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"You lose every time you engage in a political argument. You're immediately possessed by the opposing ideology." "The reason I'm defending freedom of speech is because that's how people with different opinions settle their opinions in a civil society. And if we lose that, we'll lose so much you can't imagine." The Rise of Jordan Peterson. Now streaming on CiVL.

"The true test of whether someone understands a subject comes when he can explain it to someone who does not know a darn thing about it." Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World. Now streaming on CiVL.

"Credit expansion and interest-rate manipulation do not eliminate economic imbalances; they merely alter where those imbalances appear and how long they remain hidden. A boom can look sustainable for years precisely because the underlying distortions have not yet been revealed." - @peter_c_earle

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"Right around the time pot was legalized, New York got a lot worse. It became dirtier, smellier, but more importantly, it became less safe. It felt like a Pandora's box of anti-social behavior had been opened up." "It is basic policing. It shouldn't be as controversial as it has become." New York's Weed Nightmare. Now streaming on CiVL.

"Why are you against the use of alternate pronouns?" "I'm not. I'm against the use of legislation to determine what words myself and other people are required to utter." "My decision might be illegal. Maybe it's even a decision of hate. But I'm not doing it." The Rise of Jordan Peterson. Now streaming on CiVL.

The story of Troy Kotsur and the father who supported him throughout his journey as a Deaf child. The impact of Leonard's love and guidance shaped Troy's life and career. To My Father. Now streaming on CiVL.

"Sometimes I don't call it drafting. My labor services were confiscated by the United States government. I just had to put off everything I had planned on doing." Walter Williams: Suffer No Fools. Now streaming on CiVL.

The Knicks won after 53 years. Parts of New York celebrated by setting fire to the distinction between joy and self-control. Worth reading @peter_c_earle's exploration of civility, restraint, and the habits that make freedom possible.

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"Certain information poisons the mind and incites violent thoughts. We trust our elected leaders to make the right choices for us." "Do you ever think they make the wrong choices?" "If I were you, I'd comply with the rules." The Edited. Now streaming on CiVL.

"They're over 60, right? So I may have some idea what happens after 60." Speed of Life. Now streaming on CiVL.

"It's not enough to just live in the world as it is. To just take what you're given and follow the things that adults told you to do. Everything you've learned is just provisional. It's always open to questioning. I think the same applies to society." The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz. Now streaming on CiVL.

"In 1910, there were no state laws against prostitution. By 1914, it was illegal in every state. A panic swept the country. The panic eventually faded. But the laws it created remained. Laws don't go away." The War on Whores. Now streaming on CiVL.

"My father was an alcoholic. He broke my mother's bones. He's the reason I've never drank any alcohol." "My mom tried to find ways to get me my first computer. Once I had my computer, school was a waste of time. I want to learn about computers. I want to learn about the future." Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web. Now streaming on CiVL.

"You start talking to them. Some things make the crowd really wake up and listen. So you start saying more of those things. You do that a thousand times to ever-increasing crowds, and the crowd really starts to go mad, and they basically tell you that you're the savior of the nation." "How many people have to tell you that before you start to believe it?" The Rise of Jordan Peterson. Now streaming on CiVL.

"The federal government is giving so much money to task forces to fight trafficking, which effectively means they just do prostitution stings. It creates really perverse incentives where we're actually encouraging the industry to go further underground." The War on Whores. Now streaming on CiVL.

"The law is the operating system of our democracy, and you have to pay to see it. That's not much of a democracy." "How can you call yourself a law man and think that there could possibly be anything wrong with making the law public?" The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz. Now streaming on CiVL.

"In the 1920s, all he had to do is buy a used car and write the word taxi on it. And lo and behold, he was in business making money. Today it's entirely different." "A taxi medallion in New York City costs over $700,000. In 1937, one could buy one for $10." "The whole point of the medallion system is to keep insiders in and outsiders out." Walter Williams: Suffer No Fools. Now streaming on CiVL.

"The old guard are trying to hold on and penalize anyone who impedes their revenue streams. Crazy lawsuits against suburban housewives who had downloaded 20 songs, suing them for millions of dollars." "The record companies never gave a damn about the artists anyway." Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web. Now streaming on CiVL.