Real Coffee with Scott Adams - November 04, 2021


Episode 1551 Scott Adams： Today I Will Talk About the Complete Self-Annihilation of the Democrat Party, Lots More


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57 minutes

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150.69984

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8,678

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662

Misogynist Sentences

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Hate Speech Sentences

19


Summary

In this episode of The Simultaneous Sip and Coffee, Scott Adams talks about the new anti-vaccination law in the United States, Ron DeSantis' new nickname, and why you should vote for an independent presidential candidate.


Transcript

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00:00:44.640 except for the Brandon administration.
00:00:48.840 Mwah. Go.
00:00:50.600 Oh, yeah. Yeah, the antibodies just coursing through my body.
00:01:00.220 Whoa, whoa. Got a little extra antibodies in my shoulder.
00:01:04.120 Got to work it out. Work it out. Spread it out. There we go.
00:01:08.480 You don't want all your antibodies in one part.
00:01:11.400 You need to get moving. Shake them around a little bit.
00:01:14.180 Well, you all saw that Ron DeSantis is, once again, following in President Trump's shadow and footsteps,
00:01:24.240 came up with his own sticky nickname.
00:01:28.180 Yes, he calls it the Brandon administration, as I borrowed his joke just a moment ago.
00:01:33.520 The Brandon administration.
00:01:35.940 Always gets a big laugh from the partisans.
00:01:39.880 Well, let's talk about the things that are happening.
00:01:41.700 Things are happening.
00:01:46.200 Let's see. Vaccination mandates going into effect January 4th for big employers, over 100 people.
00:01:57.080 What is there to say about that?
00:02:01.300 You know, I could say I don't like them. You could say you don't like them.
00:02:05.880 But here's the only thing that we could add to this.
00:02:08.300 If you think it's the government that is mandating this, you're completely wrong.
00:02:15.380 That's probably what most of you think.
00:02:16.900 You think the government is mandating it.
00:02:23.420 And I would argue that that's only technically true.
00:02:28.380 It is true that the government is mandating it, and they have rules and whatnot.
00:02:34.240 But I remind you, as Rasmussen reminded me today, they've got a new poll, Rasmussen poll.
00:02:41.820 52% of the public surveyed support workers refusing vaccinations.
00:02:50.880 But that means there's a whole bunch of people who don't.
00:02:56.000 So just slightly more than half of the country is in favor of, you know, not doing these mandates.
00:03:04.060 Here's the thing you need to know.
00:03:06.840 If that were 75, it wouldn't be happening.
00:03:10.860 How many disagree with me?
00:03:12.300 So here's the point.
00:03:14.860 Right now, 52% of workers support not making people have to get vaccinations.
00:03:22.820 So they're opposed to the mandate.
00:03:24.700 But only 52%.
00:03:26.080 Hypothetically, if it were 75, would it be happening?
00:03:31.720 Anybody?
00:03:32.580 Does anybody think it would happen if it were 75% were against it?
00:03:36.320 I don't think so.
00:03:41.180 I don't think so.
00:03:42.180 Now, you could disagree where that number is, 75 or 90 or whatever.
00:03:46.300 But my point is, the only reason the government can do this is because the public, by enough people, are on board.
00:03:55.640 Just barely.
00:03:57.420 It feels like it's sort of a slim majority.
00:04:00.040 But you're not dealing with the government.
00:04:02.400 You're dealing with your fellow citizens.
00:04:03.920 If you could convince half of the remaining people who are for mandates to take your side, you'd have 75% people against mandates, and they just wouldn't happen.
00:04:16.700 Does anybody doubt that?
00:04:19.440 That's my take on it.
00:04:20.900 So I think that we often mistake where power is.
00:04:26.780 Power is with the people completely.
00:04:29.660 In this country, that will just always be the case, at least for anything long term.
00:04:33.280 If we need quick decisions, such as a war situation, then we actually prefer the government to do it because it has to be quick.
00:04:41.940 But for these longer term considered topics, we really have the power, completely.
00:04:50.780 But we have to be on the same side or we have nothing.
00:04:53.620 So that's the difference.
00:04:55.620 I suppose if the government can keep us confused and ignorant, they do have the power.
00:04:59.120 There are effectively three political parties now, would you agree?
00:05:06.180 Two of them are called Democrats.
00:05:08.680 You've got your progressives and then your standard Democrats, I guess.
00:05:13.320 But then Republicans are more of a unified.
00:05:15.680 So it's like three different parties.
00:05:18.260 And let me make a suggestion.
00:05:23.700 This has opened up the door, very much so, for a new party.
00:05:29.860 Maybe for the first time.
00:05:31.380 I don't think that a third party really had a choice or a chance.
00:05:35.500 And maybe they still don't.
00:05:37.040 But it's the biggest opening I've seen.
00:05:39.100 Here's how I would do it.
00:05:40.080 This is me running for president as an independent, starting my own third party or fourth party, depending on how you count them.
00:05:49.100 I would call it the middle party.
00:05:53.480 I would call it the middle party.
00:05:56.960 And I would say I oppose the extreme right and the extreme left.
00:06:00.400 And most people do.
00:06:03.840 Unless you're wed to the name on your registration, consider the middle party.
00:06:11.600 Because I'm going to give you stuff that makes sense.
00:06:14.220 I might raise your taxes, a little, but not a lot.
00:06:17.960 And I would do it with the support of economists and lots of support that it makes sense economically.
00:06:24.940 I might do something that would benefit the black population of this country.
00:06:32.060 But it will make sense.
00:06:33.980 It won't be stupid.
00:06:36.620 So don't you think that the right candidate, you'd have to be the right person,
00:06:42.180 but don't you think that the middle party and the name of it is very important?
00:06:46.260 If you say you're some other party, then people say,
00:06:49.360 why do I want to be that?
00:06:50.660 But if you say you're the middle party, guess what?
00:06:53.480 You can stay Republican.
00:06:56.880 You can stay Democrat.
00:06:58.800 You're just voting for the middle.
00:07:00.940 A lot of people like the middle, but they prefer to be a Republican.
00:07:04.460 They prefer to be a Democrat.
00:07:07.180 But they might vote for the middle.
00:07:10.060 So give them something to vote for.
00:07:13.000 And then every time somebody says, you know, what side are you on?
00:07:16.400 You just stake out the middle, the sensible middle, and say,
00:07:19.940 look, this is where the people are.
00:07:21.680 The people are in the sensible middle.
00:07:24.340 Take any topic.
00:07:26.000 Take any topic.
00:07:28.300 The school system.
00:07:30.600 You can say, yeah, we're going to keep our public schools,
00:07:33.320 but we're going to keep the option open for a competition.
00:07:37.500 Totally in the middle.
00:07:38.780 Totally supported.
00:07:40.520 And, you know, you could just go right down the line on different topics.
00:07:44.280 Now, how about abortion?
00:07:45.020 If you're running for president, you have to talk about it.
00:07:48.900 But here's how I'd handle it if I were the head of the middle party.
00:07:52.800 I'd say it's not a federal government decision.
00:07:56.200 And I'm not going to make it one.
00:07:59.420 Because I think the authority for that should be pushed down to the lowest level you can get at the state level, ideally.
00:08:05.260 And I'd just say I'm out.
00:08:08.060 I'm in the middle.
00:08:09.420 Whatever the country wants, state by state, it's fine with me.
00:08:14.480 I think that could win.
00:08:16.060 You'd have to have exactly the right candidate, though.
00:08:19.660 Everybody's talking about why did Youngkin win?
00:08:21.960 Have you noticed that whenever anything happens, there are lots of explanations?
00:08:28.020 When Trump unexpectedly won in 2016, what was the news all about the next day?
00:08:36.840 It was all about why he won.
00:08:39.120 And all the reasons were different.
00:08:40.660 It was all over the place.
00:08:42.260 I think CNN had 14 different reasons he won.
00:08:46.200 But here's the thing.
00:08:47.160 With a big, complicated thing like an election, it's never one thing.
00:08:53.260 It's all of the things.
00:08:55.040 Every one of the things had to be the way they were for him to get the result he did.
00:08:59.420 If any of those things had been different, we're lost.
00:09:03.560 So is it sensible to say there's one thing?
00:09:07.780 Not really.
00:09:09.300 Because it's sort of the haystack thing.
00:09:12.280 It might be the last straw.
00:09:14.740 But it's just one of the straws.
00:09:16.200 Right?
00:09:17.160 Is the last straw the special one?
00:09:20.740 No, it just came last.
00:09:22.440 So there might be something that breaks the logjam there.
00:09:27.100 But it's not special.
00:09:28.440 There's nothing about that one straw.
00:09:31.460 So here are the things people are saying about Youngkins.
00:09:33.780 Number one, it's just a historical pattern.
00:09:37.240 I said this yesterday.
00:09:38.140 It turns out that this is exactly the result you could have predicted based on historical pattern.
00:09:44.740 That if you have a president in one party, Virginia will go to the other party.
00:09:50.040 And eight times in a row it's happened.
00:09:52.300 So that's one way.
00:09:53.480 The other, of course, is that the focus was on critical race theory.
00:09:57.240 But I have a, and, you know, of course, Youngkin ran a good campaign, et cetera.
00:10:03.360 And I think he did a good job of keeping some distance from Trump, and it helped that he didn't have any history as a politician.
00:10:10.980 So those are all good.
00:10:13.320 Again, you can't say there's one reason you want.
00:10:15.560 It's all of those things had to happen.
00:10:17.580 But I would like to add another variable.
00:10:21.340 Just speculation.
00:10:22.180 I have a hypothesis, and maybe somebody's, I haven't Googled this, maybe it's already been tested.
00:10:28.840 But I feel as if I've seen a study where you can show people who don't know who the candidates are,
00:10:37.040 could be some other country where you're not familiar with the candidates,
00:10:40.220 and that people can guess who would win the election by looking at their photographs.
00:10:46.000 Did you know that?
00:10:46.720 That the public, and I need a fact check on this, but I read this a long time ago.
00:10:53.340 I think that people can tell who's going to win an election by looking at the photographs,
00:10:59.060 even without even knowing the names of the candidates or what they're running for.
00:11:03.020 Can somebody confirm that's true?
00:11:04.660 I think that's true.
00:11:06.740 Now, I would add a second factor.
00:11:09.920 I would bet that I, now I don't know if this is generalizable, but probably it is.
00:11:15.120 But I'm just going to say it about myself.
00:11:18.040 I believe that if you gave me audio clips of each candidate in a close-ish race,
00:11:24.900 so it'd have to be a race where you think that both have at least a chance of winning,
00:11:29.420 you know, not blowouts.
00:11:31.240 But in a close race, if you gave me just the audio of each of their speeches for 10 to 15 seconds,
00:11:41.300 it wouldn't matter what part of the, what topic it was.
00:11:45.120 10 to 15 seconds of just hearing them talk, I can pick the winner.
00:11:50.860 That's my claim.
00:11:52.340 Now, not every time, of course, but all that I could get it 75% of the time, plus.
00:11:58.880 What do you think?
00:11:59.980 Do you think I could get that right 75% of the time?
00:12:03.060 I don't know.
00:12:06.180 But if you heard Obama talking and compared him to whoever he ran against,
00:12:10.540 I think you could have picked him.
00:12:13.020 And when I heard an audio of Youngkin talking compared to Terry McAuliffe talking,
00:12:21.840 I said to myself, if this is close, Youngkin's going to win.
00:12:27.500 Because there's something in his voice or his presentation or his confidence or I don't know what it is.
00:12:34.280 I don't know.
00:12:34.760 I don't exactly know what it is.
00:12:36.360 But there's definitely such a thing as command voice, wouldn't you say?
00:12:42.240 Nobody's going to argue with that, right?
00:12:44.180 There is such a thing as command voice.
00:12:48.000 And women have it too, right?
00:12:49.640 It's not a gender thing.
00:12:51.300 Women can have a command voice.
00:12:52.920 If you've ever worked for a really good female boss, oh, they have it.
00:12:59.620 They have command voice.
00:13:00.940 It's just the female version of it.
00:13:03.060 But it's command voice.
00:13:05.020 And I thought Youngkin had command voice.
00:13:07.480 And I thought McAuliffe was weak there.
00:13:09.600 So when I heard it, I thought, whoa, that doesn't even sound close to me.
00:13:12.860 It looks like one good candidate and one not so good.
00:13:16.180 Just on that.
00:13:17.320 15 seconds of voice.
00:13:19.480 And I said to myself, I think this guy's going to win.
00:13:21.880 And I wasn't even following the race.
00:13:24.580 Command presence.
00:13:25.700 I guess that's the better phrase for it, right?
00:13:30.340 All right.
00:13:31.500 We have some more fun stuff going on.
00:13:34.800 AP did a fact check today.
00:13:38.360 See if you agree with this fact check.
00:13:40.860 What do you think?
00:13:42.340 AP says posts continue to circulate online falsely claiming that COVID-19 survivors
00:13:49.800 don't need vaccines because of natural immunity.
00:13:53.140 In fact, says the AP fact checkers, that protection is variable and not long-lasting.
00:14:00.500 So vaccines are still recommended.
00:14:03.020 Here's our recent look at the blah, blah, blah.
00:14:04.440 So here's my take on that.
00:14:08.460 Here's the exact claim that if you've already been infected and recovered, that your protection
00:14:17.920 is variable and not long-lasting.
00:14:21.340 Is that true?
00:14:22.280 So before we get to all of it, the bigger picture, is the limited claim correct that natural
00:14:30.000 immunity is variable?
00:14:32.740 Well, first of all, we'll just ask you, is it variable?
00:14:35.300 Do you think there are people with good natural immunity and some with not so good?
00:14:39.260 It's true, right?
00:14:40.400 So I would say that's true.
00:14:41.960 People have variable.
00:14:43.820 It's variable.
00:14:44.380 And it's also not long-lasting.
00:14:49.340 Well, what's that mean?
00:14:51.160 What does not long-lasting mean?
00:14:53.780 Well, it means anything they want it to.
00:14:55.580 So I'm not going to say it's false, because wouldn't you like your immunity to last forever?
00:15:01.380 You would, right?
00:15:02.260 So the standard that would make you happy is it will last forever, because there are other
00:15:06.160 immunities that seem to last forever.
00:15:08.140 And they're saying that this doesn't do that.
00:15:10.220 So it's not long enough to make us happy.
00:15:14.360 Is that fair?
00:15:15.220 Is it fair to say that unlike other types of natural immunity, it wouldn't be as good?
00:15:25.280 All right.
00:15:26.180 But now let's talk about the vaccination itself.
00:15:29.080 Yeah, you're getting ahead of me.
00:15:30.580 The vaccination itself, is that variable?
00:15:34.780 Yes, it is.
00:15:36.160 Same as natural immunity.
00:15:37.520 Is everybody on the same page so far that there's great individual variability, both
00:15:43.380 in natural immunity and in vaccine immunity?
00:15:46.720 We're all on the same page on that, right?
00:15:48.680 Variability.
00:15:49.500 So no difference there, in the sense that they're both variable.
00:15:53.860 It might be a different variability, but plenty enough to say that they're similar.
00:15:59.100 How about whether vaccinations themselves are long-lasting?
00:16:04.240 Well, no.
00:16:05.280 That's why we get boosters.
00:16:06.320 So you've got vaccinations that are not, that are very variable.
00:16:11.440 They're variable, let's say.
00:16:13.540 Vaccinations are variable and not long-lasting.
00:16:16.220 Natural immunity is also variable and not long-lasting.
00:16:19.740 So do you say to yourself, therefore, therefore I should not get a vaccination?
00:16:25.860 Because these are two things that are the same.
00:16:28.060 They're both variable and they're both not long-lasting.
00:16:32.780 Is that good thinking?
00:16:33.860 Now, we're going to talk about vaccine side effects, but for the moment, is that good thinking?
00:16:43.080 It's not good thinking, right?
00:16:45.220 So I'm going to just help you on the thinking part of it here, right?
00:16:50.200 Your opinion is your own, and none of us are going to have enough really information for,
00:16:54.640 in my opinion, to have an informed opinion.
00:16:58.720 There's a little bit of guessing.
00:16:59.860 All right, here's what the difference is.
00:17:02.540 If you get the vaccination, do you have the option of giving yourself natural immunity on top of it?
00:17:10.020 Well, accidentally, or I suppose you could, but generally that's not going to happen, right?
00:17:13.960 You're not going to intentionally get infected.
00:17:16.920 Most people aren't.
00:17:18.540 Some might.
00:17:19.960 Whereas if you get natural immunity, you could make the decision to get vaccinated or not.
00:17:25.240 So they don't work equally in both directions.
00:17:28.000 Are we okay so far?
00:17:29.860 They're not equivalent, because in one case you can get both in a logical, rational way.
00:17:36.380 In the other case, you wouldn't get both, because you got your natural immunity, and you say,
00:17:42.940 no, no more.
00:17:44.260 I don't need any more.
00:17:46.080 Okay?
00:17:46.840 So there's a little bit of difference.
00:17:49.260 But here's my argument.
00:17:52.060 When it comes to antibodies, aren't more better?
00:17:55.460 Does anybody disagree with that, that having more antibodies would be better?
