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“”If socialists wanted to help the poor so much, why didn't they study and promote Bitcoin, rather than whining about diversity?
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—Stefan Molyneux, genius of a generation[1] |
“”Stefan Molyneux is stupid.
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—Stefan Molyneux[2] |
Stefan Basil "Not an Argument" Molyneux (/ˈstiːvən 'mɒlɪnʌks/, born 1966) is an Irish-Canadian white supremacist[3][4][5][6][7][8] political commentator, "philosopher", cult leader, and Internet-media personality who has hosted Freedomain Radio — a podcast where he discusses philosophy, politics, religion, science, and relationships — since 2005. He also writes regularly for anarcho-capitalist websites and has self-published several books, e.g., Universally Preferable Behavior, (2007). American libertarian philosopher David Gordan[9] wrote the following: "Molyneux is by no means stupid: quite the contrary. Therein, I suggest, lies the source of the problems of his book. Because of his facile intelligence, he thinks that he has a talent for philosophical argument and need not undertake the hard labor of learning how such arguments are constructed. Unfortunately for him and his book, he is mistaken."[10]
Molyneux has a group of very ardent fans, even though he is only questionably an ancap at this point, and is hated by a large portion of them: he is a "racial realist", and says disgusting red-pill things about women. He presents a crank-magnetism chimera of men's rights, white rights, and some sort of fedora-lover's Glenn Beck[11] (or a thinking man's RooshV) who is known for mistreating his guests.
In June 2020, Stefan's Youtube channel, which had 930,000 subscribers and 285 million views as of October 2019, was removed from the platform for hate speech.[12] His Twitter account had more than 475,000 followers as of June 2020, but was suspended as of July 7, 2020.[13]
Molyneux rejects the idea that parents deserve unconditional love and respect from their children. Especially, he believes that adults who deem their parents to be physically or psychologically aggressive should cease all connections with them, if previous attempts to mend any faulty relationships have failed, or resulted in begging for "unearned forgiveness".[14]
“So face it: your parents were bullies, or weak curriers of favor, or manipulative emotional infants themselves. You have no respect for them, for respect requires courage, and courage requires logical morality. You do not love them, since love demands virtue, and manipulating children into blind obedience is not at all virtuous.”
While this is reasonable advice for children that have been abused by their parents, Molyneux's advice has another effect of having some of his audience abandon their parents to join his cult (see below).
He also claims that people who engage in or are drawn to contact sports were abused as children and/or had aggressive childhoods.[15] He has said that he would have killed his mother had she not been his mother.[16]
“”I think the spotlight of "Outgrow your bestial nature." has been pointed just a little bit too long at men and I think it's time to swivel that motherfucker around and point it at woman and say stop making yourself look like fucking sex clowns to milk money out of men's dicks."
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—Stefan Molyneux, MGTOW paladin[17] |
Molyneux is a major figure in the men's rights movement. He was a speaker at the A Voice For Men (AVFM) 2014 conference, and uses the AVFM site to plug his videos.[18]
"The evil that women are capable of and the evil that women do — not all women — but the evil that women do is generally invisible to society which is why there’s so much violence in society."[19]
Single mothers are an important issue of our time,[20][21] and a demographic in need of attack:
"Women who choose the assholes will fucking end this race. They will fucking end this human race if we don't start holding them a-fucking-countable. Women who choose assholes guarantee child abuse. Women who choose assholes guarantee criminality. Sociopathy. Politicians. All the cold-hearted jerks who run the world came out of the vaginas of women who married assholes, and I don't know how to make the world a better place without holding women accountable for choosing assholes! Your dad was an asshole because your mother chose him, because it works on so many women! If "asshole" wasn't a great reproductive strategy, it would have been gone long ago. Women keep that black bastard flame alive. They cup their hands around it. They protect it with their bodies...Keep fucking monsters, we get catastrophes, we get war, we get nuclear weapons, we get national debts, we get incarcerations and prison guards and all the other florid assholes who rule the world. Women worship at the feet of the devil and wonder why the world is evil.[22]
Stefan goes so far as calling single mothers, who hold no political power historically especially relative to men, as a demographic terrible people. Because the only logical explanation for being a single mom is either making bad choices (in which case, you're a bad person), or being promiscuous and having sex with lots of different men (in which case, you're a bad person).[23]
In one video, he sees being nice to a woman as "a white knight" reaction to "PROTECT THE EGGS." That's not hyperbole, he really shouts "PROTECT THE EGGS."[24]
Stefan is also very concerned about the "already gone" eggs of women who have chosen not to have children yet, as evidenced by a bizarre tweet concerning Taylor Swift,[25] and more recently Tulsi Gabbard.[26]
Remember, if you take the red pill, the red pill also takes you:
Was there such a thing as the friend zone before the existence of the welfare state?[27]
And on an entirely unrelated note, why are there so few female libertarians?[28]
For an "anarchist", Stefan doesn't mind the state all that much, so long as it acts the way he wants it to.
