Episode 168 – Captain Phillips (1:21:24)

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We’re the captains now, with our pal Jared Wall of Breaking Liberty. This is a Valentine’s Day episode for us, which we will elaborate on during the show. Everything is going to be OK.

Jared takes on a tour through the history of the region and the precipitating factors that led to the events of the film. He also gives us a bit of an insider’s look as his wife is from the area and he has been to that region of Africa. The key takeaway from most of us is that intervention has led to a terrible situation and this particular incident could have been easily prevented had the Alabama had the capacity for self-defense not stripped of them.

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Google Description for the film

Captain Phillips

In April 2009, the U.S. containership Maersk Alabama sails toward its destination on a day that seems like any other. Suddenly, Somali pirates race toward the vessel, climb aboard and take everyone hostage. The captain of the ship, Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), looks to protect his crew from the hostile invaders, and their leader, Muse (Barkhad Abdi). The pirates are after millions of dollars, and Phillips must use his wits to make sure everyone survives and returns home safely.


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Our Guest:

Our guest is Jared Wall of Anarcho Land where one of his projects, called “Breaking Liberty“, is an analysis of the series “Breaking Bad”. He has two books out now and will be releasing a third.

Jared Wall is the man behind “Breaking Liberty” a soon-to-be three ebook trilogy analyzing “Breaking Bad” from a libertarian perspective. Book 1 is all about the War on Drugs, where Book 2 focuses on the Police State. Book 3 will be released soon and will cover a potpourri of remaining topics. You can also find Jared’s other writings not related to Breaking Bad on his main website, Anarcho Land.

He was recently featured on the Free Man Beyond the Wall Podcast discussing Breaking Bad and his Breaking Liberty project:

Most recently, he was our guest for the Matthew McConaughey movie, “Gold”:

Episode 164 – Gold (1:11:41)

He was also our guest for “El Camino, a Breaking Bad Movie”, which you can find here:

Episode 155 – El Camino (1:16:51)

We will be sure to invite back again sometime in the near future.

Show Notes:

Tom Woods Email on Somalia

https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/somalia2019

Tom Woods Episode 30 – Somalia:

http://www.tomwoods.com/30

The Scott Horton Show

https://scotthorton.org/

Getting Somalia Wrong by Mary Harper

Poverty Inc. episode with Walter Block – Episode 51

Episode 51 – Poverty Inc. with Walter Block (1:30:41)

Venezuela considering denationalizing the oil industry:

https://www.businessinsider.com/venezuela-considers-privatizing-state-owned-oil-industry-report-2020-1

R.J. Rummel death by government: https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM

Death by War: https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-died-in-all-the-wars-in-the-20th-century

“The recently ended twentieth century was characterized by a level of human rights violations unparalleled in all of human history. In his book Death by Government, Rudolph Rummel estimates some 170 million government-caused deaths in the twentieth century. The historical evidence appears to indicate that, rather than protecting life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of their citizens, governments must be considered the greatest threat to human security.” – Hans-Hermann Hoppe

In the 20th century alone:
+ 123 million people died in wars (military, civilian and genocide)
+ 262 million people died by their own government (democide)

That’s a hell of a price to pay for so-called “civilization”. Perhaps it is time to heed Rothbard’s advice and try freedom.

“If we look at the black record of mass murder, exploitation, and tyranny levied on society by governments over the ages, we need not be loath to abandon the Leviathan State and … try freedom.” – Murray Rothbard

Detroit Threat Management

https://www.threatmanagementcenter.com/

911 Meme – Send someone with more rights that I have

Foreign Policy Focus

https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/

Actual Anarchy Somalia article – Why Don’t You Move to Somalia?

http://www.actualanarchy.com/somalia

Clip analysis of final scene:

https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/2958-clip-analysis-captain-phillips/

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