00:18:00.540 Now, we will talk about the risks, so hold that.
00:18:03.860 I'm not going to forget about them.
00:18:04.900 But when you say more antibodies, they're better than fewer.
00:18:08.880 So what would be the argument not to have both?
00:18:13.800 Both gives you more antibodies, right?
00:18:15.960 So whether you have good natural protection or not, you get a little extra, a little turbo boost.
00:18:23.160 So is the government wrong in saying that being naturally immune, since they can't tell if it's a good one,
00:18:30.180 a good immunity or a weak immunity, and they can't tell how long it'll last, would it not be good risk management?
00:18:37.780 If the vaccines were perfectly safe, and we'll talk about the risk, but if they were perfectly safe, wouldn't it make sense to do both?
00:18:47.680 And that's not the case.
00:18:51.240 There's no such thing as a vaccine that's perfectly safe.
00:18:54.580 But if it were, wouldn't you say that getting a little extra would help you?
00:19:00.440 I would say that's just math.
00:19:03.080 That's just addition.
00:19:03.880 You can't argue that this much immunity is better than this much immunity plus a little extra, right?
00:19:12.340 There's no argument for that.
00:19:14.060 That's just math.
00:19:14.740 It's like money.
00:19:16.400 What's better, $20 or $100?
00:19:18.800 There's no argument $100 is better than $20.
00:19:22.840 With antibodies, I don't think there's an argument, is there?
00:19:26.920 I mean, I'm open to it, but I haven't heard one.
00:19:29.140 Isn't more antibodies better?
00:19:32.320 Right?
00:19:32.560 So it really comes down to the extra risk, doesn't it, wouldn't you say?
00:19:37.740 The extra risk of the vaccination.
00:19:41.380 And I would think that a person who has natural immunity should make their own fucking decision about whether they get vaccinated.
00:19:53.400 Because the government can't tell you what your extra risk is,
00:19:56.800 nor can they tell you if you have enough immunity that you're in good shape with or without a vaccination.
00:20:02.560 They're not testing your antibodies or how long they're going to last.
00:20:05.460 They don't know.
00:20:06.340 And you don't know either.
00:20:07.300 If the government doesn't know what's up with you, and you don't know what's up with you,
00:20:12.120 because you don't know if your natural immunity is the good kind or the bad kind.
00:20:15.820 You don't really know if those extra vaccinations would give you any protection.
00:20:19.640 But you do know there's a risk.
00:20:21.740 You don't know how big it is, because nobody knows.
00:20:24.520 But you've got to risk.
00:20:27.660 Right?
00:20:30.260 All right.
00:20:31.740 So I would say that the argument is squarely on the side of letting people with natural immunity decide for themselves whether they want vaccinations.
00:20:41.220 And AP Fact Check might be technically true, but I feel like it's leaving out some variables here.
00:20:50.380 All right.
00:20:54.400 So there was a Twitter user, Ward QNormal.
00:21:00.100 I don't think that's his real name.
00:21:01.780 Maybe it is.
00:21:02.300 I don't know.
00:21:03.040 But he says, I will pay you $1,000.
00:21:05.920 He was replying to somebody else.
00:21:07.600 If you can define critical race theory and point to a single K-12 school in Virginia that has ever taught it.
00:21:16.260 So there's $1,000.
00:21:18.260 If you can define critical race theory and point to a single time it's been taught, do you think you could do that?
00:21:25.500 Well, every Republican thinks they can do that and get that $1,000 you think he'll pay?
00:21:30.720 No, he will not.
00:21:32.140 Because no matter what you point to, what's he going to say?
00:21:35.500 That's not critical race theory.
00:21:39.380 And you'll say, well, but look at this.
00:21:42.820 Here's the book.
00:21:43.680 It's like totally based on critical race theory.
00:21:46.660 And what would Ward QNormal say when you asked for your $1,000 having proven it beyond a shadow of a doubt?
00:21:54.060 Ward QNormal would say, no, that's not critical race theory.
00:21:58.300 No.
00:21:59.160 No, you're mistaken.
00:22:00.080 That's just history.
00:22:01.720 You're just reading history.
00:22:02.660 So we have this weird situation where we have this thing that can't be defined by ordinary people.
00:22:10.540 I do believe experts could probably define it if they study this thing.
00:22:14.640 But for ordinary people, they seem to be confused.
