LoLP 120: Austin Petersen - Making the Case for Minarchy

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🗓️ 6 July 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In today’s show, host Marc Clair welcomes in Austin Petersen to discuss why he enthusiastically touts a minarchist - i.e. “limited government” - view of government. But first, Austin describes how he came to identify as a libertarian after being raised in a conservative household. Austin then details how he spearheaded the creation Judge Napolitano’s much-hailed “Freedom Watch” on Fox Business, and what he learned from the experience. Marc and Austin then why Austin identifies as a minarchist. Austin explains why he rejects he rejects the concept of anarchism, and the key problems he sees with anarchist philosophy. Marc and Austin discuss concepts such as consent of the governed, negative vs. positive rights, how a ’small government’ could be funded, and vigilante justice. After the interview, Marc lays out his positive vision of how individuals in a free [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:06.8	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:11.0	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:14.0	Daddy!
0:17.0	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all now that's term time working offered at
0:24.2	amazon 10 weeks off guaranteed per year mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off conditions apply
0:29.9	if someone just acquires property and starts a child slave farm well i'm sorry we don't we don't
0:34.9	just say oh well they're on their own property you still have the right to go in and stop violations of rights no matter where they're occurring in my view.
0:41.2	You sound like Abraham Lincoln.
0:44.0	Oh, you're going to get me in trouble, Austin. Yeah, well, that's what I like to do.
0:51.4	Welcome to the Lions of Liberty Podcast.
1:00.5	Here's your host, your guy, your shining beacon of liberty, Mark Clare.
1:09.6	Welcome back to my friends, my enemies, my compatriots, my companions, and whoever just might have stumbled upon this show.
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