Ep. 1832 Can the GOP Be a Vehicle for Liberty?

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Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off a debate with libertarian Dave Smith about whether the Libertarian Party or the Republican Party is the way to go for libertarians interested in politics, former Maine state senator Eric Brakey makes the case the GOP, despite its problems, could be salvageable, while I play occasional devil's advocate.

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0:00.0	The Tom Wood Show, Episode 1832.
0:03.4	Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.
0:07.9	Your daily dose of liberty education starts here.
0:11.5	The Tom Wood Show.
0:13.5	Folks, I don't know about you, but I am running into a lot of progressives saying, look,
0:18.3	police, fire, schools, these are all great examples of socialism.
0:22.7	Well, let's focus on that school example.
0:24.9	I've got a free ebook called Education Without the State that makes a pretty darn
0:29.9	good case for a stateless approach to education.
0:33.7	Pick it up at nostateeducation.com.
0:37.5	Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here.
0:38.7	Eric Breakey is back with us today.
0:40.5	Eric is a former state senator for Maine, ran for U.S. Congress in 2020 in the Republican
0:47.9	Primary in Maine.
0:50.0	And he recently had a debate with Dave Smith over on the Lions of Liberty Podcast about
0:55.0	whether the Republican Party or the Libertarian Party is the correct avenue for libertarians
1:00.9	who are interested in politics.
1:04.1	So naturally, Eric, who has some experience in the GOP, took the GOP side and Dave took
1:10.4	the LP side.
1:11.4	And what resulted was a very useful and interesting debate.
1:16.5	And I wanted to follow up with Eric on it a little bit.
1:19.0	And that's what we're going to do today.
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