WEBVTT - Johnny, You Still Have One Arm

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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio of the

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<v Speaker 1>George Washington Broadcast Center.

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<v Speaker 2>Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty arm Strong and Jetty and

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<v Speaker 2>now he Armstrong and Yetty, a Yale psychiatry fellow, told

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<v Speaker 2>MSNBC it's okay to cancel Thanksgiving plans with relatives who

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<v Speaker 2>voted for Trump, also endorsing the effort Trump voters, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>psychologist says, or therapist says, got the whole world of

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<v Speaker 2>therapy seriously, Oh my god. Therapists say it's okay to

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<v Speaker 2>cancel Thanksgiving if you don't want to be with Trump voters,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, go go live your weird life. What percentage

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<v Speaker 2>if the whole therapy world's a scam?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you reckon?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's a scam, but is worthless eighty

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<v Speaker 2>to ninety percent in my opinion, And I have spent

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<v Speaker 2>many thousands of dollars with many, many people. There's definitely

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<v Speaker 2>some helpful good stuff out there, but there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>that's not, which is so unfortunate because there are a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people that need help in all kinds of

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<v Speaker 2>different ways, and they think they're gonna get it that way,

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<v Speaker 2>and man, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Are not unless you get really lucky.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, dang in your marriage and your kids and all

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<v Speaker 2>the things you're and you usually call somebody when you're

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<v Speaker 2>in a crisis, and they are so unlikely to help you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just so horrible.

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<v Speaker 2>Just to make it cleary, yours is not a knee

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<v Speaker 2>jerk dismissing. It's got an observation of the execution, the

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<v Speaker 2>actual law, you performance of it. I have got decades

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe six figures worth of bills over the many

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<v Speaker 2>years with therapists, and it is it is mostly a

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<v Speaker 2>waste of time, with exceptions that are incredibly valuable. That's

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<v Speaker 2>one thing that keeps people, you know, trying and going

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<v Speaker 2>back because the ones that work are amazing and very helpful.

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<v Speaker 2>But whoa anyway, didn't mean to get off on that.

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<v Speaker 2>There is some way myself breaking news. The hush money

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<v Speaker 2>case is going to be delayed for some reason, which

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes means on these cases it's going away and you'll

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<v Speaker 2>never hear about it again. I don't even remember which

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<v Speaker 2>one this was. I mean, I remember it's Stormy Daniels

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<v Speaker 2>and the sex and all that sort of, but I

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<v Speaker 2>don't remember. Alvin Bragg thirty four Felonies et cetera, adapting

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<v Speaker 2>paperwork misdemeanors up into felonies.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and this is one Vershanya.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, wow, And I'm disappointed because I want this

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<v Speaker 2>appeal appeals court to treat it like I almost said,

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron judge, but he's a loser. Hey, Hanson, just want

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<v Speaker 2>to jump in he real quick. Noah Rothman is on

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<v Speaker 2>Fox talking about this right now. Can you grab some

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<v Speaker 2>of that hands, And I'd love to hear what he's

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<v Speaker 2>saying on this result, because if this turns out to

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<v Speaker 2>be like you just said, this will be the nail

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<v Speaker 2>in the coffin of the proof that it was just

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<v Speaker 2>law fair, It wasn't just an attempt to bring the

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<v Speaker 2>guy down. I just wanted it to be so inescapably

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<v Speaker 2>clear nobody could could deny it anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>Although there's such cultists.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they would accuse the judge, the appeals panel

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever that overturned the verdict of being you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maga or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's no getting through to these people.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's something I came across that I thought was

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<v Speaker 2>darned interesting, and it looks to me, without a tremendous

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<v Speaker 2>amount of research on this, that the Free market plays

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<v Speaker 2>a big role in this graph. So it's a graph

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<v Speaker 2>of things that have gotten cheaper since two thousand. So

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<v Speaker 2>this century things that have gotten more expensive since two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand and the difference is amazing of their list. You

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<v Speaker 2>know what has gotten more affordable the most this century.

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<v Speaker 2>TVs have become more affordable almost one hundred percent cheaper

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<v Speaker 2>than they were beginning of the century, followed by toys, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Has got to do with I don't know, Chinese crap, cheap,

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese crap correct.

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<v Speaker 2>Cell phone services have gotten have gone down forty one

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<v Speaker 2>percent since the beginning of the century. Who even thinks

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<v Speaker 2>about their cell phone bill?

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<v Speaker 1>Really?

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<v Speaker 2>I was trying to explain to my kids on how

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<v Speaker 2>I only called mom and dad every so often because

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<v Speaker 2>it was expensive long distance phone calls. You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>had to think about what time of day, what day

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<v Speaker 2>it was, and how often you called and how long

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<v Speaker 2>you talked. I'd keep an eye on the cloth, think,

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<v Speaker 2>oh god, it's been ten minutes. I better get off

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<v Speaker 2>the phone. Nobody thinks about that at all anymore, which

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<v Speaker 2>is cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm sorry, I just had a memory.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, there I am at my fiance's house and her.

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<v Speaker 1>Quite a bit older.

