Stefan Molyneux engages in a savage debate with Marxist Zero Books publisher Douglas Lain. No prisoners are taken this night.
0:00 Pre-debate, laying out assorted fallacies
3:38 Debate about debating feat. 'appeal to hypocrisy fallacy'
7:05 Further talk about Ad Hominem Fallacy
8:05 Doug lays out various topics of debate
8:59 The death toll of communism, how Douglas deals with that
17:35 Waffles on to defining and debating the Free Market Economy
25:53 Discussion over German economy around the time of WWII (with some context)
32:16 Doug claims "That's not an argument". Context begins @ 27:50
38:33 Doug strawmans, then "it doesn't matter"
42:15 Doug asks the difference between taxed and printed money
43:19 What's worth more, 100 gold coins, or it's equivalent value in silver?
46:28 Doug asks why the economy works the way it does in regards to inflation and the value of items
52:12 Stefan talks about the rising prices of candy bars
54:11 Doug's ad hominem about Stefan's theater major
56:52 Further discussion on the effects of inflation on the value of items
1:03:06 Would you spend more if you won a million dollars?
1:09:05 Doug brings up 'the nature of freedom' and why he still believes in socialism
1:10:56 Discussion over private property being essential to freedom of expression, chaos ensues
1:13:26 Why should your private property be yours?
1:17:09 Discussion about what rights are and what system does it best
1:25:30 Discussion on how to get through the 'transitional phase' of socialism
1:30:24 Stefan quotes Karl Marx
1:31:45 Doug tries to argue that if the majority is on the socialists side, it justifies taking someones private property by force
1:34:57 Stefan quotes Friedrich Engels
1:35:50 Stefan points out how serious the divide in ideology is between himself and Doug
1:38:31 Doug claims Stefan's point about the ideological divide is an 'appeal to pity' fallacy
1:41:01 "They put 100 million people [like me] into the ground"
1:43:02 Doug asks if Stefan condemns the French revolution, makes comparisons to American revolution
1:45:48 Another ad hominem from Doug
1:48:17 "You know that we were dragged out and shot, right?"
1:53:41 Further discussion on the violent nature of communism
1:55:56 Closing arguments
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