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Dave Smith and the Mises Caucus have long since fallen down the well of neo-pragmatism. Their radicalism of old has been completely replaced by a worship of fiat and compromise. I enumerate their many errors and the practical results of their failed strategy.
Script with footnotes: liquidzulu.github.io/celebritarian
-- Chapters --
Part 0. Cargo Cults:
00:00:00 Cargo Cults
Part 1. Pragmatism, Old and New:
00:01:54 The Philosophy of Pragmatism
00:09:11 Pragmatism and the LP
00:14:47 The Rise of the Neo-Prag
Part 2. The Correct Strategy:
00:19:47 Isaiah's Job
00:24:17 The Philosophical Theory of History
00:27:03 Libertarian Leninism
Part 3. The Wynand Strategy, and its Inevitable Failure:
00:35:15 Gail Wynand and Pragmatism
00:42:08 Dave Smith is Bad at Debating
01:16:00 These People are an Embarrassment
01:20:54 Dave Smith Failed Libertarianism 101
01:30:32 The Mises Caucus as a Cargo Cult
Part 4. The Border Question:
01:43:15 The Neo-Prag Case for Immigration Restrictions
02:07:11 Immigration Restriction Leads to Tyranny
02:17:58 Broad, Then Narrow
02:24:05 Neo-Prags as Reactionary
Part 5. On Yellow-Washing, and Greening Out:
02:33:26 On Yellow-Washing, and Greening Out
Part 6. The Philosophical Bust:
03:07:37 The Philosophical Bust
Part 7. Smith Contra Smith:
03:19:15 Smith Contra Smith
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Dave Smith and the Mises Caucus have long since fallen down the well of neo-pragmatism. Their radicalism of old has been completely replaced by a worship of fiat and compromise. I enumerate their many errors and the practical results of their failed strategy.
Script with footnotes: liquidzulu.github.io/celebritarian
-- Chapters --
Part 0. Cargo Cults:
00:00:00 Cargo Cults
Part 1. Pragmatism, Old and New:
00:01:54 The Philosophy of Pragmatism
00:09:11 Pragmatism and the LP
00:14:47 The Rise of the Neo-Prag
Part 2. The Correct Strategy:
00:19:47 Isaiah's Job
00:24:17 The Philosophical Theory of History
00:27:03 Libertarian Leninism
Part 3. The Wynand Strategy, and its Inevitable Failure:
00:35:15 Gail Wynand and Pragmatism
00:42:08 Dave Smith is Bad at Debating
01:16:00 These People are an Embarrassment
01:20:54 Dave Smith Failed Libertarianism 101
01:30:32 The Mises Caucus as a Cargo Cult
Part 4. The Border Question:
01:43:15 The Neo-Prag Case for Immigration Restrictions
02:07:11 Immigration Restriction Leads to Tyranny
02:17:58 Broad, Then Narrow
02:24:05 Neo-Prags as Reactionary
Part 5. On Yellow-Washing, and Greening Out:
02:33:26 On Yellow-Washing, and Greening Out
Part 6. The Philosophical Bust:
03:07:37 The Philosophical Bust
Part 7. Smith Contra Smith:
03:19:15 Smith Contra Smith
Music used: pastebin.com/0JkmnnRN
Social media:
liquidzulu.github.io
twitter.com/liquid2ulu
Crypto:
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