Todd Seavey: Are Aliens Libertarian?
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro and welcoming Todd Seavey
3:23 – Trump, Rand Paul, and the 2016 debates
8:51 – Common misconceptions about libertarians
13:49 – Non-aggression and drifting toward anarchy
17:57 – Why consistency persuades people
22:38 – Utilitarianism, universal rules, and Ayn Rand
25:53 – What comedy can really change
29:13 – Celebrities and political activism
34:00 – Libertarian meetups at NYU in the 1990s
39:38 – Todd's case that all lying is wrong
44:14 – The skeptics movement and trusting experts
48:47 – Lies, reputation, and non-aggression
52:55 – Being mislabeled as far right
56:34 – Tribalism among libertarians
59:30 – Would aliens be libertarians
1:04:12 – Military footage and the Hillsdale sighting
1:07:22 – Mass sightings and memory
1:11:27 – What ghostwriting is like
1:15:10 – Escaping to the woods and Bigfoot
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Lou's friend Todd Seavey joins Lou to talk about the possibility that aliens are libertarian, common misconceptions about libertarians, and whether ruining someone's reputation with lies is grounds for an ass kicking.
We also get into Trump and Rand Paul in the 2016 debates, non-aggression and drifting toward anarchy, why consistency persuades people, utilitarianism and Ayn Rand, what comedy can really change, libertarian meetups at NYU in the 1990s, Todd's case that all lying is wrong, the skeptics movement, being mislabeled as far right, the Hillsdale sighting, what ghostwriting is like, and Bigfoot.