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Joe Macaluso and Dave Rael discuss common ground found in a free website providing the service of identifying where you align and disagree with ideologies, parties, and candidates. The discussion evolves into touching on fairness, rights, and the purpose of law. Chapters: 0:01 - The podcast now has a name (but you already knew that)0:19 - The Politely, Up Yours! book club3:10 - Can groups be actors or only individuals?6:07 - Democracy as a restaurant8:39 - Encountering and experiencing isidewith.com and insights regarding common ground11:09 - Governments forcing businesses to do things they don't want to do15:04 - Finding those ideals we share18:12 - Extremism21:56 - Embracing imperfection and striving for improvement22:44 - Fairness27:43 - The suboptimal nature of a two-party system32:46 - Yes and no questions in law - is there a third possibility?33:44 - The nature of rights and guarantees, the purpose of law47:24 - Freedom to be a jerk and freedom of association48:26 - Discrimination in employment Resources: Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar's Edition - Murray N. Rothbard "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem Keynesian economics Austrian economics Austrian eh? isidewith.com The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx FBI–Apple encryption dispute Best of the Left Podcast Oregon Wedding Cake Controversy Ian Malcolm explains Chaos theory (Jurassic Park) Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution