Drop The Mask Podcast

Conservatives at The Daily Wire have a problem with you if you think the moon landing was faked, think 9/11 was an inside job, or that nuking Japanese civilians was evil. "Just asking questions" is unacceptable behavior for the authoritarians on the right. I break down the Tucker Carlson interview on JRE that triggered them so badly Tucker makes a lot of great points and should be celebrated for coming closer to the truth (and breaking from the right). Find me on X: @DropTheMaskPod

The brilliant Keith Knight joins me to share a few of his "Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism". He talks about the "unavoidable contradiction" of progressive ideology, privatizing security, college and minimum wage, why people cling to their tribe, and more! Find the book here https://amzn.to/3xDyQbP Follow Keith on X: https://x.com/an_capitalist Find him on Odysee: https://t.co/coZ5paOmwr Find me on X: @DropTheMaskPod Locals: dropthemaskpod.locals.com

Does masturbation cause disease? Is eating meat going to destroy the world? Is the free market to blame for the rise in obesity? The delightful Matthew Lysiak joins me to tell the story of how big government combined with religious fanatics and "food" industry to systematically destroy our diet over the last ~100 years. Buy the book: https://amzn.to/49rn2Xb Follow @MatthewLysiak on X Find me on X @DropTheMaskPod Support the show: dropthemaskpod.locals.com

The House overwhelmingly passed a bill to effectively ban TikTok. I break down why that's a bad idea and how the US government is a much bigger threat to Americans than China. Dan Crenshaw tells a whopper: US intelligence agencies *don't* manipulate Americans. Nikki Haley claims TikTok makes users Anti-Semitic-- are the ADL and AIPAC behind this move?

The Russia-Ukraine war rages on, half a million Ukranians are dead and its all funded by Americans. When politicians tell you this is our number one interest, they've clearly dropped all pretense of caring about you or anyone but themselves. They say 'don't worry, most of the money goes to American companies'. But this is the ultimate broken window fallacy and a microcosm of Keynesian economics.

I sit down with Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Rectenwald and talk about the border, campaign strategy and disagreements with other Libertarians, and who his personal heroes are Find him at rectheregime.com and @RecTheRegime on X Obviously I need to practice my interview skills but it's not bad for my second one! Follow me on X: @DropTheMaskPod Join my locals community : dropthemaskpod.locals.com

Owen Benjamin has been on a tear, lashing out at ancaps for God knows what reason. I explain the concept of "participatory fascism" that masks the total control the state has over your life. dropthemaskpod.locals.com dropthemask.us

All our systems in the West are designed to give us bad outcomes. Voting the "right people" into office won't fix anything, because all the incentives align for the elites, not the people. The constitution doesn't save us, the illusion of freedom that was keeping us together is eroding fast. But more people are coming to realize what a scam it is. The piss-poor quality of our leaders has never been more obvious. And that gives me some hope for the future.

You might think this episode is about Elon Musk, but it's about the regime trying to squash dissident voices. They enlist John Oliver to try to ridicule him into submission, and I break it down.

"Stop The Price Gouging!" Biden tries to blame government failure on corporations; inflation slows but prices are still up-up-up; and is it possible to be a clear thinker? Applying some Modern Wisdom to politics. Follow me @DropTheMaskPod on X!

Revisiting 1974, where voters' concerns are inflation, cost of living, women in politics, and getting young, fresh voices into government. Sound familiar? Murray Rothbard makes a cameo, telling it like it is-- "It's the same political hogwash" And the very first guest on Drop the Mask, Derek Wills! Author of 'The Liberty Solution' and X-cellent social media "X-ays", @AncapAir joins me to talk about the morality of voting.

Elizabeth Warren is salivating over CBDCs, blaming everything on crypto and bitcoin while the government tries to keep its monopoly on currency. Why aren't people swayed by truth? Almost everyone will tell you truth is important to them, but their actions indicate otherwise.

Nikki Haley wants you to show your face online. Why that's a horrible idea, plus progressive confessions from Trevor Noah.

The folly of absorbing news through soundbites and headlines; What happened with Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX? Is the downfall of FTX a failure of capitalism or crypto?

We’re all being brainwashed. It’s happening all around you. All the time, and everywhere. Any time you see an ad, watch a video, read an article, or even glance at the news while you’re on the treadmill at the gym. These things are all designed to evoke a response in your brain to take some kind of action. To buy a product, to get you to click or scroll to the next thing, to stoke your fire of righteous indignation and cast a vote for this politician or that. Luckily, you can learn to spot the signs of brainwashing, and help yourself and people you care about avoid the big traps. In this episode we identify some of those signs, critique a political model, and discuss a “fresh” new way of getting out of the national debt.

Episode 1 - Hoch Die Anarchie! "I do not recognize your law, jumbled together as it is by the nobodies of bygone centuries... I am the enemy of the 'order' of today, and I repeat that, with all my powers, so long as breath remains in me, I shall combat it." Louis Lingg rebukes the court as they pass a death sentence on him. He stood falsely accused of bombing a crowd during the Haymarket Riot in 1886. Rather than allow the state to hang him, he detonated an explosive in his mouth, and allegedly scrawled "Hoch die Anarchie!" (Hurrah for anarchy) on the jail cell wall in his own blood while dying. He's an extreme example, but it's a hell of a story. And he clearly understood that the system was not all it is cracked up to be. The state is guilty of many crimes against its own citizens, and it's not something new. Here I introduce the show and some examples of how government interferes with prosperity and peace. There are some ideas that may sound radical to many people, but that's because we've never known anything but this undercover slavery. Listen in and let me know what you think!