Stefan Molyneux Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Height, Net Worth, Fast Facts

Molyneux is described as a leading figure of the alt-right movement by Politico and The Washington Post, and as far-right by The New York Times. Tom Clements in The Independent describes Molyneux as “an alt-lite philosopher with a perverse fixation on race and IQ.” Molyneux describes himself as a philosopher and an anarcho-capitalist. American libertarian philosopher David Gordon wrote of Molyneux’s 2007 book Universally Preferable Behavior: A Rational Proof for Secular Ethics that, “Because of his facile intelligence, he thinks that he has a talent for philosophical argument and need not undertake the hard labor of learning how such arguments are constructed. Unfortunately for him and his book, he is mistaken.” and “He fails, and fails miserably. His arguments are often preposterously bad.”

Multiple sources describe the Freedomain internet community as a cult, referring to the indoctrination techniques Molyneux has used as its leader.

Molyneux previously worked in the software industry, wrote nine articles for libertarian Lew Rockwell’s personal website, and made appearances on Press TV, InfoWars, and RT.

Background

Molyneux was born in Ireland and mostly raised in London before moving to Canada at age 11. He attended Glendon College at York University in Toronto, acting at Theatre Glendon and being a member of the Debating Society. He then attended the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. In 1991, at age 25, Molyneux received a B.A. degree in History from McGill University. He received an M.A. degree in History from the University of Toronto in 1993.

In early 1995, Molyneux and his brother Hugh founded Caribou Systems Corporation, a Toronto-based provider of environmental database software. The company was sold in 2000.

Molyneux began a podcast called Freedomain Radio (FDR) in 2004. Over the next 13 years, he created over 1,000 podcasts and videos. Meanwhile, Molyneux wrote nine articles for the personal website of Lew Rockwell in 2005. In 2010, Molyneux appeared on the Press TV program On the Edge hosted by Max Keiser, and first participated on Alex Jones’ InfoWars show the following year. In that year and 2012, he appeared on the RT program Adam vs. the Man, hosted by the libertarian Adam Kokesh.

In 2014, Molyneux, who claims to be against copyright, used the DMCA to take down several videos from a YouTube channel that mocked Molyneux’s actions and statements.

In July 2018, Molyneux and Canadian political activist Lauren Southern toured the Australian cities of Sydney and Melbourne. NITV quotes Simon Copland, an SBS freelance writer, who thinks that Molyneux disparaged pre-colonisation Australian Aboriginal culture, calling it “very violent”, and downplayed massacres perpetrated against Aborigines, saying that the European takeover of Australia had been less violent than other such takeovers, and that the settlers “were trying to stop infanticide and mass rape”.

Cult accusations

According to Steven Hassan, a mental health counselor with experience on cults, “Partly what’s going on with the people on the Internet who are indoctrinated, they spend lots of hours on the computer. Videos can have them up all night for several nights in a row. Molyneux knows how to talk like he knows what he’s talking about, despite very little academic research. He cites this and cites that, and presents it as the whole truth. It dismantles people’s sense of self and replaces it with his sense of confidence about how to fix the world”.

In 2009, Tu Thanh Ha wrote that Molyneux was called the leader of a “therapy cult” after Tom Bell, a Freedomain Radio community member, severed contact with his family. The Times of London reported that Bell, a teenager at the time, left a note stating he no longer wanted contact with his parents and siblings and left home referring to Molyneux’s concept of “deFOOing”.

It was reported, by Molyneux’s estimation, that of the estimated 50,000 users of the website, about 20 (0.04%) FDR members had disassociated from their families-of-origin, and that many parents chose not to speak to the media in an effort to avoid alienating their children further. The British Cult Information Centre (CIC) has described Freedomain Radio as a cult. A representative of the CIC said they were following FDR, and said that one sign of cults was that they cut people off from their families. Molyneux responded by saying, “If I advised a wife to leave an abusive husband, there would not be articles about how I am a cult leader”.

Personal life

Molyneux resides in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. His wife, Christina Papadopoulos, is a psychological associate.

Daily Habits

Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

Net Worth

The Estimated Net worth is $80K – USD $85k.