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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 2102 Is This the Government We Deserve? with Paul Gottfried

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The great Paul Gottfried, who holds a Ph.D. in history from Yale and is editor of Chronicles magazine, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion that begins by contemplating whether we should go so easy on the voters, or whether they're in fact getting precisely what they voted for. Then we talk neocons and democracy and other fun things. Special Offer: We love our monthly Happily date box — it's full of games, recipes, and activities that bring us closer together. With a different theme each month, it's something we're always thrilled to receive. Take 50% off your first date at

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0:00.0

The Tom Wood Show, episode 2102.

0:03.2

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

0:07.7

Your daily dose of liberty education starts here.

0:11.2

The Tom Wood Show.

0:14.2

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0:17.3

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0:19.7

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0:23.6

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0:26.3

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0:30.6

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0:33.6

Check it out at threefreecourses.com.

0:38.0

Hey folks, Tom Woods here. Our old friend Paul Godfried is back with us again today.

0:42.3

Of course, Paul holds a PhD in history from Yale University and he is the editor of Chronicles

0:48.0

magazine. And I've seen a couple of his recent columns and thought we should talk this through,

0:53.3

but we're going to talk it through and then who knows where it's going to go. Because I'm going

0:56.3

to treat this as if I called Paul up on the phone and we're just talking. So you're listening in

1:01.8

to my private conversation and effect. Think of it that way because we're probably going to be

1:06.1

all over the place. But just wherever the conversation goes is where it goes. Paul, welcome back

1:10.7

to the show. Thank you for having me once again. I like being undeseaved. You know, I don't want to

1:17.0

get false hope. I don't want people to say what I want to hear. But Doug Gunnett, Paul Godfried,

1:23.2

when I read your columns, it's like, this is too much undeseaved. I think I do want to be

1:27.2

slightly deceived. I can't stand to be ground down this much when I read some of what you're right.

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