Citizen, Not Serf: Recent Episodes
John Bunch
Libertarian podcast. Austrian economics, Hayek, Gottfried, Mises, Rothbard. Individual freedom. On this podcast I discuss economics, politics, and foreign policy. Twitter: TheRealGOP
On this episode I discuss the Hamas terror attacks and the failure of major libertarians to condemn terrorism.
On this podcast I discuss the book Socialism Sucks, Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World, by Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell. Travel to failed socialist states and learn valuable lessons.
On this episode I discuss Martin Gurri's essay on woke identity politics and what it means. We are living in a "graveyard of ideologies."
On part two of the podcast I discuss the American Revolution, borders, and the Great Reset.
On this podcast I discuss Minnesota woke craziness, Martin Gurri's book The Revolt of the Public, and are Democrats communists (part 1 of 2)
On this podcast I discuss Ukraine, SVB bank and bailouts for Democrat donors, FTX, woke, and why libertarians should be optimistic.
On this podcast episode I review John Tamny's new book, The Money Confusion. Myths about money and currency abound. I clear them up here.
A rant against Borg-like hatred toward Russians. Why we should not trust US media on the Ukraine war.
On this podcast I discuss Ukraine and the dangers of nuclear war. The US war state cynically created this war and wants it to continue.
The FBI raid on Trump's estate shows us what the modern American state is. Lessons to learn and a full discussion.
On this podcast I discuss the decay of modern liberalism based on two articles I read recently. What are the implications?
There was a recent controversy in the Libertarian Party about a clause condemning racism. My discussion of that here.
On this episode I do a deep dive on the Democrat Party and discuss what "our democracy" really means.
On this episode I summarize the disaster that was Covid lockdowns and mask mandates. Society won't recover soon from this debacle.
On this podcast I discuss the failing state, school shootings, public disorder vs private order, Ukraine, Irish anarchism, and what the Davos elites really want.
On this podcast episode I discuss current events in Ukraine and the potential for a wider war.
On this on this podcast I discuss an essay by John Tamny on bitcoin, gold, and inflation. What is inflation? What is bitcoin? And why is gold the best currency?
On this episode I dive into the writing of Austrian Economics exponent and investment banker John Tamny. Tamny blows up a lot of myths of economics and explains how things really work.
I review Murray Rothbard's book, For a New Liberty, and how a libertarian society can be possible, with no state.
On this episode I talk about banning Russian vodka, Ukraine - what we can believe and what we can't, how the DC establishment loves war, and what we can think of all this.
On this episode I return and discuss Canada's turn to liberal fascism. This is a great teachable moment on what the state is.
I discuss the YouTube debate between Ayn Rand objectivist Yaron Brook and Marxist professor Richard Wolff. My takedown of the Marxist wolf.
I discuss Curtis Yarvin's concept of The Cathedral. What is it? Why is it relevant? Let's talk red pills and deep states. Let's talk about why the Trump Revolution failed but why the establishment also can't win.
On this podcast I rant about current events, supply chain woes, Paul Gottfried, woke "religion," the Pillage Party, and the decline of the rule of law. Enjoy!
On this podcast I go through Frederic Bastiat's top 25 quotes and how they apply to today.
I discuss John Tamny's review of Even Osno's book Wildland. Is America a land of Ayn Rand slashing of government and Koch Brothers puppet masters, or is that a myth? Several leftist myths of economics exposed.
On this episode I review Professor Gerard Casey's book Libertarian Anarchy, and why we don't need the state.
I discuss Charles Peralo's Esaay, "Something Libertarians Must Admit: Murray Rothbard Sucked".
On this episode I discuss Yaron Brook's recent debate with leftist Sam Seder. Yaron Brook is an Objectivist. It was an interesting debate and I provide my thoughts.
On this podcast I review Carol Roth's new book The War on Small Business, how government tried to crush small businesses in America in 2020.
On this podcast I use an Austro-Libertarian framework to understand what's going on in Cuba, the debate about the embargo, and Jeff Bezos in space. I also take on the Bernie Bros.
On this episode I review the movies The Hunt, and Richard Jewell, as well as the book You Have a Right to Remain Innocent, by professor James Duane. Advice on dealing with the police.
On this podcast episode, I talk about what Ron Paul calls the empire of lies, how the corporate media and the government tell us lie after lie. This is an antidote to that.
And this podcast I discuss John Tamny's recent article entitled A tax on Jeff Bezos is a tax on all of us.
On this podcast I dissect Joe Biden's incredibly dumb F15s and nukes comment. Would the ruling class statists use nukes in a civil war?
On this episode I discuss Hans-Hermann Hoppe's new book Getting Libertarianism Right. Right- Libertarians, borders, the state, and the way forward.
On this podcast I discuss Joe Biden's meeting with Putin, the nature of the state, cryptocurrency, the Fauci mails, Covid "noble lies," and monetary inflation.
On this podcast I discuss the current Mideast crisis and my thoughts on the Middle East, and what America's role there should be.
Austrian economics, 100 days of Biden, the CDC on masks, inflation, and Niall Ferguson on pandemics.
May 1 is the international day of the worker, Comrades. On this episode I discuss equity and socialism and which policies really help the poor and the workers.
On this podcast I describe the current woke "jihad" in America, also known as racial grievance politics, also known as social justice, also known as identity politics. What it is, theories on it, and what we can do about it.
On this podcast I describe the current crisis in public policing and how a free market would solve this problem.
On this podcast I talk about The Rothbard Reader, a book I recently picked up. Rothbart in the 1970s made a lot of really interesting predictions that turned out to be true. We talk about the state and anarcho-capitalism here.
One year after the pandemic began we can reassess. Lockdowns have been a disaster. Democrat governors are being recalled. Policymakers totally failed. I give you my top ten takeaways one year after Covid-19 began.
I discuss an alt-right libertarian book and what I like and don't like in it. I also discuss Michael Malice on Joe Biden, and on the media, Martin Gurri, and my Joker review.
What was the US Civil War about? Was it about slavery? Or was it about state power and money and taxes? I discuss Dominic Frisby's book Daylight Robbery, and what he thinks. (Also see Episode 122, The US Civil War Reconsidered).
The mask of politics is slipping to reveal the core of the ideology, which is power. On this episode I discuss current events, the ruling elites, and how to de-politicize your life.
On this episode I discuss typical arguments against libertarianism and the counter- arguments to them.
We hear the term fascism bandied about. But what is it really? on this podcast I discuss the history of fascism going back to Italy in the 1920s and what the term really means.
On this episode I discuss the election of Joe Biden and recent events in America. I provide a framework for looking at what's going on in modern America, from a libertarian perspective.
On this podcast I discussed Murray Rothbard' book, Anatomy of the State. Learn what the state is and what it isn't. Particularly in light of current events.
On this podcast I discuss 12 basic assumptions of Austrian economics, particularly in Ludwig von Mises's book Human Action.
On this podcast I discuss the disastrous lockdowns, based on an essay written by professor Bhattacharya of Stanford Medical School. The lockdowns are a disaster.
On this podcast I take a few themes from Frederick Hayek great book The Road to Serfdom and I discuss them in the context of our present situation.
We all know that central planning fails. Coronavirus lockdowns are central planning, and inevitably are failing. I discuss this on this podcast.
On this podcast I discuss Friedrich Hayek's great book The Road to Serfdom, in light of current American political developments and the supposed Biden win.
On this podcast I discussed my final thoughts before the presidential election. I discussed Hayek, the coronavirus, lockdowns, and Biden vs. Trump.
What would Murray Rothbard have thought of Donald Trump? On this podcast I discuss paleo-libertarianism, or right-wing libertarianism, aka right wing populism. I discuss the Trump administration and Trump's achievements.
On this podcast episode I discuss gun control, government guns, and an essay on the subject by Professor George Reisman.
On this podcast I describe a 1986 trip I made to East Berlin, where I saw a real communism. I provide some film suggestions for understanding East Germany, and I compare communism to the lockdowns.
On this podcast I discuss how race is being weaponized by the Left in the United States, an how the original Austrian Economists and libertarians viewed race and racism.
The governmental and media "panic porn" on Covid-19 is failing and the truth is coming out. I discuss this on the podcast.
On this podcast I discuss woke corporations, and how corporate ideology dovetails perfectly with leftist ideology.
On this podcast I describe a recent YouTube debate among Libertarians on which presidential candidate to support. I discuss the debate itself and my thoughts on it.
