Just to reiterate what he said at the end: “Let’s promote a different vision of liberty. A robust, muscular, pragmatic vision that accords with reality and human nature. One that is not at war with culture or tradition, family, religion, community - one that fits the world as it is - hardboiled, pragmatic, results-oriented, focused on issues and market solutions. We should be proudly pro-property, pro-ownership, pro-opportunity, pro-trade, and anti-welfarism. We should be unapologetically anti-state, even when it feels uncomfortable to be so. We should be anti-Fed, anti-globalist, and maybe most importantly we should be anti-war. We should be supportive of decentralization and secession and localist movements. We should be unafraid to appeal to populism and bourgeois materialism and we should be welcoming to religion, tradition, and family. In other words, we should rebrand libertarianism to fit the world as it is.”
All of my acquaintances are now pretending to realize the faults of Democracy and politics. They'll neither act on it, nor remember it after the elections are over. The conclusions I draw are that this is either a general defect of humanity or that a generation once indoctrinated is lost forever. A Libertarian world now seems as realistic as the Socialist Internationalist dream. Brexit has left some with overly positive impressions. The movement for it was a lot more Nationalist than Libertarian in kind. More of a "nobody rules me, but my own master" kind of response. It firmly stopped after the referendum. Ethnic tension rose up as well. I'll make sure to secure my own liberty first before concerning myself with any kind of populist movement. Maybe the path to individual liberty is not collective.
One of the best pro libertarian videos I have ever seen awesome Jeff and awesome Mises! Make more like this ! This should lead the liberty conversation
Great speech. If you like this guy, I recommend Paul Gottfried. I binge read most of his books in 2 weeks, and they finally turned me off from neoconservatism. His book "Conservatism in America" was the most brutal thing I've read about the modern conservative movement. It was all the more hard-hitting because he attacked from the right, with deep understanding of ideological history, and personal experience of being kicked off the bus, or rather thrown under it, along with people like Rothbard and other old school anti-interventionist anti-New Deal conservatives. After which neocons basically surrendered to multicultural/PC ideology, and then started pretending it was their idea to begin with.
As an "Old Right" small 'c' conservative, this is a fantastic speech! “Let’s promote a different vision of liberty. A robust, muscular, pragmatic vision that accords with reality and human nature. One that is not at war with culture or tradition, family, religion, community - one that fits the world as it is - hardboiled, pragmatic, results-oriented, focused on issues and market solutions. We should be proudly pro-property, pro-ownership, pro-opportunity, pro-trade, and anti-welfarism. We should be unapologetically anti-state, even when it feels uncomfortable to be so. We should be anti-Fed, anti-globalist, and maybe most importantly we should be anti-war. We should be supportive of decentralization and secession and localist movements. We should be unafraid to appeal to populism and bourgeois materialism and we should be welcoming to religion, tradition, and family. In other words, we should rebrand libertarianism to fit the world as it is.” Amen to that!
Jeff Deist is so intelligent and..personable. Always worth listening.
Jeff is a treasurer
Just to reiterate what he said at the end:
“Let’s promote a different vision of liberty. A robust, muscular, pragmatic vision that accords with reality and human nature. One that is not at war with culture or tradition, family, religion, community - one that fits the world as it is - hardboiled, pragmatic, results-oriented, focused on issues and market solutions. We should be proudly pro-property, pro-ownership, pro-opportunity, pro-trade, and anti-welfarism. We should be unapologetically anti-state, even when it feels uncomfortable to be so. We should be anti-Fed, anti-globalist, and maybe most importantly we should be anti-war. We should be supportive of decentralization and secession and localist movements. We should be unafraid to appeal to populism and bourgeois materialism and we should be welcoming to religion, tradition, and family. In other words, we should rebrand libertarianism to fit the world as it is.”
Yes! This is the libertarian speech I've been waiting to hear, at long last.
All of my acquaintances are now pretending to realize the faults of Democracy and politics. They'll neither act on it, nor remember it after the elections are over. The conclusions I draw are that this is either a general defect of humanity or that a generation once indoctrinated is lost forever. A Libertarian world now seems as realistic as the Socialist Internationalist dream.
Brexit has left some with overly positive impressions. The movement for it was a lot more Nationalist than Libertarian in kind. More of a "nobody rules me, but my own master" kind of response. It firmly stopped after the referendum. Ethnic tension rose up as well.
I'll make sure to secure my own liberty first before concerning myself with any kind of populist movement. Maybe the path to individual liberty is not collective.
Video looks like it was recorded on an 80's camcorder.
Matt nope, potato.
Matt ....did you listen at all while you were tortured by the "look" of the video, you shallow ass?
Did you not get your ba-ba from mommy this morning? Why so angry?
Matt If they had a better video than they would be fringe.
Thank you, Jeff Deist. Jeffersonian level eloquence. :)
outstanding speech jeff
I've made up my mind Deist for president 2020
One of the best pro libertarian videos I have ever seen awesome Jeff and awesome Mises! Make more like this ! This should lead the liberty conversation
Great speech. If you like this guy, I recommend Paul Gottfried. I binge read most of his books in 2 weeks, and they finally turned me off from neoconservatism. His book "Conservatism in America" was the most brutal thing I've read about the modern conservative movement. It was all the more hard-hitting because he attacked from the right, with deep understanding of ideological history, and personal experience of being kicked off the bus, or rather thrown under it, along with people like Rothbard and other old school anti-interventionist anti-New Deal conservatives. After which neocons basically surrendered to multicultural/PC ideology, and then started pretending it was their idea to begin with.
I really miss hearing Jeff on a weekly basis.
As an "Old Right" small 'c' conservative, this is a fantastic speech!
“Let’s promote a different vision of liberty. A robust, muscular, pragmatic vision that accords with reality and human nature. One that is not at war with culture or tradition, family, religion, community - one that fits the world as it is - hardboiled, pragmatic, results-oriented, focused on issues and market solutions. We should be proudly pro-property, pro-ownership, pro-opportunity, pro-trade, and anti-welfarism. We should be unapologetically anti-state, even when it feels uncomfortable to be so. We should be anti-Fed, anti-globalist, and maybe most importantly we should be anti-war. We should be supportive of decentralization and secession and localist movements. We should be unafraid to appeal to populism and bourgeois materialism and we should be welcoming to religion, tradition, and family. In other words, we should rebrand libertarianism to fit the world as it is.”
Amen to that!
12:45 gave me a big laugh. The "extinction" of the Republican party theory changed within hours of this statement.
Liberty/a Iibertarian country isn’t possibIe untiI we have good Ieadership.
So, we don't need libertarianism, we need libertarianism WOW! Ok.
Well, right now libertarianism is Mr. Pibb.
Friedman over Mises. Sorry.