Actual Anarchy
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In the spirit of the great “Mister First Nighter”, Murray Rothbard’s movie critic review pen name, Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter. We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film. The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instan...
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A loud, ideologically sharp Psycho discussion that still pays close attention to suspense, structure, and the film's visual mechanics.
The episode frames Psycho through a Rothbardian anarcho-capitalist lens and keeps circling back to Norman Bates, Marion's stolen 40 grand, and the way sympathy shifts as the film moves.
A Rothbardian sequel discussion that turns Doctor Sleep into a broader argument about advertising, health, and public systems.
Actual Anarchy takes Doctor Sleep as a sequel to The Shining book and film, then uses that setup to move into Rothbardian arguments about advertising, public health, sanitation, waste, diet, and the systems that keep ordinary life running.
Peter Boghossian applies street epistemology to guests debating free speech, immigration, and belief.
Vox's narrative reporting on factory farming, pandemic risk, and its Good Robot AI safety series.
Actual Anarchy Podcast’s Psycho episode treats the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film as both a thriller and a turning point in moviegoing, including the claim that Hitchcock changed theaters by keeping audiences from entering after the picture started.
Actual Anarchy Podcast episode 257 reviews Doctor Sleep, the 2019 R-rated sequel tied to both Kubrick’s The Shining and Stephen King’s novel.
Actual Anarchy Podcast reviews Amazon Prime Video's 2021 film Sardar Udham, a 2-hour-42-minute biopic about Udham Singh and Michael O'Dwyer.
Actual Anarchy Podcast episode 258 reviews John Carpenter's 1987 horror film Prince of Darkness, rated 6.7 on IMDb and 58% on Rotten Tomatoes.