On this podcast I discuss how modern liberalism is a pseudo aristocracy, a revolt against the average American and against the middle class.
I discuss ten observations I have on our current chaos and what it means, from a Misesian and Randian point of view.
Should we trust modern intellectuals? On this podcast i discuss the history of western intellectuals beginning with the French Revolution.
On this podcast I described how Austrian economists like Friedrich Hayek thought of the term social justice. What does the term mean and what does it imply?
Is the current protest movement, rioting, looting, and burning a communist revolution? Or is it an attempt by the ruling class to regain control? I discuss that on this podcast.
On this podcast I discuss the ongoing coup attempts in the United States, the new US color revolution, the Seattle CHAZ, and the social justice woke revolution.
Confederate statues are being toppled all over America, and even some Union ones. On this podcast I discuss the American Civil War and some largely unknown facts about it and about the Yankee North.
How similar is the USA to the Soviet Union? Will it also collapse? Will secession happen? What about the "woke" cultural revolution? I discuss these issues and offer analysis and personal suggestions.
On this episode I describe how Ayn Rand would view today's looting and riots. The riots and looting have brought out my inner Ayn Rand, as Dave Smith put it.
On this podcast episode I discuss the chaos in American cities, the Democrat Party, the elites, the media, and my take on all the chaos.
I report from Minneapolis on the increasing chaos in American cities and my thoughts on it.
On this podcast I discuss the latest case fatality rates given out by the CDC, how the experts got the lockdowns wrong, and what's going to happen moving forward.
On this podcast episode I translate an interview of European virology expert Professor Sucharit Bhakdi.
On this podcast episode I discuss failures of government in the United States, particularly the Center for Disease Control, and the failure of the credentialed class in the United States.
On this episode, I discuss the different ways that socioeconomic classes in the United States have responded to the crisis. I use Austrian and libertarian class analysis in doing so.
On the second part of this podcast I continue to discuss whether we libertarians are overreacting to lockdowns.
On this podcast episode I discuss a piece in the American Conservative, claiming that people on the right are overreacting thing to mask requirements and lockdowns.
On this podcast episode I discuss the facts and data of lockdowns. Sweden, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore did not do lockdowns. Many countries like the US did. Let's compare the data and the facts and see which policy works better.
I listen to German Professor Sucharit Bhakdi's recent discussion of coronavirus and the worldwide lockdowns. I summarized his German comments in English here.
On this podcast I discuss the police state lockdowns, the Constitution, and why liberals seem to love China so much. (The end of this podcast episode was interrupted due to a technical reason, so it continues on the next episode).
In this time of massive government and lockdowns and government overreach, it's important to know your rights as an American. Here I discuss the US Constitution's Bill of Rights.
On this episode I continue to discuss the c
Cloward-Piven strategy of using the welfare state to collapse capitalism.
On this podcast I described the Cloward-Piven strategy of overwhelming the welfare system with the goal of destroying capitalism and creating top-down socialism.
On this podcast episode I listen to a full left-wing podcast called Loud and Clear, and I give you my thoughts on it here. What are the things I agreed with and what are the things I disagreed with.
On this podcast episode I discuss the book The Freedom Model of Addiction. This book was written by libertarians and is an interesting take on alcohol and drug addiction and recovery.
On this podcast episode I review the new Netflix show, Waco. My thoughts on the show and what it means politically.
I attended the Patriots in Minnesota, liberate Minnesota rally in front of the governor's mansion on Friday. I described that here, as well as my thoughts on the Coronavirus situation and the lockdowns.
On this podcast, I discuss professor Deirdre McCloskey's book Why Liberalism Works. How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More Equal, Prosperous World for All.
On this podcast I discuss reasons why we shouldn't trust the corporate media in the United States. CNN, the New York Times, The Washington Post.
on this episode I continue to discuss Eric von Kuehnert-Lehdhin's book Leftism, particularly as it applies to the United States in the 20th century.
On this podcast I review Eric von Kuehnelt-Leddihn's book, Leftism, from deSade to Hitler and Marcuse. Part 1
On this podcast I bring you the latest coronavirus news from a liberty point of view. I discuss Stanford professor John Ionnides and his predictions on the virus fatality rate.
On this podcast episode I discuss French libertarian thinker Frederic Bastiat. Bastiat is one of the most important libertarian thinkers.
