Episode 102 - Socio-economic chaos, striking the root of fear

February 5, 201052m 37s

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15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams by David DeGrawhttp://www.alternet.org/economy/144109/15_signs_american_society_is_coming_apart_at_the_seams?page=entire

Our standard of living would be a great deal higher without the assorted ills of statism and central banking

Taxpayer money should be left in the hands of those it was extorted from

Productive individuals create jobs, not those in government

It's contradictory to think that you're going to be "secured" by a coercive monopoly

Homelessness has many causes, but getting rid of "public property," i.e., statism, is the remedy

Coercion does not work, in addition to being immoral

The health care problem can only be solved by a free market in medicine (and insurance)

Voluntarism and peacefulness is the answer to the violent nature of government

Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 millionhttp://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/02/burgeoning-federal-payroll-signals-return-of-big-g/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States#State_government

Government, being a coercive monopoly, delivers the lowest quality "service" at the highest possible price

How to end the State by Alex Ryanhttp://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3741

Liberty-lovers who play politics unfortunately make government seem necessary and proper--and virtuous

Our volitional mechanism can be used in maladaptive ways, such as avoiding truth and initiating aggression

If people held reason and self-esteem as their top values, the world would change dramatically and quickly