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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 196 Secession, the South, and the Modern State

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Abbeville Institute's Donald Livingston, professor emeritus at Emory University, joins Tom to discuss secession and the southern tradition.alt

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0:00.0

I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.

0:09.9

In a world of conventional confusion, there will be time for them to make profits.

0:14.9

Now's not that time.

0:16.4

Daddy, what do taxes pay for?

0:18.2

Oh, why everything?

0:19.7

Policemen, trees, sunshine.

0:21.9

Let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless them.

0:25.9

Don't be afraid.

0:26.7

I'll be afraid.

0:28.3

Prepare to unshackle your mind.

0:31.2

An idea who his time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.

0:36.9

Your professor has arrived.

0:41.0

Tom Woods.

0:46.8

Beware, citizen, you are now departing from the world of allowable opinion.

0:52.3

The Tom Woods Show. Welcome, everybody. It's Thursday, July 10th,

0:59.2

2014. We're talking today to Donald Livingston. Don Livingston is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

1:07.9

at Emory University. He's considered one of the great living experts on

1:13.3

David Hume, about whom he's written a couple of very important books published by the University

1:19.2

of Chicago Press. He's currently with the Abbeville Institute and is the co-author of

1:25.5

Rethinking the American Union for the 21st Century.

1:30.4

Don Livingston, welcome to the show.

1:32.7

Thank you, Tom.

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