In 2019, Bob Murphy and I held what we didn't know then was to be the last Contra Cruise.

 

(For those of you who missed them, or who enjoyed them and wish they'd come back, I can at least cheer you up a little bit by reminding you that there's now a Tom Woods Cruise: https://www.TomWoodsCruise.com.)

 

Since Soho Forum director Gene Epstein was on board, we decided: why not have him moderate a debate?

 

Since Bob and I agree on pretty much everything, we decided to debate pacifism, since Bob is a pacifist and I am not.

 

In my opening statement I made playful mention of something that happened to me when I was six years old: a girl two years older than I was kept stealing my toys. Again and again.

 

One day the little witch rode off with my Big Wheel, her broom being inadequate transportation, apparently.

 

Let me tell you: I had had it.

 

Remember the Big Wheel? It had a removable seat.

 

I chased her down, pulled the seat out, and smashed her over the head with it.

 

That sure hushed her little witch cackle.

 

I concluded, to the laughter of the audience: "So if you like witches, side with Bob. If you support justice, side with me."

 

Now consider yourself lucky: I'm not hitting you over the head with a Big Wheel seat. I'm giving you more of a love tap (for your own good!).

 

Today is the last call for the Rapid Digital Assets book I've been telling you about from John Thornhill, the automobile plant worker who grew tired of repeating the same action every 90 seconds for his entire working life, and who managed to get out.

 

He went on to become a marketing legend.

 

As I've said, there are no fortune-cookie maxims in this book. It's all specific guidance: do this, then that, then that.

 

He's got it on a free-plus-shipping offer, and I think he'll even send you a digital copy right away, so it's worth a look:

https://www.tomwoods.com/john

 

Tom Woods