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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1473 Are People Naturally Libertarian? and Other Questions With the LP's Executive Director

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Dan Fishman recently became executive director of the Libertarian Party. He joins me to discuss (among plenty of other things) his political evolution, where he sees the party going, and whether people are naturally libertarian or anti-libertarian.

Show notes for Ep. 1473

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 1473.

0:03.4

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

0:08.0

Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.

0:14.2

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0:39.0

contra Krugmanbook.com. Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here. I'm with Dan Fishman today. Dan recently became

0:46.3

executive director of the Libertarian Party. Dan and I are both originally Massachusetts,

0:52.0

and I followed his campaign for auditor in Massachusetts somewhat

0:55.9

closely, and we'll talk a little bit about that because he had a rather unique angle as a

1:00.5

libertarian in that race. But I want to talk to him about his vision and what he's planning to do

1:05.6

as executive director and what the direction of the party is. So, Dan, welcome to the show.

1:09.9

Thanks, Tom, and a real pleasure to be here. I've been listening for a long time. I appreciate that. So you've just

1:14.4

become executive director of the Libertarian Party. Before that, you were in an interesting race

1:19.2

in Massachusetts where you got major endorsements, including from the Boston Globe, because

1:25.4

the nature of the office you were seeking made it seem sensible

1:29.4

that even regular people might vote for a libertarian. Yep, I was running for state auditor in

1:34.9

Massachusetts in 2018 and my campaign slogan was, why would you elect a Republican or a Democrat

1:41.5

to audit Republicans and Democrats.

1:45.0

Makes sense to me.

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