Premise Check with Billy Beck

Crashing through the literature on "fellow travellers": the worst sorts of early 20th-century communist liars and creeps; the ones who cheered the murderous destruction from the safe sidelines.

A viewer asked an interesting question in comments on another video, concerning American's guns and Donald Trump during the current slow-rolling socialist revolution.

Account Suspension: How Twitter Exemplfies The Ethics of Arbitrary Power

Listening to Donald Trump's remarks after his arraignment on federal charges.

How federal DEI ("Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion") programs drive radical egalitarian ethics throughout American culture, and some of the largest implications. Referenced: Clint Russell's "Liberty Lockdown" -- https://rumble.com/v2q5msq-aoc-is-really-really-really-not-bright.htm Obama Executive Order #13583 -- https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/18/executive-order-13583-establishing-coordinated-government-wide-initiativ 5 U.S. Code § 2301 -- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/2301 5 U.S. Code ch. 23 -- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-92/pdf/STATUTE-92-Pg1111.pdf James Lindsay: "Ways of Knowing" -- https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-ways-of-knowing/ Ludwig von Mises: Human Action" -- https://cdn.mises.org/Human%20Action_3.pdf

Let's consider the demand of the Idiocracy. Referenced works available online: Henry Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson" (1946) -- https://www.liberalstudies.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Economics-in-One-Lesson_2.pdf Vladimir Lenin: "The Impending Catastrophe [Nationalisation of the Banks]" (1917) -- https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/ichtci/04.htm#v25zz99h-333 Ludwig von Mises: "The Theory of Money And Credit" (1912) -- https://cdn.mises.org/The%20Theory%20of%20Money%20and%20Credit_3.pdf

Introducing James Lindsay with an example lecture on “The Strange Death of the University, Part 1: The Red Thread". Listen to the entire session at -- https://youtu.be/Ndl6NrMPeyc He is discussing and analyzing the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) document "Knowledge-driven actions: transforming higher education for global sustainability" (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000380519/) James Lindsay at Twitter:https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames

I just had a great phone call with a special friend of mine, that I'll discuss, plus: a look at Miss Tina Turner from Frank Zappa's experience with the lady. And; a roll through what I've had to say at Twitter.

The title comes from video remarks by Lucas Gage, former USMC, essentially on the morality of U.S. government conduct of wars in the 21st century.

Drawing parallels between what the FBI has come to and the Soviet police state.

Is classical liberalism possible without God?

News review including: IRS Investigators Fired, MTG moves Christopher Wray impeachment, John Fetterman, Anarchist Cafe closes

Discussing some of the larger aspects and implications of Special Counsel John Durham's report on "on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns", published May 15, 2023

Twitter's New CEO Linda Yaccarino Bud Light: Nobody Wants It General Twitter Roll

Discussing the implications of the migrant invasion and the Jordan Neely/Daniel case.

Trump/CNN Town Hall

Live Comment on the Tennessee Legislature Expelling Communists

"Rolling commentary on mid-term election results with a distinctly anti-democratic outlook."