Greg Magarshak has a 3+ hour discussion with Rock Chartrand about the role of capitalism in society.
03:09 - Intro
06:55 - Rock’s Background
10:50 - Large Platforms and Corporations
13:00 - What’s More Free than Private Ownership?
15:55 - Freedom of Speech
19:50 - Profits and Scams
21:40 - Proper Role of Government
24:50 - Government and Waste
40:45 - Hypocrisy and Tribalism
46:04 - Capitalism and Scale
49:15 - Finding Common Ground
50:00 - Screen Sharing Begins!
52:24 - Definitions. Early Libertarians.
59:40 - Privatizing Water
1:03:50 - Paleoconservatives vs Neocons
1:08:33 - Capitalism and Freedom of Speech
1:12:00 - Native Americans and Communism
1:15:00 - Leo Tolstoy, Gandhi and Martin Luther King
1:22:00 - Welfare and Social Security
1:36:00 - Single Payer Procurement being Cheaper
1:47:30 - Public Funding and Intellectual Property
1:49:00 - Open Source and Gift Economies
1:59:50 - Intellectual Property, Patents and Incentives
2:08:00 - No True Scotsman arguments for Real Capitalism
2:12:00 - Basis for Government Protecting Private Property
2:16:00 - Utilitarianism and Principles for Organizing Society
2:19:20 - Government and Industry Colluding to Distract Us
2:24:20 - Richard Wolff and Democracy at Work
2:25:21 - Capitalism vs Maximizing Freedom of Speech
2:29:15 - Technology, Abundance and Wealth Redistribution
2:33:00 - Desperation of Workers and Slaves
2:39:00 - Jeff Bezos and Billionaires with Rich Parents
2:42:00 - Universal Basic Income
2:50:00 - Machines and Automation
2:51:30 - Negative Externalities and Regulation
3:09:30 - Open Source Gift Economies vs Capitalism
3:12:00 - Universal Basic Income funded by Taxing Robots & Corporations
Let’s Discuss!