The coronavirus and the police state response has had a lot of negatives. But there is a silver lining, and I discuss on this podcast the positive things that are going to come out of the crisis.
On this podcast I bring you the latest developments in the coronavirus situation, the government lockdowns, and the economic fallout. From a Libertarian point of view.
On this podcast I discuss how a purely libertarian society would deal with virus crises. A Libertarian society would produce true diversity, competition, and be far less statist and in-debt. And more effective.
On this episode I continue my discussion of Ron Paul's book The Revolution, discussing Ron Paul's view of the Federal reserve system, the Fed.
On this podcast I discuss what we Libertarians can do to educate ourselves and others during times of government lockdown. Think of this as your liberty toolkit.
On this episode I discuss the Marxist idea that the capitalist class controls the state. Is this correct? I ask some critical questions.
On this podcast I discuss Eammon Butler's book, Hayek. Hayek is one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century and a defender of individual freedom and the market.
On this podcast I discuss where we stand in our fight against the coronavirus and the state's increasingly "fascist" response.
On this podcast I discuss the coronavirus and the unconstitutional power grab by the US government.
On the second part of this podcast, I continue my discussion of the coronavirus situation and government overreaction and media moral panic.
On this podcast I discuss Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore and his view on climate change.
Why do the elites and wealthy in the US favor Democrats? One thesis is that Democrat policies of identity politics prevent majorities forming that would confront the elites' wealth and power. I discuss Christopher Caldwell's book The Age of Entitlement.
On this podcast I describe how the Left went from being in favor of free speech and individual rights, to being the establishment, in favor of censorship and a police state.
On this podcast episode I discuss neo-Marxism, cultural Marxism, the Frankfurt School, and Critical Theory. Where does cultural Marxism come from? Gramsci, Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Alinsky. (Some mature themes).
On this podcast episode I describe how socialism produces extreme income inequality. I discuss the Soviet Union, Cuba and Venezuela.
On this podcast episode I discuss Wolfgang Schivelbusch's book Three New Deals, Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933 to 1939. How "fascist" was the New Deal?
On this episode I discuss Thomas Sowell's book, Civil Rights, Rhetoric or Reality? Does political activism help ethnic groups or does it hinder them?
On this podcast I discuss Prof. Ryzard Legutko's book, The Demon in Democracy, in which he compares modern liberalism to Communism. What is the source of political correctness and liberal coercion?
On this podcast I discuss the FBI, the Deep State, how the FBI protects Democrats, and how the FBI fears Bernie Sanders more than Donald Trump. Based on an article by professor Angelo Codevilla.
On this episode I talk about so-called neo-liberalism, the Reagan Revolution and Reaganomics, the Thatcher Revolution in Britain, and Chile. Did Neo-liberalism impoverish the average person?
I visited the Soviet empire in 1986. I describe what I saw there and I contrast this with Bernie Sanders' take on his trip to the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
On this podcast I discuss Ludwig von Mises's book Socialism, and his critique of Karl Marx and Marxism.
On this podcast I continue to discuss Ludwig von Mises's book, Socialism. This is part 2.
On this episode, I discuss Ludwig von Mises's 1920 book, Socialism. Part 1. (Part 2 to follow).
On this podcast I discuss the term "neo-liberal." What does it mean and are there differences between neo-liberals and libertarians? I use The Economist magazine to illustrate the difference.
I discuss Ludwig von Mises's 1956 book The Anti-Capitalist Mentality. Also Thomas Delorenzo's book How Capitalism Saved America. Why do so many intellectuals dislike capitalism? Let's discuss.
On this podcast episode I discuss the Left, leftism, the many contradictions of leftism, Karl Marx, violence, centralized control, and why I don't like the left.
Should libertarians support open borders and mass immigration? I discuss both sides of this issue and which side I prefer.
On this podcast I discuss Tim Price's book Investing Through the Looking-Glass. Mainstream economics fails while Austrian Economics succeeds.
On this podcast I discussed James Otteson's book The End of Socialism, and the Day Two problem. One of the biggest Achilles heel's of socialism is that socialists ignore production.
On this podcast I use a meme from the internet to discuss the private sector versus the public sector.
on this podcast I discuss Fred Siegel's book, "The Revolt Against the Masses. How liberalism has undermined the middle class."
