Real Coffee with Scott Adams - June 01, 2021


Episode 1393 Scott Adams： The Public Revolt Against Mask Mandates Starts Now, Biden's China Policy, Mike Flynn Controversy


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00:00:00.000 Hey, everybody. Yes, it's time again for the best time of the whole day.
00:00:09.880 We call it Coffee with Scott Adams, and I think you'd like to enjoy it to the max.
00:00:16.180 Some of you are thinking, oh no, I don't need it. I'll be fine without the simultaneous sip.
00:00:23.700 Will you? Will you really? Well, I wouldn't want to try it if I were you,
00:00:28.800 but hey, it's your life. It's a free country.
00:00:32.160 But for the rest of you who would like to maximize your experience,
00:00:35.300 connecting with people all over the world simultaneously,
00:00:38.600 all you need is a cup or a mug or a glass, a tank of gels, a stye,
00:00:41.680 and a canteen jug or flask, a vessel of any kind, and happy birthday.
00:00:48.320 Also, it's time for the unparalleled pleasure, the dopamine of the day,
00:00:53.780 the thing that makes everything better.
00:00:54.980 That's right. It's a simultaneous sip, and it's coming at you right now. Go.
00:01:06.180 If this is the first time you've caught one of these live, congratulations.
00:01:11.720 You are on it, and I think that should be commended.
00:01:16.320 Well, there's some new research into LSD, and the research says there's a hypothesis
00:01:23.520 that suggests that psychedelics will unwind the influence one's prior beliefs have on the brain,
00:01:32.680 allowing thoughts to flow more freely, unimpeded by past assumptions.
00:01:37.160 There were two ways to discover this to be true.
00:01:41.860 One way was to do science and research it.
00:01:46.480 The other way is to do a psychedelic,
00:01:50.680 because you know who could have told you the answer of this research question?
00:01:56.100 Everybody who took a psychedelic.
00:01:57.840 Everybody who took a psychedelic will tell you that their previous assumptions
00:02:05.720 and the frame that they had for reality just gets blown up.
00:02:10.900 And that's the weird thing.
00:02:13.060 The big thing that you take away is that you can view the world completely differently,
00:02:18.820 and here's the important part.
00:02:20.000 You can view the world completely differently, and it still works.
00:02:26.580 That's the thing that you'll never forget.
00:02:29.700 Because if you see the world looking differently, and it all doesn't work,
00:02:33.240 more like a dream.
00:02:34.820 If you have a dream, things don't sort of make sense, and it doesn't work.
00:02:39.740 So a dream would be a view of the world that's just random, and it's not built to work.
00:02:45.740 But you could be tripping your balls off and still order an Uber and go to the beach.
00:02:52.340 It still works.
00:02:54.720 Reality still works, even when it's completely different.
00:02:58.380 And once you realize the subjective nature of reality,
00:03:02.220 then a lot of those things you thought were problems that were going to end you,
00:03:06.760 such as even depression, even neuroticism, or anxiety, I think, more so.
00:03:13.400 So there's lots of evidence to show that psychedelics can just wipe out a whole number of mental problems
00:03:22.920 that are more acquired problems as opposed to organic, I think.
00:03:27.600 I think that would be the difference, but I'm not positive about that.
00:03:31.100 So when I talk about the golden age coming, this is one of the biggest parts.
00:03:35.760 The fact that psychedelics, mushrooms in particular, I think,
00:03:41.200 are moving solidly into the mainstream, no doubt about it.
00:03:46.940 And that happens, of course, because there's a certain age of people,
00:03:50.360 and when they get in power, suddenly they're people who have done psychedelics,
00:03:55.120 and suddenly it doesn't seem too bad to them now that they're in power.
00:03:58.080 So I think maybe the next one to three years,
00:04:03.480 something gigantic is going to happen with psychedelics.
00:04:07.860 And it won't just change how you feel about stuff.
00:04:11.500 It will change the world.
00:04:14.280 Because how you feel about stuff depends how you act,
00:04:17.540 and how you act changes the world.
00:04:19.780 So there's something really, really big coming in this domain,
00:04:24.280 and I don't know exactly how it's going to turn out,
00:04:27.420 but I think mostly positive.
00:04:29.660 And maybe not even mostly.
00:04:32.180 It could be something like one of the greatest things that's happened to civilization.
00:04:36.980 It could be that big.
00:04:38.380 And that's not an exaggeration, by the way.
00:04:40.580 Anybody who's experienced psychedelics,
00:04:44.480 I think 80% of you would agree with that statement,
00:04:47.200 that it's going to transform civilization.
00:04:51.460 It won't just be a thing that's happening.
00:04:54.280 Zirinovich says, I'm seeing the comments,
00:04:58.940 Mike Zirinovich says that calling it plant medicine is a better frame.
00:05:03.440 Maybe.
00:05:04.500 Yeah, it might go down better with the public.
00:05:07.520 There's a story about Naomi Osaka,
00:05:09.980 one of the best female tennis players in the world,
00:05:13.040 who just pulled out of the French Open.
00:05:15.240 She was getting a lot of heat because she was refusing to do media interviews,
00:05:19.280 which, of course, is an essential part of the job of being a top athlete.
00:05:23.520 You don't really get to not do the interview because that's part of the show, right?
00:05:28.480 And people are paying you a lot of money to put on a show.
00:05:31.940 You can't just skip an important part of it.
00:05:34.840 But she decided to pull out of the French Open entirely.
00:05:38.420 And she said she didn't want to do these interviews to protect her mental health.
00:05:44.020 What the hell does that mean?
00:05:46.620 I mean, it's probably important.
00:05:47.960 I'm not going to minimize it because when somebody says they need to do something for their mental health,
00:05:52.420 I feel as if we should, you know, our first impression should be to believe them, right?
00:05:59.240 Because the last thing you want to do is to minimize somebody's mental health issues.
00:06:03.620 So I believe there's a real issue,
00:06:05.820 but it's confusing because this is somebody who can handle playing at the highest level of a sport
00:06:12.860 in front of a stadium full of people televised to the world.
00:06:17.640 And somehow she pulls that off.
00:06:19.600 So I'm not sure how talking to the media would give you a mental health problem.
00:06:24.360 So there's something missing in the story.
00:06:26.560 What is the connection between the media and mental health?
00:06:29.960 But it's interesting.
00:06:31.500 Maybe we'll find out more about that.
00:06:33.780 I don't want to dump on her.
00:06:35.200 It would be easy to do that.
00:06:36.240 But I feel like we don't know enough about this.
00:06:38.340 And when somebody makes a claim that's a health-related claim,
00:06:42.260 I think you give them the benefit of the doubt first.
00:06:47.380 Well, something interesting happening in Israel.
00:06:51.120 Apparently Israel had been considering some kind of a green pass system
00:06:56.200 so that if you were vaccinated, you could do things.
00:06:59.520 But if you weren't vaccinated, you couldn't.
00:07:01.820 But apparently Israel has done so well at vaccinating so many of their citizens
00:07:07.100 that they're going to drop plans for it.
00:07:10.540 So remember I told you not to worry about vaccination passports
00:07:14.880 because if they happened, they would be temporary.
00:07:19.160 And this is a perfect example.
00:07:21.720 Not only in Israel does it look like they'll be less than temporary,
00:07:26.640 they will be strongly considered and then not even used
00:07:29.540 because vaccinations made them unnecessary.
00:07:32.140 So that's the same direction we're going.
00:07:34.360 You know, there will be lots of edge questions about cruise ships.
00:07:39.740 You know, there will be special cases
00:07:40.960 where people are genuinely in close contact
00:07:44.640 and maybe it's not quite ready yet.
00:07:47.540 You know, you could argue that.
00:07:49.160 But for all the easy stuff, such as the workplace,
00:07:52.960 you're not going to need any kind of a pass.
00:07:56.000 Speaking of mask mandates at work,
00:08:01.580 it looks like the Occupational Safety and Health Organization,
00:08:06.400 so this is a U.S. group called OSHA,
00:08:09.980 they may still issue a workplace mask mandate
00:08:12.500 consistent with Biden's orders, executive orders.
00:08:16.660 But that would be at odds with the CDC's guidelines
00:08:21.420 that vaccinated people don't need to wear masks indoors.
00:08:24.660 So, you're an American citizen
00:08:28.560 and you know that the CDC says
00:08:31.400 you don't need the masks indoors if you're vaccinated.
00:08:35.440 But OSHA, who is also, you know,
00:08:38.600 looking out for your safety in the workplace,
00:08:41.020 might say that you do.
00:08:43.320 So I think this is undetermined yet,
00:08:45.740 but they might say that you do.
00:08:48.880 Here's my take on this, and I've told you before.
00:08:51.460 However, the public is in charge, all right?
00:08:57.640 If you think the government's in charge
00:08:59.820 with this mask mandate stuff,
00:09:02.020 there's something about the world
00:09:04.320 that you don't understand.
00:09:06.020 The government's not in charge.
00:09:08.740 The people will decide
00:09:10.580 when they're done with masks and where.
00:09:13.960 And they'll decide by just doing it.
00:09:16.020 Because if enough people do it,
00:09:18.860 it's unarrestable, right?
00:09:21.380 There's no recourse.
00:09:24.380 It's just how many people do it.
00:09:26.460 If one person violates a rule,
00:09:28.380 well, they're in trouble.
00:09:29.660 Two people, probably in trouble.
00:09:31.560 Three people, they're in trouble.
00:09:33.100 Four people, they're probably in trouble.
00:09:35.900 A thousand people, nobody's in trouble.
00:09:39.480 If a thousand people decide,
00:09:41.180 well, today's the day, no mask.
00:09:42.660 And I think that in the workplace,
00:09:45.400 specifically the workplace,
00:09:47.100 I can't imagine any workplace
00:09:49.380 that I've been in
00:09:50.640 where we wouldn't walk into the workplace
00:09:53.200 and say, hey, everybody,
00:09:54.840 let's have a meeting.
00:09:56.940 The OSHA says this.
00:09:58.740 CDC says this.
00:10:00.380 What do you say?
00:10:01.780 And the meeting would say,
00:10:02.920 if you're vaccinated, take your mask off.
00:10:05.400 And that would be it.
00:10:06.980 And that office,
00:10:08.980 at least that floor of that office,
00:10:10.760 would be mask-free.
