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by Actual Anarchy
In the spirit of the great “Mister First Nighter”, Murray Rothbard’s movie critic review pen name, Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Anarcho-Capitalist perspective.We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film.Sometimes it's just the two hosts talking and sometimes featuring guests in the Liberty movement such as Walter Block, Adam Kokesh, and members of the Tom Woods Elite, and more...We publish on Sundays and for holidays or other special events as available.Like us on Facebook, Subscribe on the YouTubez, Follow us on the Twitterz, Support us on the Patreon!Maximum fre
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Episode 119 - My Cousin Vinny (1:03:43)
We are joined by a yout from the Liberty Weekly Podcast to discuss a lawyer-themed movie, My Cousin Vinny. That's right, Patrick MacFarlane is joining us to discuss another movie based on lawyering, and it should be a great time as we explore this Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei flick that still holds...
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Episode 118 - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (1:11:46)
We do an analysis of the Coen Brothers latest effort, the Ballad of Buster Scruggs. It's a series of 6-western themed vignettes with the requisite Coen-quirkiness. Each story has a few interesting points for the sake of our discussion...and what do you know, it comes out to enough for a show. The...
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Episode 117 - Incredibles 2 (1:04:59)
We don our super suits one more time and get back into the fray with Incredibles 2. Brad Bird is posing some questions here that we really enjoyed even though the movie plot has a few holes and never truly resolves. Helen is called on to help bring Supers back, and Bob must juggle the daily…
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Episode 116 - Brazi (1:00:17)
A tribute episode to our friend Lewis Liberman to discuss one of his favorite films, Terry Gilliam's noir steampunk, "Brazil". It’s a movie about bureaucracy and totalitarian control with a populace of lobotomized passivity of consumerism. Mistaken identity due to a clerical error leads to...
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Episode 115 - Les Miserables (1:02:43)
We are joined by special guest, Alex Hay, to sing our way through the 2012 musical version of Victor Hugo’s, “Les Miserables”. The film takes place in France during the early 19th century and tells the story of Jean Valjean who, while being hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert…
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Episode 114 - Starship Troopers (1:10:43)
A B-movie/war movie that is so over the top that it is actually an anti-war movie. Back when the left was dependably against war. Mike C. joins us again to do his part as we discuss one of his favorite movies. We also discuss how they acquired rights to Heinlein novel for the name and some...
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Episode 113 - Collateral (1:05:31)
We are joined by Mike C. to discuss the Michael Mann, Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx vehicle, Collateral. This is a tense thriller centered on a cabby with bigger dreams who is holding himself back while waiting for perfection, meanwhile his opposite who improvises with ruthless efficiency in his job…
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Episode 112 - Smallfoot (1:05:12)
The noble lie for the greater good. The all-purpose excuse for tyranny the world over. Is it better to live in a blissful ignorance, protected and coddled your entire lives; or is it better to be aware of the dangers and the opportunities available to you so you can make your own choices? We...
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Episode 111 - Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (58:40)
Time is a construct. Mirrors let you move through time. The government monitors people, they pay people to pretend to be your relatives and they put drugs in your food and they film you. There’s messages in every game. Like Pac-Man. Do you know what the PAC stands for? P-A-C: Program and Control....
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Episode 110 - Death Wish (1:07:42)
Charles Bronson vs. Bruce Willis (who would win?) The original is one of the classic revenge thrillers that has that satisfying edge of the bad guys getting what’s coming to them. Also shows the incompetence of government to “solve” the problem and how individuals accepting the responsibility for...
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Episode 109 - Ratatouille (1:16:49)
It's college bowl season and very nearly the NFL playoffs, so we thought we'd throw you a couple of curve balls. First, Robert is a feeble and sickly old man, so a fine gentleman who has a new, and quite good, podcast has picked up temporary guardianship of the co-hosting duties. He is Dann Reid…
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Episode 108 - Elf (1:06:16)
Festivus, the airing of grievances, and feats of strength. Twas the night before the night before Christmas...and we're finally recording. The wait has been ginormous, but we promise not boring. Second most Christmas movie ever, after Die Hard of course. That's right, we're doing Elf...
