The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 13

The Rat Cap Podcast: The History of Slavery and the Western Heroes Who Abolished It (libsyn.com)

Slavery has existed everywhere since the beginning of time. The anomaly in human history is not slavery, but the ideas and political systems that uphold individual freedom - movements which should be celebrated. The willful disregard of the actual history of slavery throughout the world and, in particular, the fact that slavery was endemic throughout the African continent for over a thousand years, is an attempt to denigrate the American Founders and to shame, disarm, and ripen the culture for Marxist revolution

References: 

Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800
Slavery in the Asante Empire of West Africa
Slavery in Africa
The History of Slavery

My Interview on The Secular Foxhole podcast

 Interview with Doug of the Rational Capitalist podcast - The Secular Foxhole (captivate.fm)

I was happy to be interviewed recently on The Secular Foxhole podcast.  Check it out! 

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 12

 The Rat Cap Podcast: The Movement for Decentralization and The Origins of the Deep State, Part 1 (libsyn.com)

Discussion of recent efforts at decentralization, state sovereignty, and push back on Federal overreach.  Then we begin our two part series on The Origins of the Deep State - a history and analysis of America's renegade Deep State complex and the ideology justifying it.    

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/american-exodus-angelo-codevilla-oligarchy

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 11

The Rat Cap Podcast: Cargo Cult Economists and Why Stimulus Spending Cannot Stimulate (libsyn.com)

The government is spending trillions in "stimulus," but what does stimulus mean?  In simple terms, what is economic prosperity, and why is it logically impossible for the government to achieve it through so-called stimulus spending?   

Further reading: 

Production Versus Consumption (capitalism.net)

The Rational Capitalist: Cargo Cult Economics (theratcap.com)

The Rational Capitalist: Obama: Please Try This at Home (theratcap.com)

The Rational Capitalist: Production and The Primacy of Existence (theratcap.com)

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 10

The Rat Cap Podcast: Inflation Everywhere, The History of Money and Banking and the Road to Ruin, Part 3 (libsyn.com)

Even most free market advocates don’t quite understand what inflation is and how destructive it is on so many different levels.  Far from being an esoteric economic topic, its something that everyone needs to deeply understand.  The lack of understanding of inflation's profound destructive power is certainly one of the reasons the federal government and all authoritarian regimes have pursued inflationary policies throughout history.  

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 9

The Rat Cap Podcast: Recap and Reformat, America 4.0 (libsyn.com)

A shorter podcast to summarize and recap my America 4.0 theory in the context of the fight for freedom and individual rights. 

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 8

Wampum, Wildcats, and Inflation, The History of the Monetary System and the Road to Ruin, Part 2 (libsyn.com)

The structure of the modern banking system is the product of hundreds of years of bad legal and economic theory that is leading us to disaster.  In Part 2 of this podcast, I discuss the early history of colonial and European banking practices which helped set us on the path to monetary catastrophe.   

*Also, see my prior posts:

The Rational Capitalist: The Federal Reserve: Heart of Tyranny #4. Fractional Reserve Banking, Inflation, and Boom-Bust (theratcap.com)

The Rational Capitalist: Boom-Bust Index (theratcap.com)

The Rational Capitalist: Tales from the History of Money and Banking, Part II (theratcap.com)

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 7

The Rat Cap Podcast: The History of the Monetary System and the Road to Ruin, Part 1 (libsyn.com)

The structure of the modern banking system is the product of hundreds of years of bad legal and economic theory that is leading us to disaster.  In Part 1 of this podcast, I explain some basic principles of money, banking and set out some early history of our current monetary system.  

*Also, see my prior posts:

The Rational Capitalist: The Federal Reserve: Heart of Tyranny #4. Fractional Reserve Banking, Inflation, and Boom-Bust (theratcap.com)

The Rational Capitalist: Boom-Bust Index (theratcap.com)

The Rational Capitalist: Tales from the History of Money and Banking, Part II (theratcap.com)

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 6

The Rat Cap Podcast: The Supreme Court's Historical Role in Promoting Federal Tyranny (libsyn.com)

What was the Founder's conception of the role of the states vis-a-vis the federal government, and how did the Supreme Court set America on the path to Civil War and federal tyranny?  

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 5

The Rat Cap Podcast: The Psychological and Cultural Roots of Cancel Culture Madness (libsyn.com)

Critical Theory and Postmodern philosophy underlie the authoritarian left's movement to destroy Western liberal democracy, but there are also devastating psychological, technological, and cultural factors at work.  We use Haidt and Lukianoff's fascinating book "The Coddling of the American Mind" to analyze and explain these factors.  

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 4

The Rat Cap Podcast: Post-Moderns at the Gate: The Battle for Free Speech (libsyn.com)

Critical Theory and Postmodernist philosophy is at the core of the Left's authoritarian calls to silence, suppress, cancel, and censor right wing speech.  What is postmodernism and critical theory, what is its philosophic basis, and how is it being used to throttle free speech and destroy the fundamental pillar of Western Civilization?    

The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 3

 The Rat Cap Podcast: Patriots Rise Again: The Whiskey Rebellion and the Storming of the Capital (libsyn.com)

Many are denouncing the recent riots in Washington DC. , but this is not the first time that frustration and angst over unjust federal over-reach has provoked riots.  In this episode, we discuss the anti-federalists at the Founding who warned of federal tyranny, and analyze the Whiskey Rebellion to see how our patriot ancestors dealt with despots.