Marine and the Hippie 211113 S01E31- The Noble Lie

The Marine and the Hippie

In this episode, we explore the noble lie- a lie told by the powerful to get people to do what they consider to be good, but which the people wouldn't support normally. In philosophy, the noble lie is told in the service of a greater good. But in modern politics, it is simply told to get people to agree to support evil and/or ineffective politicians, and make people forget what is in their interests, by tricking them into believing the their political opponents are worse. We find that we never get good government out of a contest over who is least bad. And as a result, the only people who are served by the noble lie are the powerful who use the people. The solution is to demand good government and benefits from citizenship.

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Show Credits

• "The Marine"- Doc Stodden
• "The Hippie"- Dylan Netter
• Show Direction and Web- Dylan Netter
• Show Production- Doc Stodden

Musical Elements used in this show (No samples cleared)

• Mozart- "The Turkish March" (segment)
• Mozart- "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik" (segment)
• Vivaldi- "Four Seasons, Spring" (segment)
• Holiday Celebration Troupe- "Flowers" (segment)
• James Rich and Boots Randolph- "Yakety Sax" (segment)
• Tina S- "Guitar Cover of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, 3rd Movement" (segment)

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