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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

6246 On Those We Left Behind!

Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

Anarchy, Democrat, Atheist, Objectivist, Conservative, Atheism, Freedom, Freedomainradio, Libertarian, Objectivism, Pacifism, Republican, Liberal, Joe-rogan, Philosophy, Politics, News & Politics

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Molyneux examines the idea of "defooing," a process of breaking away from harmful family patterns to build a better life ahead. He points out how defooing requires active steps, since damaging family members often block progress in personal bonds and development. Using stories from listeners, he talks about gaining perspective from others, and how family background affects one's sense of self and dealings with people.

He looks at the difficulties in reaching out to family like brothers or sisters after pulling back from a poisonous setup. Molyneux covers the tangled feelings and dangers of being upfront about family issues, noting the likely pushback from those who side with the wrongdoers. He wraps up by considering the role of honesty in creating solid relationships, and stresses choosing ties that actually help, to support one's own recovery and advancement.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, so this is a roll-up show, a greatest hit show.

0:05.0

I get this question a lot, and I got it recently, in particular about the leave behinds, right?

0:13.2

Let's say that you've had a bad family and various things escalate.

0:18.2

You have the conversation with your parents.

0:20.4

It goes badly, and you decide to defoo.

0:24.9

A foo, of course, being family of origin, defooing is like a divorce, or at least a trial separation,

0:30.2

as a result of sort of relentlessly bad behavior.

0:34.8

And the defoo is not primarily, of course, about your parents and it's not primarily

0:40.1

about the past. The D-Fu is primarily about the future, right? I love economics, as you know,

0:49.9

fairly well-trained in it and well-read in. And of course, with economics, the big issue

0:57.1

is not the visible benefits, but the hidden costs. That's the big thing with economics.

1:05.5

Right. If the government spends $5 million to create 100 jobs, you say, ooh, there's 100 jobs.

1:10.1

Economics is about the things you don't see or can't see, which is all of the

1:15.4

jobs that are not created because the government took those $5 million from businesses

1:22.0

and taxpayers and so on. So the DFU as a whole is not to do with your parents and it's not to do with the past.

1:30.9

If you have a crazy, dysfunctional, abusive, and perhaps even, I've certainly talked to people

1:37.3

with this challenge, an outright evil family, then the D-FU is not fundamentally about the past. It's not fundamentally about your parents.

1:46.3

It's about who can't come into your life if your parents are still in your life.

1:52.3

Who are your abusive parents blocking from coming into your life? Right. That's what really

2:00.2

matters. That's what really matters. That's what really matters.

2:03.5

I can tell you this without a shadow of a doubt, although my wife has never met, my mother.

2:10.1

If my mother and others were still in my life, my wife would never have married me. In fact,

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