On this podcast I discuss libertarian thinker Hans-Hermann Hoppe and critique of the state. I discuss his book, Democracy, The god That Failed as well as other ideas from Hoppe.
On this episode I discuss the Wall Street Journal essay The iPhone Isn't Made in China. It's Made Everywhere. Understanding global trade and capitalism by looking at one product.
On this podcast I discuss criminal justice reform, Swedish smoking, reasons Trump will win in 2020, socialism in Britain, Democrat political corruption, the Davos elites, Liz Warren's "fascism," and Christopher Caldwell's new book.
On this episode I discuss Prof. George Reisman's essay, Contemporary Education's Racist Road to Serfdom. Can Western Civilization be saved? Should it be?
On this podcast episode I discuss Charles Peralto's essay on Murray Rothbard. Is Rothbard overrated by the liberty movement? Were Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand underrated.
On this episode, I discuss "Red Tories" - voters who are socially conservative and economically liberal, in the context of F.H. Buckley's book The Republican Workers' Party. Trump voters. Brexit voters. The yellow vests in France. We libertarians should ally with them.
On this podcast episode I discuss immigration, borders, open immigration and the various different libertarian views on this subject.
On this podcast I discuss rich union members, the Middle East, corrupt Democrats, the EPA, the public schools, regionalism and secession, Hegel, and "the bourgeois script" for the poor.
In this episode I discussed the Fabian Society, the early Fabians, and why the Fabians are relevant in modern America.
A discussion of billionaires, capitalism, and socialist economic illiteracy. I discuss George Reisman's short essay on the 1%, the billionaires.
On this episode I discuss Tim Price's book Investing Through the Looking Glass and his view of the stock market.
Is the current US system based on fascism? What is fascism? I discuss this based on Prof. Gerard Casey's book Freedom's Progress, a History of Political Thought.
I discuss current US foreign policy and American empire. WikiLeaks, The Afghanistan Papers, Iran.
I discuss the irrationalism of the modern Left. Ayn Rand predicted this. Men are women, capitalism impoverishes, and some races are evil and some are good. These are some of the irrational ideas on the modern Left.
On this podcast I discuss how terms like capitalism, socialism, communism, fascism, and Nazism are used and misused. Getting terminology straight is important.
I discuss Arthur Herman's book, 1917. Wilson and Lenin. These two men had a devastating effect on the world. Both were Hegelians. I discuss the book.
I discuss Putin and Russia. I use Prof. Stephen Cohen's book War With Russia? to discuss lies told by the US Establishment about Putin and Russia.
I discuss some doubts I have about an anarcho-capitalist society that has no government, or private government. These questions are from a minarchist point of view.
I discuss a big picture of the DNC, FBI, CIA, establishment attempts to bring down Donald Trump.
I discuss Tim Price's book Investing Through The Looking Glass, and the role of the Fed and central banking in the finance system.
I continue to discuss Tim Price's book Investing Through the Looking Glass. I discuss that banking sector and how banks have screwed up the financial sector, in association with government.
I discuss the concept of "Social Justice,"from a libertarian perspective. (note: the end of the podcast was cut off due to an error. But I had at that point said what I intended to).
I discuss Tim Price's Book, Investing Through the Looking Glass, and his chapter on the bond market. How government is screwing up this market.
On this podcast I discuss typical objections to libertarian ideas and I debunk them. From taxes to roads to national defense.
I discuss how the US elites have failed and what we can do. I discuss Hans Hoppe and Austrian class theory, and Tucker Carlson's, and Anthony Codevilla's books on the US ruling class.
Murray Rothbard, What Has Government Done to Our Money? I discuss the book, central banking, and inflation, from an Austrian Economics point of view.
I discuss Fred Siegel's book Revolt Against The Masses, and the modern Democrat Party from 1968 to today.
I discuss Fred Siegel's book Revolt Against The Masses, and the modern Democrat Party from 1968 to today.
The 1986 Soviet nuclear disaster. I discuss the HBO miniseries and my thoughts on the USSR.
The Revolt Against The Masses, by Fred Siegel. Liberalism as an elitist, anti-masses movement.
Who was Karl Marx? And what is Marxism? Austrian economics critiques one of the most influential philosophers.
Marc Leibovich wrote an insider account of how Washington DC works, and how the corporate-media "Club" coopts everything. Learn how DC really works.