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Episode 107 - Outlaw King (1:18:29)
We welcome Olaf the Anarcho-Viking to discuss a film about the King of the Scots, Robert the Bruce and his struggle for a more local authority against King Edward of England in the new Netflix movie starring Chris Pine Outlaw King. This episode features the work of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and...
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Episode 106 - Action Point (106:30)
We tackle a listener-suggested movie in Johnny Knoxville's Action Point. As he says, it's a mixed bag, but has some pretty good libertarianish points in it. The whole movie is about a guy fighting regulations, litigiousness, and political correctness culture with an emphatic emphasis on personal...
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Episode 105 - The Lord of the Rings (1:01:37)
It’s December so come in and cozy up by the fires of Mount Doom. We venture into Mordor with the Anarchist Mom to talk about one of her favorites in novel and film lore, the Lord of the Rings. It is one of our favorite movies and it has some interesting themes that when viewed from a Rothbardian...
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Episode 104 - Wreck-it Ralph (1:08:37)
We're gonna wreck it! It's what we do here on the show, we're going to wreck Wreck-it Ralph and let you in on some little known background information that is the keystone to understanding the true perpetrators when it comes to the good vs. bad labels. Ralph sets out to prove that he is a true…
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Episode 103 - American Made (59:50)
Thanks for sticking with us as we are fixin' to unpack a Turducken of an episode in preparation for the Thanksgiving week. This week's show is about the Tom Cruise movie, American Made, where the questions of legality somehow apply differently if you’re doing it for the “good” guys. This...
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Episode 102 - Dances with Wolves (1:11:08)
Mance Rayder of the Free Man Beyond the Wall Podcast joins us for a discussion of one of his favorite movies, Dances with Wolves. Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. We get into…
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Episode 101 - V for Vendetta (1:02:21)
Remember, remember the fifth of November, The gunpowder, treason and plot, I know of no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. We have a guest on to talk about V for Vendetta, as it is that time of year. Jay from AnarchoCoffee jolts us into a fun discussion on a movie that can be…
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Episode 100 - The Thing (1:12:03)
Robert and I get into the John Carpenter science-fiction horror set in Antarctica where you don't know who you can trust, or even if you can trust yourself, The Thing! We talk about the moral dilemma presented the characters who seemingly must choose between murdering their fellows or allowing a...
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Episode 99 - Swingers (1:07:38)
Robert and I double-down on one of the key movies of our formative years, the Vince Vaughn breakout film, Swingers. This is a fun romp of a movie that tests the boundaries of what could be done today and ended up being a quote-fest a la our Billy Madison or Lebowski episodes. I'm supposed to be...
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Episode 98 - Green Room (1:08:07)
We're talking about the punk-rock horror/thriller movie Green Room. It pits an ANTIFA-flavored punk band and a white supremacist audience against in each other in a battle to the death. Sadly, they both share many of the same ideas and horrific understanding of economics and morality. We get deep...
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Episode 97 - Liar Liar (1:07:28)
Patrick MacFarlane of Liberty Weekly recently became a lawyer and joins us to discuss one of his favorite movies, Liar Liar. Jim Carrey is pretty much a commie these days, but still had a pretty good run of comedy films in the 90’s. This film did not age well, but the premise hinges on how courts...
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Episode 96 - The Dark Knight Returns (57:43)
We go back to the Batman well and bring an old friend along as a guest to discuss Batman: Dark Knight Returns. 10 years after retiring, Gotham has descended further and further into crime and chaos as the corrupt police department is failing at the job it prevents others from providing. Batman...
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Episode 95 - The Magnificent Seven (55:52)
We explore some cinematic history covering a few iterations of the Magnificent Seven and Seven Samurai story that starts out fairly libertarian, but each iteration gets less and less so. We talk a bit about private law, non-state justice systems, the myth of the robber barons and how the west...