00:10:12.720 And then other people
00:10:13.540 would hear about that floor
00:10:14.680 and they'd say,
00:10:15.420 did you get away with it?
00:10:16.980 So far, no penalty?
00:10:18.660 And then they would do it too.
00:10:20.380 So the next 30 days,
00:10:22.040 the public will completely
00:10:23.160 take control of this issue.
00:10:24.840 Again, not counting stuff
00:10:26.420 like cruise ships, right?
00:10:28.220 There will be special cases.
00:10:29.820 I don't think the public
00:10:30.760 is quite qualified for those.
00:10:33.060 But when you talk about
00:10:33.940 something like the workplace
00:10:35.560 and the CDC has already
00:10:37.400 weighed in about the risks,
00:10:38.600 I do think the public
00:10:40.380 is qualified
00:10:41.240 to make a decision
00:10:42.920 about their risk-reward
00:10:44.200 and the public
00:10:45.300 will make that decision.
00:10:47.120 So don't ever believe
00:10:48.600 that the government's in charge.
00:10:51.180 You know,
00:10:51.480 they're in charge
00:10:52.100 in an emergency.
00:10:53.940 They're in charge
00:10:54.600 in some specific situations.
00:10:56.820 But they're not in charge.
00:10:59.020 The public is always in charge.
00:11:01.660 They just have to
00:11:02.880 choose to use their authority
00:11:04.520 or not.
00:11:05.180 That's the only decision.
00:11:09.360 It may be that
00:11:10.400 if OSHA gets away with this,
00:11:11.960 you'll see more remote work
00:11:13.980 and maybe that's good.
00:11:15.860 You know,
00:11:16.280 there's an argument
00:11:17.280 to be made
00:11:18.340 that the best thing
00:11:19.640 that could happen
00:11:20.280 is for OSHA
00:11:21.200 to require masks
00:11:22.540 at work
00:11:23.240 in the workplace
00:11:23.980 and that will cause people
00:11:25.980 to say,
00:11:26.420 okay, I'm not going to work.
00:11:27.920 I'll just work from home.
00:11:30.160 And if it's a little bit
00:11:32.120 more pressure
00:11:33.560 on making that happen,
00:11:35.300 maybe that would be good.
00:11:36.720 I don't want to see masks
00:11:37.960 in the workplace
00:11:38.740 if you're vaccinated.
00:11:40.380 But, you know,
00:11:41.540 anything could happen.
00:11:43.840 I've got a warning for you.
00:11:46.320 And maybe you're already aware of this.
00:11:49.360 This is a big,
00:11:50.640 big warning.
00:11:54.160 And I don't know
00:11:55.420 if there'll be anything
00:11:56.120 more important than this
00:11:57.300 that'll happen
00:11:57.940 in the next several months.
00:11:59.960 You know,
00:12:00.180 short of a war breaking out.
00:12:02.200 And it goes like this.
00:12:03.460 The end of the pandemic
00:12:06.040 is going to cause
00:12:08.400 a mental health crisis
00:12:09.820 bigger
00:12:11.240 than the pandemic itself.
00:12:15.440 Now,
00:12:16.000 how many of you know
00:12:16.940 why that is?
00:12:18.220 In the comments,
00:12:19.300 let's see if you can tell me why.
00:12:21.280 So this is the statement.
00:12:22.900 We do know
00:12:23.560 that the pandemic
00:12:24.620 almost certainly
00:12:25.580 has caused
00:12:26.620 more mental health problems.
00:12:28.000 Definitely,
00:12:28.460 wouldn't you say?
00:12:28.880 My prediction is
00:12:30.680 that the end of it,
00:12:32.320 you know,
00:12:32.500 the period where
00:12:33.140 you're transitioning
00:12:33.920 from pandemic
00:12:35.460 to non-pandemic
00:12:36.520 will be way worse
00:12:38.360 for mental health.
00:12:40.080 Like, way worse.
00:12:41.200 Like, by a factor of three.
00:12:43.840 Something like that.
00:12:45.140 Won't even be close.
00:12:46.980 And let me tell you why.
00:12:50.560 You're not used
00:12:51.520 to seeing people.
00:12:53.420 You're also not used
00:12:54.780 to your old routine.
00:12:55.900 You don't know
00:12:57.800 who you are anymore.
00:12:59.720 We have to figure out
00:13:00.980 who we are.
00:13:02.560 I was reading an article
00:13:03.680 that a lot of relationships
00:13:04.980 maybe stayed together
00:13:06.240 during the pandemic,
00:13:07.600 but will probably
00:13:08.620 be ripped apart
00:13:09.800 as soon as your
00:13:10.720 requirements
00:13:11.860 for what you need to do
00:13:13.060 and not do
00:13:13.880 change.
00:13:14.820 So I would expect
00:13:16.020 massive divorce,
00:13:18.500 massive mental illness,
00:13:20.540 and probably violence,
00:13:22.840 you know,
00:13:23.240 that comes with it.
00:13:24.420 And I've noted,
00:13:26.300 by the way,
00:13:26.820 that mental health
00:13:27.480 is usually the worst
00:13:28.740 in June.
00:13:31.440 Now, in a normal year,
00:13:33.340 mental health
00:13:33.840 is definitely
00:13:34.400 the worst in June
00:13:35.320 in my observed opinion.
00:13:38.140 I don't know
00:13:38.600 if there's any science
00:13:39.340 to it.
00:13:40.080 But observationally,
00:13:41.560 when kids get out
00:13:43.020 of school in June,
00:13:45.200 at least in the United States,
00:13:47.200 all of your routines change
00:13:49.200 and you just flip out.
00:13:51.680 Like, the family
00:13:52.400 can't figure out
00:13:53.120 who's doing what, when.
00:13:54.420 And the stress
00:13:55.220 goes through the roof
00:13:56.000 and easy things
00:13:56.920 become hard things.
00:13:58.660 And so anytime
00:13:59.420 you have a massive
00:14:00.720 civilization change
00:14:04.300 of schedule,
00:14:05.520 people flip out.
00:14:07.860 So the end
00:14:08.640 of the pandemic
00:14:09.240 is going to be
00:14:09.780 one of the biggest
00:14:10.600 mental shifts
00:14:12.140 we've ever had to have.
00:14:13.740 And I've got to tell you,
00:14:15.660 I'm already feeling it.
00:14:19.060 Yesterday, for example,
00:14:20.160 I was insanely bored.
00:14:22.580 Like, really, really bored.
00:14:24.720 And I thought to myself,
00:14:25.920 well, I'm bored,
00:14:27.480 but realistically,
00:14:28.860 where I live,
00:14:29.820 I can kind of do
00:14:30.780 most things.
00:14:32.180 Right?
00:14:32.420 I can now go to a restaurant.
00:14:34.660 Don't even need my mask.
00:14:36.340 I can ride a bike.
00:14:37.680 I can even join my gym again.
00:14:39.180 I'd need a mask in the gym.
00:14:40.460 But I can join the gym again.
00:14:42.300 I can go to the gym.
00:14:43.520 So I can do
00:14:44.440 almost anything.
00:14:45.700 I can travel.
00:14:47.520 And I didn't like it.
00:14:50.760 I didn't like it at all.
00:14:52.840 So, in other words,
00:14:54.300 freedom
00:14:55.120 caused a mental illness.
00:14:58.620 And I think that
00:14:59.500 that's actually normal.
00:15:01.620 As soon as you get
00:15:02.480 more freedom
00:15:03.120 and you can't just
00:15:04.520 follow your routine,
00:15:06.080 you're going to flip out.
00:15:07.940 Now, not all of you.
00:15:08.700 Some of you will just
00:15:09.380 be much happier
00:15:10.100 and that's the end
00:15:10.700 of the story.
00:15:11.760 Everybody's different, right?
00:15:13.100 But it's a warning.
00:15:15.040 If everything I know
00:15:16.340 about the human mind
00:15:17.860 and the way we think
00:15:19.080 is true,
00:15:20.480 and I'm pretty confident
00:15:21.720 it is,
00:15:22.880 there's going to be
00:15:23.480 a massive mental health
00:15:24.820 problem over the summer
00:15:25.920 and probably lasting
00:15:27.540 into the fall.
00:15:29.180 But be ready for that
00:15:30.560 and when it happens
00:15:31.420 to you,
00:15:32.640 you'll expect it.
00:15:33.860 Maybe you can handle it better.
00:15:35.500 Rasmussen has
00:15:36.340 an interesting poll today
00:15:38.200 about race relations.
00:15:41.040 Asking the question,
00:15:41.880 are race relations
00:15:43.040 better in the United States
00:15:44.300 since the election
00:15:45.920 of Joe Biden?
00:15:48.140 And what do you think
00:15:49.300 people said?
00:15:50.000 Are race relations
00:15:51.040 better or worse
00:15:51.900 under Biden?
00:15:53.600 What do you think?
00:15:54.900 Well, the answer is
00:15:56.100 28% said it's better.
00:15:58.400 But more people,
00:15:59.760 39% said it's worse.
00:16:02.080 As you might imagine,
00:16:03.820 more conservatives
00:16:05.080 said it's worse
00:16:05.880 than liberals.
00:16:07.460 So people basically
00:16:09.000 support their team.
00:16:11.320 So conservatives
00:16:12.400 said only 12%
00:16:14.500 said it's better,
00:16:15.520 but liberals
00:16:16.240 said 54%
00:16:17.520 said it's better.
00:16:19.260 Then the follow-up question,
00:16:20.800 has life for black Americans
00:16:22.060 gotten better or worse
00:16:23.180 since Biden was elected?
00:16:25.440 22% said it's gotten better.
00:16:28.100 29% said it got worse.
00:16:29.800 So how do you explain
00:16:32.540 that Biden gets into office,
00:16:36.040 presumably,
00:16:37.100 according to
00:16:37.820 a lot of people
00:16:39.240 on the left,
00:16:40.500 replacing the worst person
00:16:42.120 who ever lived,
00:16:43.420 Donald Trump?
00:16:44.520 A racist,
00:16:45.440 they say.
00:16:46.540 So if you get rid of Trump
00:16:48.240 and you bring in Biden,
00:16:51.900 you know,
00:16:52.200 Obama's ex-vice president,
00:16:54.960 he's got a bunch of plans now
00:16:57.200 for a whole bunch
00:16:57.880 of racist policies
00:16:58.860 I'll talk about in a minute,
00:17:00.240 but they're racist
00:17:01.260 in a way that would
00:17:02.140 help black Americans,
00:17:03.820 and yet they feel
00:17:05.200 it's getting worse.
00:17:06.800 What's going on?
00:17:08.480 It's the news,
00:17:09.680 right?
00:17:10.820 The news
00:17:11.680 makes us think
00:17:13.220 things are getting worse
00:17:14.400 no matter what
00:17:15.660 is actually happening
00:17:16.480 because the news
00:17:17.920 needs you to think
00:17:19.400 that race relations
00:17:20.280 are getting worse.
00:17:21.960 It's just the news.
00:17:23.740 Do you think
00:17:24.280 race relations
00:17:24.980 are getting worse?
00:17:27.200 Well, yes,
00:17:28.820 because of the news.
00:17:30.600 So the news
00:17:31.700 has this ability
00:17:32.980 to make things worse
00:17:34.200 and then assign the blame
00:17:35.400 to other people,
00:17:36.540 which is the world
00:17:37.740 we live in.
00:17:39.020 Speaking of messed up things,
00:17:41.480 Twitter user
00:17:42.560 Alan McLeod,
00:17:44.240 McLeod,
00:17:45.060 I think,
00:17:45.640 McLeod,
00:17:46.840 points out that
00:17:47.780 the Washington Post
00:17:48.720 lets somebody
00:17:50.200 who's on the board
00:17:51.400 of directors
00:17:51.900 of a military drone company,
00:17:54.020 they make military drones,
00:17:55.700 writes an opinion piece
00:17:57.280 in the Washington Post
00:17:58.340 saying that
00:17:59.600 to avoid wider war,
00:18:01.820 Iran must be deterred
00:18:03.100 with limited
00:18:04.120 U.S. military strikes.
00:18:06.480 Do you know
00:18:07.240 how you do
00:18:07.760 a limited
00:18:08.540 U.S. military strike?
00:18:10.980 What would make it
00:18:12.220 limited?
00:18:14.020 Hmm.
00:18:15.080 What kind of military assets
00:18:17.200 would you likely employ
00:18:18.780 if you wanted
00:18:20.060 your military action
00:18:21.440 to be limited?
00:18:22.740 could it be
00:18:24.660 drones?
00:18:27.400 Maybe?
00:18:28.880 Drones?
00:18:30.000 Yeah.
00:18:31.120 So the Washington Post
00:18:32.620 runs
00:18:34.100 an opinion piece
00:18:35.700 from a drone
00:18:36.600 maker guy,
00:18:38.400 a guy who's on the board
00:18:39.200 of directors
00:18:39.680 of a drone maker,
00:18:41.060 saying we should do
00:18:42.120 some more war
00:18:43.060 that just happens
00:18:44.540 to use some drones.
00:18:46.680 He might own
00:18:47.440 some stock
00:18:48.320 in that company.
00:18:49.020 What do you think?
00:18:49.960 Do you think
00:18:50.380 somebody on the board
00:18:51.140 of directors
00:18:51.580 owns some stock?
00:18:52.740 And the company?
00:18:54.960 Yeah.
00:18:56.080 Yeah.
00:18:56.960 And did the Washington Post
00:18:58.420 say,
00:18:59.680 beware of this opinion
00:19:00.940 because it's coming
00:19:01.660 from somebody
00:19:02.220 who would make
00:19:02.640 a lot of money
00:19:03.240 if you bought
00:19:04.580 into this opinion?
00:19:05.860 I don't believe
00:19:06.740 that they did.
00:19:08.280 I think that
00:19:09.080 Alan happened
00:19:10.800 to look into
00:19:11.440 the person
00:19:12.120 who wrote the article
00:19:12.900 and made that discovery,
00:19:14.180 or somebody did.
00:19:15.680 So,
00:19:16.580 how about that
00:19:17.660 for your news business?
00:19:20.020 Michael Flynn
00:19:20.840 raised some eyebrows
00:19:22.440 was it yesterday?
00:19:25.540 He made the comments
00:19:26.680 at some event
00:19:27.480 in Dallas,
00:19:28.620 which is reported
00:19:32.120 to be a QAnon
00:19:33.560 conspiracy event.
00:19:34.760 I don't know
00:19:35.100 if it was.
00:19:36.540 But,
00:19:37.100 Flynn was asked
00:19:39.400 this question
00:19:39.880 on stage.
00:19:41.460 Somebody said,
00:19:41.920 I want to know
00:19:42.660 what happened
00:19:43.520 I want to know
00:19:45.080 why
00:19:45.440 what happened
00:19:46.100 in Myanmar
00:19:47.420 can't happen here.
00:19:51.200 Meaning
00:19:51.760 a military coup.
00:19:54.620 And so,
00:19:54.980 this is a member
00:19:55.480 of the audience
00:19:56.020 asked Michael Flynn
00:19:57.580 when Flynn was on stage.
00:19:59.100 And here was Flynn's answer.
00:20:01.100 No reason,
00:20:02.040 I mean.
00:20:03.040 It should happen here.
00:20:04.760 No reason.
00:20:05.760 That's right.
00:20:06.360 What?
00:20:08.080 What?
00:20:09.780 What?
00:20:11.220 Wait,
00:20:11.760 did Michael Flynn
00:20:12.640 just say
00:20:14.060 that there should be
00:20:15.160 a military coup
00:20:16.820 in the United States?
00:20:18.520 Now,
00:20:19.040 that's how the news
00:20:19.760 is handling it.
00:20:21.800 Is that what he said?
00:20:23.600 Now,
00:20:24.140 this is all we know.
00:20:25.500 And as far as I know,
00:20:26.460 this is not a Rupar video.
00:20:28.640 Meaning,
00:20:29.180 I don't think
00:20:29.680 it's selectively edited.
00:20:31.220 It looks like
00:20:31.960 he actually said that.
00:20:33.360 If I'm wrong about that,
00:20:34.620 it's selectively edited.
00:20:35.700 Did somebody let me know
00:20:36.520 in the comments?
00:20:37.580 But I don't think it was.
00:20:39.180 So,
00:20:39.940 what do you make of that?
00:20:41.180 A military
00:20:42.100 person from this country,
00:20:44.260 retired,
00:20:44.860 but a general
00:20:45.500 who had lots of access
00:20:47.080 at the highest levels
00:20:48.360 of intel,
00:20:49.940 at least at one point.
00:20:51.580 And he says
00:20:52.200 that there's no reason
00:20:53.820 we shouldn't go
00:20:54.580 the way of Myanmar.
00:20:56.940 I can't pronounce.
00:20:58.280 It should happen here.
00:21:00.100 What do you make of that?
00:21:03.420 All right,
00:21:03.980 here's what I make of it.
00:21:06.500 First of all,
00:21:07.300 I don't think too many people
00:21:08.280 are taking this seriously.
00:21:09.820 And I don't,
00:21:10.680 I'm not worried
00:21:11.300 that this will form
00:21:12.500 some kind of violent revolution.
00:21:15.400 But,
00:21:16.600 if you were to take,
00:21:18.560 let's say,
00:21:19.060 all of the
00:21:19.920 370 million people
00:21:22.280 in America,
00:21:22.980 whatever the number is,
00:21:24.200 if you round up
00:21:25.040 all the Americans
00:21:26.220 that there are,
00:21:27.720 and then I ask you
00:21:28.540 this question.
00:21:29.100 and of all
00:21:30.600 the Americans,
00:21:32.020 is there one,
00:21:34.400 is there one,
00:21:34.420 is there one American
00:21:38.500 who has a right
00:21:39.700 to call for a violent
00:21:42.500 revolution
00:21:43.120 in the United States?
00:21:44.780 And of all of them,
00:21:45.940 and of all the Americans,
00:21:47.180 who's the one person
00:21:48.120 you'd say to yourself,
00:21:50.080 okay,
00:21:50.400 if he said it,
00:21:52.040 all right,
00:21:52.340 I can get that.
00:21:53.840 Michael Flynn.
00:21:55.940 Now,
00:21:56.640 I'm not going to say
00:21:57.440 that he said something
00:22:00.640 that was good
00:22:02.560 or smart
00:22:03.360 or beneficial
00:22:04.680 to the country.
00:22:06.160 So,
00:22:06.880 I'm not going to back him
00:22:08.040 in his opinion.
00:22:09.700 I rebuke
00:22:10.760 his opinion.
00:22:12.300 We do not need
00:22:13.420 violence
00:22:14.700 in this country.
00:22:16.660 We certainly don't need
00:22:17.900 a violent revolution.
00:22:19.760 But,
00:22:20.560 this is just me,
00:22:22.800 and I don't ask you
00:22:23.880 to do the same thing,
00:22:24.940 all right?
00:22:25.660 This is just me.
00:22:27.080 You make your own decisions.
00:22:29.720 Michael Flynn
00:22:30.520 gets a pass.
00:22:33.620 Do you know
00:22:34.260 who else I would give
00:22:35.120 a pass
00:22:35.700 out of all the people
00:22:36.680 in the country?
00:22:37.680 Do you know
00:22:38.040 who else would get
00:22:38.800 a pass
00:22:39.320 for saying something
00:22:40.160 as provocative
00:22:41.780 as this?
00:22:43.600 Nobody.
00:22:44.820 Nobody else.
00:22:46.480 Nope.
00:22:47.460 Michael Flynn
00:22:48.120 was a victim
00:22:48.980 of our government.
00:22:51.180 He was a victim
00:22:51.760 of our government.
00:22:52.800 like a big victim.
00:22:55.220 A big,
00:22:56.180 conspicuous
00:22:57.120 victim
00:22:58.320 of the government.
00:23:00.840 He wasn't a victim
00:23:01.800 of a crime.
00:23:04.020 He wasn't a victim
00:23:05.300 of bad luck.
00:23:07.020 He wasn't a victim
00:23:08.080 of natural disasters.
00:23:11.140 He was a victim
00:23:12.360 targeted specifically
00:23:14.080 by the government
00:23:15.640 of the United States.
00:23:17.560 If Michael Flynn
00:23:18.720 says
00:23:19.160 they should all
00:23:20.540 be shot,
00:23:22.300 I would disagree
00:23:23.600 with that vigorously
00:23:24.600 and I would support
00:23:26.400 his right to say it.
