We boldly go where no man has gone before, on this show at least, and discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation with our pal, Patrick MacFarlane of the Liberty Weekly Podcast. You can find his show at: http://www.libertyweekly.net
Picking up decades after Gene Roddenberry’s original Star Trek series, The Next Generation follows the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Season 1, Episode 7: Justice (Air date: November 9, 1987)
When Wesley is sentenced to death for innocently violating an alien planet’s custom, Captain Picard is forced to choose between negotiating for Wesley’s life or adhering to the Federation’s prime directive which prohibits interfering with another civilization’s way of life.
Rule of Law vs. Rulers – almost Anarchy. Justice is immediate and extreme. Like Gort, but on an individual scale. Intermittent as nobody knows when or where the law will be enforced, which is a schedule that is most effective for conditioning behavior.
This has a great philosophical and legal conundrum that we will sink our teeth in to as a special birthday request of co-host, Robert Johnson.
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Episode Description
Season 1, Episode 7: Justice
When Wesley is sentenced to death for innocently violating an alien planet’s custom, Captain Picard is forced to choose between negotiating for Wesley’s life or adhering to the Federation’s prime directive which prohibits interfering with another civilization’s way of life.
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Our guest Patrick MacFarlane is a Rothbardian Ancap practicing lawyer in the State of Wisconsin. He runs Liberty Weekly, Your weekly source of classical liberalism, Austrian Economics, personal liberty, and free markets! and hosts the Liberty Weekly Podcast. You can also find him at the Libertarian Institute and the Libertarian Union.
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How to Turn a Statist into an Anarchist ft. Actual Anarchy Ep. 113
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Here be some of the show notes:
Rothbard’s unleash the cops: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/02/murray-n-rothbard/program-right-wing-populism/
Rollo McFloogle article: https://www.mcfloogle.com/2017/10/27/unleash-the-cops-interpreting-murray-rothbard/
Bentham deterrence theory and the panopticon – lecture:
https://www.readrothbard.com/2018/10/23/history-of-economic-thought-3-of-6-the-pre-austrians-murray-n-rothbard/
[Bentham: Deterrence theory at timestamp: 43:45; Panopticon is at timestamp: 46:10]
Larken Rose: The Tiny Dot:
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