The tragic fact of business is that ordinary Africans were better off under colonialism. Colonial masters never committed anything near the murder and genocide seen under black rule in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Nigeria, Mozambique, and other countries, where millions of blacks have been slaughtered in unspeakable ways, which include: hacking to death, boiling in oil, setting on fire and dismemberment."[40]
Molyneux holds an unconventional unscientific and bigoted view on homosexuality, arguing that it is the result of childhood sexual abuse. He later apologized for the comment when contacted by a caller during a radio interview, saying he had reversed his views on the matter and would do his best to improve his understanding of homosexuality. He also promised to edit the video to better reflect his ignorance of the previous statements.[45] The video remains unedited.
In 2019, Molyneux tweeted a misleading study which showed that "Forty-six percent of the homosexual men in contrast to 7% of the heterosexual men reported homosexual molestation".[46] However, the study was heavily criticized. The survey didn't include the word 'molest' on the form, and then swapped the words "sexual experience" for "molestation" in its publication. It counted anybody who had a sexual experience before the age of 16 as 'molested', rather than relying on the standard definition of 13 and under. It also relied on a convenience sample of people who attended a pride parade and volunteered for the survey, further making it statistically irrelevant.[47][48]
He does, however, support the right of gays to marry. So that's nice.[49]
His movie reviews all dissolve into him ranting about white genocide or how terrible women are.
Molyneux is incapable of producing a brief "Truth about x" video. He even has an hour-long video about Frozen.[50]
Although never explicitly criticizing Jews, he has utilized a lot of Nazi talking points regarding them. One example would be the conspiracy theory of Jewish influence on Communism:
“” The Jewish role in the origins and spread of communism is a fascinating and disturbing topic.
Two famous men - Churchill and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - both wrote that Jews were very involved, and have not been criticized for rank antisemitism. What do you think? |
He has also shown interest in whether Jewish people are white while showing a complete misunderstanding of what white privilege is:
“”It’s quite simple
If Jews are white, then “white privilege” is rank anti-Semitism, and MUST be rejected If Jews are NOT white, then we need affirmative action for whites in many industries and universities, since I was taught that ethnic overrepresentation always means bigotry. |
Additionally, he retweeted a now-deleted tweet demonstrating a conspiracy-theory regarding Jewish control of CNN.
“”The Bad Philosophy Show, where we tell people the wrong thing to do! Wouldn't that be funny? right? 'Cos, then, you know, they'd just flip it then they'd get the right thing... "If you want to lose weight, eat cheesecake." "If you want to jump up, fall down."
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—Izzy Molyneux, age 6[51] |
Molyneux has declared himself "the savior of philosophy" and styles himself as a New Socrates,[52][53] though he doesn't actually engage any scholarly literature on issues of philosophy. He used to be an Objectivist, but now considers himself an ancap and advocates UPB (Universally Preferable Behavior), his own moral theory which appears to be Kantianism with the serial numbers filed off. He doesn't credit any philosophers for having influenced him, though he routinely makes arguments famous philosophers (usually John Locke) have made many times in the past without attribution, and misinterprets famous philosophical arguments and writings; his lecture on the social contract is an excellent example.[54]
Molyneux has claimed that Freedomain Radio is the most popular online philosophy conversation in the world, despite no backing to such a claim. His support among actual philosophers is questionable as well. In 2007, fellow libertarian (and actual philosopher) David Gordon gave a critical examination of Molyneux in The Mises Review: "He fails, and fails miserably. His arguments are often preposterously bad."[55]
Popular YouTuber SisyphusRedeemed, who is an academic philosopher, uploaded another great rebuttal.[56]
One thing he may share with Socrates is that it would probably take hemlock to shut him up.
He manages to bottle most of his crazy inside, pretending he agrees with anarchist principles, but it's a smokescreen for what is essentially a call for corporate tyranny.[57]
“”This radical simplification of huge stretches of history is misleading, but it's necessary in order to make the sorts of comparisons to modern times Stefan is making...Stefan mentions that it's difficult for the Republicans to get elected. And, well, it was very difficult indeed for anyone to be elected Emperor [in Rome] because they didn't have elections.
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—Shaun and Jen[58] |
Molyneux defends his more...unusual beliefs with historical examples. These are invariably healthy servings of PIDOOMA. He has, for example, claimed that the First World War was more destructive than the Second, and that the majority of casualties in it were members of the aristocracy.[59] This is a self-evident argument for free trade, apparently.
Like most laissez-faire economists, he denies overpopulation is a problem. Stefan believes there's no such thing as too many exploitable wage slaves to boss around too many people (except when those people aren't white men). He believes the real problem is that not enough people follow his philosophy.[60]
Molyneux has gone on record against the DMCA and IP law, saying that "IP must die" as it is an unjustified use of force.[61][62] He believes this is a universal principle with no exceptions.
