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Hi!
My name is Juliette Sellgren, a first-year student at the University of Virginia and the host of The Great Antidote Podcast. The Great Antidote is my exploration of economics, philosophy, and government through interviews with experts in their fields.
I first started my podcast to immerse myself in the free market, classical liberal community, because those voices are really missing from a lot of the discussions that my age group engages in. I wanted to be that voice and to create a platform where those views could be heard. It has helped me grow in unimaginable ways, creating a space where I can test out new ideas and explore, without the backlash that comes with the current political climate (especially at college)…
That’s why I’m here. Ricochet has created a community of great thinkers, of people who want to talk through issues and respect other viewpoints. Ricochet presents another way to engage with these topics, and is a perfect complement to the mission of my podcast. My situation in college so far has not been conducive to the conversations I want to have, the difficult and fruitful ones. I am hoping that Ricochet’s community can bring those conversations to life, and from what I’ve seen, I’m sure it will.
As a side note, another one of my goals is to inspire confidence in conservatives, libertarians, and independents, both young and old. We are not alone, as much as it may feel like it at times. I say this for everyone as much as I say it for myself, because it is so easy to forget. If we stop talking and reminding ourselves of this, we run the risk of being silenced, and we would not be blameless actors. As Jonathan Rauch, a frequent guest on The Great Antidote once advised me, “never shut up!”
With that said, I am really looking forward to being a part of this and all that is to come! Thank you Ricochet for creating this space, and thank you to everyone who participates and makes this community so special.
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No, it is a smart person who understands how little they actually know.
Welcome! I think you’ll like it around here. Especially when we aged specimens throw rhetorical stones at each other over the fine points of conservatism. (:
And don’t even mention the vitriol around such subjects as the usage of the Oxford comma or whether ketchup belongs on hot dogs.
Ketchup on a hot dog?
Where are the moderators? Aren’t supposed to have some standards of decency, around here?
See? Told you so.
Oh, so that’s what you call it! I just thought it was crabby old men bickering.
Sexist! Plenty of crabby old women on this site too.
That’s a minor issue compared to the arguments about putting chicken on pizza. Or was it pineapple?
Welcome, Juliette! Beautiful campus, magnificent history — mind the minefields of tarpits. Sounds like you’ll be fine.
I’ll give the podcast a go.
I’ll bore you with my views later.
Speaking of tarpits, there’s this site. We’re old, you see. We aim to feast upon your youth to rejuvenate ourselves, and you’ll stagger away without having changed a single mind. But wiser.
Welcome to the best place on the internet.
Cheese, chili, ketchup, relish, onions and brown mustard and sometimes sauerkraut.
Welcome, Juliette.
I occasionally like pineapple on pizza but figs are better also pepperoni, garlic and onion.
The greatest advancement in moral philosophy of all time is the discovery that:
Government Is How We Steal From Each Other™
I have subscribed to your podcast. Looks good.
Figs?
Can this be independently verified?
I have two topic requests.
Deirdre McCloskey in general. I think she’s at the nexus of all conservative and libertarian policy. Self-described Austrian, which is the only intelligent view of economics.
The concept of government as organized crime and mafia. China is nothing but mafia with nukes. Every other government is just a lesser version of it.