EP70: Bootleggers and Baptists - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Bootleggers and Baptists. This mental lever, from Public Choice Theory economics, explains incentives and behaviors inside the Conflict Machine (politics). Many people demonize political actors, especially while analyzing the activities of the opposition party. But when you see CRONYISM at work, or if you believe you've discovered a CONSPIRACY THEORY, this Baptists and Bootleggers heuristic will help you be BOTH more *gracious* and *accurate* in your assessment of the actors involved. Bruce Yandle labeled this concept, but this episode contains a NEW insight: The ratio of Baptists to Bootleggers. It also includes a bit of strategy: What if the Baptists discovered what was going on? 0:00 Intro 0:55 Leveraged thinking and Public Choice Theory 4:07 Angels and demons in politics 5:47 Bootleggers and Baptists 7:40 For example, Ralph Reed 9:32 For example, environment 10:10 Crony capitalism 12:56 Can a Crony be a Baptist? 14:16 Ratio of Baptists to Bootleggers 16:48 Gracepoint-Bootleggers and Baptists as a tool of grace 21:50 Four ways cronyism is pernicious 27:32 We gotta tell the Baptists about this 27:46 National doctor, Big Shot, and millions of Baptists 31:04 Better analysis of conspiracy theories 38:35 Why we did this show 39:25 How to be wise Bill Protzmann is your moderator. ZERO AGGRESSION PROJECT - https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ - is our sponsor. But the views expressed are exclusively those of the participants, and not necessarily those of the board, staff, or supporters of the Zero Aggression Project. Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.