LOUISVILLE, KY – A couple of weeks before we were slated to be the Chicagoland area we received an email from fellow freedom fighter John Delano who noted that we “might be interested in interviewing” Daniel Lakemacher, who, he told us, was in the military but since enlisting had taken a radically different view and in fact, started a site called WarIsImmoral.com. After checking out his site I got in touch with Daniel and found that John wasn’t lying – Daniel would make an excellent interview.
A week later he drove to Jackson, WI to hang (where he learned that the meetup there had been canceled), came back the next day for our Milwaukee meetup, then joined us a few days later at our Chicago meetup. It was just before that last meetup that we were able to shoot his interview (hat-tip to our bud Arno for manning the camera) at a nearby park and as you’ll see, it’s damn solid.
In the video Daniel shares his personal journey – from working at an insurance firm in downtown Chicago to enlisting in the Navy post-9.11 to discovering the ideas of liberty and encouraging others to “think for themselves” – in what I can honestly say is one of the most compelling interviews I’ve have the privilege to capture and share. I have no doubt that Daniel will inspire others in and out of uniform to face the reality of their actions and quite possibly, result in a paradigm shift so that they live morally.
This connection with Daniel is just another great example of how we rely on the info that YOU have to put out a better product and introduce more people to the ideas of a voluntary society. Keep ‘em coming!