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To Michael humor. 
And I, by the way, I point this 

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out, I asked this question in 
full realization that one of the

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times I was a guest with you. 
As the host, you ran through a 

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series of important thinkers in 
libertarianism or voluntary ISM 

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and it was like a lightning 
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You said the name and then I 
talked about some of their key 

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ideas and I think you gave me 
Michael humor so I'm going to 

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toss them back at you. 
What can you tell us about? 

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So humor has the excellent 
method Of taking someone's 

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premise and showing this 
premise. 

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I totally agree with, however, I
disagree with the conclusion 

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that this premise gives. 
So already, you're taking people

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off the defensive. 
So that's why I was so 

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appreciative of some of his 
early work and you're absolutely

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right when it comes to things 
like well, the state does things

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daily that we would commend as 
terrible if anyone else did 

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them. 
For example, how I can't imagine

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a 24-hour period that's gone by 
where someone has it? 

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Own at me, bad working 
conditions in the industrial 

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revolution. 
As if ushering in a state 

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automatically, improves working 
conditions for the globe but we 

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would never say, hey, the 
Russian government is murdering 

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people in Ukraine and Ukraine's 
murdering people in the donbas. 

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You stayed his need to answer 
for this. 

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Look at all this government 
tragedy that's happening. 

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How about that first world war? 
What a tragedy? 

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Why would you guys Advocate that
system? 

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So just getting in that Rhythm 
that humor gets you to thinking 

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you. 
Become sort of guilt-free when 

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you Advocate things like this 
but these specific section that 

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I chose for humor. 
His most popular book is the 

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problem of political Authority. 
I have a number of quotes in the

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back but he has another book, 
titled knowledge, reality and 

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value where he lists his 14, 
most important logical 

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fallacies. 
And one of them that he lists is

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credulity and it's great because
he shows you how to sort of walk

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through media manipulation. 
That you otherwise wouldn't 

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recognize. 
So I'd say, the most important 

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thing that he is brought to the 
table are these logical 

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fallacies in the credulity 
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He says, basically the news is 
nonsense and by this, I mean, 

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almost everything falls into the
category of ideological bias. 

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Meaning things are Cherry Picked
by the very nature of you 

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picking to report on one thing 
and not another. 

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That is a bias how much time you
spend on it? 

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That is also a bias. 
I Add an intelligence officer. 

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Come on my show, a guy named 
Chase use and he said, if I 

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could summarize mind control in 
one word, it would be 

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repetition. 
So this is how the media is 

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really able to plant ideas in 
the minds of the populace. 

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Imagine if there were pictures 
of civilians all over the news 

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every time a government drone 
killed civilians, like they are 

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with who are referred to as 
Shooters but they're actually 

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murderers. 
The second thing he says to look

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out for is sensationalism own. 
With the January sex thing, you 

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would have thought that 30,000 
people died on this day, it 

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lasted for months. 
On end, the sensationalist 

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tactics that the media used to 
tell you. 

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One thing is vitally important 
and it's a total danger to 

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civilization that is one of the 
greatest propaganda tricks 

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around and then he says the 
third thing you have to look out

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for is laziness, there was a 
great article on CNBC great in 

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the sense of it really exposes 
the people. 

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This was in I think 2020 it said
Why economists don't think 

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trillions of dollars, inputted 
into the economy will lead to 

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price inflation. 
It's something to that extent. 

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It's just so in your face. 
Now one interpretation could be 

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this reporters alyre working for
the state working for the FED. 

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That could be true. 
The problem is a lot of people 

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actually believe this who are 
not necessarily agents or 

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provocateurs. 
So simply the idea of being lazy

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where people have not taken the 
time. 

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To look into topics makes them 
inherently bias. 

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It takes a long time to 
understand history, economics 

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philosophy, why wars happened? 
Why peace happens, why some 

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countries are wealthy While 
others are poor. 

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Very few journalists have done 
that work. 

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So humor exposing media bias, 
through sensationalism, cherry 

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picking and laziness I think is 
best contribution. 

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By the way, for anybody 
listening was curious about him,

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his last name is spelled hu e 
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So it's not what you think.