<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:46:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/liberalism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Genetics of Politics | Liberals vs. Conservatives | Gene Wars [Part 2]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stefan Molyneux explores how genetics shape political views, drawing on r-selected and K-selected reproductive strategies to illustrate differences between liberalism and conservatism. He explains their]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/the-genetics-of-politics-or-liberals-vs-conservatives-or-gene-wars-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/the-genetics-of-politics-or-liberals-vs-conservatives-or-gene-wars-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[reason]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan.molyneux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFc5ntfuipfgTLmysWczwy2xgqE1xDm4YdzJcE2PTAR1DxrdDFRXNgr5MAZwHd6SycCbZMMGrn2h5obh7WPeSt4VeEwR4Vg6J7rieTmN2Bx7467gAJWWxkH2bMpiZXm6n2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Was a Former Social Justice Warrior! Freedomain Call In]]></title><description><![CDATA[A listener call from 2019! Stefan Molyneux speaks with a caller about her transition from liberal ideas to a conservative skepticism. She looks back on how social justice stories molded her earlier views]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/i-was-a-former-social-justice-warrior-freedomain-call-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/i-was-a-former-social-justice-warrior-freedomain-call-in</guid><category><![CDATA[reason]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan.molyneux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:34:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGcjzhwouCe7CLsoUPSJmKykFEpSPuZKasGgkBkU7ZDBVVa6UUW7mVonZgBd3hWHW5dRuwSFT5XYTmphWLoDj8CJ9JFUDK6n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quote of the day (2) – Liberalism is dead because it doesn’t have strong arguments in its favour.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve come to admire Peter North the political commentator. He doesn’t sugarcoat his diagnosis of what is wrong with the UK but nearly all of his stuff is worth reading. In this piece that Mr North published]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/quote-of-the-day-2-liberalism-is-dead-because-it-doesnt-have-strong-arguments-in-its-favour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/quote-of-the-day-2-liberalism-is-dead-because-it-doesnt-have-strong-arguments-in-its-favour</guid><category><![CDATA[britain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrfahrenheit211]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:26:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJueb2rcSbSe9WCfSQD85uuv8dQq4tzdjxWbbcNkdVHr4QTEXVQZbQPZDMUK9jntWKR7u8BVk7gZ9Ck2UZGcprpt7VA75NtXjcKS8htKhijGF1ZJsgYCgnQfTcJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Deal with NORMIES! Call In Show]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this conversation, philosopher Stefan Molyneux advises a caller in his 60s grappling with marital strife due to differing ideologies developed over 30 years. As the caller reflects on his shift from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/how-to-deal-with-normies-call-in-show</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/how-to-deal-with-normies-call-in-show</guid><category><![CDATA[reason]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan.molyneux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:53:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKmTr9Z4jhbPj9GHY1wjtmcKenorTCvuU2LmEowqxfexJPvbBfjihLRwnybn1oeg7UEJQLfkPRRFWN9JQnALh4gx84Jy8Cs7Up4dGz8EAQ5ZiEtsNg5ThJwBL1HECkMro1Zg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEW PREVIEW FOR SUPPORTERS - I Was a Former Social Justice Warrior! Freedomain Call In]]></title><description><![CDATA[Subscribers get early previews for shows! A listener call from 2019! In this episode, I converse with a caller about her shift from liberalism to a more skeptical conservative viewpoint. 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Centrists, at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@thythinker/in-defense-of-centrism-of-a-certain-type</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@thythinker/in-defense-of-centrism-of-a-certain-type</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thythinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 21:37:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQjBv4xfheMyT7TjFyjDN3ri6vBCPLGgcKGnMX26xCmaWvQD42kJo44ap4NYMT8V8f4xWnNWDg9yUps4i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boomers | A-Z of the Old World. #history #oldworld #shortsvideo ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Boomers | A-Z of the Old World. #history #oldworld #shortsvideo In this short video, we look at the meaning of the word 'boomer' in my 1914 dictionary from the Old World. We consider whether there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140662/@livingthetruth11/the-boomers-or-a-z-of-the-old-world-history-oldworld-shortsvideo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140662/@livingthetruth11/the-boomers-or-a-z-of-the-old-world-history-oldworld-shortsvideo</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140662]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[livingthetruth11]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3U9XE4kMf4VtX1rqNL1BoEXVbyc2nkJvpN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism is NOT...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capitalism is NOT corporatism. Capitalism is NOT cronyism. Capitalism is NOT protectionism. Capitalism is NOT mercantilism. Capitalism is NOT a fiat-financial system built on (State) incorporation. Capitalism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/capitalism/@paulvp/capitalism-is-not</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/capitalism/@paulvp/capitalism-is-not</guid><category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCaL7pGsixzcCatJQoNhFcd4dNs8VdZ6dETy8zgh67pwrepovtzsNu9aD7Yco6ou6SLEwsQ8sncJLyEvZDWSdNeHenVCZh5pXbnuaT85YPbpAd4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balancing Freedom and Preparing for The Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction In our relentless pursuit of a better tomorrow, driven by lofty ideals and noble aspirations, we often find ourselves standing at the precipice of unintended consequences. It is a timeless]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberalism/@satt-67/balancing-freedom-and-preparing-for-the-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberalism/@satt-67/balancing-freedom-and-preparing-for-the-future</guid><category><![CDATA[liberalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[satt-67]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:31:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprEUmqvBamTTSzK94v5hGRcsQtNy4N3idvH9ikcnwszV8dgUETf5NGSmXeX3uXhyT6HFTwE9V6FmzeQ45pMyv9P4EzuwG7kbYXfd1hV2gCxPasAn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is a Two Edged Sword:  Chapter Four]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article comes from this link. Today's excerpt begins on page 14. The Woman Girt With the Sword It is to you