#150 – Michael Malice: The White Pill, Freedom, Hope, and Happiness Amidst Chaos
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2020
⏱️ 189 minutes
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Michael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelmalice
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Michael’s Website: http://michaelmalice.com/about/
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Podcast (Round 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIk1zUy8ehU
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:47) – Conversation with Alex Jones and Tim Pool
(18:31) – Michael’s outfit
(26:53) – Self-publishing a book
(36:41) – The white pill
(48:05) – What did the volcano say to his true love?
(49:28) – Myth of Sisyphus
(53:09) – Journalism failed to stop Stalin and Hitler
(1:00:53) – Good Germans
(1:04:49) – Richard Wolff
(1:08:20) – Could United States have stayed out of World War II
(1:11:12) – Trump Derangement Syndrome
(1:12:58) – Nazism and Antisemitism
(1:15:40) – Knock knock
(1:22:20) – Putin
(1:30:00) – The evil of Kim Jong-il and North Korea
(1:38:32) – Dark humor
(1:43:18) – Comedy is tragedy plus timing
(1:50:34) – Interviewing difficult guests
(2:00:06) – Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug)
(2:16:24) – Violence under anarchism
(2:31:58) – Ayn Rand
(2:35:07) – Secession in United States
(2:44:46) – Politics over next 4 years
(2:52:14) – Mars
(2:56:17) – UFOs
(2:59:12) – Psychedelics
(3:03:08) – What is love?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Michael Malice, his second time on the podcast. |
| 0:04.7 | He's an anarchist, political thinker, podcaster, and author. |
| 0:10.3 | He wrote Dear Reader, which is a book on North Korea, and The New Right, a book on the various |
| 0:17.2 | ideological movements at the fringe of American politics. |
| 0:20.9 | He hosts the podcast called You're Welcome, spelled Y-O-U-R, and in general, there's a lot |
| 0:27.2 | of live shows on YouTube that are at times profoundly absurd and at other times absurdly profound, |
| 0:35.4 | and always full of humor and wisdom. He has the Joker to my Batman and the caviar to my vodka. |
| 0:43.8 | His masterful dance between dark humor and difficult, even dangerous ideas, |
| 0:49.8 | challenges me to think deeply about this world. And when that fails, at least smile and have a |
| 0:55.6 | good laugh at the absurdity of it all, this episode has much of that. His outfit, for example, |
| 1:02.8 | the exact inverse of mine with a white suit and a black shirt is just one example of that, |
| 1:12.7 | of the humor, trolling, and brilliance that is Michael Malice. |
| 1:18.2 | Quick mention of our sponsors. That's sweet business management software, athletic greens, |
| 1:25.3 | all-in-one nutrition drink, sun basket, meal delivery service, and cash app. |
| 1:32.3 | So the choice is success, health, food, or money. Choose wisely, my friends. |
| 1:39.6 | And if you wish, click the sponsor links below to get a discount and to support this podcast. |
| 1:45.7 | As a side note, let me say that Michael is in many ways a man of radical ideas, |
| 1:51.3 | but also a man with kindness in his heart. Those two things are great ingredients for a fascinating |
| 1:58.3 | conversation. I hope to have several such people on this podcast, this upcoming year, |
| 2:03.3 | who also have radical ideas about politics, science, technology, and life. At times, |
| 2:10.6 | often perhaps I might fail at asking the challenging questions that should be asked, |
| 2:14.8 | but I will try my best to do so, and hope to keep improving every time. Mostly, I come to these |
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