00:22:18.220 And therefore, there seems to be some issue that the Democrats are arguing, no, no, it's imaginary.
00:22:24.380 It's not really there.
00:22:25.080 Well, let me tell you what people are really good at identifying.
00:22:30.780 People are not really good at identifying if something fits a definition.
00:22:35.960 So we're kind of arguing the definition of critical race theory.
00:22:38.840 We're not good at that.
00:22:40.220 But I'll tell you what we are good at.
00:22:42.080 We are good at knowing if the curriculum is anti-white.
00:22:45.720 I think we'd be good at knowing if it was anti-anything.
00:22:50.160 Because that's pretty easy to spot.
00:22:52.560 I don't care what it's called.
00:22:54.860 You can call it critical race theory if you want.
00:22:58.920 Call it anything you want.
00:23:00.660 But if it's anti-any ethnicity, doesn't matter which one, you've got to get rid of it.
00:23:06.580 There's no wiggle room there.
00:23:11.080 If it's racist, doesn't matter which race you're targeting, you've got to get rid of it.
00:23:16.540 That's not debatable.
00:23:19.020 So here's how CNN refers to it.
00:23:25.720 They say the term critical race theory refers to the academic concept that racism has been
00:23:31.400 systematically ingrained in American society following centuries of slavery.
00:23:36.580 And I would say that most people would agree that that's what critical race theory is.
00:23:41.560 Would you agree?
00:23:43.000 That the big picture, that's what it is.
00:23:45.040 But the issue is, when they try to break it down into its lessons, what's it turn into?
00:23:51.660 And what it turns into is something else when you turn it into action.
00:24:03.300 And conservatives are claiming that critical race theory...
00:24:06.300 teaches children to think the United States is racist.
00:24:09.600 Now, isn't that true?
00:24:12.680 These are two sentences, both from an opinion piece on CNN today, by Manu Raju, Alex Rogers, and Melanie Zanona.
00:24:21.860 And see if these two sentences, and they're both right together, make sense to you.
00:24:26.740 They say the term critical race theory, blah, blah, blah, blah, means that racism has been systematically
00:24:34.080 ingrained in American society.
00:24:36.620 And then they say, but conservatives are claiming it teaches children to think the United States
00:24:42.160 is racist.
00:24:44.040 But isn't that what they just said?
00:24:45.540 They just said that critical race theory says that we have systemic racism.
00:24:52.380 And then they're blaming, acting like conservatives are dumb, for saying it teaches you that the
00:24:57.840 United States is racist.
00:25:00.180 Isn't that exactly what they just said?
00:25:02.000 I mean, you could say it's the system, but then that's the United States.
00:25:11.140 It doesn't mean every person is necessarily racist, but...
00:25:14.660 All right.
00:25:16.000 We'll get back to that in a minute.
00:25:17.300 So Biden doesn't think he influences gas prices.
00:25:21.100 Or no, Paul Krugman.
00:25:22.760 So Nobel winner, Nobel economic, Nobel in economics.
00:25:27.860 Winner Paul Krugman says, voters shouldn't be mad at Biden because he has no control over
00:25:32.760 the price of gasoline.
00:25:36.660 What?
00:25:38.340 You think the president has no control over our energy policy?
00:25:42.820 Pretty sure he does.
00:25:44.120 As Michael Schellenberger noted, the U.S. is the world's largest producer of oil, and
00:25:52.560 Biden froze new oil and gas leases in January, and he may be opening the strategic petroleum
00:25:59.220 reserve to lower prices.
00:26:01.600 So he certainly has control, some control, not complete control, of course.
00:26:08.160 And then I would think that any push toward green and penalizing oil would be a good
00:26:14.100 you know, have an impact, et cetera.
00:26:16.920 Well, we got a great, I think it's a drunk tweet from Cher, performer Cher.
00:26:22.640 I want to show you, you can see her, these are the all caps craziness.
00:26:27.840 And I'm going to read her tweet that, again, is in all caps.
00:26:31.640 But I'm going to read it in the character of a drunk person.
00:26:35.000 Because I don't think you can read this sober.
00:26:38.540 I think it needs to be drunk.
00:26:42.540 Allow me to get in character for a moment.
00:26:44.400 And now, I read this as Cher after five martinis, tweeting in all caps,
00:26:54.800 Joe works tireless to, to, number two, work with Kong and Pespils to help everyday Americans.
00:27:02.520 And he's, yeah, from right, left, they cause gridlock.
