Nick Freitas

There's a social media trend online about how often men think about the Roman Empire. Today, we dive into why that is. ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $25 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

For decades, we heard alarming claims from experts like Malthus in the 1800s and Paul Ehrlich in the late 1900s, telling us that unless things changed dramatically, population growth would spell disaster for the world. Today, we will discuss the predictions, what happened, and what the future will look like. ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

We are all aware of how “wokeness” has affected things like gender identity and racism, but how is it affecting the way your kids think about economics? Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

Even if you have never heard the term "neo-reactionary," you've probably been exposed to many of their ideas in one form or another. Terms like "The Cathedral" and "Red Pilling" come from the neo-reactionaries. But they have a lot more to say, and we will tell you everything you need to know to understand neo-reactionary thought. ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

America seems to be barreling down the road to catastrophe. But rather than simply waiting for politicians in D.C. to get their act together and save us, the best thing we can do is to save ourselves. That starts with improving ourselves! Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/mta and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

Everyone is feeling pretty down about America's prospects. China, Russia, the EU, BRICS, isn’t it true that America is on the decline? No, and we will explain why. ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/mta and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

If you were king for a day, which federal agencies, departments, positions, laws, rules, etc. would you get rid of? ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping. ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes Chapters: 00:00 - The episode will start shortly 00:15 - Intro 05:12 - Cutting federal agencies 7:32 - What is the actual federal debt 13:35 - What is the federal deficit 18:40 - Federal spending 36:25 - How many agencies are there 40:25 - Keep track of their budget 1:00:45 - Department of defense 1:19:20 - Department of education 1:29:42 - Housing and urban development 1:37:03 - Environment protection agency 1:44:06 - Health and Human services 1:52:55 - Department of transportation 1:55:53 - department of interior 2:01:25 - Agency for International development 2:08:34 - Making the argument 2:19:55 - Wrap up ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickJFreitas YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@NickJFreitas3.0 -------- Links from today's ep: https://www.truthinaccounting.org/about/our_national_debt?gclid=CjwKCAjwrranBhAEEiwAzbhNt[…]1iYVDoz7a8oUZPhj76WdeT7khN5EinDw1m9f4unYNtRoCpQ0QAvD_BwE https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/06/the-2023-deficit-is-projected-to-total-15-trillion-heres-why-it-could-be-even-higher#:~:text=Due%20to%20a%20structural%20imbalance,billion%20larger%20than%20in%202022. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58888https://www.paul.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Festivus-23-clean-12.22-v2.pdf- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_agencies_in_the_United_States#United_States_Department_of_Commercehttps://www.usaspending.gov/agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/commentary/top-10-obsolete-government-programshttps://www.usa.gov/agency-index/b#B

What are the worst problems currently facing the Federal government, and what are some potential solutions? And why do none of them come from the government itself? ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0 -------- Links from today's ep: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL https://www.visualcapitalist.com/purchasing-power-of-the-u-s-dollar-over-time/ https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-housing-affordability-at-an-all-time-low https://blog.reventure.app/blog/how-the-fed-destroyed-the-us-housing-market/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-household-debt-largely-unchanged-q2-credit-card-balances-jump-ny-fed-says-2023-08-08/ https://news.gallup.com/poll/508169/historically-low-faith-institutions-continues.aspx https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/well/family/male-friendship-loneliness.html https://fortune.com/2023/02/05/why-friendships-are-worse-now/ https://news.gallup.com/poll/352457/ratings-black-white-relations-new-low.aspx https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/036/647/Screen_Shot_2021-03-01_at_2.28.39_PM.png Graphs & charts used in today's ep: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/vuoxnsa74bngwabv8suw9/h?rlkey=6ov11qj5cjp7l039p9y8db3v7&dl=0

What is homesteading, and is it feasible to gain greater resilience and make some money? And if you decide to do it, who should you be listening to, and perhaps most importantly, where do you meet other people who can help? ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

If you were forced only to read one author on politics, economics, sociology, history, school choice, intellectualism, welfare policy, and just about everything in between, read the Bible. But if you could read two, Thomas Sowell would be the one to read, and today we will explain why. ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

Nick is not here today, so this is a perfect time to tell you everything he doesn't want you to know! We have had a lot of requests about a wide array of topics, from how Nick and I met, how I dealt with Nick's deployments overseas, homeschooling, raising bees, and of course, embarrassing stories about Nick. ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/mta and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

Last week we talked about potential catalysts for national divorce, and one of our audience members said how depressing things have become! Well, this episode is the good news! There is something you can do, something we all can do as an antidote to the current cultural insanity, and the best part is. It's a lot of fun! ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

In April, we discussed the three conditions for National Divorce. Today we will discuss potential catalysts and their response. Keep in mind I desperately do not want any of this to happen. But it is worth considering what would happen and how. ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/mta and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

What is postmodernism? Why does it matter? Well, I'll tell you because it has been a cornerstone of many of the ideas and argumentation methods that have captured the modern Western mind. Today we will review its central holdings, some of its core founders and disciples, and perhaps most importantly, why it has been such a problem. ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/mta and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

Are we being distracted, and if so, what could we be distracted from? ------------------------------------------------ Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/argument and use promo code "Nick" for $30 off your order + free shipping ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickForVA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MakingTheArgument TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickfreitas3.0

We are told that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, some of us are taking a hard look at the village and saying no thank you. But how do we effectively prepare our children to not only survive in a world that seems increasingly hostile to our values but set them up to be the ones who can correct the ship? Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT Interview with Victor Marx: https://youtu.be/3CYwggpg4DI

We have dedicated a few episodes to discussing this question of masculinity in crisis, and it looks like the Left is finally going beyond mocking it, and at least one commentator has agreed that it might be a discussion worth having. So Christine Emba has written an article in the Washington Post discussing how the Left should respond to the crisis of masculinity that most of her political allies would rather ignore if not outright mock. Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT

Back on July 4th, we did a deep dive into the Declaration of Independence. One of our Community Chat members asked us about doing something similar for the Constitution...so not only are we going to do that, but we are going to discuss the most deliberately misrepresented parts of the Constitution as well as the portions you should hate...that's right I said it! All of that and more... Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT

Sound of Freedom has gotten a lot of attention, and for very good reason. But it has left a lot of people wondering, "so what do we do about it" and please don't tell me...write your congressman. Well, we spoke with Victor Marx, a man who has been doing something about it for over 20 years. Today we are going to do a react video to that interview. Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT

Last week we discussed the battle for the male mind, and we had people in the chat encourage us to next tackle the battle for the female mind...so here we are today discussing just that. We are going to discuss the battle between the Boss Babe and the Traditional Wife...and we have a special guest with us today... Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT

Young men are increasingly becoming disaffected with the Western world. The question is, whose advice will they take going forward? Will it be Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, or someone else? Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT

Over the 4th of July, some prominent members of the left had some choice things to say about independence day...we are going to react to some of those, plus any you would like to send us, and we will go over some of the craziest headlines of the week, all of that and more coming up on this episode of making the argument. Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT

So here is the problem, if the Right is really as good at debate and the application of logic as we claim to be, why does it seem like all of our major institutions, not to mention our politics, appears to be going in the opposite direction? Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT