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34. Bryan Caplan - Voters as Mad Scientists

Ideas Having Sex

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How to Be a Socialist in a Capitalist Society

I think a strong argument for capitalism is that within capitalism, socialism or some variants of socialism are not just allowed, but they're welcome. If I wanted to go and de-emphasize consumerism, what would I do? And I said, like step one is adopt a frugal lifestyle. There's a lot of very cheap places in this country to live. You can move to Lubbock, Texas. It's really cheap there. Do you relate with any of the recommendations you gave me on how to get my socialist fix? Yes. No. The best way to get your socialist fix is if you don't want government to make most people live as much as possible

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