The Philosophical Problem Every Government Faces. Michael Huemer & Keith Knight

Links to mentioned works-

The Problem of Political Authority: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1137281650/

Losing Ground: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465065880/

Myth of the Rational Voter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007AIXLDI/

Against Democracy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071RNKSXC/

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0:00 - Quote from The Problem of Political Authority

0:31 - What is ‘political authority’?

1:18 - If you do not like the government of a country, you should leave

2:57 - Voting for a political representative is morally on par with consent

6:27 - “Liberty depends on taxation” - Cass Sunstein

9:15 - You benefit from the state, therefore you have an obligation to obey it’s edicts

15:19 - What about the poor?

18:29 - Does potential wealth inequality justify political authority?

21:11 - The major takeaway from the Trump presidency

22:38 - Corporations need regulation which justifies a state

Homelessness caused by regulation: https://libertarianinstitute.org/dont-tread-on-anyone/whats-the-1-cause-of-homelessness/

29:05 - In the absence of a state, chaos will exist

32:04 - The mindset of the unattainable perfection objection “who will do X”

35:09 - Huemer’s approach to handling objections to anarchism

36:05 - High standards for the market, no standards for the government & incentive structures

38:57 - Governments v. HOA’s

42:42 - The market commodifies human beings, therefore should be replaced by the state

46:03 - Where has anarcho-capitalism worked?

49:10 - Why are believers in government so confident in their low information position?

52:06 - How has the state created a double standard in the minds of the masses for thousands of years?

55:30 - Shame is the health of the state

1:00:10 - Most important thing you learned from Bryan Caplan

1:01:15 - Most important contribution of Jason Brennan