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Episode 94 - Smokey and the Bandit (1:06:55)
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin', We're gonna do what they say can't be done. We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there. There’s beer in Texarkana and they’re thirsty in Atlanta. We’re going to find economics points to make while discussing the Burt Reynolds classic,...
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Episode 93 - Guardians of the Galaxy (1:01:06)
Robert and I fire up the Walkman to kick out some tunes for Guardians of the Galaxy. We focus on the first movie, which was really quite good and we crap all over the second one, where one of the hosts could not even finish watching. This is one of our first dips into the Marvel Comic Universe…
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Episode 92 - Schooling the World (1:09:31)
Back to school, back to school, to show my dad that I’m not a fool. Oh wait, this isn’t Billy Madison, this is the real world! We talk about the documentary SCHOOLING THE WORLD that identifies many of the symptoms of the harms of government schooling; but misdiagnoses the causes and thus the...
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Episode 91 - The Outlaw Josey Wales (1:03:35)
It is good that warriors such as us should meet in the struggle for life… Or death. It shall be life on this episode of the show where we discuss the Clint Eastwood movie, the Outlaw Josie Wales. This is a Western movie’s movie with plenty of guns-linging and vengeance to keep you entertained…
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Episode 90 - Office Space (56:47)
Oh hey listeners, what’s happening. We need to talk about your flair. I’m going to need you to go ahead and give this episode about Office Space a listen. Take this job and shove it at: http://www.actualanarchy.com/90 Presented by www.ActualAnarchy.com Robert and I analyze popular movies from a...
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Episode 89 - Barefoot Gen (1:06:33)
Based on a suggestion by a listener and to highlight the recent anniversary of the atom bombs being dropped on Japan, we cover Barefoot Gen and also briefly contrast it with Grave of the Fireflies. Demanding unconditional surrender and using the pretense of invasion as political maneuvering while...
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Episode 88 - Gladiator (1:01:45)
Are you not entertained? Is that not why you are here? We get in the Russell Crowe, Oscar-winning epic, Gladiator. The general who became a slave. A slave who became a gladiator. A gladiator who defied an emperor. We’re seriously vexed about the false dichotomy between the two modes of rulership...
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Episode 87 - The Hunger Games (59:32)
We meander a bit more on this episode than most as we use the film/book series as more of a jumping off point for our rants about conscription and the near limitless thirst for government power. The Hunger Games film series consists of four science fiction dystopian adventure films based on The...
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Episode 86 - Mission Impossible (1:00:31)
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to this episode on the Tom Cruise vehicle Mission Impossible. It has spawned numerous sequels stretching over two decades. He must be doing something right. Plenty of random analysis in this one. This episode will self-destruct in 5 seconds....
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Episode 85 - The King's Speech (51:42)
Robert and I get royale with cheese and talk about The King's Speech. This movie was suggested by a listener due to the plot turn about the service provider not being sufficiently credentialed, but he's also the only one getting results. His credentials are success. Robert and I get royale with...
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Episode 84 - Harry Potter (1:02:36)
We venture into the fantasy world of Hogwarts School for Wizardry and Witchcraft as we discuss the global hit, Harry Potter. The book series has spawned an 8-movie franchise and billions of dollars in revenue. We go back all the way to the beginning and see how it all started. This is a fun...
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Episode 83 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (1:05:40)
We discuss Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri on the show this week. Spoilers in the discussion, like always, but I especially recommend seeing the film before listening to this episode as we get into the minutia of some of the events without a ton of context. Either way, it's a good movie...
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Episode 82 - Jurassic Park (55:24)
Hey everyone, I’ve got a new episode here...it’s a new episode everyone. See, no one cares. Hold onto your butts, we spared no expense and we... found a way... to bring you this episode. There’s a new Jurassic Park coming out, and it’s the 25th anniversary of the original which prompts this very...
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Episode 81 - The Incredibles (1:03:42)
We don our super suits one more time as we talk about the Incredibles. This is our Father’s Day foray about the finest Fantasic Four film ever made. Brad Bird directs his first Pixar feature after his disappointing (but still quite good, Iron Giant) starring Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Jason…
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Episode 80 - Planet of the Apes (1:07:50)
The 50th anniversary of the Planet of the Apes is as good a time as any to talk about this Charlton Heston classic that has spawned and respawned numerous sequels and prequels. Plus, recent controversy with Roseanne and DeRay make this so hot right now. We mostly focus on the original and the…
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Episode 78 - Evil Genius (56:34)
In our first foray outside of the realm of film, Robert and I take on the Netflix documentary EVIL GENIUS about one of the most bizarre bank heists in history. A scavenger hunt for an unwitting victim/perpetrator to rob a bank for $250,000 and then find clues to stop a collar around his neck from...
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Episode 77 - Deadpool (1:15:02)
With the release of Deadpool 2 upon us, we felt it a good time to jump on that astro-turfed viral-marketing highway and do the original. This is a movie right up Robert's alley, so we go with some maximum effort and fanboi out a touch. This goes a bit longer than we have as late but there’s…
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Episode 76 - Bee Movie (1:05:35)
Robert and I get into animal rights, sentience, and “exploitation” while we discuss Bee Movie, 2007 Jerry Seinfeld animated flick. It’s really about some SJW-activist type who gets indignant about a thing, whines to government to fix the "injustice", GETS what he wants; and things fall to shit....
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Episode 75 – Nacho Libre (1:21:26)
Robert and I wrestle with cultural appropriation as we attempt to believe in science and pin Nacho Libre. This is a fun discussion on a movie where we have wide disagreement. Berated all his life by those around him, a Friar (Black) follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a 'Luchador'...
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Episode 74 - Hot Fuzz (1:06:25)
We do a buddy-cop movie for the greater good and get into it over Hot Fuzz. There's a bit of disagreement between us on this movie that is a bit difficult to reconcile. We hope you enjoy the discussion. The creators of Shaun of the Dead bring you this hilarious hit about a reassigned big city…
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Episode 73 - Find Me Guilty (1:04:24)
We get into the Vin Diesel with hair flick, Find Me Guilty which is about the longest criminal trial in American history where one gang was being prosecuted by an even bigger gang. There are a lot of fun themes in this one worthy of discussion despite the poor box office numbers for this film.…
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Episode 72 - Super Troopers (52:21)
You boys like Mexico? As the sequel is about to hit theaters, we revist an old classic (that hasn't aged well), Super Troopers. Five Vermont state troopers, avid pranksters with a knack for screwing up, try to save their jobs and out-do the local police department by solving a crime. Super…
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Episode 71 - Hero (1:01:26)
We get into "Hero" a mythical retelling of the historical story of the first emperor of China who used military conquest in a bid to unite the country and implement peace. Not to be confused with the Mariah Carey movie of the same name, Hero starring martial arts legend Jet Li in a visually...
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Episode 70 - The Last Supper (1:00:30)
Happy Easter everyone. We do a movie with a namesake related to the holiday and discuss 1996's, "The Last Supper". It's about the type of people who think they are so smart and can fix everything wrong with the world, if it weren't for the backwards heathens preventing them. Their smug solution…
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Episode 69 - Billy Madison (48:48)
Back to school. Back to school. To prove to dad that I'm not a fool. Hahahaha. Shut up. We are back at it again with episode 69 of the podcast talking about the generational cult classic Adam Sandler flick, Billy Madison. This one is mostly talking about the ridiculousness of the plot and some of...
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In the spirit of the great “Mister First Nighter”, Murray Rothbard’s movie critic review pen name, Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Anarcho-Capitalist perspective.We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film.The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film.Sometimes it's just the two hosts talking and sometimes featuring guests in the Liberty movement such as Walter Block, Adam Kokesh, and members of the Tom Woods Elite, and more...We publish on Sundays and for holidays or other special events as available.Like us on Facebook, Subscribe on the YouTubez, Follow us on the Twitterz, Support us on the Patreon!Maximum fre
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