Dave Smith: Israel, Hamas, Ukraine, Russia, Conspiracies & Antisemitism | Lex Fridman Podcast #464

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Covered · Topics

What was discussed

Libertarianism US Foreign Policy Israel-Hamas Conflict Russia-Ukraine War Political Commentary Conspiracy Theories

Mentioned

Names dropped in conversation

RP

Ron Paul

“the Ron Paul brand of libertarianism, which is kind of distinct from that other camp”

DT

Donald Trump

“Ron Paul in many ways laid down he laid the groundwork in his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns for not not saying that he leads to Donald Trump, but he laid the groundwork for Donald Trump to be able to get up at the South Carolina Republican primary debate and look at Jeb Bush and say, Your brother lied us into war.”

GB

George W. Bush

“Your brother lied us into war. And you know what I mean? And and and to have the Republicans agree with him. you know, the same these were a lot of the same people who had voted for George W. Bush twice and supported the war”

MF

Milton Friedman

“a lot of influence from people like Rand, Milton Freriedman, Thomas Soul.”

DF

David Friedman

“David Freriedman who's an anarcho capitalist but from a completely different perspective than Murray Rothbart.”

TJ

Thomas Jefferson

“I revere him on the level of of the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson or George Washington.”