This week Shane and Jonathan were once again joined by Dr. Joe Buchman to discuss the non-aggression plank of the Libertarian Party platform as well as the libertarian principle of non-aggression. The discussion covered what non-aggression meant to each of the participants, how it might apply to the recent heath insurance mandates, how it applies to our treatment of animals, how it applies to foreign policy, and how it might possibly apply to contact with extra-terrestrials. There is no other libertarian podcast that covers this topic like The libertarian Dime. Also of note, when Shane wanted to make clear that Dr. Joe’s statement on healthcare wasn’t a “screw the poor” stance, Dr. Joe got riled up and explained passionately how deeply he cares about helping the poor, and he simply rejects the big government hammer being used now.
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I listened with much amusement today to this old podcast. What struck me as funny was when the Non-aggression discussion took a turn down tin-foil-hatville, towards horse rights and vegetarian space aliens. The contrast with your hostile, dismissive tone showed to the Intelligent Design guest we spoke of before was very telling. When the fellow presented the idea that there was a huge amount of solid evidence for extraterrestial life, you showed no skepticism whatsoever. lol. When he described a place where an alledgedly kidnapped couple were “returned” by their alien captors, you treated him as though what he said was a known fact.
These are the sort of things that make Libertarianism unpalatable to normal, non-delusional people.
The final laugh came from the idea that society would actually evolve to your nutcake philosophy, then the aliens would finally land and invite us to join their green lantern guild.
You guys are funnier than the hippies ever were. Thanks.