Libertarians talk Psychology

We look at some of the news events in the last week or so in light of the herd mentality permeating the US. Victor Davis Hanson describes the situation as a problem with the Trump derangement syndrome. He warns not to follow the experts because their analysis is flawed by group bias. We discuss how herd mentality and groupthink threaten our rational thinking.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used from: Victor Davis Hanson: The Trump Deranged “Experts” Were Wrong. Again.By: The Daily Signal

Is there any excuse for using force even if a country is expressing threatening language? What if that country is doing harm to their own citizens? Is it really a good idea to contribute money to that country even when it shows one of these bad behaviors?It seems like a better idea would be to encourage a more prosperous population by showing good free market example.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography2 Clips Used from: Dave Smith | Regime Change | Part Of The Problem 1279By: @PartOfTheProblem

Spoiler alert. We discuss the ideas characterized in Downton Abbey as it relates to libertarian principles. Centralized power restricts personal freedoms and choices represented in the series by aristocracy and the middle class workers.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: "He Was More a Philosopher Than a Thief"By: @DowntonAbbey

We comment on Dave Smith's assessment that Elon Musk is dedicated to two big issues. One is free speech and the other is government spending.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography2 Clips Used from: Dave Smith | Trump VS. Musk | Part Of The Problem 1272By: @PartOfTheProblem

We discuss the very interesting brouhaha between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. We look at clips from sky news and Dr. Drew to review the characteristics of the conflict from a libertarian standpoint but more importantly the issues of family dynamics that appear to be involved for Elon Musk.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClips Used: ‘Ketamine has worn off': Elon Musk deletes posts on X following Trump spatBy: @SkyNewsAustraliaElon Musk asperger's analyzed by Dr. Drew PinskyBy: NewsMax

It breaks my heart to see one of my heroes, Kash Patel, resort to the same deep state trick I have been hearing for decades: “believe me, I am an expert, and Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide”.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClips Used: Tucker Reacts to Kash Patel and Dan Bongino on Jeffrey EpsteinBy: @TuckerCarlsonDave Smith | HHS Finally Admits the Truth | Part Of The Problem 1269By: Dave Smith

Steve Bannon presented a marvelous summary of the current situation when he spoke at Hillsdale College. He suggested that we are in a Civil War and that it will last a long time and be decided that whoever does not give up. Similar to 1860, the two sides are dug in. The deep state controls the institutions and commercial environment. We discuss this concept and how the average person can continue to clarify the conflict between the elite and the middle class. Bannon says the elite control most of the institutions and that the middle class is represented by MAGA.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: MAGA and the Fight for America | Stephen K. BannonBy: Hillsdale College

Does Trump play four dimension chess when he negotiates, or does he just shoot from the hip? Does he even have a plan or is the plan to simply respond to the pressure as it evolves?Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Trump's negotiation style usually makes the other side want to get back, says Cambridge's BordoneBy: CNBC Television

This is a rebroadcast of an earler episode from Jan. 13, 2022We discuss the organizational element of entropy as it applies to social systems—its relationship to information and censorship, our Constitution, and the Libertarian perspective.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

This is a rebroadcast of an earler episode from Jan. 13, 2022Our government does a miserable job of handling our legal drug problems. But they are even worse with illegal drugs and the war on drugs. Some other countries do a much better job.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Sky news reported that 30+ percent of the total population think that political murder is justified at least partially. This rises to 55% in the case of Donald Trump for the left. This startling result translates to a mental illness crisis for the country. We discuss these ideas and possible reasons for the change from a more moral society and what remedies are available.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

This is a rebroadcast from Decebmer 24, 2021Is it fair to women when they have to compete against transgender athletes? Have we improved our institutional rules to be fair to all homosexuals? Do we really have to agree with the new realities, or can we simply be satisfied with allowing consenting adults' behavior?Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Julie and Mike take time out from politics to discuss a variety of things they think are important that they have learned over time. They include items from life, work, finances and relationships.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrBlueskyAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

We used to think that greed and male-male competition explained how almost every civilization turned to big government and unnecessary war. But these incentives just did not explain the resulting hatred and intensity. It turns out that Freud and Jung explained an additional powerful weakness in humans that snowballs from the personal to the group, race, country, and political levels.This continues a discussion from our last episode, and we include a dialogue from Dave Smith as a reminder of how these problems never seem to go away!Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Dave Smith | Trump Flirts With Disaster | Part Of The Problem 1248By: Dave Smith

We review the origin of the Trump derangement syndrome and the Elon Musk derangement syndrome. Both have to do with the psychological mechanism of projection. A common tactic to avoid understanding one's inner motivations and in particular one's self interest cheating, projection, when gone off the rails can result in violence and war. We review a clip from Academy of Ideas to better understand this important phenomenon.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Carl Jung, the Shadow, and the Dangers of Psychological ProjectionBy: Academy of Ideas

Jack Spirko passionately identifies 15 things that are the enemies of the people, and this ends up being a great reveal for our generation! He goes from the military industrial complex, to the medical complex, to education. Of course, the government is intimately involved in almost every one of these enemies!The question becomes, do we really think we can elect politicians who will fix any of these things? Or should we just learn how to cope?Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: The 15 Biggest Enemies of the People - Epi-3641By: Jack Spirko

Julie reviews Edgar Schein's thoughts on group growth and proposes a comparison to the left, the right, and the composite. Groups can be compared and contrasted to individuals in terms of their maturity, their ability to deal with reality, and their ability to solve problems and take in new information. We discuss the left and the right political groups in their current form.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Democrats ‘memed' online for their ‘stupid signs' during Trump's Congress addressBy: Sky News Australia

This is a rebroadcast from December 11, 2024Apparently, tariffs are a bad idea for all countries involved, because they raise the prices for all consumers. But maybe there is more to consider, like the politics between countries. At least the talk about tariffs makes a pretty good threat.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Thomas Sowell warns trade wars can spin out of controlBy: Fox News

We piggyback on Victor Davis Hanson's characterization of the current change being a counter revolutionary move after the country was taken over by the left political ideology. Julie compares this to organizational theory of how groups move from their original work and original mission to become self interested living systems. As a living system, the group can defend itself and be unconscious of how it cheats. We are seeing examples of this defensiveness now as the counter revolution continues.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Victor Davis Hanson: Trump's Counterrevolution in WashingtonBy: The Daily Signal

Today's various issues are exciting, however it is hard to remember the history and perspective that got us here. Dave Smith has some observations that can help us get started on the path to common sense reactions.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClips Used: Dave Smith | People Need to be Prosecuted | Part Of The Problem 1232By: Dave SmithThree Questions that will destroy any argument with the Left | Thomas SowellBy: Thomas SowellTV

This is a rebroadcast of ep 152Julie reviews an article on statistics showing extremely high ratios for Democrats to Republicans in university faculty. We talk about the impact of this lack of diversity in problem-solving and in principles such as freedom of information. We briefly discuss why this might've happened.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Victor Davis Hanson talked about Trump‘s strategy for USAID, transgenders, $40 million to the Wuhan labs, and Anthony Fauci. He also talked about the left being off guard concerning Trump‘s speedy intentions for US geography, appointments, the swamp, and the 30% Democrat low approval.Money laundering must be in the picture; either past present or future!Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Trump Clears House at Leftist ‘Rogue Operation,' USAID | Victor Davis HansonBy: The Daily Signalshow less

Watching the RFK Jr. hearing, we discuss how information flow works in self-correcting systems and how the Trump nominees are being attacked by the swamp. While Mike was pessimistic in the past, Julie was more hopeful that with the information channels open the country could self correct. Political emotions combined with the Internet is causing a renaissance in information flow and problem solving exemplified in Trump's problem-solving efforts.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Sen. Johnson gets round of applause at RFK Jr. hearingBy: Fox News

No matter what eventually develops, a few of these latest executive orders are history in the making! It has taken decades for someone to make a positive move on the JFK files, pardons for nonviolent citizens, and common sense for health treatment issues.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Released JFK files could be ‘embarrassing' to CIA: Investigative journalist | Vargas ReportsBy: NewsNation

I don't care if Mark Zuckerberg is simply kissing up to the new King. His explanation is very good. And the only conclusion is that free speech is much better than the doubtful research results from media or academia!Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: MARK ZUCKERBERG drops bombshell: META makes MAJOR CHANGES after over-censorship of AMERICANSBy: Diario AS

Our government's representatives and their willing media accomplices are good at creating and taking advantage of hoaxes in order to manipulate the population. Scott Adams describes one way to convince people that they may believe in a hoax. Of course, the optimal goal is to have some sort of consequence for an exposed hoax that damaged people.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Episode 2697 CWSA 12/22/24By: Real Coffee with Scott Adams

We look at Scott Adams again to understand more about how the Democratic elites are failing to understand themselves and why they lost the election. We examine the connection between arrogance and self deception and how playing a social game evolves from a genuine instinct of altruism.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Episode 2697 CWSA 12/22/24By: Real Coffee with Scott Adams

Apparently, tariffs are a bad idea for all countries involved, because they raise the prices for all consumers. But maybe there is more to consider, like the politics between countries. At least the talk about tariffs makes a pretty good threat.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used: Thomas Sowell warns trade wars can spin out of controlBy: Fox News

Julie reviews the six structures that Aristotle proposed for governments with the distinction between those that are pure, and those that are corrupt. What characteristics must you have for functioning organizations? Julie goes over how power is located in the individual, reward systems, detection systems, and other characteristics in organizations that apply to government.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClip Used:What Aristotle Knew About Oligarchy That We ForgotBy: Legendary Lore

RFK Jr. said the Kennedy assassinations of the 1960s marked a dramatic change in the direction of our country. We can only hope that the new leadership will favor less centralized government control.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClips Used:The JFK Assassination, Growing up Kennedy, and His Marriage | Robert F. Kennedy Jr Interview, Part 2

This is a rebroadcast of an earlier episode from August 4, 2022Julie reviews a letter sent by the Louisiana governor who explains his position on a legislative matter. She points out the "feeling" value system that predominates in the letter and the style of the humanitarian-based, political left. We discuss how the four cognitive styles are needed to address any problem and point out why decisions are usually wrong-- because they over-emphasize one out of the four cognitive frames. All four are needed for balanced decisions.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

in a perfect world, all taxation would carefully avoid disturbing the free marketplace. However, in our imperfect world, taxation seems to have a lot more to do with politics than sound economics.Apparently tariffs are a form of taxation, and maybe even a little worse than our wild income tax. Let's hope Elon Musk and Vivac Ramaswami can help our country approach flat income taxes and minimal corruption.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott VideographyClips Used:Bill Maher makes Al Franken choke on his words criticizing Trump's tariff policiesMilton Friedman on Free Trade/Tariffs

Julie proposes three observations about the election. A full return of the positive masculine depicted in the election of Trump and particularly in his cabinet selections. Secondly she talks about the zigzag process between the left and the right political sentiments and how that's the natural flow between the instincts of warmth versus competence. We discussed how that can be corrupted by unchecked power. Finally we observe that the system works despite the fact that it's taken 40 years and the destructive elements of the various industrial complexes.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Wow! That election was exciting!So the next question is, now what? Here are some of our most important issues, and a few hopes and dreams for each of them: Continue to expose the truth (and maybe Institute consequences over damages) No new wars! (And stop existing wars, also work some sort of alternative deal with the military industrial complex.) Bring the economy under control, using tools like the budget, federal reserve, and removing collusion with big business. Expose the media when it is not truthful and emphasize the first amendment. (Stop government collusion with news media outlets). Let RFK Junior pursue the medical complex, especially concerning our foods.Clip Used: A Psychological Analysis of Trump's Personality by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | EP 492Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Julie discusses the presentation by Jordan Peterson regarding the Big Five factor personality model and Donald Trump. According to Peterson, and Julie agrees, Trump is extremely extroverted and highly conscientious. Where as Peterson considers him probably agreeable, Julie thinks he is more middle of the road on agreeableness. She believes temperament style and cognitive style derived from the Myers Briggs might also better characterize Trump as an artisan and extremely quick in responding in real time to challenges and opportunities.She agrees with Peterson that efforts to classify Trump as narcissistic or dictatorial lack validity.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Rebroadcast of ep 35There is plenty of Biden administration incompetence in our departure from Afghanistan. But the real problem is much bigger. Our society is way to accepting of war in general, and we are too accepting of liars who get us into these wars. What ever happened to prosecuting liars and to our country's check and balance procedure of declaring wars?Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

We review the latest on Jordan Peterson's clash with the regulators in Canada, as looked at by Scott Adams.Scott Adams describes the humorous side of the predicament, especially the idea that there is no one in Canada that is volunteering to teach Jordan Peterson about social media.Julie's first hand experience with regulatory boards and especially when elites are given power over others, predicts that Peterson's efforts to resist or to make rational the interaction, will not be successful. We discuss the realities of regulatory power and how that power can be abused with few consequences.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

This is a reboardcast of ep 195This conversation about humorist Jack Handey and war was recorded in March 2021, but it seems relevant even today.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblrAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Reboardcast of ep 130Julie reviews some research that suggests people have a pro-Black bias, including those from the Conservative side of the political spectrum. This type of finding complicates issues when it comes to trying to be fair to one group-- without being unfair to another group. The finding is contrary to the idea of oppressors and victims seemingly put forth in Critical Race Theory. We also briefly discuss issues of selection testing.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

The new Texas law has us talking passionately about abortion again. It does not seem reasonable that a mother would have no rights the day after conception, or that the fetus should have no rights the day before the birth. It makes sense that we should decide as a society a certain point at which the fetus has rights.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videographyshow less

We describe the current moral decay that is part of the culture now in the United States, the underbelly of the political power struggle. According to one survey 28% of Democrats condone murder of a political opponent. We listen to an excerpt of Martin Luther King's "Up to the Mountaintop" speech he gave in Memphis the day before he was assassinated. We discuss if conditions are the same now and how our moral compasses and collective virtue are required for  stabilizing the culture.Clips uesd:Martin Luther King's Last Speech: I've Been to the MountaintopTrump Holds Massive Rally in NEW YORK While Cracking Jokes and Showing Personal SideFollow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Milton Friedman did a great job explaining how self interest enables free enterprise to work better than any other system. But free enterprise is an easy target for criticism because it is so accepting of the pursuit for self interest. And as in all systems, it is vulnerable to the bad influences of government collusion.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

We discuss the two news items this week regarding the opinion piece in the New York Times criticizing the constitution, and Brazil banning Elon Musk's X.We play a clip from Joe Rogan and talk about how the constitution includes checks and balances on the normal human behavior to abuse power. We also discuss the superiority of consensus decision-making to majority rule, as well as the importance of free speech and information flow to good decisions.Joe Rogan Experience #2125 - Kurt MetzgerFollow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

At a time when RFK Junior has inspiring us about the importance of free speech, Mark Zuckerberg further admits that the FBI pressured Facebook to censor important political content. This censorship was especially damaging, not only because it may have influenced the last presidential election, but also because it may have influenced decisions to involve the US in the Ukraine conflict. We include a Dave Smith  excerpt detailing some of this.Clip used:Dave Smith | Tulsi Goes MAGA | Part Of The Problem 1162Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

We discuss the stunning and brilliant critique of the current system involving the deep state and democratic party that was delivered this week by RFK Jr. We look at the benefits to Trump, Including the participation of Elon Musk. Julie reviews the changes in the journalism culture and also we discuss the tendency toward herd mentality that RFK exposes in his speech and his endorsement for Trump.Clip used:Social Experiment On Mob MentalityFollow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Norm McDonald had a humorous view of war that is initiated by an external threat. Keith Knight has a not so humorous description of how our internal deep state systems are rigged for war. There are a couple of strategies for staying in between these two extremes, and avoiding war altogether.Clips used:Norm Macdonald on GermanyDave Smith | Keith Knight | Part Of The Problem 1153Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

This is a reboardcast of ep 128Is organized psychology helping us to deal scientifically with issues of gender and biological sex? When did gender roles become impossibly mixed with biological sex? Julie reviews some of these issues after Mike listened to Jordan Peterson and Frans de Wall In their recent interview.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Athletic sports competition is beautiful because it is such a pure measure of competence without political interference. But we can't help it if even the Olympics reminds us of possible unfair influence from the past present and future.Clips used:Bill Burr White vs Black Athletes and HitlerAbrain | A Pharmaceutical Commercial ParodyFollow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

(Rebroadcast of ep 60)We look at diversity from a deeper and more profound understanding of differences between humans. We relate this to business ideas such as job match, problem-solving, and management, and also to current functioning in Washington.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

In case there was any doubt, it is obvious that Trump is one of the best showmen of all time, even in the middle of an attempted assassination! And he is incredible at revealing flaws in the deep state, including the Secret Service. As with all things concerning the deep state, we have to ask ourselves: is this just incompetence, or is there some devious intention behind it?‘Pathetic': The media ‘has been lying' about Donald Trumphttps://youtu.be/iSd5JVbMp50?si=F4zmBViiDzNGlqaTFollow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography

Jordan Peterson gives his view of pride month and Julie discusses the complexities of the psychology of shame related to the concept of pride. Mike and Julie discuss sensitive issues involved in endocrine disruptive influences, scientific elements uncovered by Shana Swan. Also, Julie looks at the moral superiority game that may be being played in the society regarding victims, rescuers, and entitlement.Follow Us:YouTubeTwitterFacebookTumblror visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.comAll audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography