The Left Expects You to Live by Lies | Tom Woods Show #2779

The Left Expects You to Live by Lies | Tom Woods Show #2779

From TomWoodsTV by Tom Woods

July 17, 2026 · 1h 8m

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Tom Woods interviews Stefan Molyneux about truth-telling, deplatforming, and the importance of family and entrepreneurship in addressing social issues.

Stefan Molyneux, a familiar name to most of my listeners, hosted the world's largest philosophy show until he was suddenly deplatformed everywhere. He had thought: I have the truth on my side, so who can stop me? But they want you to repeat -- or at least not outwardly object to -- a series of absurdities, and that makes a truth-teller dangerous. Happily, nowadays people regularly say far more provocative things than anything Stefan was punished for. He and I discuss this and plenty more. Stefan reflects on the rise of FreeDomain, his early work in practical philosophy, and the experience of being removed from major platforms. We discuss how the Overton window has shifted, why ideas that were once treated as beyond the pale are now openly discussed, and how deplatforming scattered his arguments more widely. We also talk about Stefan’s years filling in for Peter Schiff, the growth of his “Truth About” series, and the entrepreneurial lessons he learned while building an audience without institutional support. The conversation then turns to childhood, family life, peaceful parenting, the non-aggression principle, and Stefan’s belief that social and political problems must be…

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