00:23:28.660 I support his right
00:23:29.820 to say it.
00:23:30.580 He earned it.
00:23:32.340 Right?
00:23:32.560 If there's one person
00:23:33.380 in the country
00:23:33.820 who can say that
00:23:34.620 without me bothering
00:23:36.460 to, you know,
00:23:37.400 make a deal about it,
00:23:38.300 it's him.
00:23:38.720 He's the only one.
00:23:40.120 You know,
00:23:40.400 maybe I can think
00:23:41.120 of somebody else.
00:23:42.260 But if your government
00:23:43.200 targets you
00:23:44.000 for destruction,
00:23:45.280 for political purposes,
00:23:47.400 and you call
00:23:48.180 for a violent overthrow
00:23:49.440 of that government,
00:23:51.600 you're within your rights.
00:23:54.140 You're within the rights
00:23:55.780 of free speech
00:23:56.600 and you're not crazy.
00:23:59.220 You're not crazy.
00:24:00.660 And
00:24:01.100 you've got
00:24:03.300 a perfectly good case.
00:24:06.060 My preference
00:24:08.520 is we don't do that.
00:24:10.520 Right?
00:24:10.640 So I'm not promoting it.
00:24:13.300 I'm not apologizing for it.
00:24:14.620 I'm not supporting
00:24:15.280 anything he said.
00:24:16.280 I disavow it completely.
00:24:18.660 But I give him a pass
00:24:19.880 at the same time.
00:24:20.640 He's the only one
00:24:21.220 who can say that.
00:24:23.420 All right.
00:24:27.880 So CNN
00:24:28.680 has described
00:24:29.620 the blocking
00:24:30.980 by the Republicans
00:24:31.920 of the so-called
00:24:32.860 January 6th Commission
00:24:34.160 to look into it.
00:24:37.820 So CNN
00:24:38.660 is calling
00:24:39.120 the blocking
00:24:39.680 of that commission
00:24:40.360 a gut punch
00:24:41.280 to democracy.
00:24:43.260 So
00:24:43.820 I did a little poll
00:24:44.820 and I asked
00:24:45.300 what is a bigger
00:24:45.920 gut punch
00:24:46.700 to democracy?
00:24:47.880 The blocking
00:24:48.480 of the January 6th commission
00:24:49.740 or
00:24:50.220 CNN?
00:24:52.220 Which is the bigger
00:24:53.280 gut punch
00:24:54.020 to democracy?
00:24:55.520 The results
00:24:56.300 the last I looked
00:24:57.160 were
00:24:57.480 5% of respondents
00:24:59.280 said that
00:24:59.920 blocking the January 6th commission
00:25:01.600 is a
00:25:02.140 gut punch
00:25:03.700 to democracy
00:25:04.400 and 95%
00:25:05.960 say CNN
00:25:06.760 is a
00:25:07.380 gut punch
00:25:08.540 to democracy.
00:25:09.860 And if you think
00:25:10.820 I like saying
00:25:11.560 gut punch
00:25:12.680 to democracy
00:25:13.340 well
00:25:14.680 you're right.
00:25:17.140 I do like saying it.
00:25:19.360 Looks like
00:25:20.320 Joe Biden
00:25:20.980 has introduced
00:25:21.700 a number of
00:25:22.420 overt
00:25:22.940 racist policies
00:25:24.300 to quote
00:25:25.760 close the racial
00:25:26.960 wealth gap.
00:25:28.320 You fucking
00:25:28.960 racist.
00:25:30.280 You fucking
00:25:31.480 piece of shit.
00:25:32.480 You've taken
00:25:34.240 the best part
00:25:35.080 about this country
00:25:35.880 and you just
00:25:36.720 pissed on it.
00:25:38.080 You fucking
00:25:38.700 piece of shit
00:25:39.480 Joe Biden.
00:25:40.720 You racist
00:25:41.260 piece of shit.
00:25:43.520 Alright,
00:25:44.040 that's my opinion.
00:25:44.880 Now let's talk
00:25:45.340 about it.
00:25:48.400 As you know
00:25:49.320 I have been
00:25:50.880 in favor of
00:25:51.840 a creative
00:25:53.100 approach
00:25:53.620 to
00:25:54.080 reparations.
00:25:56.140 So
00:25:56.600 out of all
00:25:57.980 the people
00:25:58.320 watching this
00:25:58.980 I might be
00:25:59.600 in the very
00:26:00.160 small percentage
00:26:00.960 of people
00:26:01.380 who say
00:26:01.780 you know
00:26:02.460 we should
00:26:03.360 look at
00:26:03.660 this
00:26:03.840 reparations
00:26:04.480 thing.
00:26:05.500 At least
00:26:05.960 you know
00:26:06.660 suss out
00:26:07.600 all the
00:26:07.960 possibilities
00:26:08.600 see what
00:26:09.960 we could
00:26:10.280 do
00:26:10.660 what works
00:26:11.520 what's
00:26:12.000 politically
00:26:12.440 and socially
00:26:13.880 acceptable
00:26:14.480 that might
00:26:15.160 make a
00:26:15.520 difference
00:26:16.020 etc.
00:26:17.120 I've argued
00:26:18.000 that you
00:26:18.400 can't get
00:26:18.900 there
00:26:19.220 unless you
00:26:19.920 help all
00:26:20.460 poor people
00:26:21.040 but
00:26:21.940 helping all
00:26:23.320 poor people
00:26:23.920 with an
00:26:24.540 express interest
00:26:25.420 and making
00:26:25.980 sure that we
00:26:26.520 also close
00:26:27.380 you know
00:26:28.200 the wealth
00:26:28.840 gap
00:26:29.220 I'm fine
00:26:30.260 with that.
00:26:30.600 let's
00:26:31.400 close
00:26:31.760 the wealth
00:26:32.380 gap
00:26:32.760 does
00:26:34.480 anybody
00:26:34.720 have a
00:26:35.640 problem
00:26:36.000 with poor
00:26:37.340 people
00:26:37.660 doing better?
00:26:38.540 No.
00:26:39.080 It's just
00:26:39.440 how you
00:26:39.740 do it
00:26:40.060 right?
00:26:40.680 It's the
00:26:41.100 mechanism
00:26:41.540 to make
00:26:41.940 that happen
00:26:42.380 that's the
00:26:42.920 controversy.
00:26:44.640 And so
00:26:45.040 Joe Biden
00:26:46.300 is going to
00:26:47.360 use government
00:26:47.900 funding to
00:26:48.860 directly benefit
00:26:50.540 black businesses
00:26:52.200 and there are a
00:26:52.960 number of other
00:26:53.960 things he's
00:26:54.440 looking to
00:26:54.900 but they all
00:26:55.640 have the same
00:26:56.280 element
00:26:56.800 that instead
00:26:58.320 of saying
00:26:58.820 we're going
00:26:59.540 to close
00:27:00.020 the income
00:27:00.800 gap
00:27:01.220 which a lot
00:27:03.140 of people
00:27:03.480 would say
00:27:04.000 is a good
00:27:04.460 idea
00:27:04.860 as long as
00:27:06.000 you're not
00:27:06.300 just taking
00:27:06.940 it from the
00:27:07.420 rich and
00:27:07.860 transferring it
00:27:08.660 then it's a
00:27:09.480 different issue
00:27:09.920 but if you
00:27:10.640 can make
00:27:11.000 poor people
00:27:11.840 richer
00:27:12.520 I feel like
00:27:14.340 everybody likes
00:27:15.060 that if you
00:27:15.780 can figure out
00:27:16.280 how to do
00:27:16.640 it.
00:27:19.400 But so
00:27:20.520 Biden has
00:27:21.020 figured out
00:27:21.460 how to do
00:27:22.180 reparations
00:27:22.860 so instead
00:27:23.940 of asking
00:27:24.480 people to
00:27:25.020 write a
00:27:25.400 check to
00:27:26.640 individual
00:27:27.340 black Americans
00:27:28.680 who are
00:27:29.060 descended from
00:27:29.720 slavery
00:27:30.060 which would
00:27:31.100 be almost
00:27:31.600 impossible to
00:27:32.420 figure out
00:27:32.840 how to do
00:27:33.260 it, how
00:27:33.740 much, who
00:27:34.320 pays, who
00:27:34.920 doesn't pay,
00:27:35.860 who gets it,
00:27:36.480 who doesn't
00:27:36.800 get it, that
00:27:37.300 would be
00:27:37.560 impossible.
00:27:38.700 But Biden
00:27:39.140 actually found
00:27:39.700 a workaround.
00:27:41.100 So let me
00:27:41.700 start by saying
00:27:42.540 good job.
00:27:47.340 You know
00:27:47.940 the most
00:27:48.540 annoying thing
00:27:49.300 that I'll
00:27:49.640 ever do
00:27:50.120 is compliment
00:27:51.920 people's
00:27:52.580 effectiveness
00:27:53.240 even if I
00:27:55.280 hate what
00:27:55.640 they're doing.
00:27:56.740 Now I did
00:27:57.340 it consistently
00:27:58.800 with Trump.
00:27:59.980 I would talk
00:28:00.520 about his
00:28:00.940 technique
00:28:01.680 separate from
00:28:03.080 whether I
00:28:03.680 liked it or
00:28:04.200 not, or
00:28:04.940 whether I
00:28:05.440 liked the
00:28:05.760 policy or
00:28:06.220 not.
00:28:06.420 That's a
00:28:06.620 separate
00:28:06.780 question.
00:28:07.880 And I'm
00:28:09.440 going to
00:28:09.660 say that
00:28:10.560 Joe Biden
00:28:11.120 was in a
00:28:11.600 tough spot
00:28:12.240 because people
00:28:13.660 wanted
00:28:14.100 reparations,
00:28:15.100 but he
00:28:15.440 really couldn't
00:28:16.080 do that.
00:28:17.300 There wasn't
00:28:17.720 any way he
00:28:18.300 could just
00:28:18.680 figure out a
00:28:20.040 way for the
00:28:20.960 government to
00:28:21.580 cut checks.
00:28:22.580 And just
00:28:23.300 give them to
00:28:23.940 black Americans.
00:28:24.720 That wasn't
00:28:25.200 going to
00:28:25.420 happen.
00:28:26.160 But he
00:28:26.680 found a
00:28:27.020 workaround.