woman, beautiful redeemer of the race, whom I address this chapter. That which stirs in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/freedom-is-a-two-edged-sword-chapter-four</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/freedom-is-a-two-edged-sword-chapter-four</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-129614]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 21:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh4fDWcpyCYWsW88aSA1dKrFhUMVQgbsb7DXCCucB86Hh7Ft4Hcb7gKL7YE7xJ4WHuZxb7ks6Zt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is a Two Edged Sword:  Chapter Three]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article comes from this link. Today's excerpt begins on page 11. There is no evidence to show that man was created and accoutred to serve as God's viceregent upon the earth. There is no reason to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/freedom-is-a-two-edged-sword-chapter-three</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/freedom-is-a-two-edged-sword-chapter-three</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-129614]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh4fDWcpyCYWsW88aSA1dKrFhUMVQgbsb7DXCCucB86Hh7Ft4Hcb7gKL7YE7xJ4WHuZxb7ks6Zt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is a Two Edged Sword:  Chapter Two]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article comes from this link. Today's excerpt begins on page 7. Of all the strange and terrible powers among which we move unknowingly, sex is the most potent. Conceived in the orgasm of birth, we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/freedom-is-a-two-edged-sword-chapter-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/freedom-is-a-two-edged-sword-chapter-two</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-129614]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh4fDWcpyCYWsW88aSA1dKrFhUMVQgbsb7DXCCucB86Hh7Ft4Hcb7gKL7YE7xJ4WHuZxb7ks6Zt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is a Two Edged Sword:  Chapter 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article comes from this link. Today's excerpt begins on page 2. For numberless centuries society accepted the proposition that certain men were created to be slaves. Their natural function was to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/freedom-is-a-two-edged-sword-chapter-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/freedom-is-a-two-edged-sword-chapter-1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-129614]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh4fDWcpyCYWsW88aSA1dKrFhUMVQgbsb7DXCCucB86Hh7Ft4Hcb7gKL7YE7xJ4WHuZxb7ks6Zt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Competition – between market – leader and citizen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction How did the market turn into a competitor for different classes of society, or even into a trespasser after it was designed to serve him? The answer lies in studying the historical origins]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@rabihfarhat/beyond-competition-between-market-leader-and-citizen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@rabihfarhat/beyond-competition-between-market-leader-and-citizen</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rabihfarhat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:00:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE3BrdGQcYkevrMfGqYdeQpc7UEE9f1xBpRruqdEv58cKXw8g4mZBsCugyC95kKkKXgqcqynf7daenNbxBwYns78C5C3HyrmygLxtcfjJ3QYJVC2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's Two-Party System Sucks (The American People Need A New Nationalist Party)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three card monte. That is the political game we, the American people, play every couple of years. The mainstream no longer maintains the interests of the common man. The lack of representation of the minority]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@sheepgetsheared/america-s-two-party-system-sucks-the-american-people-need-a-new-nationalist-party</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@sheepgetsheared/america-s-two-party-system-sucks-the-american-people-need-a-new-nationalist-party</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sheepgetsheared]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2023 16:05:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dwSXdLukvtqCoh7uzhKMGmLx8juVggY7FQz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatism vs. Libertarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, a conservative magazine editor was a guest on an increasingly popular libertarian podcast. Their topic was about ‘conservatism and libertarianism’. The guest and the host respect one another]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@paulvp/conservatism-vs-libertarianism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@paulvp/conservatism-vs-libertarianism</guid><category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 06:40:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhsYkKhc8t9XmW2VabKsWMX9bhD7phq4L2Gf657BFX8AHFoirSsTsKDTERRLiZbcSg9T3yZqXd8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are libertarians or conservatives 'liberal'? Is the West Christian, or Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman (classical)?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservatives seem to be perpetually stuck in an identity crisis and seem to perpetually mis-understand and mis-characterize libertarians in the same old ways, regardless of years of patient explanations.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@paulvp/are-libertarians-or-conservatives-liberal-is-the-west-christian-or-judeo-christian-and-greco-roman-classical</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservatism/@paulvp/are-libertarians-or-conservatives-liberal-is-the-west-christian-or-judeo-christian-and-greco-roman-classical</guid><category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulvp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 05:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgR2iB8714Jyk96gpQ1dR9E5ZbiBv63Y2eoLJYeKEXFEJJCcn23k1dYpE6v81GRM7Xv4QqM19kA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interregnum ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe starting to abandon warlord strategist/tactician, Joe Tzu? Latest in a long line of leaders waking up bashing Brandon... In fairness to Macron geo-strategically (I often criticise him for his little]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/romanempire/@fortculture/interregnum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/romanempire/@fortculture/interregnum</guid><category><![CDATA[romanempire]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fortculture]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:50:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VszDcjuxMYiS42MbMd5HZFxX6SUTsD6aC7oQtNncEFgvB5EBNU8Cq13vE53aU4wUxTiD2nDn6upWjU3EoJdneQgJHNxhYsHC83DjvTp8BMDuG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a libertarian in the sense that I want a minimal state.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What minimal means is subjective. I'm not opposed to a government role in education, nor do I think not being opposed is incompatible with libertarianism. 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