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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, philosopher Stefan Molyneux reflects on his debate with Malcolm about peaceful parenting and its broader societal implications. Joined by James, they analyze emotional reactions and contradictions in parenting philosophies, emphasizing trauma's cyclical nature. Stefan critiques "straw man" arguments and advocates for kindness over aggression, urging listeners to reconsider the impact of their beliefs on relationships and society.

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0:00.0

Yeah, I guess it makes sense.

0:01.1

Put the mic on.

0:01.9

Sorry about that.

0:02.4

Yes, I am just doing a little bit of a post-debate review analysis on I-Hipocrite

0:10.0

channel.

0:11.5

I debated with Malcolm about peaceful parenting and spanking, and I suppose it turned into anarcho-capitalism.

0:19.3

So if you could let me know what you think,

0:23.4

strengths and weaknesses,

0:24.2

mostly the weaknesses would be the most helpful

0:25.8

to get a hold of.

0:28.6

I would love to hear what it is that you have to say.

0:33.0

And James, I was going to say,

0:36.4

if you wanted to jump up front here and let me know what you think, can you chime in?

0:44.0

And, yeah, I'd love to sort of hear what you have to, what do you have to say?

0:49.2

Yeah, it was an interesting debate.

0:50.6

It never quite goes the way that you think it's going to go as a whole.

0:55.0

There we go.

0:58.2

All right, James, from the outside, what were your thoughts?

1:06.5

Hey, so, yeah, I thought that was really interesting. And I'm not sure if I have too much in the way of weaknesses, but man, you've really got him hysterical at one point. It was just,

1:14.1

I mean, not like you got him, but like, he, he, he, he got really unhinged at one point. That was

1:19.4

just like, well, I mean, that's around, uh, the family stuff, right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:25.2

Well, I mean, that's, that's where all the, um, where the whole thing, like, this, not, I thought it was really good was it, you know, not judging, sorry, forgiving his parents, but not forgiving his kids. And, you know, he just couldn't keep his composure, which was, yeah, like you said, all of our family stuff. Yeah. Yeah, and of course, the idea is that if you accept violence within the family,

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