Ep. 412 Evaluating the SoHo Immigration Debate and Malice on Darkhorse
Adam Haman returns, this time for a 2fer. First he and Bob discuss the recent SoHo Forum debate on immigration between Dave Smith and Alex Nowrasteh. Then they discuss Michael Malice’s recent appearance on Bret Weinstein’s DarkHorse podcast to talk about egalitarianism and anarchy. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of…
Ep. 260 What If Private Property Owners Mimicked Policies of the State?
Due to listener request, Bob explains why a legitimate owner has the right to set policies that would be immoral for the State to implement, and why in practice private owners would be much less likely to do so. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s essays on Private Law and Private Defense.…
Ep. 36 Even An-Caps Sometimes Give the State Too Much Credit
Bob goes solo to point out a common fallacy among even self-described anarcho-capitalists, when they blame a social problem on “too little government.” For example, in standard arguments over drug prohibition, sometimes libertarians will argue, “A drug dealer can’t call the cops if he gets robbed, so this leads to more violence in the industry.”…