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Politely, Up Yours!

by Joe Macaluso, Dave Rael

Politely, Up Yours! with Joe Macaluso and Dave Rael is a podcast seeking to explore the depths of philosophy, politics, society, government, religion, and human interaction. It also intends to be a shining becacon of virtue and civil interaction.

Episodes

Episode 008 | Politely Up Yours - Religion

54m · Published 19 Jul 00:00

Dave Rael and Joe Macaluso faith and religion, the impact of religion on societal norm,

Chapters:

0:52 - Book Club - Man, Economy, and State
2:11 - Elasticity of demand
3:17 - Outlay
5:47 - Speculation and equilibrium
12:13 - Digging into religion and personal experiences of faith and institutional religion
19:21 - Science, observation, the scientific method, and faith
20:49 - Progression of human knowledge; morality and ethics; the state as religion
24:13 - Sources of wisdom, inspiration, and ideas of "right" behavior
28:25 - Secular ethics: The Non-aggression principle and Stefan Molyneux's Universtally Preferable Behavior
32:22 - Selfishness, virtue, and altruism
42:01 - Guilt, Original Sin, and white privilege
44:48 - Comparisons of church and state
47:28 - Perceptions of "the one percent"
49:49 - Sources of conflict and zealotry

Resources:

Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar's Edition - Murray N. Rothbard
Arbitrage
Herbert Henry Dow and the German Chemical Cartel
Campus Crusade for Christ
Deism
Scientific method
Non-aggression principle
Stefan Molyneux - Freedomain Radio
Universally Preferable Behaviour: A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics - Stefan Molyneux
The Virtue of Selfishness, Centennial Edition - Nathaniel Branden, Ayn Rand
Dave's Blog Post on Self-Sacrifice
Original Sin

Episode 007 | Politely Up Yours - Needs And Wants

47m · Published 25 May 00:00

Joe Macaluso and Dave Rael discuss the nature of supply and demand economics and whether markets work only for those things that are merely wants, rather than needs, or if regulation is necessary to make sure people are able to meet their needs.

Chapters:

0:08 - Book Club - Man, Economy, and State
1:32 - Expanding a sample economy to multiple economies
3:39 - Self-maintenance of market equilibrium
6:34 - Supply and demand and the capability/incapability of markets to serve needs as well as they serve wants
10:14 - Cancer treatment as an example of failure of the market
17:48 - Failures of entire economies
20:38 - The nature of money and monetary policy, central banks, and currency manipulation
27:45 - Wealth and income imbalances and the potential of the imbalance to distort market equilibria
34:04 - Market instability, cycles, and the creation of the Federal Reserve in US History
39:18 - Real examples from history of free societies - do they exist?
43:06 - Flawed human nature, greed, and concentration of power

Resources:

Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar's Edition - Murray N. Rothbard
Costs of Cancer Treatment
Insuring against the high costs of cancer
The Peter Schiff Show
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger - Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson
Best of the Left Podcast
The Best of the Left Episode with the recommendation of The Spirit Level
History of the Federal Reserve
Dr P.J. Hill on the Tom Woods Show - The Not So Wild West
The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier (Stanford Economics & Finance) - Terry L. Anderson, Peter J. Hill

Episode 006 | Politely Up Yours - Rights

59m · Published 16 May 00:00

Dave Rael and Joe Macaluso discuss rights and come to an agreement on what rights are. The conversation uses healthcare as an example to explore what is and isn't a right and goes through many examples. Ultimately, the question whether citizens are slaves of the state is addressed with a thought exercise.

Chapters:

0:22 - Book Club - Man, Economy, and State
1:06 - Psychic Revenue
2:00 - Exchange and the division of labor
4:06 - Buying the same goods from different suppliers: different goods rather than same goods with different pricing considerations?
7:53 - What are rights?
8:48 - Right to free healthcare?
11:38 - What is healthcare?
13:43 - More clarity on the nature of rights
15:47 - The theistic terminology of the US Declaration of Independence
16:55 - The nature of the "right to life" and relevance for medical care
21:28 - Are medical care providers forced to provide care?
24:27 - Charity, marginal utiilty, and insurance
28:13 - Philosophy and government providing where individuals cannot
32:32 - Conclusion regarding the nature of rights
34:33 - Application of the term "right to eduction"
35:03 - Voting rights
36:00 - The US Bill of Rights and gun ownership rights
38:52 - Establishment of ownership and homesteading
41:15 - Unfairness
45:37 - The reality or unreality of an impartial arbiter
46:44 - Good enough government
49:38 - Membership in government as voluntary? The example of the secession of the southern states
52:03 - The imperfect nature of the American system of government
53:17 - Slave of the state?

Resources:

Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar's Edition - Murray N. Rothbard
Bernie Sanders on the Right to Healthcare
A respectful ideological collision between Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul
United States Declaration of Independence
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." (may not have been Mark Twain)
Homestead Acts
Homesteading

Episode 005 | Politely Up Yours - Free Society

42m · Published 09 May 00:00

Joe Macaluso and Dave Rael discuss and try to define a free society and what it would look like. They go deep on thinking about a society without government and whether it would work and speculate on how.

Chapters:

0:12 - Book Club - Book Club: Man, Economy, and State
1:10 - Transition in Rothbard from individual actors to societal interactions
3:10 - The "choice to be a slave"
5:55 - From hegemonic association to voluntarism
9:39 - What is a free society?
13:47 - Preventing coercion in a free society
17:53 - Allowing society to prioritize their own defense as they see fit
20:46 - Parenting and a free society and the treatment of children
23:22 - Nature vs nurture and behavior modification
27:16 - Self-defense, criminal justice, and vengeance
30:40 - Early man and origins of states, motivations for being told what to do
33:33 - Really living vs a sheltered life
34:21 - Marriage
39:03 - Is a free society possible?

Resources:

Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar's Edition - Murray N. Rothbard
Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
One man, one vote
Behavior Modification
Criminal Justice
1 Samuel 8: Israel Asks For a King
5 monkeys : because we have always done it that way

Episode 004 | Politely Up Yours - Discrimination

45m · Published 03 May 00:00

Dave Rael and Joe Macaluso discuss the nature and acceptability/unacceptability of discrimination. The discussion touches on freedom of association, remedies for unreasonable discrimination, and becoming that which we claim to oppose.

Chapters:

0:26 - Book Club: Man, Economy, and State
3:01 - Rationality of decisions of individual actors?
5:39 - Incompleteness of information
7:31 - Consumer goods and producer goods
8:39 - Our main topic of the day - Sexuality as illustration of the acceptability of discrimination
11:19 - What is discrimination?
14:34 - The example of a baker discriminating based on not wanting to bake a cake for a gay couple
15:35 - Liberty - Freedom of association
16:42 - Institutionalization of discrimination
19:42 - Discrimination in employment and livelihood
24:21 - The importance or nonimportance of membership in a group and how to approach judgement on color of skin
27:51 - The futility of persuasion
29:46 - The present and future of "runaway" discrimination
34:08 - The primacy of sensitivity, empathy, and better parenting
37:19 - Reciprocation of open-mindedness and freedom of association
39:18 - Becoming the thing we claim to oppose

Resources:

Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar's Edition - Murray N. Rothbard
Oregon Wedding Cake Controversy
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
"I have a dream" speech - Martin Luther King

Episode 003 | Politely Up Yours - I Side With

49m · Published 25 Apr 00:00

Joe Macaluso and Dave Rael discuss common ground found in a free website providing the service of identifying where you align and disagree with ideologies, parties, and candidates. The discussion evolves into touching on fairness, rights, and the purpose of law.

Chapters:

0:01 - The podcast now has a name (but you already knew that)
0:19 - The Politely, Up Yours! book club
3:10 - Can groups be actors or only individuals?
6:07 - Democracy as a restaurant
8:39 - Encountering and experiencing isidewith.com and insights regarding common ground
11:09 - Governments forcing businesses to do things they don't want to do
15:04 - Finding those ideals we share
18:12 - Extremism
21:56 - Embracing imperfection and striving for improvement
22:44 - Fairness
27:43 - The suboptimal nature of a two-party system
32:46 - Yes and no questions in law - is there a third possibility?
33:44 - The nature of rights and guarantees, the purpose of law
47:24 - Freedom to be a jerk and freedom of association
48:26 - Discrimination in employment

Resources:

Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar's Edition - Murray N. Rothbard
"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
Keynesian economics
Austrian economics
Austrian eh?
isidewith.com
The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx
FBI–Apple encryption dispute
Best of the Left Podcast
Oregon Wedding Cake Controversy
Ian Malcolm explains Chaos theory (Jurassic Park)
Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Episode 002 | Politely Up Yours - Hacker Vitriol

39m · Published 20 Apr 00:00

Dave Rael and Joe Macaluso use reports that the hacker group, Anonymous, targeted Donald Trump as a starting point to discuss vitriol, discourse, power, and emotion

Chapters:

0:12 - Introduction of our topic - the level of discourse and attacks by Anonymous on Donald Trump
1:07 - Reactions to reports of Anonymous attacking Donald Trump - would such actions be a fight for freedom or an immoral act?
3:40 - Thoughts on the nature of Donald Trump
4:21 - Nuance regarding the Trump rhetoric and statements regarding Islam and Muslims
9:05 - Trump supporters and the ignorance of American voters - Trump's statements and the presence or absence of content (any different from any politician?)
11:25 - Is there a difference between Donald Trump's preying on fear and the underlying draw of other politicians? Is there a difference between the parties?
15:31 - Bernie Sanders - is he different?
16:33 - The thoughts of Scott Adams on Donald Trump as the master persuader and the primacy of emotion in decisions
20:11 - "Vitriol rules" - the absence of civil discourse
23:38 - Are personal attacks justified?
25:25 - Breaking the law, the nature of law, and the morality of attacks
27:34 - Batman, justice and penal systems, and vengeance vs. defense
29:48 - The Electoral College, protection from self, and the utility/futility of trying to contribute to the determination of representatives

Resources:

Anonymous Declares Total War on Donald Trump *MARCH 2016*
Anti-Trump campaign sparks civil war among Anonymous hackers
Bill Maher on Islam: The More People Know About Islam The More You Would Be Afraid
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Ferguson unrest
2015 Baltimore protests
Scott Adams on Donald Trump, The Master Persuader
Amygdala
Why does the Electoral College exist?
Mob Mentality
Jimmy Carter: ‘I would choose Trump’

Episode 001 | Politely Up Yours - Democracy Is a Disaster

52m · Published 19 Apr 00:00

Dave Rael and Joe Macaluso dive into the nature of democracy, government, power, and corruption

Chapters:

0:01 - Welcome and Hello
0:59 - Inflammatory statement and opening to the discussion: Democracy is a disaster
3:52 - Incentives, alignment, intent, and reality
6:32 - Distinguishing levels of government
8:23 - Legalization of marijuana and the criminality of possession
9:42 - Citizens United, Bernie Sanders, and the power to overturn
10:54 - The nature of democracy
11:52 - “A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.” - Gary Strand
12:24 - The purpose and nature of government
16:02 - Rational and legitimate fears
19:17 - The concentration of force as response to the fear of force
21:55 - Intent of the US Constitution
22:46 - How government finances itself and use of force
25:50 - Dave compares government to Mafia
26:59 - Pragmatic concerns in public vs. private sector
29:33 - Government making things more effective and efficient - reality or fiction?
31:14 - The myth of the free market and "money in politics" vs. "politics in money"
33:31 - Decision makers vs. freedom, vigilante justice, and anarchy
37:21 - The Star Wars story of the rise and reign of Palpatine as illustrative of reality
40:15 - Elections as popularity contests
42:22 - Evolution of societal structure
46:39 - The utility or futility of trying to use the system to make improvements

Resources:

Decmoracy According to Wikipedia
Bernie Sanders on Money In Politics and Overturning Citizens United
Gary Strand on Democracy, Wolves, and Lamb
Government According to Wikipedia
Government as Monopoly on Violence
The Federalist No. 51 - James Madison - "If men were angels ..."
United States Contitution
The Laws of Thermodynaics
Local Maximum

Episode 000 | Politely Up Yours - Description of the Show

6m · Published 18 Apr 00:00

Joe Macaluso and Dave Rael introduce the "Politely, Up Yours!" podcast and describe their intent in creating the show. You meet both hosts and get a brief introduction to who they are and the approach the show will take.

Chapters:

0:00 - Wecome and Hello
0:44 - Meet Dave
1:37 - Meet Joe
2:37 - Where the hosts categorize themselves politically
3:40 - Objectives for the show

Resources:

Developer On Fire
Product Manager

Politely, Up Yours! has 9 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 6:36:19. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 23rd, 2024 15:19.