill-billies and rednecks. But we're actually quite impressive. Arm yourself for a snappy comeback to the snobby elitist attacks.
Immigrants are showing up in places like Martha's Vineyard, and Democrats are shocked, because they NEVER think about what the actual, real-world consequences of their policies might be. They never think ahead.
From the slopes of Mount St. Helens, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for nearly 6,000 downloads, and let you know that I vow to continue. America is in serious trouble, and it's going to take all of us waking up and getting involved to turn things around. I'll get the video version up on Rumble as soon as I can (even though there really isn't much to see, because it was so cloudy!)
Republicans need to make every election about a battle of ideas. Democrats represent communism - centralized government control and the arbitrary dispensation of rights, and Republicans represent decentralized freedom and the universal dispensation of rights.
Governments and their Leftist worshippers refuse to assign the blame for skyrocketing prices where it really belongs: Government.
There are three factions vying for power in today's America. Which one will win the day?
Dr. Fauci should be investigated for three reasons: Did he fund the creation of COVID? Did he suppress lifesaving therapeutics that could have saved lives? Did he suppress information about the risks of the vaccines?
Too much government bureaucracy has made American food less healthy, which means we're ALL less healthy than we could be.
The Great Reset is "central planning" on a global scale. Your free will and personal liberty are roadblocks that the world-wide ruling elites must tear down in order to implement their grand and glorious plans to "save the planet."
The FBI raid on Trump's home at Mar-A-Lago is the brazen act of an Executive Branch that sees itself as all-powerful, unstoppable and totally supported by the entire Democrat Party. It's almost as if Democrats today are now "Monarchists," who believe that ONE MAN should rule over us all - as long as it's one of THEIR men.
Democrats want a cradle-to-grave Welfare State where everything is paid for by the taxpayers (which they've pretty much gotten), but they don't seem to understand that a burdensome Regulatory State just makes paying for that Welfare State more difficult. A short, slightly "wonky" episode.
If you think our Ruling Class - the "elites" who have been managing our lives, our economy and our society in general for decades - is doing a great job, then by all means keep voting for them. But if you have finally woken up and realized that all of these "experts" are actually some of the stupidest and most dangerous and most destructive people in American history, then vote MAGA. Vote for the REBELLION!
"The Left" often attacks the Republican Party as the Party of white men, but how true is that? The class of Republican candidates vying to join the House of Representatives this fall is full of women and minorities - a fact that The Left doesn't want anybody to know about.
The FBI has become a terrifyingly corrupt and fascistic weapon that the permanent, unelected, unfire-able, unaccountable Washington bureaucracy uses to protect itself and destroy its enemies. They're current alliance with the Democrat Party is just a "marriage of convenience."
When politicians propose a particular policy, voters should subject that policy to a simple test: Will the benefits of adopting this policy outweigh the costs?
Democrats, Government bureaucrats and their Media and Big Tech enablers work hard to amplify any and all policies that further empower Big Government, and silence all dissenting voices to create an illusion of consensus. But from covid, to the gender pay gap to climate change, "consensus" does NOT equal TRUTH.
People - especially kids - will be happier in the long run if they're encouraged to love themselves and accept themselves as they are, instead of being encouraged to have mad scientists transform them into someone - and something - else. That requires us to reject the "technological imperative," which is: "If it CAN be done, then it MUST be done."
Republicans need to explain to voters what, specifically, is really going on in America. The truth is that Democrats are Marxists who see criminals as oppressed "Revolutionaries" fighting back against "The Oppressors." They're against the police because the police, in their minds, are "counter-revolutionary" storm-troopers of The Oppressors.
Republican candidates can present themselves as the ones who recognize that we need a reasonable, balanced approach to problems like covid and climate change, instead of the frantic, hysterical scorched Earth tunnel-vision of the Democrat Party.
A summer of riots.
Millions of small businesses killed.
Supply chain problems.
Baby food shortages.
Skyrocketing violence.
Highest inflation in 41 years.
Lowest consumer confidence since recording began.
Outrageous gas prices.
A national coin shortage.
Thousands of cancelled flights.
On the brink of World War 3!
All of our problems are the result of arrogant governments tinkering and meddling with a society that is far too complex for them to understand it. The solution is more humility.
We just had two momentous Supreme Court rulings, and they are both related to the concept of "self ownership."
Republicans need to anticipate where the enemy will attack, and prepare to counterattack.
Businesses should live or die based on how well they do their job and please their customers, NOT on how politically connected, protected or favored they are.
The leadership of the Democrat Party knows that so-called "Universal Background Checks" won't prevent crime, but that's not the point. They don't want to stop crime, they want to stop YOU.
