WEBVTT - American Spirit & The 3 C's.  Lanhee Chen Talks to Armstrong & Getty

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<v Speaker 1>talking of smart people, We talked to Ian Grammar earlier

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<v Speaker 1>in the show. You should try to catch that on

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. Um, we got another one for you. You

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<v Speaker 1>talked to a smart person every day. I wish you

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<v Speaker 1>would appreciate me, but you don't want he Jen Zee,

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<v Speaker 1>David and Diane Stephie research fellow, too Over Institution, Director

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<v Speaker 1>of Domestic Policy Studies at Stanford University lant he how

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<v Speaker 1>are you? I'm drink fine, gentlemen, how are you excellent?

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<v Speaker 1>We ran late, repressed for time, and we blame ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>But as the director of Domestic Policy Studies at Stanford

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<v Speaker 1>and in the lecture in Public Policy, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>think about the implementation of this shocking public policy, for

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<v Speaker 1>instance in Stinson, California. Thus far, well, look, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's important. I actually am in favor of trying to

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<v Speaker 1>keep people home as much as possible. Here's the problem, though,

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<v Speaker 1>in a democratic society, we're never going to do with

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<v Speaker 1>some something like what China had to do, which is

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<v Speaker 1>basically an enforced quarantine. So the best you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>is government saying, look for public safety reasons, because we

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to spread this to people who are more vulnerable.

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<v Speaker 1>Try to do your best to stay at home, and

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, we're gonna see what happens. I do

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<v Speaker 1>think it's going to have a difference. It's gonna it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna make a difference in terms of the transmission of

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<v Speaker 1>this disease. But hopefully, yeah. Do you think we'll even

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<v Speaker 1>do what Italy does though where they're they've given out

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<v Speaker 1>fifty thousand citations so far in Italy tickets to people

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<v Speaker 1>who know. No. I don't, I don't, I don't. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think so. I mean, I think here's my sense.

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<v Speaker 1>At least in the Bay Area where I live, and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it's just my community, people have been pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>about sticking to the rules. I mean, yes, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>occasional you'll see people out and you'll be like, do

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<v Speaker 1>you really need to be out? But for the most part,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I think folks are are abiding by the rules.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see the same kind of enforcement happening here

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<v Speaker 1>in the US well, and I hope it doesn't have to.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that speaks to the sort of society

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<v Speaker 1>we have where we are governed by our own consent,

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<v Speaker 1>and if our government says, hey, we really need to

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<v Speaker 1>do this, y'all, I think most people will say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I consent to that seems reasonable. That makes me happy. Yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it makes me happy too. And I think I do

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<v Speaker 1>like the fact that more and more Americans are are

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<v Speaker 1>doing things like, for example, saying, hey, look, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a neighbor who's vulnerable. I've got someone I know in

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<v Speaker 1>my family who's vulnerable. I'm going to do what I

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<v Speaker 1>can for them during this time. I'm going to bring

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<v Speaker 1>them food, I'm going to help make sure that they're

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<v Speaker 1>okay when they're when they're staying in. That's the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of spirit, and that's the kind of of community that

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<v Speaker 1>makes me proud to be an American. Quite frankly, and

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<v Speaker 1>and it's not something, by the way, you would find

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<v Speaker 1>in China. The reason that they had to do what

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<v Speaker 1>they had to do in China is because that's not

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<v Speaker 1>the off there. It's just a different kind of place.

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<v Speaker 1>I assume you, like me, are in favor of caning

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<v Speaker 1>young spring breakers. Absolutely, okay, no, no punishment too severe.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean these these these guys are just more odds.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you look at them saying things like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if I get corona, I get corona. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not a big deal. I still want a party.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to drink my corona. It's like, you idiots,

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<v Speaker 1>Well they're gonna haven and so they'll they'll, they'll, they'll

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<v Speaker 1>get their own. But so I am a proud American.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not real proud of this though. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you're like following the Wall Street Journals expose of

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that the c d C was telling States

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<v Speaker 1>and probably the President, oh, we got plenty of testing,

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<v Speaker 1>we can we can match this, when they when they

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<v Speaker 1>either were so incompetent they knew they couldn't, or they

