3202 The Destruction of Cologne, Germany - Call In Show - February 10th, 2016

Question 1: [1:50] - “I live in Cologne, Germany. The events on New Years eve kept me pretty upset. I moved here with my wife and kids to raise my little daughter in peace and security. As a libertarian, I was always aware of what was going on, but the last 12 months completely changed the country I used to know. However, if I decide to leave this country, where should I go? Besides the fact that it will be very hard to convince my wife to leave her family and friends behind, you must understand that Germans tend to be very attached to the place they live. It is not easy to move your whole life, especially after you settled with a house and kids. Furthermore, I think I remember you arguing for libertarians not to “run” but to stay where they are and try to better the society where they live. How do you achieve that when this place going to hell in a handbasket?”Question 2: [1:23:00] - “I represent a recently established classical liberal party in Norway called the "Capitalist Party". We've managed to mobilize a rapidly growing and diverse party of freedom-oriented people. Our consistent growth as a young party is unprecedented here in Norway. What value, if any, do you recognize in utilizing channels within the political system to proliferate rational ideas and classical liberalism?"Question 3: [2:28:59] - “Studies have shown that human beings, though definitely social creatures, have an upper limit to the number of people that they can meaningfully know (i.e. have some kind of relationship with that is more than superficial acquaintance) at any one time, and that this limit is fixed at somewhere between 80 and 150. Given that the scale of government makes it impossible for us to know even a small fraction of those that supposedly "represent our interests", and that "lone wolves" are essentially a myth, would a voluntary society most likely be divided along tribal, rather than national, boundaries? How might this hinder or help voluntarism? As a follow up, does this natural limit to our authentic social circle give us some insight into the relative inability of individual people to truly empathize with a larger population?”