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<v Speaker 2>I grew up just barely post recession, not recession depression.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad, who was extremely frugal.

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<v Speaker 2>I called my parents to let them know something, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was like not a long distance call, but a

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<v Speaker 2>toll call in the judy's dad. He called me on it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, really, really, that call probably cost thirty

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<v Speaker 2>eight cents.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a buck.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep the chance. Closest I ever came to a spat

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<v Speaker 2>with my in laws. My godling me up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you have that tone of voice or were you

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<v Speaker 2>just thinking that? Or you know what? The human memory

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<v Speaker 2>is a funny thing. I would like to hear the

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<v Speaker 2>audio of that. I was trying to keep it cool,

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<v Speaker 2>but I suspect there was just a bit of edge

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<v Speaker 2>in my voice saying I'll be happy to pay for it.

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<v Speaker 2>Is different, fan, here's a buck keep the change.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I believe that was the verbiage and the tone

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<v Speaker 1>is different. Accounts accounts very.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Oh my god. So clothing has been

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<v Speaker 2>roughly flat. Trust trust me, this is about to get interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Clothing has been flat this century. New cars are up

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six percent since the year two thousand. This is

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<v Speaker 2>all ingested for inflation. You realize cars are up twenty

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<v Speaker 2>six percent, But what has gone up the most. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>skip up there, childcare and nursery school. Why is that

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<v Speaker 2>up one hundred and thirty two percent? Why is childcare

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<v Speaker 2>up so much? Is it all the subsidies that drove

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<v Speaker 2>it up and that's part of it? And just I

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<v Speaker 2>think demand? Why is there so much more demand? I

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<v Speaker 2>just I would like to know. I would like to

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<v Speaker 2>hear a smart person explain all that.

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<v Speaker 1>More and more women in the workforce.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's your top three. College textbooks are up one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty four percent since the year two.

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<v Speaker 1>Costs of paper and ink.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, well, yeah, we all know that printing.

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<v Speaker 1>Books is so much more expensive than it used to be.

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<v Speaker 2>College tuition and fees up one hundred and eighty five

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<v Speaker 2>percent since two thousand, and they were expensive in two thousand. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there's been a five percent increase in the number of students,

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<v Speaker 2>and what an eighty seven percent to increase in the

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<v Speaker 2>number of administrators.

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<v Speaker 1>That's funny, it seems to correlate.

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to have a bunch of policy makers

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<v Speaker 2>and economists take on this chart and argue with each

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<v Speaker 2>other over the ones that have gone off a cliff

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of prices and the ones that have shot

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<v Speaker 2>up like a rocket in terms of prices, and explain

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<v Speaker 2>the differences in you know, policies and the sort of

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<v Speaker 2>things they are and everything, and why this is justified

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<v Speaker 2>but this doesn't make any sense, or what we could

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<v Speaker 2>do to change this around because some of this stuff

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<v Speaker 2>is nut So the college tuition and fees, I think

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<v Speaker 2>we mostly have a handle on that. The one we

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a handle on because nobody fully understands it.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's all kinds of government intervention. It's the opposite

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<v Speaker 2>of the free market. Hospital services two hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 2>four percent since the beginning of this century moving up.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know about you. I mean, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have kids till twenty ten, so I spent a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more time at the doctor than I ever did in

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<v Speaker 2>my life before. But oh my god, it's expensive to

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<v Speaker 2>go to the doctor with anything now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's horrific.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've been reading a fair amount about this and

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<v Speaker 2>trying I'm struggling with how to present it to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe we ought to have Craig the healthcare Guru on again,

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<v Speaker 2>but because of the unholy uh marriage between alleged free

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<v Speaker 2>market companies and the huge amount of regulation, which is

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<v Speaker 2>government officials decreeing how the market should operate, and the

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<v Speaker 2>bribes that go between them at every stage of healthcare.

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<v Speaker 2>At every stage of getting your prescriptions, for instance, there

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<v Speaker 2>are multiple players who are reaping huge profits and squeak

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<v Speaker 2>any competition with the blessing of their government overlords. It

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<v Speaker 2>is an enormous scam and the consumer is getting screwed.

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<v Speaker 2>Bad dishonesty in Congress is a big part of it too.

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<v Speaker 2>I got some bills the other day. It has gotten

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<v Speaker 2>to the point now where I used to with my

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<v Speaker 2>kids pretty much knee jerk, something big happens, We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to the doctor. I'm really gonna hold off unless it's

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<v Speaker 2>very very clear that going to the doctor is a

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<v Speaker 2>good idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's so flip and expensive.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, Johnny, you've still got one arm left. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>just see how quick the bleeding stops. Let's be cup

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<v Speaker 2>is half full, people here, You've got an arm. Hospital

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<v Speaker 2>services are up two hundred and forty four percent since

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of the century, and you would need one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred economists and policymakers to even get close to explaining why,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the solution would be more complicated than that.

