#150 – Michael Malice: The White Pill, Freedom, Hope, and Happiness Amidst Chaos

Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/strategy to get free product tour – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – Sun Basket: https://sunbasket.com/lex and use code LEX to get $35 off – Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Michael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelmalice Michael’s Community: https://malice.locals.com/ Michael’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5tj5QCpJKIl-KIa4Gib5Xw Michael’s Website: http://michaelmalice.com/about/ Your Welcome podcast: https://bit.ly/30q8oz1 The New Right (book): https://amzn.to/34gxLo3 Dear Reader (book): https://amzn.to/2HPPlHS Podcast (Round 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIk1zUy8ehU PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (09:47) – Conversation with Alex Jones and Tim Pool (18:31) – Michael’s outfit (26:53) – Self-publishing a book (36:41) – The white pill (48:05) – What did the volcano say to his true love? (49:28) – Myth of Sisyphus (53:09) – Journalism failed to stop Stalin and Hitler (1:00:53) – Good Germans (1:04:49) – Richard Wolff (1:08:20) – Could United States have stayed out of World War II (1:11:12) – Trump Derangement Syndrome (1:12:58) – Nazism and Antisemitism (1:15:40) – Knock knock (1:22:20) – Putin (1:30:00) – The evil of Kim Jong-il and North Korea (1:38:32) – Dark humor (1:43:18) – Comedy is tragedy plus timing (1:50:34) – Interviewing difficult guests (2:00:06) – Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug) (2:16:24) – Violence under anarchism (2:31:58) – Ayn Rand (2:35:07) – Secession in United States (2:44:46) – Politics over next 4 years (2:52:14) – Mars (2:56:17) – UFOs (2:59:12) – Psychedelics (3:03:08) – What is love?