Sam Seder, the anti-libertarian crusader, on government and the internet

As I have looked for libertarian-type videos on YouTube, it has become difficult to avoid the videos of Sam Seder, actor and comedian turned progressive radio commentator and host of The Majority Report. He’s apparently made a profession of repackaging the most hackneyed of statist canards in a hip and freshly pugnacious style. To me, it comes off as so much trolling, almost unworthy of response, but a so much of him appears in that, as a trove of source material, I can no longer resist.

So today I caught this video, in which Sam claims to “pwn the Libertarians … again.” Let’s have a look at this alleged pwnage:

That’s it. He starts with a quote, ostensibly from a listener:

Libertarians are the paradigmatic born-on-third-base types. They have no appreciation that society for hundreds of years has built up the material comfort and wealth they benefit from. They’re just rationalizing their own entitlement.

Sam Seder agrees immediately and wholeheartedly, and then proceeds to rationalize his own entitlement to high-speed internet wherever he goes.

Links for December 27, 2010: Four Loko and Net-Neutrality

reason.tv | Why the Feds Banned Four Loko (And is your favorite drink next?)

You can not really understand a moral panic like this in rational terms. … You can still mix Red Bull and vodka.

reason.tv | Will Net Neutrality Save the Internet?

I’m not really a computer wizard, so I can’t speak about the the accuracy and completeness, but the last 17 seconds of the video explains why the net-neutrality movement has not yet won me over.

Links for October 11, 2010: Big Brother is Watching, Monopoly City Fire Company Watches House Burn, others….

...and you're boring.

1. Boing Boing | Student finds GPS bug on car, uploads photo, FBI demands to have their warrantless bug back

   - “Don’t worry. You’re boring.”

2. WPSD | Firefighters watch as home burns to the ground

   Well, they seem to have caught on to the idea of “pay for service”. Now they have to introduce some competition. This is an opportunity for a competitor to come around and offer some more convenient payment options.