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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux
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🗓️ 6 September 2023
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I have a problem of talking so much about FDR with the guy I dated he felt like he wouldn't be the "alpha" in a relationship with me and didn't wanna continue dating.... Should I bring this up in some more delicate way? Avoid mentioning stefan so that the guy doesn't realise he's a man XD I could pretend I just came up with everything by myself.
Hi Stefan! How does one overcome trauma stemming from parental neglect? What does it mean to have processed said trauma?
How do I spot propaganda from truth? My thoughts are that if one side provides unbiased info and does not try to hide info then it's probably not propaganda, am I right?
I read The Fountainhead almost 2 years ago and loved it. But I'm not sure I really understood the character of Ellsworth Toohey. Why he chooses to be evil? Could you give us your take? Maybe refer to a podcast where you talk about it in length. Thanks!
Hi Stef. My wife tells me that while I’m at work our 18m old will scratch and throw things at her when he doesn’t get his way. She wants to smack his hand. I tell her that is not an option and why. She’s resenting me for not letting her do it. I try to give her other options, but she says those options will only make him angrier. For example a room divider in our living space so she can do her duties in the kitchen and not be within his reach. He’s not like this when I’m around because I’m, “the fun dad” that can give him full attention when home. I could use more solutions/options for her, but even then she might persist at being a victim. Typing out this message has been helpful already because some of what you’ll say is coming to me. Thank you.
Our 4 year old daughter has been acting out lately. She is drawing on walls, shredding up paper or toilet paper, etc. It’s my understanding she’s acting out to communicate something but I can’t figure out what it is. It does not seem like it comes from a place of anger or rage, just mischievous behavior. Any advice?
Why does the idea of freedom cause anxiety in a lot of people?
Can you heal your capacity for pair bonding after refraining from hedonistic behavior and pursing a more virtuous path through self work and responsibility?
Hi Stefan, do you think having practical skills is important for example being able to fix and make things, do you teach your daughter these things? Also If you had a son do you think it is more important that you do so?
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| 0:00.0 | All righty. Good evening everybody. Hope you're doing well. Sorry. It's taken me a little |
| 0:04.6 | bit of time to get to these questions, but I have, oh, joys and joys of paperwork. So these |
| 0:10.8 | are questions that I asked from subscribers. They're going out to general population and |
| 0:15.4 | freedomain.locals.com, freedomain.locals.com to join what is the greatest philosophical community |
| 0:22.7 | in the history of the world, bar none for all time. Because after this, they have us. So that's |
| 0:29.0 | a good template. All right. So a woman says, I have a problem talking so much about FDR, |
| 0:36.8 | freedomain radio. With the guy I dated, he felt like he wouldn't be the alpha in a relationship |
| 0:41.2 | with me and didn't want to continue dating. Should I bring this up in some more delicate way, |
| 0:46.1 | avoid mentioning staff so that the guy doesn't realize he's a man. Man, I could pretend I just came |
| 0:54.0 | up with everything by myself. Yeah, that's a big question. So one test of love that I think is |
| 1:02.0 | pretty important is, is the other person interested in what you're interested in? Look, you are going |
| 1:12.9 | to spend decades and decades and decades together. And the problem is that if you don't share |
| 1:22.4 | interest, you're going to, you're going to fight. Like seriously, you would not believe how much |
| 1:30.8 | fighting comes out of boredom, incompatibility, a feeling of shame, a feeling of embarrassment |
| 1:38.9 | over falling for lust rather than quality of character. Oh, it's brutal. I've seen so many |
| 1:44.8 | relationships so obviously founded on lust, incompatibility and what happens, of course, is |
| 1:52.1 | that the lust runs dry, self-contempt sets in, and boredom, and incompatibility. But now |
| 2:02.8 | you stack together. Oh, Lord, it's horrifying the way that this plays out. See, people think that |
| 2:11.2 | fighting comes from all of this stress and tension and anger and hostility and betrayal and it's |
| 2:18.5 | like, no, no, no, no. I mean, obviously that's there. But for the most part, at least in my experience, |
| 2:24.7 | fighting comes from self-contempt and unbelievable levels of boredom, of incompatibility. And, |
| 2:34.0 | of course, the concomitant shame that comes from falling prey to lust. So if you are content, |
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