However he also used IP law in order to censor critics on YouTube by filing DMCA claims against them, with the most notable being "TruShibes," who created a YouTube account dedicated to clips documenting Molyneux's questionable behavior and philosophy.[63] He blamed this on a contractor.[64]
In a textbook case of actions having consequences, TruShibes has filed a case in US federal court against Molyneux for his blatant exploitation of the DMCA to shut down her account, for silencing her and for defaming her afterwards[65][66] (she is in the US and he is in Canada, but his YouTube activity and income is US-based and constitutes a local presence). Of course, it's no surprise he resorted to censorship. That is what Stef does if he doesn't have anything to say. Raised a good question on FDR? Banned. Contradicted Stef on his show? Cuts the caller off. Wrote a blog punching holes in Stef or his philosophy? Come on and verbally debate him![67] Hey, isn't it textbook for a cult leader to go to any lengths to silence criticism or dissidence...?
If you don’t buy Stef's logic, you went to public school because you are a brainwashed sheeple[68][69] that can't comprehend the glory and pure truth of UPB, NAP and anarcho-capitalism—or his wife's equally obnoxious stance that you're aware of it, but such a transition would be uncomfortable, and therefore you subconsciously deny it out of childlike spite.
Molyneux decided that Leonard Nimoy's passing was the appropriate time to talk about how Spock's collectivism was "emotional" in nature and how big government (the socialist-esque United Federation of Planets) is a bad thing.[70] Similarly, he posted a video on Robin Williams' suicide, leaping at the chance to psychoanalyze the actor (without ever having met him, of course).[71] Kicking a still-warm corpse: Another philosophical victory for libertarians!
“”In other words, a popular Auschwitz guard with a long marriage is the very definition of mental health. Moral considerations do not form the basis of mental heath – a compliant Nazi is considered more ‘healthy’ than an outcast one. This form of ‘social ethics’ is largely due to the Jewish influence over psychology.
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—From the Mouth of |
Molyneux has denied that mental illnesses are real, saying there is not enough evidence to prove otherwise. He also calls psychiatry a pseudoscience and claims that it is part of a government agenda.[73] This has drawn the ire of many, including online scientific skeptic Emil Karlsson of Debunking Denialism who responded with a lengthy refutation of his claims.[74] Now, he's right that mental illnesses are culturally defined (though the anti-semitism came out of nowhere);[note 1] if your culture favors extremely fastidious people, somebody with "checking" type OCD may not be considered abnormal. But it certainly exists independent of cultural context, with various causes ranging from environment to dietary to genetic to neurological. It's convenient for Molyneux to foist everything onto "society" because it feeds into his viewers' self-entitlement and moral relativism, while ignoring the cultural context behind, say, private property.
Stefan's already-impressive resumé includes him being a climate change denier[75] on top of everything else — going so far as to host Christopher Monckton on his show to discuss the (as Stefan calls it) 'hoax'.[76]
The only meaningful outcome of the aforementioned 'meeting of the impotent minds' was Potholer54 taking the time to explain the utter wrongess of climate change denial, by using their convoluted discussion as a teaching example.[77]
Taking a page from Objectivists and the Insane Clown Posse, Stefan has a bone to pick with modern physics. Charming quips (directed unilaterally at an entire STEM field) include:
“”Physicists kind of piss me off, 'cause they've always got their fucking pale hands in my goddamn wallet, and stealing from my child's future, indebting her. [...] You know, go be a fucking engineer, you lazy, pasty bastards. Go do something useful that people wanna buy.
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—A rant[78] which sounds suspiciously like it was copied from Alex Jones (particularity the part about the world-destroying fascist nerds). |
The irony here is that a lot of modern engineering (cough electricity cough), would not be possible if it weren't for physics, but the assumption is natural given that Stefan has absolutely no understanding of it. What's more, he now claims his mind transcends physics.[79] All in a day's work for Molyneux, and perfectly in line with his M.O. of being the clogosphere's prime libertarian narcissicist übermensch.
Stefan thought that organ transplants between races are not possible.[80] When called out on this, he backs down by claiming that he meant the genetic match chance was lower.[81]
Molyneux's attitudes and beliefs, coupled with the slavish devotion of his listeners, has led Sam Seder and his associates to label him a cult leader. This view is echoed by parents whose children abandoned them on Molyneux's advice.[82][83][84]
If you want to perform the greatest service for political liberty, all you have to do is turf all of your unsatisfying relationships. Parents, siblings, spouse, it doesn’t matter.[87]
If you have non-voluntaryist friends you may want to spend the holidays alone reconsidering your definition of friend![88]
In 2020, Molyneux was censored suspended from YouTube[100] and Twitter[101] for triggering the libs violating their hate speech policies. Ironically, this was itself a result of cancel culture the capitalist free market, since both sites are owned by private companies and Molyneux voluntarily agreed to their terms when registering his account(s).
Molyneux has interviewed, and been interviewed by, among others: