LoLP Episode 43: Shayne Wissler - “Against Anarchism”

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🗓️ 17 July 2014

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes Shayne Wissler back to the show, to discuss the concepts laid out in his essay, “Against Anarchism.” Shayne explains why he believes it’s vital for advocates of individual liberty to work out differences in their philosophy, and describes the contradictions he sees with the anarchist viewpoint. Shayne and Marc delve into various concepts including secession, non-intervention, and how the formation of city-states and federations can remain consistent with the principles of individual rights. As always, stay tuned for Marc’s post-show rant, in what may be the most controversial episode yet! [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.6	Oh! Welcome to the Lions of Liberty podcast.
0:44.7	Here's your host, your guide, your shining beacon of liberty,
0:49.4	Mark Claire.
0:53.5	Welcome once again to the good old LOLP.
0:57.3	That's right, the Lions of Liberty podcast.
1:00.6	I am thrilled to have you back in here with me in the Lions of Liberty Studios
1:04.8	to do what we do best, or at least what we do,
1:08.1	and that is discuss the ideas of Liberty.
1:14.5	Liberty's coming in its songs way. or at least what we do, and that is discuss the ideas of liberty. Now one thing you'll often hear, if you kind of roll in libertarian circles like I do,
1:20.9	is this issue of infighting. You'll hear things like, oh, us libertarians, we're always infighting.
1:26.5	We just need to put our differences
1:27.9	aside and come together because we already agree on 95% of things. So we should just shut up,
1:33.9	have a picnic, you know, agree to vote for Rand Paul and move on with our lives. But now,
1:39.4	boy, do I have a problem with that attitude, because people will just lump this term differences in as if
1:46.1	differences are just this minor little piece of lint that it should just be brushed off as if they're
1:51.6	just meaningless differences that have no effect on the outcomes of the type of things we're
1:56.2	advocating. But if you're trying to change the world, and from what I can gather, that's what a good number of libertarians and liberty activists are in fact trying to do.
2:05.8	To change the way humans interact with each other, to advocate for more justice in the world.
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