#88 - The Persecution of the Alawites in Syria
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Pietro is joined by Lili, a Lebanese-Syrian born woman who lives in Australia, and tells the heartbreaking story of the persecution of the Alawite community in Syria. Lili starts by giving a detailed rundown of the Syrian conflict, fomented by US funding of terrorist groups, and intensified when, under Obama, the US (and Australia) involved themselves militarily to enact regime change. Lili details her experience, and that of her family, as well as the broader Alawite community whose suffering is largely ignored by media and humanitarian groups in service of the US’s dogged support for...
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#87 - Trump and Elon's Messy Break-Up
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Pietro and Floyd look at the messy breakup between Elon Musk and Donald Trump over Trump’s new Big Beautiful spending Bill. They discuss how it came to pass, how Elon Musk’s fiscally conservative idealism led him to naively believe that Trump was genuine about cutting spending, how Trump’s ego won’t allow him to let someone criticise him (regardless of how instrumental they were to his election in 2024) and much more. They also discuss the impact of Twitter (or X), the effect on Tesla, the impact of Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, and other good congressmen, how the Democratic party is...
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#86 - No, We Shouldn't "Unite" the Minor Right
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Pietro and Floyd reflect on the 2025 Federal Election, and on recent calls from groups such as Reignite Democracy to “Unite” freedom friendly minor parties into one group to achieve electoral success. They also take a look at what differentiates Libertarians from these other parties, as well as give some insight into what the goals and future of the Libertarian Party might be. Finally, they look at the collapse in Greens House of Representatives Seats and why this might have occurred. Collectivitis is on Spotify: Instagram: Twitter (X): Youtube:
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#85 - Ryan Redfern - The Opinions You're Not Allowed to Have
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Pietro is joined by Ryan Redfern, Ballarat candidate for the Libertarian Party. With the Federal Election almost upon us, Ryan looks at all the opinions that the establishment doesn’t want you to hold—things like opposition to the cult of Climate Change, the need for Women’s Only spaces, removing privileged groups and government mandated “welcome to countries”. Ryan is on Twitter (X): Facebook: Collectivitis is on Spotify: Instagram: Twitter (X): Youtube:
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#84 - John Humphreys - The Major Parties are Awful on Economics
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Pietro is joined by John Humphreys, economist with the Australian Taxpayers Alliance, and founder of the Libertarian Party of Australia. John sheds some light on the economic state of the country, how stagnation and inflation driving the so-called “cost-of-living” crisis, and how productivity is our only way out of this mess. He also elaborates on how Liberal and Labor are not only blind to this need for productivity, but in many ways actively impeding our only exit-route from economic catastrophe. With the Federal election around the corner, John looks at the major party tax policies, and...
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#83 - Josh Utoyo - Guerrilla Warfare at the Federal Election
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Pietro is joined by Josh Utoyo, Libertarian Party candidate for Menzies. Josh is young, hungry and provocative, and the two discuss some of the out-of-the-box, guerrilla-style strategies that Josh is employing to gain some cut-through to voters. Josh discusses the lay of the land of his seat, how the election is shaping up, as well as some of his experiences in dealing with the more unsavoury characters that are attracted to politics. Josh is also preparing for what he predicts will be a bloodbath event, where he is speaking at a Climate 200 candidate forum, and is the only candidate in...
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#82 - Dutton Loses the Election
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Pietro and Floyd look at the 2025 Australian Federal election as it heats up. They take aim at Peter Dutton, particularly for his weak stances on populist right wing issues which he had originally campaigned on: cutting 41 000 public sector jobs, ending work-from-home arrangements for public sector employees, and various others. They look at predictions for the outcomes of the election, and take a look at other groups, such as Anthony Albanese, the Labor party, the Greens, the Socialists. They also discuss the issues which aren’t being discussed by the majors: namely ending funding for...
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#81 - Clive Palmer is Bad for Freedom
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Pietro and Floyd look at Clive Palmer’s new endeavour, the Trumpet of Patriots, and how it is actually a net negative for freedom, despite all of Clive’s Trump-imitating rhetoric. They discuss what this means for the upcoming Federal election, and how it could impact the far better choices, such as the Libertarian Party. They also discuss Trump’s recent tariffs against the world, and Australia specifically. They look at Albanese’s response, as well as those of Dutton and Shorten. Most importantly they discuss what tariffs really are, and how they are another form of taxation of regular...
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#80 - Joe McCracken - Inside the Liberal Party Leadership Spill
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Pietro is joined for the first episode of 2025 by Joe McCracken, Liberal Party of Victoria Member of the Legislative Council, and centrally privy to all the latest drama of the Victorian Liberal leadership spill where Brad Battin has replaced John Pesutto. Joe goes into many of the details of how the spill eventuated, spurred on by Moira Deeming’s defamation case win over the former opposition leader in early December, and the subsequent battles over whether to reinstate her within the party room (for which Joe voted in favour twice). They also talk Commonwealth Games debacle, the disasters...
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#79 - Vic Libs in Turmoil as Pesutto Fails Again
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Pietro and Floyd take a look at recent events here in Victoria, namely the outcome of the Moira Deeming defamation case against John Pesutto. Yesterday it was ruled that Pesutto did indeed defame Moira by implying she was a nazi-sympathiser while she was part of the ‘Let Women Speak’ Rally in 2023 and the protest was gatecrashed by neo-nazis. There is increased intrigue around this case because Moira had been framed not only as a nazi, but the entire protest was deemed (no pun intended) to be ‘anti-trans’ and ‘transphobic’, a severe crime in the eyes of the ever-increasingly...
info_outlineUnburdened by what has been (and what could have been), Pietro, Max, and Floyd look at the re-election of Donald Trump as the President of the USA. They do some result analysis of the swing states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. They also look at the mistakes of the Kamala Harris campaign (such as choosing to tour with Liz Cheney), and they talk about some of Trump’s promises and the likelihood of him keeping them.
The more important libertarian-esque promises include freeing Ross Ulbricht, appointing Elon Musk (and Ron Paul) to shrinking government size, ending the Ukraine-Russia war, and appointing RFK Junior as the head of the FDA.
They also take a look at Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver and analyse what could be the reasons behind his poor result compared to previous Libertarians running for President.
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