About this episode
Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, author, and anarchist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – House of Macadamias : https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% of your first order – InsideTracker : https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – NetSuite : http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – SimpliSafe : https://simplisafe.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: Michael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelmalice Michael’s Community: https://malice.locals.com Michael’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC5tj5QCpJKIl-KIa4Gib5Xw Michael’s Website: http://michaelmalice.com/about Your Welcome podcast: https://bit.ly/30q8oz1 Books: The White Pill (book) http://whitepillbook.com The Anarchist Handbook (book): https://amzn.to/3yUb2f0 The New Right (book): https://amzn.to/34gxLo3 Dear Reader (book): https://amzn.to/2HPPlHS PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (07:43) – Santa and the White Pill (10:30) – Marxism and Anarchism (25:48) – The case for socialism (29:59) – Human nature and ideology (38:20) – Cynicism (54:05) – Twitter (58:46) – October Revolution (1:01:56) – Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin (1:06:22) – Communism (1:30:08) – Suppression of speech (1:52:04) – Twitter Files (1:59:08) – Self-publishing (2:12:27) – Kulaks and starvation (2:49:42) – The Great Terror (2:58:00) – Lavrentiy Beria (3:04:25) – Joseph Stalin (3:13:00) – Iron Curtain (3:25:29) – Ideologies vs leaders (3:29:21) – Emma Goldman (3:33:41) – White pill moments (3:45:04) – Hope for the future