A long form conversation with Dubai-based host Lucas Skrobot. Our topics:
* Objectivity, wealth creation, and individual agency
* The legacy of colonialism
* Botswana and Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, Japan,
* Sweden and Norway: first individualistic and market-based; then more re-distributive.
* Poverty and pockets of socialism in America: government welfare, government schools, government restrictions on work.
* Marxism and socialism and Marcuse
* Homeschooling’s opponents
The Lucas Skrobot Show: Dr. Stephen Hicks on White Privilege, Truth, and Agency (Part 1 of 2) [E149]
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Dr. Stephen Hicks (@SRCHicks) highlights underlying philosophical assumptions that individuals hold while discussing race and racism. In part one of my discussion with Dr. Stephen Hicks, we evaluate these assumptions such as the subjectivity of truth, the worldview of life as a zero-sum game, and how we came to value group identity over individuality. Dr. Stephen Hicks is a professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, the executive director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and a senior scholar for The Atlas Society. You can purchase his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, on Amazon. Check out part two of my conversation with Dr. Stephen Hicks. Go out and own the future.
What to listen for:
1) How are you viewing what is happening with the George Floyd killing, the protests, and riots? What is going on in America and across the world? (03:01)
2) What are the complexities of truth and white privilege? (11:00)
3) What are the implications of a zero-sum worldview? (22:04)
4) What happens when we disempower neighborhoods? (29:07)
5) How did we develop a reliance on group identity over individuality? (33:44)
6) How did colonialism impact the contemporary economic opportunity of various nations? (43:04)
For more content by Dr. Stephen Hicks: Open College Podcast—Free Speech; Why The Philosophy Matters
The Lucas Skrobot Show: Dr Stephen Hicks: Cultural Marxism, Colonialism and Racial Rhetoric (Part 2 of 2) [E150]. Direct Download link to insert into your embedded player: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ownthefuture/E150_Steve_Hicks_part_2.mp3
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In this episode, Dr. Stephen Hicks (@SRCHicks) and I continue our conversation about the fruits of radical Marxism. He elaborates on the danger of prioritizing the collective over the individual and explains the process through which individuals adopt their worldviews. Dr. Stephen Hicks is a professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, the executive director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and a senior scholar for The Atlas Society. I discuss his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, to conclude this episode. Thanks for listening. Go out and own the future.
Audio versions of the podcast are available free at Lucas’s website, YouTube, Apple Podcasts,.
What to listen for:
1) How did colonialism impact countries like Zimbabwe or Botswana? 02:27
2) In what ways does Marxism appear in contemporary activists’ appeals? How do people adopt their worldviews? 5:28
3) Is there a difference between Marxism and Socialism? 12:28
4) Is there harm in prioritizing the collective? 12:56
5) Where might racist rhetoric lead us? 23:22
6) Discussion of Dr. Stephen Hicks’s book Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault 28:22
Reference materials:
For more content by Dr. Stephen Hicks
Open College Podcast—Free Speech; Why The Philosophy Matters
Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault.