Darryl Cooper Doesn't Understand Libertarians - Adam and Bob Respond | Hn 229

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Adam Haman and Bob Murphy discuss misconceptions about libertarianism stemming from a conversation between Darryl Cooper and Jacob Winograd.

On this crossover episode, Adam Haman and the great Bob Murphy discuss a fascinating conversation between Jacob Winograd and Darryl Cooper on the Biblical Anarchy Podcast (linked below). It's a conversation well worth listening too, but Adam and Bob take issue with how libertarianism was (mis)characterized. Why do so many people misunderstand what libertarian is?00:00 — Intro. Adam pretends he doesn't know what the topic is for this week. Weird.02:41 — Adam makes a heretical admission, and we play Clip 1: Darryl Cooper on sins of epistemology and pride in relation to comparative religion analysis. Adam rebuts.08:35 — Bob responds to Adam's critique of Darryl. 21:59 — Clip 2: Darryl's criticisms of libertarianism. Bob gives his take. 32:26 — Adam critiques Darryl's presentation of libertarianism -- a lot. Bob responds.39:20 — Clip 3: Darryl says you can't have liberty w/o order. Adam and Bob say that's backwards.52:04 — What does economist Art Laffer have to do with all this? Also, Darryl gives another example of government power that he supports.1:07:00 — Outro. Thanks for watching Haman Nature! Sponsor mentioned: https://TheSwanBrothers.com/crossover Video mentioned: Darryl…

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Hosts: Adam Haman, Bob Murphy

Guest: Darryl Cooper

Topics covered

• libertarianism
• misunderstanding
• political discourse
• crossover episode
• critique

Keywords

• libertarianism
• Darryl Cooper
• Bob Murphy
• Adam Haman
• politics
• crossover
• critique

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Organizations: Biblical Anarchy Podcast, Natural History Podcast, Haman Nature

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