00:28:28.140 He will
00:28:28.520 increase our
00:28:29.160 taxes and
00:28:30.000 or increase
00:28:30.800 our debt and
00:28:32.240 funnel a lot
00:28:33.140 of that money.
00:28:34.280 Most of it
00:28:35.020 comes from rich
00:28:35.580 people because
00:28:36.180 that's who
00:28:36.500 pays taxes
00:28:37.160 mostly.
00:28:38.400 And he'll
00:28:39.300 give it to
00:28:39.660 black businesses
00:28:40.380 specifically and
00:28:41.680 other things that
00:28:42.520 are targeted for
00:28:43.400 black Americans.
00:28:45.180 Now that of
00:28:45.880 course is just
00:28:46.500 pure racism.
00:28:47.820 And fuck
00:28:48.580 you.
00:28:49.740 It's pure
00:28:50.280 racism.
00:28:50.660 So I
00:28:51.700 don't support
00:28:52.340 racism in
00:28:53.260 any direction
00:28:54.020 because that's
00:28:55.320 not the country
00:28:55.980 I want to
00:28:56.440 live in.
00:28:57.380 And indeed I
00:28:58.000 would move
00:28:58.340 out of the
00:28:58.700 country if
00:28:59.820 this becomes
00:29:00.540 more of a
00:29:01.320 norm than it
00:29:01.860 is.
00:29:02.080 It's already
00:29:02.400 pretty bad.
00:29:03.380 Now I'm
00:29:03.940 speaking as
00:29:04.380 somebody who's
00:29:04.860 lost a couple
00:29:05.500 of jobs.
00:29:07.000 Some of you
00:29:07.680 know my story.
00:29:08.520 I've written
00:29:08.820 about it a lot.
00:29:10.080 Because I'm
00:29:10.760 white.
00:29:12.040 Specifically
00:29:12.440 because I'm
00:29:13.120 white and
00:29:13.840 male.
00:29:14.100 In other
00:29:15.000 words my
00:29:15.340 bosses told
00:29:16.000 me directly
00:29:17.280 we can't
00:29:18.640 promote you
00:29:19.240 because you're
00:29:20.180 white and
00:29:20.660 male and
00:29:21.220 it doesn't
00:29:21.560 look like
00:29:21.900 that's going
00:29:22.280 to change
00:29:22.820 anytime soon.
00:29:24.120 Two different
00:29:24.520 jobs.
00:29:25.460 Which is why
00:29:26.160 I'm a
00:29:26.400 cartoonist.
00:29:27.200 I had to
00:29:27.480 go work for
00:29:27.960 myself because
00:29:29.320 having a boss
00:29:30.020 didn't work.
00:29:33.160 Maybe you've
00:29:33.840 seen a cartoon
00:29:34.360 about that.
00:29:35.020 Bosses that
00:29:35.600 are not good
00:29:36.680 for you.
00:29:37.880 So I hate
00:29:39.340 Joe Biden.
00:29:39.920 He's a
00:29:40.360 fucking racist
00:29:41.100 and he's
00:29:42.240 introducing racist
00:29:43.280 policies and
00:29:44.480 he should be
00:29:45.340 completely
00:29:45.960 disavowed.
00:29:47.560 But if I'm
00:29:48.780 looking at the
00:29:49.420 quality of his
00:29:50.160 technique it's
00:29:51.480 pretty good.
00:29:52.900 It's pretty good.
00:29:54.200 If he pulls
00:29:54.940 this off I
00:29:57.380 think he's got a
00:29:58.080 good argument
00:29:58.580 that he helped
00:29:59.320 black Americans
00:30:00.240 and they might
00:30:00.980 reward him or
00:30:01.860 the Democrats
00:30:02.500 in elections.
00:30:04.140 So politically
00:30:05.140 it's probably
00:30:06.260 pretty good.
00:30:08.060 He's just a
00:30:08.680 fucking racist.
00:30:10.040 All right.
00:30:10.540 Biden has a
00:30:11.500 China problem.
00:30:12.300 I think Liz
00:30:13.400 Peek was
00:30:13.800 writing about
00:30:14.260 this on Fox
00:30:14.980 News website.
00:30:16.880 And the
00:30:17.420 problem goes
00:30:17.860 like this.
00:30:18.680 We have all
00:30:19.160 these things we
00:30:19.680 need to
00:30:19.980 negotiate with
00:30:20.640 China but
00:30:21.960 here's my
00:30:22.600 question.
00:30:24.240 Do you
00:30:24.740 personally know
00:30:26.360 how much China
00:30:27.460 knows about
00:30:28.480 Hunter Biden?
00:30:30.500 Do you?
00:30:31.920 I mean you
00:30:32.680 know what the
00:30:33.840 news has reported
00:30:34.780 that Hunter Biden
00:30:35.620 did or
00:30:36.980 allegedly did or
00:30:38.220 did not,
00:30:38.880 right?
00:30:39.040 Michael says
00:30:43.020 if they can do
00:30:43.560 it to Michael
00:30:44.580 Flynn they can
00:30:45.180 do it to
00:30:45.520 anybody and
00:30:45.960 get away with
00:30:46.420 it.
00:30:46.520 Yeah, that's
00:30:46.800 true.
00:30:47.580 That's true.
00:30:49.740 But Biden
00:30:50.380 has a problem
00:30:51.060 which is
00:30:52.220 you've probably
00:30:52.760 heard this
00:30:53.240 standard before
00:30:54.320 that if
00:30:55.360 somebody has
00:30:56.100 a conflict of
00:30:57.000 interest they
00:30:58.420 should call it
00:30:59.060 out.
00:30:59.300 and yeah
00:31:05.280 that's a good
00:31:05.980 point.
00:31:06.300 Joe Biden
00:31:06.680 was responsible
00:31:07.420 for the
00:31:07.900 destruction of
00:31:08.640 General Flynn
00:31:09.260 by calling out
00:31:10.580 the Logan
00:31:10.960 Act and
00:31:12.000 Biden's the
00:31:12.640 government.
00:31:14.440 If you were
00:31:15.300 Michael Flynn
00:31:15.960 and the very
00:31:17.340 guy who was
00:31:18.600 like at the
00:31:19.140 center of
00:31:19.940 your targeting
00:31:21.160 was running
00:31:22.280 the government
00:31:22.820 would you be
00:31:23.800 in favor of a
00:31:24.640 violent overthrow
00:31:25.700 of the government?
00:31:27.880 Maybe.
00:31:29.300 Maybe you
00:31:29.860 would be.
00:31:31.060 Yeah.
00:31:31.440 All right.
00:31:32.620 So anyway
00:31:33.120 Biden has a
00:31:34.000 China problem
00:31:34.500 which is
00:31:35.040 you've heard
00:31:35.420 the saying
00:31:35.800 that you
00:31:36.380 should avoid
00:31:36.960 even the
00:31:37.600 appearance of
00:31:39.120 conflict of
00:31:39.800 interest.
00:31:40.620 Correct?
00:31:41.600 Not only
00:31:42.220 do I have
00:31:42.760 something on
00:31:43.100 my shirt?
00:31:44.060 You should
00:31:44.500 not only
00:31:45.520 avoid actual
00:31:46.460 conflict of
00:31:47.240 interest but
00:31:48.700 you want to
00:31:49.160 avoid the
00:31:50.200 appearance of
00:31:51.160 it because
00:31:52.080 the effectiveness
00:31:53.980 of our
00:31:54.560 government is
00:31:55.560 partly if not
00:31:56.740 largely based on
00:31:58.240 their credibility.
00:31:59.300 If the
00:31:59.900 government is
00:32:00.400 doing good
00:32:00.980 things or
00:32:01.920 at least
00:32:02.160 trying to
00:32:02.640 do good
00:32:02.980 things you'll
00:32:03.400 say all
00:32:03.720 right you
00:32:04.660 know you
00:32:04.920 can you
00:32:05.500 can still
00:32:05.860 be in
00:32:06.180 charge.
00:32:07.420 But what
00:32:07.720 if you
00:32:09.420 don't know
00:32:10.220 if Joe
00:32:11.140 Biden's
00:32:11.640 decisions are
00:32:12.480 based on
00:32:13.140 maybe concern
00:32:14.860 about what
00:32:15.380 China knows
00:32:16.020 about his
00:32:16.720 son?
00:32:17.840 Do you
00:32:18.280 know?
00:32:19.180 You don't
00:32:19.540 know what
00:32:19.860 China knows
00:32:20.400 do you?
00:32:21.220 You don't
00:32:21.580 know what
00:32:21.960 Joe Biden
00:32:23.360 knows about
00:32:24.100 Hunter?
00:32:24.620 You don't
00:32:24.880 know what
00:32:25.140 Hunter Biden
00:32:25.640 knows about
00:32:26.100 himself?
00:32:26.440 You don't
00:32:27.380 know.
00:32:28.920 So how
00:32:30.360 can Joe
00:32:31.360 Biden be
00:32:32.100 our credible
00:32:33.960 leader against
00:32:34.920 the number
00:32:35.580 one important
00:32:36.560 topic to
00:32:37.860 this country
00:32:38.440 which is
00:32:39.060 the future
00:32:40.080 of the
00:32:40.460 United States
00:32:41.040 vis-a-vis
00:32:41.820 China?
00:32:43.920 It's one of
00:32:44.700 our biggest
00:32:45.040 questions, if
00:32:45.580 not the
00:32:45.940 biggest question,
00:32:46.620 it's probably
00:32:46.920 the biggest
00:32:47.420 question.
00:32:48.840 And our
00:32:49.320 leader is
00:32:50.680 the only
00:32:51.340 person I
00:32:51.920 know of,
00:32:53.020 there must
00:32:53.440 be more,
00:32:53.860 but the
00:32:54.200 only one
00:32:54.500 I know
00:32:54.840 of, who
00:32:56.620 I can't
00:32:57.140 trust, right?
00:32:59.880 Now I'm not
00:33:00.600 saying I can't
00:33:01.180 trust him because
00:33:01.700 he's a
00:33:02.020 Democrat, and
00:33:03.240 I'm not saying
00:33:03.760 I can't trust
00:33:04.380 him because
00:33:04.720 he's Joe
00:33:05.180 Biden.
