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Maximal Ep. 409 | A Controversial Episode
🕑 Added 2023-09-11 11:00:04 +0000 UTCThe Minimalists speak with YouTuber Destiny about a host of controversial topics, including extreme hoarding, opinions, objective morality, taxation, God, abortion, video games, minimum wage, big pharma, transgenderism and LGBTQ rights, the death penalty, and much, much more.
Discussed in this episode:
How can we set boundaries with the hoarders in our lives? (02:49)
What’s the point of having controversial debates? (13:34)
Is morality objective or relative? (21:25)
Is taxation theft? (28:58)
Does Destiny have any controversial dating advice? (47:30)
Is it wrong to have a TikTok account? (56:35)
What do you tell someone whose mind has been influenced by red-pill ideology? And why do people believe in conspiracy theories? (01:10:11)
What’s the ideal minimum wage for Americans? (01:38:10)
What are the positive and negative effects of playing video games? (01:51:56)
Is transgender ideology ripping families apart? (02:00:14)
Why are we as a society still debating when life begins and ends? (02:20:27)
Why does congress ban books but not guns? (02:37:50)
Why is medicine so outrageously expensive? (02:53:14)
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Comments
Pontus Wellgraf
Not sure if I understood it correctly, but do you all think that all ”conspiracy theories” are made up and false?
wendy b
I really enjoy this one. Thanks.
Kristen Ziegler
So well done! My husband and I listened to the full private episode on our drive back from the beach. Toward the end, I turned to him and said, "Most people would be screaming at each other by now." More people need to have calm, respectful, difficult conversations like this.
I am 2/3rds into this episode and it may be one of my favorite Minimalists episodes once I complete it. Thank you so much, Josh, for organizing and moderating this discussion between TK and Destiny. I actually had never heard of Destiny before this (and I believe we are not aligned politically, etc.) but I found his answers so well thought out and persuasive. And I, of course, always love hearing from TK (a class act and someone who I learn from every time I listen and I was grateful I got to see him in person at the NYC show along with Josh, Ryan, and Seth Godin). I think a Part II is in order. Please invite Destiny back to the show.
Long time Patron. This was easily one of my fav episodes.
Loved this, hope to see more like it. Super interesting
I got the Patreon subscription just to listen to the destiny conversation but you guys are very good and I think I'm going to stick around for a while.
The Minimalists
This is a thoughtful comment, and is worth further exploration on the show. Would you be willing to send in a voice recording so we can discuss it on air?
Colleen Waydick
I loved this episode but one thing I have long struggled with is the comment along the lines of ‘I can respect you but not agree with you or love you but not agree with you’ in regards to lgbtq people. LGBTQ is not just a lifestyle choice, they were born this way. That’s science. Saying you don’t agree with them but still love them is just as hurtful as showing outright disgust. It serves only to make the person making the comment feel better about their own biases.
