Nick Gillespie

Well, I was partial to the Pacer because I just remember them having an ad where a guy delivered a six-foot sub in the back of the Pacer. Yes, sure. But then it was all glass, so by the time it got there, it would have flies and maggots on it.

Well, I was partial to the Pacer because I just remember them having an ad where a guy delivered a six-foot sub in the back of the Pacer. Yes, sure. But then it was all glass, so by the time it got there, it would have flies and maggots on it.

The Pinto not only was explosive, literally and figuratively, well, not figuratively, just explosively, but it was a bad car. And we have done so much better to make better cars, but yet people are constantly being born back into the past thinking that it was a simple decision. Yeah.

The Pinto not only was explosive, literally and figuratively, well, not figuratively, just explosively, but it was a bad car. And we have done so much better to make better cars, but yet people are constantly being born back into the past thinking that it was a simple decision. Yeah.

Okay. What's an example of that?

Okay. What's an example of that?

I totally hear where you're coming from. And libertarianism historically, it's like a post-World War II phenomenon, really a post-1968 phenomenon, really, as an organized movement. Really?

I totally hear where you're coming from. And libertarianism historically, it's like a post-World War II phenomenon, really a post-1968 phenomenon, really, as an organized movement. Really?

Well, it was partly the people who founded the Modern Libertarian Party, people who were working at places like Reason. They felt left out of politics, you know, Republicans and Democrats. Like, you know, when you're, especially if you're a young man in a draft year and your choice is Richard Nixon or Hubert Humphrey or George Wallace, you're like, okay, where's the exit, right? You know? Yeah.

Well, it was partly the people who founded the Modern Libertarian Party, people who were working at places like Reason. They felt left out of politics, you know, Republicans and Democrats. Like, you know, when you're, especially if you're a young man in a draft year and your choice is Richard Nixon or Hubert Humphrey or George Wallace, you're like, okay, where's the exit, right? You know? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Okay. A huge, huge factor. And people like Ayn Rand, I never personally went through an Ayn Rand phase, but she was massive. You didn't smoke that much pot? See, I went through it. Oh, wow. The objectivists I knew, they didn't even get drunk. Oh, wow. Much of smoking weed. So it's like, okay, I'm out.

Yeah, yeah. Okay. A huge, huge factor. And people like Ayn Rand, I never personally went through an Ayn Rand phase, but she was massive. You didn't smoke that much pot? See, I went through it. Oh, wow. The objectivists I knew, they didn't even get drunk. Oh, wow. Much of smoking weed. So it's like, okay, I'm out.

because for me, you know, the 1950s, I mean, post-war America is the first time when America became, you know, kind of a wealthy country and also like it was, you know, that's when individual liberty flourished. Like suddenly you had, even among minorities who had it really shitty in the 50s, like if you were black, you know, I mean, Brown versus Board of Education only took place in 54.

because for me, you know, the 1950s, I mean, post-war America is the first time when America became, you know, kind of a wealthy country and also like it was, you know, that's when individual liberty flourished. Like suddenly you had, even among minorities who had it really shitty in the 50s, like if you were black, you know, I mean, Brown versus Board of Education only took place in 54.

Schools didn't get fully desegregated until Nixon in the early 70s. I mean, you know, it's bad. But at every level, people were doing so much better and there was so much more stuff to buy, so many more choices to make on every level. It makes sense that libertarianism started to become more interesting and attractive.

Schools didn't get fully desegregated until Nixon in the early 70s. I mean, you know, it's bad. But at every level, people were doing so much better and there was so much more stuff to buy, so many more choices to make on every level. It makes sense that libertarianism started to become more interesting and attractive.

I was more into Jack Kerouac and the Beats who were exploring individual liberty.

I was more into Jack Kerouac and the Beats who were exploring individual liberty.

Yeah, you know, so these are all like kind of, you know, parts of a broad movement.

Yeah, you know, so these are all like kind of, you know, parts of a broad movement.