Are we Witnessing a Conservative Shift in the Culture War？
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Summary
In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the recent victories for conservative causes, and whether or not these victories are a turning point in the culture war. We also discuss the growing influence of the "Woke" political movement and its impact on our society.
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You see Ron DeSantis, the governor down in Florida, really pushing back against Disney.
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And it looks like, you know, having having a victory in terms of, you know, pushing through
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legislation that protects parents from their children being indoctrinated with the gender
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ideology in school, you know, Disney pushing back and then Disney losing their special
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status that gives them special tax and, you know, exemptions from regulations.
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So on the one hand, that that cultural battle is being fought out and I think won by
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conservatives. And on the other hand, you have Elon Musk successfully, it looks like buying Twitter
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and saying, I'm going to recreate Twitter to be what it was supposed to be, a free speech platform.
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So I'm wondering if you can comment on these on these sort of victories that conservatives have
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been having, whether you think that there is a shift and a turning point, whether you would
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categorize these as victories or if it's too soon to tell. What are your thoughts?
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Well, I think you're right that there is a pushback mounting. It's becoming more commonplace to see
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people, you know, acknowledge like this has gone too far. This, this woke political movement,
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however you want to label it. I think it's becoming increasingly common for people to feel more
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comfortable saying what they probably believed two years ago, but didn't know how to say without
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potentially risking their jobs, their reputations. So that is a good measure, I believe, of pushback
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growing is just seeing it be more commonplace for people to express dissent from this very well-funded,
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well-financed political movement. Where I'm a little bit concerned is with, you know, with someone
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like Ron DeSantis, I think he's on the right track in terms of establishing some safeguards for how power
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is used in our society. I don't see the Elon Musk thing really being an example of that. Like, it's
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really just switching from one center of power to another. Maybe he'll use it in a way that's more
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pro-free speech. But even Jack Dorsey's comment on this is that he doesn't really believe that
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Twitter should be a company, a private company anymore. He said that. And he said, if it's going
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to be a private company, he's glad Elon Musk is in charge, but he doesn't believe that it should be a
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private company. And I tend to agree with that. And I think Ron DeSantis' views are in line with that too.