00:33:05.840 I actually
00:33:06.660 do think a
00:33:07.400 Democrat and
00:33:08.860 a Joe
00:33:09.580 Biden without
00:33:10.180 any, you
00:33:11.200 know, conflict
00:33:11.760 would be
00:33:13.060 perfectly capable
00:33:13.920 of, you
00:33:15.060 know, dealing
00:33:15.420 with China.
00:33:16.920 But, somebody
00:33:18.760 whose son
00:33:19.800 might be a
00:33:20.380 risk, I
00:33:22.660 don't think
00:33:23.040 so.
00:33:24.640 I don't
00:33:25.160 think we
00:33:25.940 can trust
00:33:26.380 Biden on
00:33:26.940 any China
00:33:27.680 question.
00:33:28.560 So what
00:33:28.900 do you do
00:33:29.200 about that?
00:33:30.400 Well, I
00:33:31.000 almost think
00:33:31.580 that Biden
00:33:32.020 should recuse
00:33:32.940 himself.
00:33:34.040 Except if
00:33:34.720 he did, it
00:33:35.680 would sort
00:33:36.260 of indicate
00:33:36.980 that Biden's
00:33:37.600 guilty.
00:33:38.780 So he
00:33:39.360 can't even
00:33:39.740 recuse
00:33:40.160 himself.
00:33:41.340 Now, how
00:33:41.860 would a
00:33:42.120 president
00:33:42.440 recuse
00:33:42.920 himself?
00:33:43.420 Because there's
00:33:43.740 nobody to
00:33:44.180 take the
00:33:44.840 president's
00:33:45.280 job, right?
00:33:45.980 Like, who
00:33:46.340 steps in?
00:33:47.480 And the
00:33:49.700 only way I
00:33:50.180 could imagine
00:33:50.720 would be to
00:33:51.820 set up some
00:33:52.420 kind of a
00:33:52.840 commission of
00:33:53.740 people who
00:33:54.160 are not
00:33:54.560 Joe Biden,
00:33:55.260 and they
00:33:55.580 could be
00:33:55.820 just Democrats
00:33:56.420 because they
00:33:56.900 would report
00:33:57.320 to him,
00:33:57.980 and have
00:33:58.440 that commission
00:33:58.960 come up with
00:33:59.600 recommendations,
00:34:01.000 and the
00:34:01.500 commission would
00:34:02.100 not have a
00:34:02.880 bias, and
00:34:03.340 then you
00:34:04.040 would see if
00:34:04.660 Biden uses
00:34:06.200 what they
00:34:06.840 come up with,
00:34:07.460 but you'd be
00:34:08.000 concerned that
00:34:08.580 they would be
00:34:09.340 co-opted to do
00:34:10.420 whatever Biden
00:34:10.980 wanted, so
00:34:11.780 maybe that
00:34:12.740 wouldn't work
00:34:13.160 either.
00:34:13.400 Ken Davis
00:34:17.960 says, this
00:34:18.540 marks five
00:34:19.320 episodes where
00:34:20.120 you haven't
00:34:20.480 made me
00:34:20.840 mad.
00:34:21.420 Try harder.
00:34:22.580 Well, Ken,
00:34:23.820 I think
00:34:24.840 transgender
00:34:25.900 athletes should
00:34:27.140 have every
00:34:27.820 right to
00:34:28.300 compete
00:34:28.660 anywhere they
00:34:29.380 want.
00:34:32.140 Actually, I
00:34:32.860 don't believe
00:34:33.320 that.
00:34:34.100 What I do
00:34:34.580 believe is that
00:34:35.240 all athletes
00:34:35.920 should be
00:34:36.500 competing against
00:34:37.840 people who
00:34:38.420 are of similar
00:34:39.300 capabilities.
00:34:40.000 I don't
00:34:41.540 think that
00:34:42.440 their genders
00:34:43.000 should matter,
00:34:44.200 so I don't
00:34:44.980 think that we
00:34:45.920 should be
00:34:46.300 having men's
00:34:47.900 teams and
00:34:48.540 women's teams
00:34:49.420 only.
00:34:50.680 I think we
00:34:51.540 should also
00:34:51.920 have co-ed
00:34:52.440 teams, and
00:34:54.000 then people
00:34:54.440 can just
00:34:55.020 play with
00:34:55.420 whatever level
00:34:56.880 that they're
00:34:58.100 capable to
00:34:58.640 play with.
00:34:59.740 So I don't
00:35:00.760 believe that we
00:35:01.280 should keep
00:35:01.620 the teams
00:35:02.100 the way they
00:35:02.680 are, with
00:35:03.660 just women
00:35:04.320 and just
00:35:04.960 men, and
00:35:05.500 then throw
00:35:05.900 some transgender
00:35:06.940 athletes into
00:35:08.460 the mix and
00:35:09.000 hope it works
00:35:09.520 out.
00:35:10.000 Because it
00:35:10.620 won't.
00:35:11.620 Obviously it
00:35:12.300 won't.
00:35:13.260 So my point
00:35:14.320 on the
00:35:14.640 transgender thing,
00:35:15.580 which I don't
00:35:15.940 know if I
00:35:16.260 ever said it
00:35:16.760 clearly, is
00:35:18.160 people are
00:35:20.000 not broken.
00:35:21.720 The system
00:35:22.680 of how we
00:35:23.940 organize and
00:35:24.980 do sports is
00:35:26.260 completely broken.
00:35:28.100 And if you
00:35:28.600 think that the
00:35:29.140 problem is with
00:35:29.700 the people, I
00:35:31.300 don't think that's
00:35:31.860 a good way to
00:35:32.360 organize society.
00:35:33.900 I think we
00:35:34.440 should always
00:35:34.840 say, okay,
00:35:35.500 people, you're
00:35:36.460 all really
00:35:36.940 different, but
00:35:38.600 none of you
00:35:39.080 are broken.
00:35:40.580 For our
00:35:41.060 purposes, you're
00:35:42.340 all just
00:35:42.700 different.
00:35:43.480 We're not
00:35:43.840 going to judge
00:35:44.400 you.
00:35:44.940 You're just
00:35:45.340 different.
00:35:46.460 And if you
00:35:46.860 have a system
00:35:47.540 that can't
00:35:48.920 handle the
00:35:49.420 differences among
00:35:50.280 people without
00:35:51.020 breaking, well,
00:35:52.120 your system's
00:35:52.660 broken.
00:35:53.540 It's not a
00:35:54.120 problem with
00:35:54.380 the people.
00:35:55.560 People are
00:35:56.000 fine.
00:35:56.800 We're all
00:35:57.160 different.
00:35:58.320 Get over it.
00:35:59.100 make a system
00:36:01.380 that works when
00:36:03.440 you know people
00:36:04.000 are all
00:36:04.300 different.
00:36:04.980 If you can't
00:36:05.480 make that
00:36:05.800 system, don't
00:36:06.440 complain about
00:36:07.080 the people.
00:36:09.100 And it would
00:36:09.540 be easy to
00:36:10.020 make that
00:36:10.340 system.
00:36:10.900 I've been in
00:36:11.680 such a system.
00:36:12.820 I've been on
00:36:13.480 co-ed teams in
00:36:15.320 which the gender
00:36:16.220 didn't matter at
00:36:16.840 all.
00:36:17.400 It only mattered
00:36:18.040 if you could
00:36:18.540 play at the
00:36:19.100 level of the
00:36:19.640 other players.
00:36:20.800 That's all.
00:36:21.640 It didn't matter
00:36:22.220 anything else.
00:36:26.780 And I'm
00:36:28.260 seeing in the
00:36:28.660 comments the
00:36:29.320 issue of
00:36:29.800 transgender on
00:36:31.060 minors.
00:36:32.660 I don't approve
00:36:33.720 of transgender
00:36:34.720 surgery on
00:36:36.460 minors.
00:36:37.600 Let me say
00:36:38.040 that clearly.
00:36:39.080 I don't
00:36:39.900 approve of
00:36:41.080 that.
00:36:43.640 Unfortunately,
00:36:44.840 it's also not
00:36:45.720 my decision
00:36:46.380 because I do
00:36:47.760 approve of
00:36:49.640 the parents
00:36:50.160 being able to
00:36:50.920 control the
00:36:51.800 fate of their
00:36:52.560 family.
00:36:54.240 That's not
00:36:54.880 always going to
00:36:55.320 be good.
00:36:56.360 Sometimes they're
00:36:57.120 going to make
00:36:57.400 bad decisions,
00:36:58.200 sometimes tragic
00:36:59.000 decisions.
00:37:00.200 But I don't
00:37:01.020 think I should
00:37:01.680 be making that
00:37:02.260 decision for
00:37:02.840 some other
00:37:03.220 family.
00:37:04.100 I just think
00:37:04.660 it's a mistake
00:37:05.360 and unambiguously
00:37:06.400 a mistake.
00:37:07.700 If those kids
00:37:08.480 want to make
00:37:08.940 those decisions
00:37:09.660 later in life,
00:37:10.700 that's different.
00:37:12.540 All right.
00:37:16.520 Forget that
00:37:18.280 one.
00:37:19.440 You know,
00:37:19.940 I can't get
00:37:20.520 over this fact
00:37:21.140 that the
00:37:22.400 survey showed
00:37:23.060 that people
00:37:24.120 who are very
00:37:24.800 liberal,
00:37:25.740 especially the
00:37:26.700 white women,
00:37:27.960 have way more
00:37:29.020 mental illness
00:37:29.780 than other
00:37:30.540 people.
00:37:32.000 And here's
00:37:33.000 a question I
00:37:34.080 don't really
00:37:34.780 know has been
00:37:35.420 answered.
00:37:38.720 Scott's silly
00:37:39.860 argument.
00:37:40.960 Well, I
00:37:41.520 will hide
00:37:44.420 you so you
00:37:45.500 disappeared.
00:37:47.040 You can tell
00:37:47.740 me what's wrong
00:37:48.300 with my arguments.
00:37:49.300 That's always
00:37:50.160 acceptable.
00:37:51.620 But if you
00:37:52.620 write in all
00:37:53.320 caps,
00:37:54.220 Scott's silly
00:37:55.160 argument,
00:37:56.820 then I
00:37:58.480 got to deal
00:37:58.900 with you.
00:37:59.700 I got to
00:38:00.400 take care of
00:38:00.800 that.
00:38:02.140 All right.
00:38:02.860 So what do
00:38:03.580 you think?
