Political Psychology Series Episode 9: Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper is the President of Liberty Works Australia, a non-profit think tank that supports free speech, the preservation of natural rights for all citizens, access to a just legal system and free markets as the bedrock for a moral and prosperous society. ---------------------------------------------------------- Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/WwltTlBILZU Follow Andrew Cooper and Liberty Works: https://www.facebook.com/AndrewCooper.biz https://www.facebook.com/libertyworks.inc https://www.youtube.com/c/LibertyWorks https://twitter.com/LibertyWorksAu ---------------------------------------------------------- 1:16 What is the state of liberty in Australia? 3:22 What is Liberty Works? 4:28 What is conservatism in the modern age? 5:24 The slow rise of big government in Australia 8:11 How do you communicate a Libertarian view? 9:11 Libertarianism is a philosophical issue, not a political one. 11:01 Can progressives be freedom minded? 12:56 The political left is harder to engage with 15:46 Do Australians actually value freedom? 17:12 Mark Latham’s freedom of expression 19:46 Everyday Aussies more likely to be civilly disobedient than protest 21:30 Victoria’s culture leans left 24:04 What ideas inform liberty? 26:23 The Libertarian Creed 27:16 Public Choice Theory 30:40 Liberal Democrats and their fight 34:29 Victorian lockdowns 36:47 Zoe Buhler’s Facebook arrest court case 38:12 How would a Libertarian approach current Covid-19 measures? 42:28 How Sweden has handled Covid-19 44:27 Why are governments reaching for the pandemic ‘ban hammer’? 47:56 How Anna Palaszczuk won the election 49:38 Do oppositions or governments lose elections? 50:18 The economic cost of Covid-19 51:14 The weakness of the Queensland LNP 53:24 Education should be privatised 56:04 Campbell Newman and his 180 turn on drug decriminalisation 58:27 The law is not the arbiter of morality 1:02:59 Embracing natural law over positive law 1:05:02 The Culture Wars 1:07:07 The Left are scared of CPAC conferences 1:08:28 The natural emergence of liberty 1:11:10 Future Predictions 1:11:30 The power of Bitcoin