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<v Speaker 2>Dang it. Yeah, the general overview is not that complicated.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's similar to we've been talking about on our

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<v Speaker 2>local news because we broadcast out of California. They're about

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<v Speaker 2>to add another sixty five cents a gallon to our

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<v Speaker 2>gas in California, which if you're from other states, you

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<v Speaker 2>know California has by far the most expensive gas. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just insane. They're gonna add another sixty five cents. The

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<v Speaker 2>goal is to make it so you won't drive a

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<v Speaker 2>gas powered car anymore. You'll either ride the light rail,

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<v Speaker 2>or ride a bike, or buy an electric car. They're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to force you to change your lifestyle. The goal

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<v Speaker 2>with for a lot of people, some of it is

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<v Speaker 2>just greed and making money. But with the whole hospital thing,

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<v Speaker 2>plenty of policy makers they want to get it so

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<v Speaker 2>expensive that people throw up their hands and say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>full government healthcare, sign me up.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And at some point you can understand where you would

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<v Speaker 2>get there, think, well, how much more expensive could it

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<v Speaker 2>get it? At least I wouldn't have to fill out

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<v Speaker 2>all this paperwork and everything in the same way in theory.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not the way it actually would work, right right,

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<v Speaker 2>I was just doing some quick math. Yeah, one two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and thirty fifth of the world's population making meaningless

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<v Speaker 2>green energy gestures is really going to help with the

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<v Speaker 2>climate change. It is just so dumb and frustrating and angering.

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats have the advantage of it. They can come up

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<v Speaker 2>with policies that make things so expensive they convince people

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<v Speaker 2>to go their direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, whether it's has any meaningful impact or not, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you want?

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<v Speaker 2>It's not the point. The point is whether they feel

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<v Speaker 2>noble or not. Anyway, speaking of the prices of things,

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<v Speaker 2>I found this so interesting. It's an article in the

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<v Speaker 2>journal about luxury goods that they cost a lot more

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<v Speaker 2>these days with no improvement and quality to make up

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<v Speaker 2>for it, and sales are starting to dip among some

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<v Speaker 2>of the luxury brants. I want to hear about that

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<v Speaker 2>basic cotton T shirt at Christian Dior. How much are

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<v Speaker 2>you paying for your basic cotton T shirts? Well, at

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<v Speaker 2>Dior it's one thousand dollars. Whoa Gucci's plainest black horse

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<v Speaker 2>bit loafers. We're gonna have to start with the term

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<v Speaker 2>horse bit. I mean, does a horse like chomp on

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<v Speaker 2>it and that leave teeth marks? Is that desirable? I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know what they mean. It's a little gold

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<v Speaker 2>thing on the top of the shoe. Looks like the

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<v Speaker 2>bit you put in a horse's mouth. Okay, I'm enlightened

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<v Speaker 2>now Their plainest horse bit loafers ringing at nine hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and ninety dollars A Brunello Chucinelli Cardigan is eighty nine

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<v Speaker 2>to ninety five. And I don't mean eighty nine dollars now,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean nine thousand freaking dollars, nine thousand. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to discuss this because I saw some of this in

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<v Speaker 2>Vegas over the weekend, and the whatever goes with that,

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<v Speaker 2>the culture, whatever, and the price sensitivity among different groups

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<v Speaker 2>for luxury brands.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when it gets really interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Are we going to talk elasticity? It's another elastic prices Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>It's right to.

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<v Speaker 2>The Armstrong and Getty Show. So Marco Rubio, senator from Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>who I'm a fan of, is going to be our

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<v Speaker 2>secretary of State. I like his hawkishnists, and Bremer tweeted

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<v Speaker 2>out that Mike Walls and Marco Rubio, Mike Walls is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the national Security advisor, I guess and

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<v Speaker 2>Marco Ruby are both serious and credible on foreign policy.

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<v Speaker 2>US allies around the world feeling more comfortable with both

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<v Speaker 2>of these announcements. I don't know how concerned I was

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<v Speaker 2>with how comfortable the rest of the world was with

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<v Speaker 2>Trump's picks, but doesn't hurt. And it's an interesting thing

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard people say throughout the years. You know, if

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<v Speaker 2>your president asked you to serve, you serve. But Marco

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<v Speaker 2>Rubio is a pretty young guy still in his forties.

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<v Speaker 2>Could have been a senator for another forty years from Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>which was pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>He tried to get out.

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<v Speaker 2>He's announced he wasn't going to run anymore, and the

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<v Speaker 2>Republican Party convinced him to run again. I think he's

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<v Speaker 2>a little worn out by could be the whole legislative

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<v Speaker 2>thing anyway in DC, but because he's got a maximum

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<v Speaker 2>of four years of secretary say and then he's done.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, interesting move. Interesting move.

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<v Speaker 2>So back to our discussion of prices and inflation, luxury

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<v Speaker 2>brands and that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I just found this interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Psychologists who study consumer behavior point out that people buy

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<v Speaker 2>designer goods mostly almost entirely for emotional reasons, because you

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<v Speaker 2>can get to be mid priced goods that are extremely

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<v Speaker 2>high quality. Obviously, the main one is to separate themselves

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<v Speaker 2>from the crowd the poor people and signal where they

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<v Speaker 2>sit in the social pecking order. And luxury brands spend

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<v Speaker 2>billions of dollars a year on advertising to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>their products become totems of wealth and success in people's minds.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of it's in your own mind, and then that

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<v Speaker 2>nobody will even know, like the T shirt exam but

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<v Speaker 2>who's going to know you have a thousand dollars T shirt?