00:38:04.040 Do you think
00:38:04.420 having a mental
00:38:05.100 disorder makes
00:38:05.920 you more likely
00:38:06.660 to say you're
00:38:07.520 very liberal?
00:38:08.560 Or does being
00:38:09.840 very liberal
00:38:10.480 cause a mental
00:38:11.640 illness?
00:38:12.600 Which one
00:38:13.120 causes the
00:38:13.780 other?
00:38:14.880 Or is there
00:38:15.620 any causation?
00:38:16.360 Maybe it's
00:38:16.800 just a
00:38:17.520 correlation that
00:38:18.300 has nothing
00:38:18.740 to do with
00:38:19.120 any causation.
00:38:20.300 What do you
00:38:20.680 think?
00:38:22.200 Because I
00:38:23.340 feel like it
00:38:23.900 might be both.
00:38:25.440 It might be
00:38:26.100 that having a
00:38:26.720 mental illness
00:38:27.380 causes you to
00:38:28.480 be very liberal
00:38:29.220 because there's
00:38:30.640 a lot you have
00:38:31.400 to accept that
00:38:32.320 doesn't quite
00:38:32.940 fit the
00:38:33.740 rational model.
00:38:35.940 But it could
00:38:36.840 also be that
00:38:38.580 buying into a
00:38:39.420 certain set of
00:38:40.240 fears and a
00:38:42.460 certain frame of
00:38:43.480 how the world
00:38:44.040 works and whether
00:38:44.900 you're a victim
00:38:45.500 or not could
00:38:46.780 cause you
00:38:47.200 mental illness.
00:38:48.700 Yeah, I think
00:38:49.240 it's bi-directional
00:38:49.900 like a lot of
00:38:51.020 things are.
00:38:51.940 In fact, if
00:38:52.640 you had a new
00:38:54.380 situation and
00:38:55.340 you said, oh,
00:38:55.820 there's some
00:38:56.160 cause and
00:38:56.620 there's some
00:38:56.920 effect and
00:38:57.940 you don't know
00:38:58.520 anything about
00:38:59.040 anything, your
00:39:00.180 best guess is
00:39:01.320 that it's
00:39:01.620 bi-directional
00:39:02.300 because a lot
00:39:03.360 of things are.
00:39:07.040 All right, so
00:39:08.880 here are some
00:39:09.540 taboo topics.
00:39:11.540 We can't talk
00:39:12.440 too much about
00:39:13.060 whether your
00:39:13.500 phone causes
00:39:14.200 mental illness
00:39:14.980 because nobody
00:39:16.660 wants to get
00:39:17.140 rid of their
00:39:17.460 phone and the
00:39:18.880 companies that
00:39:19.920 make them make
00:39:20.500 a lot of
00:39:20.820 money and we
00:39:22.400 just don't want
00:39:22.920 to talk about
00:39:23.380 that too much
00:39:23.980 even though we
00:39:24.460 know it's a
00:39:24.820 giant problem.
00:39:26.260 We don't want
00:39:26.640 to talk about
00:39:27.120 whether fake
00:39:27.720 news causes
00:39:28.400 mental illness
00:39:29.220 because of
00:39:30.400 course it does.
00:39:31.660 Of course it
00:39:32.220 does.
00:39:33.040 And I would
00:39:33.520 think that
00:39:34.080 watching CNN
00:39:35.140 would cause
00:39:35.840 mental illness.
00:39:37.360 Not a joke.
00:39:39.620 Not a joke.
00:39:40.540 It seems to
00:39:41.940 me obvious
00:39:42.800 that if you
00:39:44.180 watched CNN
00:39:45.040 and MSNBC
00:39:46.180 you would get
00:39:46.960 mental illness.
00:39:48.800 And I'm not
00:39:49.520 joking about
00:39:50.000 that.
00:39:50.420 That's just
00:39:51.000 dead serious.
00:39:52.320 And it's not
00:39:53.120 partisan.
00:39:54.340 It's just
00:39:54.760 observational.
00:39:56.000 I look at the
00:39:56.640 things they say.
00:39:58.300 Imagine for
00:39:59.060 example you
00:39:59.660 thought you
00:40:00.120 really lived in
00:40:00.940 a country in
00:40:02.280 which the
00:40:02.720 president had
00:40:04.020 really said
00:40:05.400 that neo-Nazis
00:40:06.420 were very fine
00:40:07.360 people.
00:40:07.700 Now most
00:40:09.180 of you watching
00:40:09.680 this know
00:40:10.160 that that
00:40:10.520 didn't happen.
00:40:11.280 It was a
00:40:11.600 fake edit
00:40:12.100 and that he
00:40:13.480 said exactly
00:40:14.120 the opposite
00:40:14.660 strongly.
00:40:16.200 But maybe
00:40:17.660 three quarters
00:40:18.300 of the country
00:40:18.820 believed that
00:40:19.340 actually happened.
00:40:20.700 Imagine if you
00:40:21.380 thought that
00:40:21.820 happened.
00:40:23.240 I mean
00:40:23.440 seriously.
00:40:24.460 Imagine if you
00:40:25.360 believed that
00:40:26.600 actually happened.
00:40:28.180 That you were
00:40:28.640 living in a
00:40:29.240 country where
00:40:30.180 the president
00:40:31.060 praised white
00:40:32.560 supremacists
00:40:33.460 right on TV.
00:40:35.540 How would that
00:40:36.340 make you feel?
00:40:37.700 Well I feel
00:40:38.360 like I'd have
00:40:38.860 some mental
00:40:39.320 illness.
00:40:39.960 I'd have a
00:40:40.800 little bit of
00:40:41.280 anxiety.
00:40:42.120 I'd get a
00:40:42.820 little bit
00:40:43.140 depressed.
00:40:44.060 I'd feel like
00:40:44.760 we're doomed.
00:40:46.220 So yes CNN
00:40:47.600 causes mental
00:40:48.720 illness.
00:40:49.160 There's no doubt
00:40:49.660 in my mind.
00:40:50.900 I mean obviously
00:40:52.100 you have to wait
00:40:52.680 for a scientific
00:40:53.620 well controlled
00:40:55.200 study to know
00:40:56.060 for sure.
00:40:57.360 But do you?
00:40:58.560 Do you really
00:40:59.280 need to wait
00:40:59.720 for the study?
00:41:01.020 Sometimes things
00:41:02.020 are a little too
00:41:02.640 obvious.
00:41:03.420 You don't have
00:41:03.840 to wait for the
00:41:04.360 study.
00:41:05.100 But I could be
00:41:06.000 wrong.
00:41:06.300 I always try
00:41:08.800 to keep that
00:41:09.320 recording going.
00:41:10.320 By the way
00:41:10.620 this is a trick
00:41:11.940 that I teach
00:41:12.680 you in my
00:41:13.880 book Loser
00:41:14.500 Think.
00:41:15.900 That it's good
00:41:16.600 to when you
00:41:17.440 have a strong
00:41:18.100 opinion about
00:41:18.740 something.
00:41:19.280 Especially if
00:41:19.860 you're really
00:41:20.400 certain.
00:41:22.460 Sometimes when
00:41:23.400 you state your
00:41:24.200 opinion with
00:41:24.860 certainty just
00:41:26.240 cap it off
00:41:26.980 with but I
00:41:28.060 could be
00:41:28.300 wrong.
00:41:29.480 It's just a
00:41:30.020 good hygiene
00:41:30.740 for your brain.
00:41:32.240 You should
00:41:32.480 always remind
00:41:33.180 yourself especially
00:41:34.180 when you're
00:41:34.660 certain but I
00:41:36.140 could be
00:41:36.360 wrong.
00:41:37.460 It gives
00:41:37.800 you a little
00:41:38.220 mental out.
00:41:39.600 I don't know
00:41:40.700 this for sure but
00:41:41.360 I think it gives
00:41:41.920 you a little
00:41:42.320 protection against
00:41:43.400 cognitive dissonance.
00:41:45.660 Compare these
00:41:46.280 two things.
00:41:47.460 I'm definitely
00:41:48.140 right versus
00:41:49.720 I'm very
00:41:51.920 confident about
00:41:52.640 this but I
00:41:53.380 could be
00:41:53.640 wrong.
00:41:55.400 And then what
00:41:55.880 happens if you
00:41:56.460 find out you
00:41:57.080 are wrong?
00:41:58.600 Well the person
00:41:59.200 who says I'm
00:41:59.920 definitely right
00:42:00.840 will be triggered
00:42:02.700 into cognitive
00:42:03.560 dissonance because
00:42:04.800 they don't want
00:42:05.220 to be wrong.
00:42:06.520 That's what
00:42:07.180 causes cognitive
00:42:07.940 dissonance.
00:42:08.960 So saying you're
00:42:09.680 positive and
00:42:10.740 sticking with it
00:42:11.600 is a trap
00:42:13.300 because if it
00:42:14.420 turns out you're
00:42:15.120 wrong or there's
00:42:16.360 counter evidence
00:42:17.040 you won't even
00:42:17.480 be able to see
00:42:18.020 it.
00:42:18.620 It'll be like it
00:42:19.240 will be invisible
00:42:19.980 to you.
00:42:20.740 It's like causing
00:42:21.380 yourself mental
00:42:22.220 illness.
00:42:23.260 You blind
00:42:23.980 yourself by being
00:42:25.720 certain.
00:42:27.060 But if you just
00:42:28.020 have this little
00:42:28.660 bit of technique
00:42:29.540 you say I'm
00:42:30.960 quite confident
00:42:32.380 this is true
00:42:33.100 but I could
00:42:34.340 be wrong.
00:42:36.780 That's your
00:42:37.480 escape.
00:42:38.620 Because let's
00:42:39.140 say you discover
00:42:39.920 that you are
00:42:40.420 wrong.
00:42:41.180 Now you've
00:42:41.700 said I'm
00:42:42.580 very confident
00:42:43.220 but I could
00:42:44.020 be wrong.
00:42:45.000 Are you
00:42:45.400 triggered into
00:42:46.040 cognitive
00:42:46.560 dissonance?
00:42:48.100 Maybe.
00:42:49.220 But I would
00:42:49.780 think you're a
00:42:50.340 little bit safer
00:42:51.040 because you have
00:42:52.060 two opinions.
00:42:53.260 One is I'm
00:42:53.920 confident and
00:42:55.280 two is that I
00:42:56.140 could be wrong.
