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We commemorate the 101st anniversary of the armistice marking cease-fire and the end to hostilities in the Great War, now known as World War I, as it, unfortunately, set the table for a 2nd conflict that was even larger and now featured nazis and communists.
Peter Jackson’s documentary-take on the conflict in “They Shall Not Grow Old” which is a bringing-to-life account of the footage that is over 100 years old, with interviews from about 50 years ago mated with modern technology to bring vibrancy and color to the footage to bring a never-before-experienced look at the horrors of the Great War.
Our pal, Mike C. joins us for the discussion as our stars went out alignment with Jeff Deist of the Mises Institute who is running an event with Ron Paul this weekend. You can view that event here (the Scott Horton talk ties right into our discussion, but they are all excellent): https://youtu.be/IgoEFSrRnds
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They Shall Not Grow Old
Using state-of-the-art technology and materials from the BBC and Imperial War Museum, filmmaker Peter Jackson allows the story of World War I to be told by the men who were there. Life on the front is explored through the voices of the soldiers, who discuss their feelings about the conflict, the food they ate, the friends they made and their dreams of the future.
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We also talk about Tulsi being the only establishment anti war…the left seems more mongery than the right.
And I also expound on my theory that as war coverage revealed more and more of the carnage, you started to see more anti-war sentiment as evidenced by the Vietnam embedded reporting showing the horrors of war, the destruction and loss of life – support for war became unpopular. The establishment learned their lesson. Now it’s video games (Gulf War I in 1991) or totally staged embedded reporters who are all on the same team to the point where an unauthorized photo of caskets is moving enough to win a Pulitzer.
Now you only see leaked video of the Carnage and it is those exposing the war crimes being demonized rather than the heinous acts seeing the light of day.
Here is a list of things to check out related to our episode:
Jeff Deist’s excellent review of “They Shall Not Grow Old” that inspired me to invite him on as a guest (which unfortunately did not work out due to several factors – including me and the kids being at a waterpark for the only days that were even possible to record with him – but then he had thought we were recording a week later – and – he was running the event with Ron Paul mentioned above):
https://mises.org/wire/they-shall-not-grow-old-superb-antiwar-film
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History six-part-series on World War I: Blueprint for Armageddon:
Part 1: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-blueprint-for-armageddon-i/
Part 2: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-51-blueprint-for-armageddon-ii/
Part 3: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-52-blueprint-for-armageddon-iii/
Part 4: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-53-blueprint-for-armageddon-iv/
Part 5: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-54-blueprint-armageddon-v/
Part 6: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-55-blueprint-for-armageddon-vi/
World War I as Fulfilment – Murray N. Rothbard
https://mises.org/library/world-war-i-fulfillment-power-and-intellectuals-2
The Progressive Era – Murray N. Rothbard
Ralph Raico article and lecture on the World Wars
https://mises.org/library/why-world-war-i-ralph-raico
https://mises.org/wire/ralph-raico-lecture-world-war-i
The Costs of War – John V. Denson
Against Leviathan – Robert Higgs (where he discussed the Ratchet Effect)
How were English soldiers recruited to fight in World War I:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhyb9q/articles/z4v9mfr
We will be back next week to discuss the Breaking Bad movie, “El Camino” (available now on Netflix) with Jared Wall of Breaking Liberty. Check out his recent appearance on Free Man Beyond the Wall where he talks about his analysis of Breaking Bad:
Peter R. Quinones AKA “Mance Rayder” of the Free Man Beyond the Wall Podcast and the Libertarian Institute, among other projects was our guest for our recent episode on “Waterworld”.
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