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<v Speaker 2>Some things like the shoes, other people in the know

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<v Speaker 2>will recognize that. In the room, you'll and you'll be

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<v Speaker 2>able to connect on that level that oh, you're one

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<v Speaker 2>of us. Sure watches are a big thing among men,

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<v Speaker 2>and that sort of thing too. Some luxury shoppers like

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<v Speaker 2>to telegraph their riches more than others, though, and here's

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<v Speaker 2>where it gets interested interesting. People want to make a statement,

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<v Speaker 2>gravit toward labels with bigger logos to send an obvious signal.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate logos.

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<v Speaker 2>The ultra rich, on the other hand, don't tend to

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<v Speaker 2>shout about their wealth as much. They buy the costliest

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<v Speaker 2>but most discrete luxury brands and they list some, but

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know from these brands. One study found that

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<v Speaker 2>this is the part I love. One study found that

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<v Speaker 2>for every five thousand dollars increase in the price of

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<v Speaker 2>luxury goods, the brand's logo shrinks by a centimeter. In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, the guy wearing head to toe logos is

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<v Speaker 2>unlikely to be one of the luxury's biggest spenders. Right there,

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<v Speaker 2>you're kind of wealthy. I want everybody to know how

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<v Speaker 2>wealthy I am. Type right, so you see a super

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<v Speaker 2>rich guy no logos, That stuff probably cost an insane

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<v Speaker 2>amount of money's or in ten thousand dollars pants or something,

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<v Speaker 2>right exactly because the consumer's value luxury goods the STATS

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<v Speaker 2>symbol as willing to pay huge premium. Luxury brands routinely

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<v Speaker 2>charge a mark of eight to twelve times on the

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<v Speaker 2>production costs of their goods. This makes the business is

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<v Speaker 2>selling luxury very, very profitable if you can become one

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<v Speaker 2>of those brands. Top luxury labels have margins, in other words,

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<v Speaker 2>profit north of thirty percent, compared to around seven percent

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<v Speaker 2>for your GAP or H and M for instance. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I've talked about grailed and eBay before these are websites.

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<v Speaker 2>Those very Gucci shoes you mentioned, you could get a

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<v Speaker 2>new pair your size, probably three to four hundred dollars,

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<v Speaker 2>completely new, unworn, you go slightly worn. You talking like

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred bucks. So you know, if you're a discrete shopper,

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<v Speaker 2>you can do it that way. But maybe that takes

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<v Speaker 2>all the emotional fun out of it for those people

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know well, and I wonder interestingly, luxury brands

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<v Speaker 2>have an inversion of usual consumer laws. The higher the

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<v Speaker 2>price is, the more business they'll get because the ultra

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<v Speaker 2>rich perceived that has separated themselves again from we the

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<v Speaker 2>poor people. I got a book for you. It's called

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible. I had the needle. You might want to

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<v Speaker 2>look up that the whole phrase there.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh oh what I suggest? How much is this leader?

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<v Speaker 2>Arn't Trump and getty?

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<v Speaker 3>I made two separate videos before the election. One of

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<v Speaker 3>the video said I was gonna vote for Kamala Harris.

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<v Speaker 3>The other video said I was gonna vote for Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 3>And I just wanted to see the mixed reactions from

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<v Speaker 3>people and how people would react. Because I do a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of work from my hometown, do a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Of work for my community.

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<v Speaker 3>I work with young boys, and I never said who

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<v Speaker 3>I was voting for. But I made those two videos

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<v Speaker 3>because I want to show people how they are in reality.

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<v Speaker 3>I made the Donald Trump video and I made the

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<v Speaker 3>Kamala Harris video. Under the Kamala Harris video, you definitely

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<v Speaker 3>had some Trump supporters like, well, we understand that you

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<v Speaker 3>may have a different opinion or whatever, but we still

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<v Speaker 3>support what you do. Maybe you'll wake up one day,

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<v Speaker 3>et cetera, et cetera. You know things like that. It

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't nothing, vow with't no bad comments or nothing. I

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<v Speaker 3>made the Donald Trump video. I got people to unfollowed me.

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<v Speaker 3>I got people saying they can't support nothing I.

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<v Speaker 2>Do no more.

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<v Speaker 3>I got full calling, y'all types of names, et cetera,

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<v Speaker 3>et cetera. But what's crazy is all of the Kamala

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<v Speaker 3>hair supporters have become what they accused Trump supporters of being.