00:27:06.900 Well, GOP says some plans, how to pick our bones clean if we fail GOP or Nazis and lockstep.
00:27:15.980 It's different between them and from...
00:27:17.940 I assume she passed down toward the end of that.
00:27:23.180 I don't know.
00:27:23.680 But never, never drink and tweet.
00:27:27.280 Don't be a Cher.
00:27:30.420 Here's some fake news that you think is true.
00:27:34.340 And it turns on the word considering.
00:27:37.980 Let me give you a little primer story.
00:27:41.960 One day, in the context of dealing with some medical issue of no consequence,
00:27:48.540 my doctor just somewhat routinely asked me if I ever had thoughts of suicide
00:27:56.120 or had I ever considered suicide.
00:28:00.000 And I said, sure, every day.
00:28:03.260 And I didn't realize that was the wrong answer.
00:28:06.580 Because it turns out if you say that, which, of course, is true,
00:28:11.620 I do consider it every day.
00:28:13.140 And then I rule it out.
00:28:15.280 Do you know what else I consider?
00:28:16.440 I consider jumping off the roof just to see if I can fly under my own power.
00:28:22.380 I think about that every day.
00:28:24.580 And then I rule it out.
00:28:26.980 I consider everything.
00:28:29.200 What the hell do you not consider?
00:28:31.820 Do you remember when Trump famously was asked if he was considering
00:28:36.240 firing somebody in his administration at some press release?
00:28:40.440 And Trump quite accurately said, I consider firing everybody.
00:28:44.940 That's the right answer.
00:28:46.440 It's a perfect answer, by the way.
00:28:48.260 Trump does not get nearly enough credit for the answers that he does that are perfect.
00:28:53.780 Because, you know, the ones that are provocative and more fun.
00:28:56.460 But that's a perfect answer.
00:28:58.020 Yes.
00:28:58.740 I consider firing every person on my staff every day.
00:29:02.520 That's the only right answer.
00:29:03.660 So, here's the fake news.
00:29:07.020 That the government, or I guess the DOJ, is considering, considering, I say, based on the ACLU talking to the DOJ,
00:29:19.540 they considered or discussed paying $450,000 apiece to every immigrant separated from their families at the border under Trump.
00:29:29.180 Now, do you think that's true news or fake news, that it was considered true news or fake?
00:29:38.620 Well, when Biden was asked by Fox News if it was true, Biden says, it's garbage.
00:29:46.180 He says, no, it's not true, it's garbage.
00:29:49.680 Now, the ACLU immediately said, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:29:52.500 We are literally talking to the Department of Justice right now, and we are literally, right now, discussing $450,000 payments.
00:30:03.920 So, who's right?
00:30:05.520 Biden or the ACLU?
00:30:08.160 Go.
00:30:09.340 Who's right?
00:30:10.740 Which one has the right take on it?
00:30:15.960 Both.
00:30:17.240 They're both right.
00:30:18.160 Biden is 100% right, because he's looking at it politically, I assume.
00:30:24.360 And he is quite correctly saying there's no frickin' way this is going to happen.
00:30:28.780 Do you know why it's not going to happen?
00:30:31.460 Because it would destroy the Democratic Party forever.
00:30:35.440 It would be the end.
00:30:36.880 Do you think Biden doesn't know that?
00:30:39.380 Do you think he can maintain the black vote if he doesn't do reparations,
00:30:43.720 but he pays $450,000 to the immigrants coming across?
00:30:47.240 Do you think he can keep the black vote if he does that?
00:30:50.940 It's the end of the Democratic Party.
00:30:53.440 So, what do you say, Scott?
00:30:55.720 But, it's been confirmed.
00:30:58.960 The ACLU confirmed it.
00:31:01.040 Yeah, they're considering it.
00:31:03.100 They're considering it just like I consider taking my own life every single day.
00:31:08.600 It's things you think about that never happen.
00:31:10.460 So, now, of course, you might say to yourself,
00:31:15.160 well, it might be, you know, a smaller number.
00:31:18.920 Well, they could try.
00:31:21.500 But suppose they talked it down to, let's just pick a number,
00:31:24.760 450,000.
00:31:26.160 I saw somebody on Twitter said,
00:31:28.040 maybe they could get it down to 80,000 apiece.
00:31:31.880 Is that still okay?
00:31:33.240 Do you think Biden's going to want Democrats to run again,
00:31:38.180 knowing that the Democratic government gave people who broke a law in this country
00:31:43.760 $80,000 apiece because we inconvenienced them?
