Political Psychology Series Episode 9: Andrew Cooper
Episode description
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.
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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