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<v Speaker 3>When you say you support Donald Trump, y'all be ready

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<v Speaker 3>to kill them, y'all ready to hate to burn them

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<v Speaker 3>at the stake. You call them all types of names

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<v Speaker 3>and unfollow them. You don't care what they're doing for

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<v Speaker 3>their community. Now, if you support Trump, if you, I

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<v Speaker 3>hate you so much, et cetera, et cetera. But all

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<v Speaker 3>the people under the post, all the Trump supporters, when

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<v Speaker 3>I said I was going to vote for Cavolo, it

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<v Speaker 3>was all love anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like what we said to make you you

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<v Speaker 1>can fade him down.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, that's a young man by the name of King Randall,

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<v Speaker 2>who is he explained, as an activist in his local community,

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<v Speaker 2>working with young boys and that sort of thing. And

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<v Speaker 2>he just did that as a social experiment. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>funny that came under my radar screen like thirty seconds

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<v Speaker 2>after this stead and this is Nate Silver, legendary, Nate

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<v Speaker 2>Silver Polster. And he said, even though our forecast was

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<v Speaker 2>near fifty to fifty for almost the whole election race,

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<v Speaker 2>there were certainly periods that were relatively better or worse

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<v Speaker 2>for Harrison Trump. Our narrative content followed accordingly, with about

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<v Speaker 2>an even mix of newsletters that presented optimistic cases for

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<v Speaker 2>Harris and Trump during the ups and downs of the campaign.

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<v Speaker 2>We all remember that the post convention bump and that

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<v Speaker 2>sort of stuff. So I essentially got to perform a

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<v Speaker 2>randomized control trial on how partisans in both camps reacted

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<v Speaker 2>and could in bad news, and there was an asymmetry.

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans are generally happy when you agree with them part

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<v Speaker 2>way or half the time, admittedly, and then he goes

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<v Speaker 2>into some of the details. But Democrats, however, and here

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not referring so much the Silver bulletin subscribers, that's

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<v Speaker 2>this newsletter, but in the broader universe online often get

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<v Speaker 2>angry with you when you only halfway agree with them.

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<v Speaker 2>And I really think this difference in personality profile tells

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<v Speaker 2>you a little something about why Trump won. Trump was

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<v Speaker 2>happy to take on all comers, in other words, engage them,

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<v Speaker 2>talk to them, disagree with them, argue with them, even

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<v Speaker 2>whereas with Democrats, disagreement on any hot button topic, say

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<v Speaker 2>COVID school closures or Biden's age, will have you cast

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<v Speaker 2>out as a heretic. That's not a good way to

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<v Speaker 2>build a majority. And now Democrats no longer have one.

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<v Speaker 2>And Nate Silver's definitely a non partisan guy. That's just

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<v Speaker 2>his observation. Well, that's clearly true. I mean, how many

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<v Speaker 2>different venues did Trump go into where he knew he

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<v Speaker 2>was hated walking in there? Kamala didn't even go on

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<v Speaker 2>shows where she's mostly liked. Yeah, other than notably the

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<v Speaker 2>Brett Bear interview, which was intentionally shortened. Right, she showed

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen minutes late for him. Yeah, yeah, But anyway, I

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<v Speaker 2>just I think, in building toward a point, well, why

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<v Speaker 2>don't we just work our way there? So came across

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<v Speaker 2>a Twitter thread that I thought was quite good. Rachel

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<v Speaker 2>Wong was behind it, and she costs a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>different people.

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<v Speaker 1>It's why.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of those why Trump won, why Hair's lost things.

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<v Speaker 2>And she goes into a lot of reasons spoiler alert.

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<v Speaker 2>She says they aren't racist, sexist, or stupid, and she mentions,

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<v Speaker 2>and this all includes quotes and links and videos and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that, but patriotism, prosperity, policies, positivity, and she

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<v Speaker 2>quotes Constantine kissin the Russian British he's not British comedian

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<v Speaker 2>talking about you know, most Americans love America. They feel

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<v Speaker 2>positive about it, and they think the American dream is

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<v Speaker 2>fine and they're still trying to grab it. But among

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<v Speaker 2>elites that that is just incredibly unfashionable. Uh, common sense

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<v Speaker 2>versus nonsense, free speech versus censorship.

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<v Speaker 1>She has another person she quotes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet I want to jump in real quick on that

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<v Speaker 2>because I know I hear that portrayed to all the

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<v Speaker 2>time because Trump says things about America in its current

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<v Speaker 2>state very negative. And then I would see on your

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<v Speaker 2>lefty channels like MSNBC he continues to bad mouth America,

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<v Speaker 2>how can he expect to give vote for Well. The

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<v Speaker 2>difference between the left's bad mouthing America and Trump's bad

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<v Speaker 2>mouthing America is Trump was bad mouthing the current state

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<v Speaker 2>of things, which seventy five percent of Americans thought we

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<v Speaker 2>were going in the wrong direction, so that would resonate

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<v Speaker 2>with But he wasn't bad mouthing the Founding Fathers, where

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<v Speaker 2>the Founding Principles or the Founding Principles are the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that we exist on earth, whereas the left is trying

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<v Speaker 2>to take all the names off of your schools and

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<v Speaker 2>thinks that the world would be better if the United

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<v Speaker 2>States had never existed. Those are very different versions of

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<v Speaker 2>bad mouthing America. I'm criticizing because I love or I

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<v Speaker 2>just hate it top to bottom.

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<v Speaker 1>Very different thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you said that she mentions backlash against anti

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<v Speaker 2>mail sentiment and a better vision for boys and men,

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<v Speaker 2>and I would love to get more into that. Then

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<v Speaker 2>she says the obvious, every regular, everyday folks who want

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<v Speaker 2>regular everyday things, food, clothing, shelter, privacy, respect for boundaries,

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<v Speaker 2>sex based rights for women's and women and girls, women's spaces,

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<v Speaker 2>women's sports, child safeguarding and not indoctrinating them, porn in schools.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know some of the people the Trump surrounded

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<v Speaker 2>him with, and she it's it's very good in detailed

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<v Speaker 2>and will include a link. But the main thing I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to get to, because it hasn't really crystallized in

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<v Speaker 2>my head until recently, is her point number three. It

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<v Speaker 2>has more to do with the repudiation of totalitarianism than

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<v Speaker 2>with Trump as a person. And you hear totalitarianism and

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<v Speaker 2>you think of Oprah's ridiculous, you know, predictions and everything

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<v Speaker 2>about the Handmaid's Tale and there will be no more

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<v Speaker 2>elections and that sort of thing. And Michael Madison Square

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<v Speaker 2>Garden is reminiscent of the Nazis, and it was just

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<v Speaker 2>like the Nazis.

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<v Speaker 1>You remember the Nazis, Yeah, we remember the thing Nazis.

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<v Speaker 2>But on the question of totalitarianism, put aside your polypide

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<v Speaker 2>class his three book version of totalitarianism and harken your

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<v Speaker 2>ear if you would to one Michael Schellenberger, Michael will

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<v Speaker 2>start with sixty five and go from there.

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<v Speaker 4>These results are nothing short of a massive political realignment

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<v Speaker 4>that should put to bed once and for all the

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<v Speaker 4>corrosive myth that Trump's coalition is driven by white supremacy

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<v Speaker 4>or fascism. And so, if anybody really wants to understand

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<v Speaker 4>why so many of us, even if we have our

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<v Speaker 4>criticisms of Trump, feel relief and vindication as victory, they

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<v Speaker 4>need to consider that it has more to do with

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<v Speaker 4>the repudiation of totalitarianism than with Trump as a person,

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<v Speaker 4>or even as policies. Wokeism or whatever you want to

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<v Speaker 4>call it, progressivism, identity politics, radical leftism has been rampaging

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<v Speaker 4>through society for roughly the last decade. Literal sometime between

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<v Speaker 4>Occupy Wall Street in twenty eleven and the first Black

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<v Speaker 4>Lives Matter protests in twenty thirteen, seemingly normal liberals and

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<v Speaker 4>Democrats started to lose their minds. Everything became racist, everything

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<v Speaker 4>became suspicious. Nothing was more suspicious than not agreeing one

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<v Speaker 4>hundred percent with the official woke democratic agenda. Trump's election

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<v Speaker 4>put wokeism on steroids, suddenly a word that in the past,

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<v Speaker 4>only extreme radical leftists had used to describe a Republican president.

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<v Speaker 4>Fascist was now being used by very serious people like

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<v Speaker 4>the New York Times columnists, establishment Democrats, and the previously

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<v Speaker 4>sober Foreign policy establishment.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a fair amount more jack unless you want to

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<v Speaker 2>jump in right there. Here's where he really brings it home.

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<v Speaker 4>From news and entertainment media to schools and universities. These

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<v Speaker 4>institutions encouraged and participated in the mass condemnation and cancellation

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<v Speaker 4>of heretics, which became known as the Great Awokening and

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<v Speaker 4>was really a new witch hunt. Ordinary and otherwise decent

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<v Speaker 4>people behaved cruelly. They accused people they had known for

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<v Speaker 4>years or decades of bigotry or racism, or of wanting

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<v Speaker 4>to genocide trans people, or wanting millions to die from COVID.

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<v Speaker 4>Diverging from progressive orthodoxy in any way became enough for

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<v Speaker 4>people to not only end friendships, but to insist that

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<v Speaker 4>the transgressors be ostracized and excommunicated.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 4>Those who had made a great show of being courageously,

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<v Speaker 4>open minded and tolerant became intolerant, incurious, and cowardly. We

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<v Speaker 4>were asked to pretend that the people carrying the pitchforks

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<v Speaker 4>and torches to go witch hunting were in fact well

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<v Speaker 4>intentioned and just cared a lot more than the rest

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<v Speaker 4>of us. They didn't. Behind the tautalitarianism were individuals who

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<v Speaker 4>had given into base motives like hedonism, envy, dogmatism, self righteousness, prejudice, snobbery, psychopathy.

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<v Speaker 4>Reconciliation is the higher road than revenge. But such reconciliation

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<v Speaker 4>cannot occur until we confront the lies and reveal the

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<v Speaker 4>full truth of the tatalitarianism that we all just went through.

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<v Speaker 4>We must not let the abusers gaslight us into thinking

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<v Speaker 4>that what occurred was anything other than abnormal.

