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Crispin Sartwell is a a Professor at Dickinson College, a philosopher, individualist anarchist and journalist. His books include Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory (2008) and How to Escape: Magic, Madness, Beauty, and Cynicism (2014). He is well-known for his work deconstructing social contract theory and other justifications for the existence of the state. Why did I want to have Professor Sartwell on the show? 1. It's always nice to chat with a renegade academic, and to provide a platform for venting 2. Recent conversations with non-libertarians have me thinking about the "social contract" 3. The 2016 election is coming and the political conversation is getting scarier Discussion Summary: -Libertarian philosophy as check against electoral politics and the continued expansion of the state -Why vote? -Professor Sartwell's philosophical challenge: bring forth a reasonable argument for the existence of the state -Social contract theory, Hobbs and Locke -David Hume and Utilitarian arguments for government -Democide, government in the 20th century: cased closed -Liberty from the bottom up -Collectivism skews reality -People are schooled into the state, as "mirrors of the bureaucracy" -Surviving and thriving in academia Look Closer: Crispin Sartwell, Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispin_Sartwell Eye of the Storm, Crispin Startwell's blog - http://eyeofthestorm.blogs.com/ The Left-Right Political Spectrum Is Bogus - http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/the-left-right-political-spectrum-is-bogus/373139/ Fight With Your Friends About Politics - http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/08/against-consensus/375684/