There are three main philosophies that motivate our politicians: The CORRECT one, the "Central Planner" and "The Plunderer." Sadly, the last two are far too dominant.
Let's solve this problem once and for all time, without infringing on anybody's liberties and without creating any potentially worse problems.
The struggle of Liberty VS Authority can also be characterized as Nationalists VS Globalists. Who should be in charge of your life? You? Or politicians and bureaucrats in some far away capital city? Or even in some other country? Why are Democrats so eager to give other people the power to boss you around?
Time sensitive! Call your Senators and Congressional Representatives and tell them to pressure Joe Biden to NOT give the W.H.O. the authority to boss Americans around!
We're governed by people who are denying certain realities of life on Earth, and when that reality re-asserts itself, millions of humans are going to die.
The never-ending struggle of humanity is Liberty versus Authority, The People versus The Rulers, The Elites versus The Peasants, The HOSTS versus The PARASITES.
The shortest episode in TLRP history! Cutting regulatory compliance costs will boost economic growth AND fight inflation by putting downward pressure on prices.
American college students are buried in debt because Big Government has been trying to "help" for decades. It should just stop.
Do you want to "Make America Great Again"? I go into what that really means, and why the parasitic American "Ruling Class" hates the MAGA movement and is determined to snuff it out.
We as a society have turned our backs on everything that makes civilization work: Property rights, law and order, work, production, sound money and most importantly, Limited Government.
Republicans (and Libertarians) understand that everything that the government does is enforced - ultimately - with violence. So when we limit government, when we limit the rules, laws, regulations and mandates, we're limiting the potential for government-sponsored violence being introduced into our lives. Democrats, on the other hand, mostly MAXIMIZE government-sponsored violence.
Welcome to the Revolution. The Democrats are communists - Marxists - and their ideology is one of continuous revolution. No matter how much "progress" they make, they always want to go further; and they'll NEVER stop, until every shred of Liberty is erased and the Government (that THEY hope to control) runs every imaginable detail of life in America.
ESG scores are ostensibly a way for individual investors to direct their personal investments towards businesses that embrace "E"nvironmental stewardship, "S"ocial justice or good "G"overnance; but they're really a mechanism for Governments and Big Corporations to STARVE their political enemies of access to capital. The result will be the transformation of the world's economy further away from capitalism and towards the centralized Government control of COMMUNISM.
This is a brief introduction to Ian Miller's book "UnMasked," in which he shows us how masks don't work to protect us from COVID or to stop its spread, and they never did. And Dr. Fauci and all of the top scientists all around the world knew that the whole time.
I've been asked "What do I carry?" So here's a quickie episode on my preferred firearms for concealed carry.
As I started to read Robert F. Kennedy Jr's book "The Real Anthony Fauci," one of the first things that jumped out at me was his mention of "regulatory capture." The last 2 years may very well have been the biggest, most expensive and most destructive example of regulatory capture in the history of humanity.
The Democrats, their Media and their allies inside the Federal Bureaucracy have been lying to us all for years, and they've done it to protect themselves from anybody (like Donald Trump) who might want to reduce their power. It should make you angry.
We are a community of people who believe in freedom, independence and self-reliance. A big part of that is being prepared for adverse events - so we don't have to crawl to government to save us. So, especially in these times, be prepared!
Have we abused our position as the issuer of the global reserve currency so much that we've killed our dollar? Is our economy a mirage, and are we about to learn a very brutal lesson as the mirage gives way and reality re-asserts itself?
6 big issues where Joe Biden's policies have created death, destruction, poverty and chaos.
We need to understand the real roots of the conflict in Ukraine, and realize that this is all part of Washington's never-ending campaign to control every corner of the planet.
Republicans and Libertarians believe in YOU. We trust you. We don't look at our fellow humans with suspicion, mistrust and fear. Democrats, on the other hand, hate you. That's why they don't want you to be free at all. They believe that you need to be controlled by your "betters" in Government.
Democrats and the Media (but I repeat myself) have told us over and over again that the 2020 election was the "free-est and fairest election in American history," but that's a total lie. There was tremendous fraud, but they just don't want to recognize it because "their guy" won.
Republicans need to offer real solutions to the problems plaguing Americans, and the biggest problem is that our government is too big, too powerful and spends too much money. To fix that, we need to be the Party that not only cuts government, but also cuts the number of people who are dependent on government.
The Left isn't interested in "truth" or "fairness" or "being reasonable," they're ruthless totalitarians who want to silence all dissent. NEVER apologize to them. NEVER give them a millimeter. Are you listening, Joe Rogan?
The real divide in the world today is The Ruling Class versus the Working Class. Useless politicians, bureaucrats who do nothing but make more rules for everyone to follow, and the Leftists who can work from their home offices and peck at keyboards all day have lost all appreciation for the people who move REAL things around in the REAL world.
Is Russia the aggressor in Ukraine? Or is it us? Why are we pushing NATO east towards Russia? What's better for the American PEOPLE: War, or Peace? Who does Joe Biden serve: The Washington Ruling Class, or the American People?
Republicans need to attack the Democrat Party's devotion to protecting an inefficient, uneconomical, overly-bureaucratic (and often just plain terrible) government monopoly on educating children from healthy, beneficial competition.
Republicans need to go after the Black vote by offering up real solutions to the problems that plague America's once great cities. We can save our cities, and at the same time save thousands of lives - and save our country.
The general public usually sees Republicans as "better for the economy," but what are the actual policies that make that true? Or maybe the better question is: How do Democrats wreck economies?
Liberty is the pinnacle of morality. It's not bad and it's not selfish. Democrat collectivists and their Political Ruling Class, in their pursuit of omnipotence, want us to believe the opposite - so we'll lie down and do what we're told. The real "virus" that they're trying to "eradicate" is LIBERTY itself.
Democrats no longer believe in the traditional relationship between citizens and government, where citizens pay taxes and - in return - government provides those citizens with certain services. They've thrown all of that out the window to focus on Quixotic, messianic fantasies of fighting vague, undefinable, unsolvable "problems" like "systemic racism," "income inequality," and "climate change." The problems of the REAL world, like potholes that need to be filled, don't matter anymore.
If covid isn't really that big a deal, then there's no money or power to be gained; so the Media, the Government and the Pharmaceutical Industry all want this pandemic to be as big and as bad as possible. The more people die, the bigger the "crisis"; and the bigger the crisis, the bigger the pretext for taking more of our money and increasing their power over our lives. They want us to DIE.
A small group of dedicated, motivated Republicans flipped Virginia Red by fighting street to street and house to house. The same model can be used in ANY state.
The 2nd Amendment is the key to securing our natural rights to Life, Liberty and Property, but it's also the only thing standing between The People and all of the atrocities of history that are perpetrated by Government.
Why, and how, we should all defend Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis at every opportunity.
Democrats, the Government and the Media (but I repeat myself) all tell us that "the way out of the pandemic is mass vaccination," but if that was true, as vaccination rates go up, cases would go down. So why isn't that happening?
After every "mass shooting" (except any that happen exclusively among inner-city black people), Democrats trot out their list of "solutions" - none of which, of course, would actually "solve" anything. So what is their REAL agenda?
Unlike the private sector, in which humans can only succeed by solving our problems, Government has the exact opposite incentive: To NEVER solve any of our problems.
America is supposed to be a place where everyone has basic, natural rights; but Democrats want to "fundamentally transform" America into a place where THEY get to pick and choose who gets rights. And if they had their way, people like Kyle Rittenhouse would get NONE.
Democrats love to tax corporations. Why? Because they're a weirdo cult of government-worshipping religious fanatics who deserve to be mocked and ridiculed.
If I say that the best Republican is a "libertarian," should I say that the ideal libertarian is really an "anarchist"? Oh we're going there! Come "off-roading" with me!
Five big ways that Democrats (mostly) are wrecking our economy and causing our supply chain problems:
1 - Covid lockdowns and restrictions
2 - Paying people to NOT work
3 - Massive government spending
4 - The "war on fossil fuels"
5 - Vaccine mandates
In this episode, I try my best to explain the libertarian Austrian School's theory of the business cycle; and since I forgot to actually say the words "End The Fed," I decided to make that the title!
Why, specifically, does "Obamacare" suck? I go into some (not all) of the nuts and bolts regarding why Obamacare just makes all of our health care problems worse.
We can all agree that monopolies are bad, but Democrats seem to throw that bit of basic common sense out the window as soon as it's a government monopoly. Knock it off, Democrats!
The larger any organization (a family, a business or a country) becomes, the worse the "calculation" problem becomes, and the harder it is for its leaders to be responsive and accountable. In America, today's Leftists seem to think it's a great idea to give the people farthest away from you the most power.
More of my thoughts on covid. Covid is real, and it's dangerous, but the dangers it poses to humanity pale in comparison to the dangers of totalitarian governments.
The entire economic philosophy of the Democrat Party is this: "Things like health care and college tuition are too expensive for you? Fine. We'll just get SOMEBODY ELSE to pay for it!"
Fredric Bastiat should be a household name among Republicans. His book "The Law" is a must read, and his essay about the "seen and the unseen" leads us to ask about what our lives might be like if the government didn't take so much of our money.
The Democrat Party is fomenting a genuine, and very serious, communist revolution here in the United States of America. They are building a coalition of "The Oppressed" who will eventually outnumber the productive class - which will be declared "Oppressors". Once they achieve numerical superiority, the Democrats will take full control, and take EVERYTHING from the "Oppressors." The Ruling Class will consume every dime, nationalize the economy, and then America will collapse like the Soviet Union.
The minimum wage is an arbitrary intrusion into the relationship between workers and their employers. It arbitrarily raises the price (wages are prices) of workers, which decreases the demand for those workers. Some of the results are inflation (higher prices for everything) and more unemployment. Republicans need to point out that this law might sound good at first, but it's really destructive and anti-worker.
The Republican Party is the Party of the "American Dream". We want immigrants to come to America and be successful, independent and self-sufficient. The Democrats want to tax and regulate everybody into poverty and dependence. They want more immigrants simply so they'll have more subjects to RULE.
Democrats want to force all of us to follow their "central plan" of switching to wind and solar, but they refuse to do any kind of cost/benefit analysis. What benefits will we see? What will the costs be? Is green energy even that "green"?
Here is one quick little argument for why we should keep government as small as possible.
We often say that the Democrat Party has become the Communist Party, but what does that really mean? What is communism? What kind of system does that word describe, and how are the Democrats turning America into that kind of system? We need to be able to back up our accusations with good, clear arguments.
America is becoming more and more unsustainable by the day, with more and more people taking money out of the "pot" and fewer and fewer people putting money in; and everything the Democrats do makes it worse. Please share, and review TLRP on iTunes to help the podcast show up in searches. Thanks!
There is a LOT to be said about Bitcoin, and I merely scratch the surface here; but Bitcoin is a way to escape the government's mis-managed monetary system, as well as constrain the size and power of government. It's also a way to quickly, securely and cheaply exchange with anybody else on Earth. Bitcoin is THE FUTURE!
The response to Covid by governments all over the world have generally followed a foolish "central planning" template, where 1 solution is imposed on all of us from the top down. Democrats tell us that "freedom is selfish," but our response should be that not only is freedom a much more moral and less arrogant approach, freedom is actually a more efficient and effective mechanism for solving problems, because it allows for competition among solutions.
Republicans dwell in a contradiction: We believe that government should be small and limited, because we understand that it has grown to be a self-serving beast dedicated mainly to its own power, wealth and expansion; and yet we seldom apply that same criticism to the biggest, most expensive and most destructive part of government: The Military.
The conversation around "Back The Blue" is a great opportunity for Republicans to talk about how destructive Democrat "rule" is and how the Democrats are using police as the scapegoat for their own failed governing philosophy. It's also a time for Republicans to talk about the proper role of Government itself, and how the powers of the police can be, as George Washington said of government, "a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
Free market capitalism is a vastly better concept around which to organize a society than socialism, which is really just centralized government control. Each individual has the power in a capitalistic system and their incentives are to serve their fellow man, where socialism gives all of the power to a parasitic political class with an incentive to avoid accountability.
Republicans need to be the party of The Individual, and provide voters with a stark contrast to the Democrats, who are the party of The Collective. Democrats will happily crush individual rights, as long as they can say it's "for the greater good."
Here is one quick fix for America's health care system that we, as Republicans, can rally around and propose: Abolish the FDA's monopoly on testing and approving drugs, devices and procedures. Monopolies are bad, right?
I'm merely a "layman," not a PhD or even an economist, but in this episode I do my best to describe "the knowledge problem." In order to advocate for free markets and limited government, we have to really understand how free markets work and why they're better and more efficient that government "central planning."
In this episode I talk about some of the books that I read that changed my life:
Rothbard's "What Has Government Done To Our Money"
Woods' "Meltdown"
Locke's "Second Treatise On Government"
Mises' "Economic Calculation In The Socialist Commonwealth"
Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson"
Rothbard's "America's Great Depression"
Bastiat's "The Law"
Veryser's "It Didn't Have To Be This Way"
Enjoy!
This is my "Origin Story" - how I learned that the people in charge are morons during the Financial Crisis of 2008. They told us it was "unregulated capitalism," but it was really just misguided economic meddling by the morons in charge.
In this episode I talk about the 4th of July and what the central theme of America's founding was.
The first episode of the new Libertarian Republican Podcast! In this episode, I (Chris) talk about my hopes and dreams for helping Republicans to better focus on the core philosophy of what it really means to be a Republican. Decentralization is the goal, and a more small "L" libertarian attitude will help us to win arguments, and win elections.