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<v Speaker 2>The point being, there was great energy on the left,

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of you have suffered for it, materially

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<v Speaker 2>in punishing anyone who dared dissent on a variety of topics,

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<v Speaker 2>A wide variety of topics, not vehement disagreement, not even

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<v Speaker 2>shouting and wagging fingers.

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<v Speaker 1>But I will ruin you.

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<v Speaker 2>I will end your career, I will dox you, I

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<v Speaker 2>will call your employer on everything from boys and girls

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<v Speaker 2>sports to COVID policy to all of the other things

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<v Speaker 2>he mentioned Me too, going way too far right right,

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<v Speaker 2>and then near's I came across another thread. Jake, who

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<v Speaker 2>is a professor of classics at a university, says, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>fifty three years old. The last four years I'm out

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<v Speaker 2>to the most repressive totalitarian era I've ever lived through.

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<v Speaker 2>This guy's in academia, so he believe me, he knows

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<v Speaker 2>what he's talking about, and he quotes a thinker Noem Dorman.

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<v Speaker 2>If the general atmosphere of fear we live in as

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<v Speaker 2>people who want to speak and live freely, if all

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<v Speaker 2>that change in American society had the fingerprints of a

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<v Speaker 2>particular leader on it, that leader would be a fascist.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they go into a fair amount of detail

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<v Speaker 2>about the fact that, as he says, it was not

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<v Speaker 2>a fascist leader, but a society wide culture of totalitarian

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<v Speaker 2>intolerance that made me watch my words like a hawk

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<v Speaker 2>for half a decade. It was fear of retaliation from

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<v Speaker 2>the left that made me lay awake at night, terrified

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<v Speaker 2>that a student might have misinterpreted something that I said

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<v Speaker 2>in class and initi initiated a cancelation campaign against me.

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<v Speaker 2>It was not a fascist leader, but left doing culture

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<v Speaker 2>of retribution in the face of which tenured faculty and

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<v Speaker 2>college administrators, coward wielded by eighteen year olds that ended

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<v Speaker 2>the career of a colleague of mine because she read

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<v Speaker 2>out loud a word in an anti racist comic book. Yes, students,

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<v Speaker 2>with the complicity of an entire college staffed with cowards

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<v Speaker 2>whose fear was nonetheless rational, actually ended her career for

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<v Speaker 2>reading an anti racist comic book. She must have said

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<v Speaker 2>n word, even though it was in an anti racist book.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>It was not a fascist leader, but a left wing

0:29:10.200 --> 0:29:13.520
<v Speaker 2>culture of fear that generated countless whispers among faculty in

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<v Speaker 2>the halls of my college and others. Every professor afraid

0:29:16.320 --> 0:29:19.040
<v Speaker 2>to tell any but their most trusted colleagues about how

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<v Speaker 2>students had stood up in class to accuse them of

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<v Speaker 2>traumatizing or harming them for teaching basic facts or failing

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<v Speaker 2>to teach the subject from the now mandatory ideological perspective

0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:34.160
<v Speaker 2>of Afro pessimism, or of teaching material unobjectionable just the

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<v Speaker 2>year before that was now inherently white supremacist. And he

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<v Speaker 2>goes on quite eloquently about the maoist culture on college campuses. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that ain't over, like you said, it's the end of

0:29:46.400 --> 0:29:49.840
<v Speaker 2>the beginning or beginning of the end or whatever it is. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and that ain't over on the college campuses.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But and once in a while, I admit I fail

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<v Speaker 2>to give the American people enough credit for noticing what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm noticing. Right. I'm shocked, happily shocked that people were

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<v Speaker 2>onto this, and they might not use the fancy words,

0:30:09.440 --> 0:30:12.160
<v Speaker 2>but they understood, Wait a minute, there's a force in

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<v Speaker 2>our society that's making it impossible to disagree or you

0:30:16.480 --> 0:30:19.600
<v Speaker 2>get punished. And they knew in their hearts. Even if

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<v Speaker 2>again they didn't know the terminology, they knew that was

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<v Speaker 2>ugly and wrong and unfreaking American. Nuff said. Quick word

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<v Speaker 2>Foundation dot org. Warrior Foundation dot org. So Trump is

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<v Speaker 2>starting to appoint cabinet members, which are interesting look into

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<v Speaker 2>what the administration is going to be like. But one

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<v Speaker 2>of the big Trump court cases has had a major

0:31:39.600 --> 0:31:42.520
<v Speaker 2>development today we can tell you about. Also, some people

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<v Speaker 2>are calling this the worst answer in the history of Jeopardy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a high bar or a low bar, depending on

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<v Speaker 2>how you look at it. We'll have you listen and

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<v Speaker 2>see what you think.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm starting we are very suspicious of a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of c that go viral that the people did it

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<v Speaker 2>on purpose. You know, you slipped on the ice and

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<v Speaker 2>you had somebody there with a phone and you I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if you just enjoy the clicks, or you

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<v Speaker 2>think you're going to become an influencer, or what I'm

0:32:11.080 --> 0:32:13.880
<v Speaker 2>wondering about Jeopardy? Now? Are there really this many stupid

