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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I examine family dynamics, trust, and the need for honesty, addressing a listener's question about betrayal involving a fiancé and a cousin. I discuss the difference between superficial peace and genuine resolution, highlighting how open communication is vital. Personal experiences with censorship illustrate the dangers of silencing differing opinions and the impact on societal harmony.

I question the authenticity of relationships built on pretense and explore the ethical responsibility to confront wrongdoing. Additionally, I delve into the complexities of empathy, trauma, and personal freedoms, advocating for agency in interpersonal choices. Ultimately, I encourage listeners to confront uncomfortable truths to foster deeper, more meaningful connections.

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0:00.0	Good morning, everybody, Steve Hemolony from Free Domain. Great questions from the lovely community
0:06.1	at Freedomain.com. Dear Seth, I got wind that a cousin slept with my then-fiancé. The person who told me
0:18.3	is so untrustworthy and is biased, but I can't find the strength to confront my cousin because our parents are old and I feel that this would cause a disturbance of peace in the family.
0:28.4	I got wind that a cousin slept with my then-fiancee.
0:32.2	The person who told me is so untrustworthy and is biased, but I can't find the strength to confront my cousin.
0:38.9	Our parents are old. Okay, so if you want to stay silent to keep the peace, okay, I mean,
0:47.8	it's the illusion of peace, right? It's the illusion of peace. It's like saying, well, if Bob owns a slave,
0:55.7	then there's no disturbance in salary negotiations, right?
1:00.6	It's keeping the peace, man.
1:02.2	He's just keeping the peace.
1:04.0	So if you want to stay silent to keep the peace,
1:08.5	it's just the illusion of peace.
1:12.7	I mean, that's censorship, right?
1:20.2	Self-censorship. So the arguments that I was making were causing some emotional difficulties for people in society, right? Arguments that I was making when I was more of a public figure.
1:26.0	So I was censored, right? I was deplatformed. And I was
1:31.1	deplatformed to, quote, keep the peace, but it doesn't keep the peace. So the video that was processing
1:40.8	when YouTube deplatformed me was myself and a white cop and a black cop
1:45.9	talking about the arrest of George Floyd and what might have happened other than
1:51.6	the popular narrative. And it was actually a very good conversation, very honorable and
1:58.7	great guys to chat with. And that was the video that was
2:02.1	processing. So that might have caused some upset for people. And I'll probably never know,
2:08.4	but I would imagine that had something to do with the whole deplatforming thing. So when people
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