In this episode I engage in a long form discussion with a right-wing nut. Steeped in Ayn Randian ethics, the illusion of free will and free market delirium, my guest crashes and burns in his attempt to make sense of an Oregonian baker’s choice to discriminate against a gay couple. His conclusions are truly astonishing and frightening and speak volumes for a logical truth I’ve always been a proponent of; you never know how wrong you can be when you start with false premises. My guest demonstrates just how poorly one can think when they really put their mind to it. The good news is that it sparked something within me; a fire that still burns today. Please pour yourself a drink, follow along and try not to scream at the Bluetooth speaker as my guest gets everything dead wrong.
My guest represents a fairly common American demographic. One that has abandoned god and forgot to learn how to think. Instead he puts his faith in the Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’. Without being an outright racist he manages to prop up the views white supremacists, neo Nazis, the El Paso shooter and other right wing undesirables all while believing that his ‘solutions’ are best for everyone. His logical and ethical depravity knows no bounds as he sells off his humanity in the name of fighting slavery. In his case the slavery of his mind to Laissez Faire economics, Objectivist ethics and the gross miscalculation that homo sapiens are rational animals.
As a capitalist I can see the errors he is making and do my best to course correct but in the end my guest just digs in further and further into what inevitably becomes a dystopian nightmare. Join us won’t you?
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