5888 ONE CHOICE: Truth vs Manipulation!
Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I explore the complexities of global conflicts, focusing on Hamas and the necessity of reasoned discourse for resolution. I critique educational institutions' roles in fostering genuine critical thinking versus ideological propagation, using a case involving a Columbia University student’s deportation for pro-Palestinian activism. Additionally, I discuss loyalty and betrayal in personal relationships, emphasizing the importance of deep marital connections over fleeting friendships. I address the challenges of technology and AI in the job market, advocating for continuous learning. Engaging with listener questions, I stress the need for honesty and integrity in personal and societal decisions, promoting conflict resolution through philosophical reasoning.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Good evening. Welcome to your Friday night live. Stefan Mollin from FreeDemain. |
| 0:03.9 | FreeDemain.com slash donate. We're going to dive straight into your cool questions. And let's get to |
| 0:11.3 | Hi, Steph. Free of thoughts on Hamas. Yeah, no, I like it. I like it with Peter. It's good. |
| 0:21.0 | Peter will stick my teeth and I get a little bit garlic. |
| 0:24.0 | Wait, do I have that, do have that right? |
| 0:27.5 | Qumas? |
| 0:28.3 | Hamas. |
| 0:28.9 | Okay, Hamas. |
| 0:30.2 | Terrorists or freedom fighters. |
| 0:32.8 | Well, my general thought on this and world conflict as a whole is I look at all conflicts. |
| 0:40.6 | I look at the degree to which the participants are willing to be philosophical, |
| 0:45.1 | to reason from first principles and so on. |
| 0:49.3 | And where individuals, groups, cultures, or whatever, are not willing to reason from first principles, |
| 0:56.1 | I don't usually pay a huge amount of attention to the conflict after that |
| 1:00.4 | because the conflict is inevitable and intractable as a whole, |
| 1:07.1 | if that makes sense. |
| 1:10.8 | So, yeah, I look... as a whole, if that makes sense. |
| 1:15.8 | So, yeah, I look, it's the same thing, |
| 1:19.1 | I hate to sort of diminish stuff in the Middle East and so on, |
| 1:24.6 | but it's the same thing that I have with people who have relationships, like they're married or whatever, |
| 1:27.5 | and they say, |
| 1:28.3 | gee, |
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