00:42:57.300 And then when
00:42:57.640 it turns out
00:42:58.060 you're wrong
00:42:58.620 you say well I
00:42:59.560 told you I
00:42:59.940 could be wrong.
00:43:01.060 So at least you
00:43:01.580 have an out.
00:43:02.380 You have an out
00:43:03.400 that protects
00:43:04.020 your ego which
00:43:05.440 in theory should
00:43:07.100 protect you from
00:43:08.040 being triggered
00:43:08.740 into cognitive
00:43:09.480 dissonance.
00:43:10.460 But if you've
00:43:11.160 never given
00:43:11.600 yourself that
00:43:12.200 out I think
00:43:13.700 you're more
00:43:14.040 likely to get
00:43:14.620 triggered into
00:43:15.200 cognitive dissonance.
00:43:17.180 Alright.
00:43:18.580 Here's a story
00:43:19.440 you'll never see.
00:43:20.920 See if you can
00:43:21.820 Google because I
00:43:22.980 couldn't find it.
00:43:24.140 See if you can
00:43:24.680 find a credible
00:43:25.540 study that tracks
00:43:27.080 happiness over time
00:43:28.300 in the United
00:43:29.480 States by
00:43:31.020 ethnicity.
00:43:32.380 so that if you
00:43:33.880 could tell for
00:43:34.360 example let's
00:43:35.620 say Asian
00:43:36.140 Americans their
00:43:36.940 happiness line
00:43:37.800 went like this
00:43:38.780 versus you know
00:43:40.160 white Americans
00:43:40.940 versus black
00:43:41.780 Americans you
00:43:42.800 could actually see
00:43:43.460 over time you
00:43:44.860 know that how
00:43:45.440 their arc of
00:43:46.240 their happiness
00:43:47.840 changed.
00:43:49.480 Why doesn't that
00:43:50.120 exist?
00:43:51.880 Seems like
00:43:52.620 seems like just
00:43:55.060 the most important
00:43:55.880 thing you'd ever
00:43:57.980 want to do
00:43:58.440 doesn't it?
00:43:58.900 why doesn't that
00:44:00.520 exist?
00:44:02.140 You know why
00:44:03.180 right?
00:44:04.360 Now the
00:44:05.420 science tells us
00:44:06.400 that baseline
00:44:07.160 happiness doesn't
00:44:08.140 change much
00:44:08.800 and it doesn't
00:44:09.760 even change much
00:44:10.500 based on your
00:44:11.200 circumstances
00:44:11.900 at least until
00:44:13.660 you get a certain
00:44:14.220 amount of money
00:44:14.780 right?
00:44:15.880 Like 75,000 a
00:44:17.040 year or something
00:44:17.400 like that.
00:44:18.060 So certainly you
00:44:19.140 can be in such a
00:44:19.980 bad situation that
00:44:20.840 you're unhappy
00:44:21.420 no matter what.
00:44:22.480 but for people
00:44:24.000 who are eating
00:44:25.040 you know they
00:44:25.960 can take care of
00:44:26.880 their basics
00:44:27.400 happiness is pretty
00:44:29.060 similar I think.
00:44:30.640 So what would
00:44:31.100 happen to the
00:44:32.640 call for reparations
00:44:33.840 if you found out
00:44:34.640 that black Americans
00:44:35.480 were on average
00:44:36.600 just as happy
00:44:38.080 as white Americans?
00:44:40.380 What problem
00:44:41.440 are you solving?
00:44:43.320 Right?
00:44:44.140 It becomes
00:44:44.800 complicated
00:44:45.400 because if you're
00:44:46.720 trying to solve
00:44:47.860 the problem of
00:44:48.640 giving everybody
00:44:49.400 an equal life
00:44:51.420 or at least
00:44:52.760 equal opportunity
00:44:53.880 for a good life
00:44:54.740 what happens
00:44:55.800 if they're all
00:44:56.240 equally happy
00:44:56.960 already?
00:44:59.000 If everybody's
00:44:59.920 just as happy
00:45:00.800 you don't need
00:45:04.500 to do anything
00:45:05.060 or at least you
00:45:05.800 don't need to
00:45:06.240 transfer resources.
00:45:07.940 But I think
00:45:08.700 there's a reason
00:45:09.280 that we'll never
00:45:09.840 see that study
00:45:10.720 unless you can
00:45:12.040 find it.
00:45:12.540 If you can find
00:45:13.080 it tweet it at me.
00:45:15.700 And then lastly
00:45:16.520 I would say that
00:45:17.360 we should stop
00:45:17.980 calling the
00:45:19.340 question of
00:45:20.500 nuclear energy
00:45:21.420 a debate
00:45:22.320 because I don't
00:45:24.080 believe there are
00:45:24.680 any smart
00:45:25.340 well-informed
00:45:26.160 people who are
00:45:27.400 opposed to
00:45:28.380 nuclear energy.
00:45:29.360 I don't believe
00:45:30.200 there are any
00:45:30.560 on the right
00:45:31.120 and I don't
00:45:32.140 believe there are
00:45:32.580 any on the left.
00:45:33.980 I don't believe
00:45:34.620 anybody who is
00:45:36.020 well-informed
00:45:36.760 about nuclear
00:45:37.660 energy opposes
00:45:38.620 it in 2021.
00:45:40.700 Now of course
00:45:41.180 you can find
00:45:41.820 an exception.
00:45:42.960 Watch me use
00:45:43.640 the technique again.
00:45:45.060 But of course
00:45:45.520 I could be wrong.
00:45:47.380 There could be
00:45:47.880 some people
00:45:48.460 who are well-informed
00:45:49.760 and against it
00:45:50.420 but they'd be
00:45:50.920 very few.
00:45:52.480 So you don't
00:45:52.980 need to show me
00:45:53.560 the one person
00:45:54.200 who's against it.
00:45:55.620 Science as a body
00:45:57.660 is pro-nuclear
00:45:59.480 energy unambiguously.
00:46:01.560 If you're pro-science
00:46:02.880 but you're
00:46:03.980 anti-nuclear energy
00:46:05.540 well you have
00:46:06.480 some explaining
00:46:07.100 to do
00:46:07.540 because that
00:46:08.600 doesn't make sense.
00:46:10.740 Take a side
00:46:11.980 and stick with it.
00:46:13.140 I'm pro-science
00:46:14.080 and so I'm
00:46:14.860 pro-nuclear
00:46:15.780 energy
00:46:16.700 and anybody
00:46:17.680 who's well-informed
00:46:18.560 knows the same
00:46:19.780 and maybe we should
00:46:21.040 just treat it that way
00:46:21.960 because there are
00:46:22.940 some things we treat
00:46:23.800 as a difference
00:46:24.380 in opinion
00:46:24.900 and it really isn't.
00:46:26.040 It's just a difference
00:46:27.540 in knowledge.
00:46:29.660 And so
00:46:30.060 I would like to see
00:46:31.220 polling
00:46:32.220 separated by
00:46:33.900 what demographic
00:46:35.060 groups have
00:46:35.700 more mental illness
00:46:36.700 and by
00:46:38.160 let's say
00:46:38.700 how well-informed
00:46:39.560 people are
00:46:40.240 on a topic.
00:46:41.640 Wouldn't you like
00:46:42.240 to see a poll
00:46:42.860 that only showed
00:46:43.840 what the opinion
00:46:44.520 of well-informed
00:46:45.540 people think?
00:46:47.580 Right?
00:46:48.200 How hard would it be?
00:46:49.900 Answer these six
00:46:50.800 questions about
00:46:51.560 nuclear power.
00:46:52.940 If you get all six
00:46:54.100 right you're a
00:46:54.780 well-informed person
00:46:55.760 and now let's see
00:46:56.980 what your opinion is
00:46:58.080 and now let's weight it
00:46:59.580 so that the smart people
00:47:01.200 get more weight
00:47:02.020 on their opinion
00:47:03.120 and then show me
00:47:04.160 the result.
00:47:05.020 That's what I want to see.
00:47:06.400 Why do I want to see
00:47:07.320 a poll
00:47:07.800 that averages
00:47:08.960 well-informed
00:47:09.900 people's opinions
00:47:10.900 with
00:47:12.020 furniture
00:47:12.920 pets
00:47:13.720 and imaginary
00:47:15.060 people?
00:47:16.080 Right?
00:47:16.980 I don't need
00:47:17.840 an average
00:47:18.520 of crap.
00:47:20.600 I'd love to see
00:47:21.580 an average
00:47:22.000 of well-informed
00:47:22.760 people.
00:47:24.200 Wouldn't you?
00:47:25.140 It would be
00:47:25.460 interesting to see
00:47:26.220 an average
00:47:26.560 of uninformed
00:47:27.280 people
00:47:27.640 just to see
00:47:28.580 how different
00:47:28.940 they are.
00:47:29.700 But I don't
00:47:30.180 want to add
00:47:30.740 the well-informed
00:47:31.480 people to
00:47:32.060 the uninformed
00:47:32.680 people
00:47:33.060 and get an
00:47:34.200 average.
00:47:35.540 What the hell
00:47:36.140 is that?
00:47:37.360 It's nothing.
00:47:38.620 All right?
00:47:39.480 It's nothing.
00:47:40.640 Now there are
00:47:41.060 lots of topics
00:47:41.760 like
00:47:42.160 should you
00:47:43.220 stand for
00:47:43.720 the flag?
00:47:44.560 Whatever.
00:47:45.220 That everybody
00:47:46.160 is just as
00:47:46.940 well-informed.
00:47:48.260 Right?
00:47:48.480 There's no lack
00:47:49.360 of information
00:47:49.980 that matters.
00:47:50.960 But on nuclear
00:47:51.640 energy,
00:47:52.280 it's just
00:47:52.900 how informed
00:47:53.900 you are.
00:47:54.840 That's all
00:47:55.740 that matters
00:47:56.340 to your opinion.
00:47:57.540 Almost.
00:47:58.220 Right?
00:47:59.860 All right.
00:48:00.460 I've got to go
00:48:00.860 run and do
00:48:01.440 something else
00:48:01.980 right now
00:48:02.360 and I'll talk
00:48:02.940 to you
00:48:03.300 tomorrow.
00:48:04.340 to you
00:48:11.900 and I'll talk
00:48:12.240 to you