0:32:13.880 --> 0:32:15.920
<v Speaker 2>people around? Or has Jeopardy figured out that if you

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<v Speaker 2>have somebody make a Wheel of Fortune? I'm sorry, I

0:32:18.560 --> 0:32:26.040
<v Speaker 2>got the wrong game whee intellectually completely different games. Wheel

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<v Speaker 2>of Fortune has figured out that if you have somebody

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<v Speaker 2>make a really really stupid guess, it goes viral and

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<v Speaker 2>you get more attention for your show. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to tell you ahead of time that the

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<v Speaker 2>solved puzzle. First of all, like every letter was up there,

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<v Speaker 2>but like two, I mean it was basically the phrase

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<v Speaker 2>was up there, and treat yourself to a round of

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<v Speaker 2>applause is the correct answer. And Ryan Seacrest sets it

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<v Speaker 2>up here he's the new host. I'd forgotten that Ryan Seacrest,

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<v Speaker 2>who doesn't have enough money and enjoys being on TV.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess the host of Wheel of Fortune. Listen to

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<v Speaker 2>how a round of applause? Treat yourself to a round

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<v Speaker 2>of applause. Here we go, six.

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<v Speaker 1>Couple of f's.

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<v Speaker 2>I like to buy you, well, you're gonna get three US.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to solve the puzzle.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well, let's hear it. Treat yourself a round of sausage.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, that's not it, and then the next person

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<v Speaker 2>solves it because it's all there. But like one letter,

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<v Speaker 2>I do enjoy a round of sausage.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what.

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<v Speaker 2>I might answered that way too, It had been on

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<v Speaker 2>my mind. I don't need applause, I need sausage. Oh god.

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<v Speaker 2>I was chatting with a buddy of mine about the

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<v Speaker 2>escaped monkeys in South Carolina day and he saw news

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<v Speaker 2>report that involves some local who is out hunting and

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<v Speaker 2>saw some monkeys.

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<v Speaker 1>Guy with a fairly thick accent.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, And my buddy said, and he's not like

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<v Speaker 2>super a media guy, but he said, you could tell

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<v Speaker 2>the guy was really laying.

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<v Speaker 1>It on sick.

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<v Speaker 2>He was trying to go viral. Oh so, so you

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<v Speaker 2>know that's the whole I couldn't believe what I saw.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's purposely outrageous.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw the monkeys over there, and I just know

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<v Speaker 2>that they're planning to take over the state.

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<v Speaker 1>Show many monkeys? How many monkeys? He's enough? Right, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you're outrageous, right.

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<v Speaker 2>So the people that do that is it just like

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<v Speaker 2>the gratification of getting a thousand likes just among you know,

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<v Speaker 2>or or are they hoping to become up an influencer

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<v Speaker 2>or something A.

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<v Speaker 1>Brand, A brand, I guess.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, is there nothing join me? I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>because I got we got this radio show, so I get.

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<v Speaker 1>A tremendous amount of gratification from that.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know what it would be like to

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<v Speaker 2>not have that and then all of a sudden have

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<v Speaker 2>something funny on Instagram and you get two thousand people

0:34:53.840 --> 0:34:56.239
<v Speaker 2>see it. Maybe it's very, very pretty heady, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>Russia cool Maybe maybe we'll talk about this more later.

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<v Speaker 2>But Trump is starting to fill out his cabinet. I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like it's faster than administrations have done in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you heard anything about that. I mean, we're at

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<v Speaker 2>a week today, fast and public.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But he named Marco Rubio is going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>Secretary of State, which is I'm happy about, other than

0:35:19.480 --> 0:35:22.960
<v Speaker 2>some of the hedging Rubio is done on Ukraine lately.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a feeling Rubio was angling for this job

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<v Speaker 2>knew where Trump was on it. Although I saw a

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<v Speaker 2>clip from just the other day. This is like two

0:35:31.840 --> 0:35:34.799
<v Speaker 2>days ago. Rubio was interviewed and they got on the

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<v Speaker 2>topic of Ukraine and he said, look, it's a stalemate

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<v Speaker 2>and there's no breaking it being a stalemate. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>the Biden administration, if they were honest with you, what

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<v Speaker 2>they're saying behind the scenes is this is a stalemate.

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<v Speaker 2>Ukraine is not getting that land back. That was the

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<v Speaker 2>argument I was just about to jump in with. So

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<v Speaker 2>how are you going to turn the tide without this point,

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<v Speaker 2>without fully getting invested in the war which nobody's in.

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<v Speaker 1>Favor of, right right?

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<v Speaker 2>Could it be Trump comes up with a truly creative

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<v Speaker 2>solution that grants some of what Putin needs. Warm water, port,

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<v Speaker 2>blah blah blah. We'll have to see, but continuing on

0:36:11.800 --> 0:36:13.680
<v Speaker 2>the current plan doesn't seem to make any sense. The

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<v Speaker 2>Rubio is a heck of a China Hawk, and I

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<v Speaker 2>like that from our new Secretary of State Armstrong and

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<v Speaker 2>Getty