3174 Weeping Hugroom Fascism - Call In Show - January 6th, 2016

09/01/2016 59 min

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Question 1: [0:30] - I understand that to convey complex ideas often requires some simplification, if nothing else to save time - but I doubt you would try to argue that your thousands of hours of published speaking have not given you the time to delve into these subjects more and embrace nuance, detail - and the underlying truths. The truths that not a single one of these issues can be classified into only the blackest black or the whitest white, not only the billions of shades of gray between. but also the many, many colors of the spectrum that are being ignored. I have a few other issues I'd like to discuss at some point in the future, but this one seems to keep coming up for me; I see a move from anarchist philosopher to conservative pundit. How do you rectify these things? Where is the demarcation between objectivism, standing firm on principles...or practicality and supporting the lesser of two evils?Question 2: [37:24] - Growing up during the 80's Cold War wasn't a lot of fun. I remember it being a time of great worry and I couldn't understand why leaders of countries were constantly threatening each other with warmongering language. My teen years were littered with a sense of hopelessness which I now know was the reason I rarely went to school after the age of 13. As the mid 80's arrived the AIDS hysteria began. The BBC screamed 10 million in Britain will die of AIDS within ten years. Today’s children are bombarded with many dangers with terrorism and global warming being the big two. How is this affecting our future generations? Is creating a fatalist generation?