Political Psychology Series Episode 9: Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper is the President of Liberty Works Australia, a non-profit think tank that supports free speech, the preservation of natural rights for all citizens, access to a just legal system and free markets as the bedrock for a moral and prosperous society.

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1:16 What is the state of liberty in Australia?

3:22 What is Liberty Works?

4:28 What is conservatism in the modern age?

5:24 The slow rise of big government in Australia

8:11 How do you communicate a Libertarian view?

9:11 Libertarianism is a philosophical issue, not a political one.

11:01 Can progressives be freedom minded?

12:56 The political left is harder to engage with

15:46 Do Australians actually value freedom?

17:12 Mark Latham’s freedom of expression

19:46 Everyday Aussies more likely to be civilly disobedient than protest

21:30 Victoria’s culture leans left

24:04 What ideas inform liberty?

26:23 The Libertarian Creed

27:16 Public Choice Theory

30:40 Liberal Democrats and their fight

34:29 Victorian lockdowns

36:47 Zoe Buhler’s Facebook arrest court case

38:12 How would a Libertarian approach current Covid-19 measures?

42:28 How Sweden has handled Covid-19

44:27 Why are governments reaching for the pandemic ‘ban hammer’?

47:56 How Anna Palaszczuk won the election

49:38 Do oppositions or governments lose elections?

50:18 The economic cost of Covid-19

51:14 The weakness of the Queensland LNP

53:24 Education should be privatised

56:04 Campbell Newman and his 180 turn on drug decriminalisation

58:27 The law is not the arbiter of morality

1:02:59 Embracing natural law over positive law

1:05:02 The Culture Wars

1:07:07 The Left are scared of CPAC conferences

1:08:28 The natural emergence of liberty

1:11:10 Future Predictions

1:11:30 The power of Bitcoin