16 episodes
That Word! I do not think it means what you think it means. The Fairness & Freedom Friends Foundation
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In anticipation of our widely acclaimed book, Shimon and Matthew are taking to the podwaves to delve into the meaning and lack of understanding of words and the amount of division that comes about through misunderstanding each other.
Really we are just a couple of guys who disagree a lot trying to make sense of the world.
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Immigration! What is a nation, what's a border, and why
In which we discuss immigration- and all the crises and problems on both sides of any border that would make 'immigration' a problematic issue, including refugees, economic collapse, spies, welfare states, freedom, and tyranny
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Jobs, Wages and Unemployment
Are people incentivized- or disincentivized- to work? By a higher minimum wage, or by a UBI? What does that do to a business's ability to survive and hire people - or to an economy or country, to even the value of a dollar? We disagree about all sorts of things wrt wages, governments, and freedoms, although we agree that most of our leaders should be catapulted into the ocean.
Eric Weinstein article referenced in the show https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26756 -
Green passports and Liberty
In Which We Discuss... What are the risks to society of removing a large chunk of society... from society? Is it worth it to avoid the risks of... not removing them from society, if they're unvaccinated? What assumptions are wrapped up in each stage of that?
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Perpetual outrage and self censorship
We discuss the Campus Expression Survey from Heterodox Academy, general issues of self-censorship, the below article and more.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-perpetual-outrage-machine-churns-on-11615214342?st=ex297r5ny45uc2n&reflink=article_gmail_share
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What's this Clubhouse thing
In which we learn about Clubhouse, discuss what is a 'scientific consensus, a political consensus, what it means to be outside the consensus, whether we're all being gaslit if we don't get to hear whoever's rocking the boat and whether rich people should openly become aristocrats with responsibilities...
This episode was recorded back in February but wasn't published for some reason -
UBI Vs. Child Tax Credits
In which we start out discuss proposals by Biden and Romney for a 'Children's UBI', explore the bigger idea and implications of a Universal Basic Income for everyone, entertain the likelihood of anything being implemented by a government competently ever, and circle back to what it would take to empower and raise up everybody out of poverty and towards self-sufficiency and informed citizenship, or some such ideal...
Here is an article for reference
https://www.wsj.com/articles/universal-basic-income-could-be-coming-for-kids-11613574528?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1
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