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EPISODE · Jun 25, 2026 · 51 MIN

Episode 512: What Do You Meme?

from Words & Numbers · host Free the People

Memes are apparently unavoidable, and most of them suck. Here we talk about some of the suckiest ones.00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer00:51 Japan’s Food Tax and Why Groceries Shouldn’t Be Taxed02:38 State Sales Taxes on Food Across America05:04 Flat Taxes, Tax Complexity, and Scotland’s Simplicity06:18 Remembering Historian Gordon Wood07:37 AI Corporations and the Future of Legal Personhood13:30 Foolishness of the Week: Trump’s Repeated Iran Peace Claims18:08 Responding to Socialist Memes19:04 Does Capitalism Create Billionaires Instead of Healthcare?22:11 Obamacare, Health Insurance, and Government Bureaucracy25:24 Why Misleading Memes Spread So Easily29:12 Is Poverty a Product of Capitalism?34:08 Elon Musk, Billionaires, and Wealth Creation42:20 Infinite Growth, Capitalism, and the Laws of Thermodynamics45:55 Why Political Memes Make Public Discourse Worse48:13 Patreon Updates and Closing Thoughts

Memes are apparently unavoidable, and most of them suck. Here we talk about some of the suckiest ones.00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer00:51 Japan’s Food Tax and Why Groceries Shouldn’t Be Taxed02:38 State Sales Taxes on Food Across America05:04 Flat Taxes, Tax Complexity, and Scotland’s Simplicity06:18 Remembering Historian Gordon Wood07:37 AI Corporations and the Future of Legal Personhood13:30 Foolishness of the Week: Trump’s Repeated Iran Peace Claims18:08 Responding to Socialist Memes19:04 Does Capitalism Create Billionaires Instead of Healthcare?22:11 Obamacare, Health Insurance, and Government Bureaucracy25:24 Why Misleading Memes Spread So Easily29:12 Is Poverty a Product of Capitalism?34:08 Elon Musk, Billionaires, and Wealth Creation42:20 Infinite Growth, Capitalism, and the Laws of Thermodynamics45:55 Why Political Memes Make Public Discourse Worse48:13 Patreon Updates and Closing Thoughts

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Memes are apparently unavoidable, and most of them suck. Here we talk about some of the suckiest ones.00:00 Introduction and Disclaimer00:51 Japan’s Food Tax and Why Groceries Shouldn’t Be Taxed02:38 State Sales Taxes on Food Across America05:04...

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