Freedom Sold Here: Recent Episodes
Matthew Gressett and Samuel Lemire
Well reasoned and respectful political philosophy from a conservative/libertarian/communitarian point of view. Discussion of random things from multiple points of view but with support for our preferred views. Direct comments, questions, concerns, or confessions to americanphilosophers@gmail.com.
Matthew and Samuel sit around a campfire and discuss some controversial opinions that they hold, both serious and light-hearted. Timestamps:1:20 - Voting7:22 - Alcohol13:20 - Monarchy20:25 - The Worst Brain Fart Matthew has probably ever had on the podcast22:15 - Fridge Doors and Manual Transmissions 29:25 - Is Water Wet34:15 - Pluralism37:45 - Lying About Height41:10 - Learn to Start a Fire43:12 - Starting Wildfires45:35 - Conservatives and the Environment47:31 - Digging Holes--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/freedom-sold-here/message
This is the second and larger part of our interview with Thomas from Republic of Morality. We discuss some European elections, then move to the bread and butter of Thomas' current sphere of thought. We also talk about what small-scale communities could look like, and probably spend more time talking about that than we should have.
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This is the first part of our discussion with Thomas, a returning guest. In this part we discuss Haitian and Cuban politics, and some of the explanations and implications of the liberal response.
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We take the Political Values Test, developed by Samuel and Anacreon. We briefly go through a range of topics, from consent of the governed to separation of church and state.
The test is at politicalvaluescompass.pythonanywhere.com.
Included is a formal introduction to the structure of the Values Compass and its terms.
It now plots you on color coded quadrants, and displays current data on other's results.
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We have on Thomas from Republic of Morality to discuss what Traditionalism is and how it fits into the modern world. If you want to learn more about the surprising alliance that could be formed between libertarians and traditionalists, check out Thomas's Instagram page @republic.of.morality.
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This episode we have on our second guest, Anacreon, to discuss his new political compass, social stagnation, and a slew of branching topics. If you have any interest in living in a society, or want to know how fascism is progressive, go follow Anacreon on Instagram @totallynotanacreon. (We got scared when he mentioned surplus value, but trust us, he's not a commie). If you would like to take Anacreon's new political compass, the link is: politicalvaluescompass.pythonanywhere.com/.
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We interviewed five people at the Walk for Life in Charlottesville, VA.
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[Warning: Bad Audio, consider the Anacreon Guest Episode or further] We bring our first guest onto the podcast, asking Conservatarian American about where the Republican Party is going, third party votes, what natural/negative rights are, and talk about the account he runs on Instagram. Consider following @conservatarian.american on Instagram for a mix of news, memes, and original infographics about various political issues. This is the second of two parts with Conservatarian.
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[Warning: Bad Audio, consider the Anacreon Guest Episode or further] We bring our first guest onto the podcast, asking Conservatarian American about where the Republican Party is going, third party votes, what natural/negative rights are, and talk about the account he runs on Instagram. Consider following @conservatarian.american on Instagram for a mix of news, memes, and original infographics about various political issues. This is the first of two parts with Conservatarian.
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[Warning: Bad Audio, consider the Anacreon Guest Episode or further] First, we discuss the Game Stop stock situation. Then we take the Myers-Briggs test. Finally, we take a closer look at short selling and the broader ramifications of the Game Stop episode. Note: Most of the test questions were cut to save time, due to the syncing issues.
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We comment on the inauguration and some of Biden's executive orders, take a very short quiz on American history and politics, and discuss the subject of corruption in politicians.
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The seven questions that were cut from Episode 1 to save time have been compiled in this bonus episode. Have fun listening to the questions from the bottom of the barrel!
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[Warning: Bad Audio, consider the Anacreon Guest Episode or further] We briefly discuss the DC Riots and then take the Political Compass test with discussion of the questions. Several questions are cut to keep the length down, but they have been released as a bonus episode. (Note: this is the old compass test, not the new and different one.)
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