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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

702: Matt Kibbe on CrossFit, Cryptocurrency, Freedom & MORE

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.811.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2018

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Matt Kibbe. Matt is the President and Chief Community Organizer of Free the People, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting libertarian ideals. The conversation moves from CrossFit, the gig economy, the wage gap, cryptocurrency, freedom & more. You have been forewarned, this is NOT a fitness episode!

Agree or disagree, you will find Matt well spoken and thoughtful. You can find him and his videos on Facebook @freethepeople

Episode Show Notes:

  • Public choice problem. Matt talks about his relationship with Greg Glassman, the co-creator of CrossFit, possible certification and fight against big sugar. (4:47)
  • People should be free to live their lives how they want, as long as they don’t steal. What is the definition of libertarianism? (7:58)
  • You should be skeptical of all big corporations/The sharing economy. Why competition is necessary. (10:12)
  • Regulations are almost all written for people with self-interest. They example of Uber and the guys discuss in detail. (16:30)
  • Socialism vs. Capitalism. Matt explains the difference and why millennials see socialism in a new light. (18:50)
  • If you laid the people down who died from socialism, they would wrap around the world two times. How we have the best of intentions, but need to understand that people make their own decisions. (21:55)
  • You don’t need an insurance plan; you need to plan for the future. Healthcare should be based on choice, not something that is forced on you. Matt speaks on this topic and why our healthcare system is flawed. (31:10)
  • Trump has punctured the romance around the Presidency. What is his opinion on Trump so far? (35:54)
  • Freedom of speech/Fake news. Matt explains why we should embrace beautiful chaos. (40:15)
  • Block chain is one of the most important things in technology that we are just starting to see why that matters so much. Matt gives is opinion on cryptocurrency and bitcoin. (44:07)
  • People inherently want to be free. How social media can create massive hysteria and its effect on countries like Iran. (47:45)
  • Taking from have-nots and giving to haves. Wealth-distribution and equality discussion. (51:39)
  • It’s wrong to lump people into categories. Guys go into deep discussion on the gender pay gap and Matt tells a personal story about his wife. (58:00)
  • Free the People. Turning young people onto liberty. Matt talks about his organization and some of the challenges that have come with it. (1:02:07)
  • Better to go on the enemy’s show. Matt talks about his TV appearances and how tone of voice matters. (1:07:10)
  • The different flavors of people’s politics. Why Matt is optimistic of today’s liberty. (1:11:09)
  • People should have more than two choices. Matt explains the political parties and how 3rd parties are being shut out. (1:17:18)
  • What sources of information does a Matt recommend person go to? (1:19:40)

Links/Products Mentioned:

Featured Guest/People Mentioned:

  • Matt Kibbe (@mkibbe) Twitter
  • Matt Kibbe - Home | Facebook
  • Free The People
  • Greg Glassman (@CrossFitCEO) Twitter
  • Friedrich Hayek
  • Ayn Rand
  • Walter Cronkite
  • Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Twitter
  • Barack Obama (@BarackObama) Twitter
  • Bill Maher (@billmaher) Twitter
  • Chris Matthews (@HardballChris) Twitter
  • Ron Paul (@RonPaul) Twitter
  • Justin Amash (@justinamash) Twitter
  • Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) Twitter
  • Gov. Gary Johnson (@GovGaryJohnson) Twitter
  • Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) Twitter

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

What is this?

0:14.0

It seems like most libertarians that we keep meaning are buff.

0:17.0

Is there a correlation between political views and muscle?

0:23.0

Actually, you know, it's funny.

0:25.0

They did do some studies on that.

0:27.0

I don't know how accurate they are, but here's what I do.

0:29.0

So Matt Kibbe, I've seen him many times on interviews and stuff,

0:35.0

talking about libertarian ideas or, although, aka classical liberal ideas,

0:41.0

free markets, free choice, do what you want,

0:44.0

as long as you don't hurt anybody, don't steal from anybody, that kind of stuff.

0:47.0

I've been hearing him talk about these things for a while,

0:51.0

and I've also been in fitness for a while, and I noticed that people in the fitness community

0:55.0

are greater percentage of them versus the regular popularist tends to subscribe to a lot of these ideas.

1:01.0

And I was talking to Matt off-air, you know, what he sees in that,

1:06.0

because as you, as the audience will hear in this episode,

1:09.0

Matt is good friends with great glassmen from CrossFit.

1:12.0

And that's not because they do CrossFit together,

1:14.0

it's because of this other stuff that we're talking about.

1:17.0

And he said, he noticed the same thing, and I think, I said,

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