#128 – Michael Malice: Anarchy, Democracy, Libertarianism, Love, and Trolling
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2020
⏱️ 205 minutes
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00:00 – Introduction
04:15 – Sponsors
07:58 – Putin and the Russian soul
15:01 – Love and trolling
25:31 – Problem with government
31:03 – Anarchism
53:07 – Politics
54:59 – Are most people capable of thinking deeply?
1:02:08 – Willy Wonka and Albert Camus view of life
1:08:08 – Trolling
1:12:26 – Conspiracy theories
1:29:43 – Donald Trump and the Election
1:36:58 – Trump Biden presidential debates
1:41:15 – Journalism is broken
1:47:56 – Communism
1:54:02 – Presidential candidates
2:04:34 – Libertarian party
2:14:56 – Objectivism
2:24:17 – Trolling
2:35:21 – The New Right
2:43:29 – Cancel culture
3:13:17 – Book recommendations
3:18:08 – Fear of mortality
3:21:08 – Meaning of life
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Michael Malis, an anarchist, political thinker, author, |
| 0:05.8 | and a proud, part-time, Andy Kaufman-like troll, in the best sense of that word. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm both Twitter and in real life. |
| 0:15.1 | He's a host of a great podcast called You're Welcome, spelled Y-O-U-R. I think that gives |
| 0:21.5 | a sense of his sense of humor. |
| 0:23.8 | He is the author of Dear Reader, the unauthorized autobiography of King Jung Il, and the new |
| 0:30.2 | right, a journey to the fringe of American politics. |
| 0:34.0 | This latter book, when I read it, or rather listened to it last year, helped me start |
| 0:39.4 | learning about the various disparate movements that I was undereducated about from the internet |
| 0:44.6 | trolls to Alex Jones, to white nationalists, and to techno anarchists. |
| 0:51.5 | The book is funny, and brilliant, and so is Michael. |
| 0:54.8 | Unfortunately, because of a self-imposed deadline, I actually pulled an all-nighter before |
| 0:59.8 | this conversation. |
| 1:01.4 | So I was not exactly all there mentally, even more so than usual, which is tough because |
| 1:06.6 | Michael is really quick-witted and brilliant. |
| 1:09.9 | But he was kind, patient, and understanding this conversation, and I hope you will be |
| 1:14.9 | as well. |
| 1:15.9 | Today, I'm trying something a little new, looking to establish a regular structure for these |
| 1:20.6 | intros. |
| 1:21.6 | A first, doing the guest intro, like I just did. |
| 1:25.2 | Second, quick one or two sentence mention of each sponsor. |
| 1:29.1 | Third, my side comments related to the episode. |
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