The John Stossel Interviews
The John Stossel Interviews
Stossel TV
Ep. 46 You Don’t Own Me: Freedom, Responsibility, and the Lies of Collectivism
49 minutes Posted Jul 6, 2026 at 8:30 am.
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Who owns you?Government often acts like they own us.But lawyer Tim Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute reminds us, we own ourselves.“People should not have power over other people’s lives,” says Sandefur.His book, You Don’t Own Me, talks about that, and how popular culture often reflects this message.“Ours is a nation where the individual’s right to pursue happiness is written into it’s foundational document” he reminds us.In this podcast, more on Sandefur’s book, libertarianism, Hollywood propaganda, and his fight against government overreach.