Socialism: The Two Thousand Year Failure with Bill Federer and Blake Neff
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.6 • 65.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Is socialism a modern invention of Karl Marx and the French Revolution? Or does it have deep roots, which have always told the same lies in order to enslave people? Charlie goes into a deep exploration of ancient Greek and Roman history with historian Bill Federer, joined by Blake, the show's amateur history enthusiast. Bill explains how preserving liberty is a bit like trying to balance on top of a beach ball in a pool, and why it's so hard to topple a totalitarian monarchy once it has been created.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody today in the Charlie Kirk Show. Blake Neff and Bill Federer, we talk about Roman history. History in general, what can it teach us today? Get involved with Turning Point USA at TPSA.com. Get your tickets to our Turning Point Action Conference. That is tpaction.com. That is tpaction.com. Subscribe to our podcast and get your friends who do the same. |
| 0:21.3 | Buckle up, everybody here. We go. |
| 0:23.2 | Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. |
| 0:24.9 | Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. |
| 0:26.9 | I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. |
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| 0:33.5 | I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job. Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. |
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| 1:05.7 | Okay, welcome back, everybody. |
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| 1:09.0 | Very special hour. |
| 1:13.6 | We have Blake Neff, fan favorite. And frederer welcome back bill hey charlie good to be with you so i have two minds that have iqs off the charts |
| 1:19.4 | that know history very very well i'm going to do my best to try to keep us on topic while also |
| 1:24.3 | getting our audience educated on history philosophy and, and what we are living through. |
| 1:30.8 | Bill, we've had you on the show many times, and I've actually just rereading socialism, |
| 1:34.9 | the real history from Plato to the present. |
| 1:36.6 | Tell us about this book, Bill. |
| 1:38.2 | Right. |
| 1:38.5 | So Plato was the first one that talked about everybody owning everything in common, and it sounds good until you think it through. |
| 1:45.1 | Somebody has to be in the government handing out the common stuff. |
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