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<v Speaker 1>were lying to us. Yeah, well that's something. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>As this goes on, we're gonna find out more and

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<v Speaker 1>more about what happened during what I call the lost week. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a period of time between when the President

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<v Speaker 1>said no one coming in from China to the outbreak

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<v Speaker 1>of this virus, and and those few weeks, unfortunately were lost.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're going to figure out why they were lost.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it because of poor leadership at the top? Was

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<v Speaker 1>it because of failures that agencies like the CDC. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, having worked in the big bureaucracy that

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<v Speaker 1>included the CDC, it does not surprise me to hear

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<v Speaker 1>that you had elements of the bureaucracy not functioning well

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<v Speaker 1>or just trying to cover their own were rent. That's

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<v Speaker 1>something that's unacceptable. I mean, but we'll find out exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what happened, you know, at some point, lin he if

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<v Speaker 1>we can impose on you for more of your time.

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<v Speaker 1>We had to do the long form podcast again about that,

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<v Speaker 1>which is one of our very favorite topics, um and

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<v Speaker 1>that's uh, bureaucracy disease and the iron law of bureaucracy

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<v Speaker 1>and the damage it does and the rest of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And and I would love to I'm pressing another time.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of interested. In the last minute I saw

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<v Speaker 1>a picture of burning and Biden on TV for a

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<v Speaker 1>brief store and thought, oh, yeah, right, that story that's

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<v Speaker 1>still happening. You know what, what the hell is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>happen with all that? Well, here's one observation I'll make.

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<v Speaker 1>I know we're short on time. You know, the strategy

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<v Speaker 1>of the Trump people before the whole coronavirus thing was

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<v Speaker 1>once they had a nominee on the Democratic side, they

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<v Speaker 1>were going to attack the heck out of them and

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<v Speaker 1>define them in the same way that Barack Obama defined

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<v Speaker 1>Mitt Romney. In two thousand twelve, right after Mitt Romney

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<v Speaker 1>came out of a divided primary, they Obama and the

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<v Speaker 1>Obama superpacs spent you know, hundreds and millions of dollars

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<v Speaker 1>attacking Mitt Romney, essentially, you know, costing him the election.

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<v Speaker 1>During that time, their strategy was to do the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>strategy was to do the same thing to the Democratic nominee.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not going to be able to do that as

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<v Speaker 1>readily now, and given the fact that coronavirus is out

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<v Speaker 1>there and it's going to look unseemly to attack by

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<v Speaker 1>it in the same way. So I do think it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to change the dynamic of this campaign going forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think it's mostly advantage to the challenger them? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I do. I mean I think it gives Biden a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to catch his breath, could define a general election narrative,

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<v Speaker 1>and the fact that we know the Democratic nominee this early.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's a big advantage to the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 1>because it didn't look like it was going to turn

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<v Speaker 1>out that way. Well, the coronavirus notwithstanding. If indeed the

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<v Speaker 1>campaign is shortened, that is to me proof that there

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<v Speaker 1>is a God and he loves us and he wants

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<v Speaker 1>us to be happy. So thank you guys for that.

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<v Speaker 1>Lani Chen of the Hoover Institution and Stanford University, thanks

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<v Speaker 1>a million. Lon. He's sorry it was so short, but

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<v Speaker 1>we look forward to the next chat. Absolutely, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>How good is he? Oh, he's terrific. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>love talking to smart people and watch a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people losing their said, I mentioned you talked to a

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<v Speaker 1>smart person every day, and you don't appreciate me. There's

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<v Speaker 1>somebody freaking people on losing They don't say anything that's

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<v Speaker 1>insightful or unique or just nothing. Seriously, the proverbial waste

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<v Speaker 1>of air, A lot of wastes of air for all

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<v Speaker 1>your food is out there. I'm unwrapping a mcdonald' steak,

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<v Speaker 1>egg and cheese bagel. Look at this date and the

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<v Speaker 1>juice running down the sigh. Get a little bit on

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<v Speaker 1>a wrapper here, and then the fluffy egg and real

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<v Speaker 1>Grilled onions and about a bagel too. Thumbs off a mcdonald' steak,

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<v Speaker 1>eagg and cheese bagel for breakfast, Love it, m bot up.

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