00:31:47.020 I mean, it's more than an inconvenience,
00:31:49.160 but, you know, I'm speaking sort of hyperbolic here.
00:31:53.160 No.
00:31:53.800 No.
00:31:54.180 The Democratic Party would just be out of business completely,
00:31:56.840 even more than they probably are.
00:31:58.460 We'll talk about that.
00:31:59.220 But, in my opinion, it is so completely politically impossible
00:32:04.320 that Biden was telling the absolute truth.
00:32:07.460 I think Biden's answer that it was garbage is the accurate one,
00:32:11.820 politically speaking.
00:32:13.180 Now, of course, the DOJ can act independently, right?
00:32:17.620 But it looks like the Republicans are going to do a bill
00:32:20.160 and maybe stop the payments even if the DOJ wanted to, blah, blah, blah.
00:32:24.860 So there will be plenty of machinations that will stop this from happening.
00:32:30.280 I don't think you have to worry about it.
00:32:32.300 So it's semi-fake news.
00:32:34.300 It's true and false at the same time.
00:32:38.640 Tom Elliott tweeted a little clip
00:32:41.920 in which former Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter
00:32:45.700 was talking about the election in Virginia,
00:32:48.680 and she said,
00:32:49.160 the one thing that we need to make sure of
00:32:51.420 is that Republicans in 2022
00:32:53.500 don't become the party of parents
00:32:56.380 because the Democrats know they're in trouble
00:33:00.280 if the Republicans become obviously
00:33:04.020 the ones who are taking care of children
00:33:05.620 and the Democrats are not.
00:33:08.000 Is she right?
00:33:10.300 Well, too late.
00:33:13.680 Too late.
00:33:14.980 As Mr. Durr noted,
00:33:20.080 the truck driver who won his race,
00:33:22.840 as Mr. Durr notes, Durr,
00:33:27.420 he said that the Democrats went too far
00:33:31.560 because they were messing with our children.
00:33:35.120 So the truck driver,
00:33:36.800 an established incumbent,
00:33:40.140 presumably on the message,
00:33:41.620 stop messing with our children.
00:33:43.740 Now, he said messing.
00:33:45.920 I used the F word.
00:33:47.800 But, again,
00:33:51.100 the Democrats have this blind spot
00:33:53.160 about how Republicans think
00:33:55.100 that I don't know is the same on the other side.
00:33:58.080 It might be.
00:33:58.900 You know, maybe that works both ways.
00:34:01.700 But there's a gigantic blind spot.
00:34:05.500 Let me give you this.
00:34:06.300 There are two blind spots.
00:34:08.440 Number one,
00:34:09.760 and I've talked about this,
00:34:10.940 when Alec Baldwin
00:34:12.940 had his tragic firearms accident there.
00:34:16.360 And people on the left
00:34:18.000 could not understand
00:34:19.060 why people on the right
00:34:20.080 were saying,
00:34:21.120 no, it's Alec Baldwin's responsibility, period,
00:34:24.220 when logical, rational people
00:34:26.100 were saying,
00:34:26.480 wait a minute, rationally?
00:34:28.440 He was part of a system
00:34:29.620 in which that responsibility
00:34:31.280 was delegated.
00:34:32.800 It's a mature system,
00:34:34.240 works all the time.
00:34:35.160 There's a reason they do it.
00:34:37.020 Should have been safe.
00:34:37.880 He made a reasonable decision.
00:34:39.480 There's no liability.
00:34:41.760 Now, what's every gun owner say?
00:34:44.500 Blah, blah, blah.
00:34:45.500 He had the gun in his hand.
00:34:46.560 It's his responsibility, period.
00:34:49.260 Blah, blah, blah.
00:34:50.580 Now, the left can't understand that
00:34:52.600 because they're like,
00:34:53.260 ah, don't you understand
00:34:55.080 that clearly there can be exceptions?
00:34:59.380 Right?
00:34:59.580 You can make an exception.
00:35:01.160 Use your common sense
00:35:02.280 and make an exception.
00:35:03.980 And the exception in this case
00:35:06.200 would be
00:35:06.720 the safety had been delegated
00:35:09.920 to somebody
00:35:10.520 who's a professional
00:35:11.720 to make sure it's safe.
00:35:13.560 That should have been good enough.
00:35:15.160 Common sense.
00:35:16.820 And then the gun owners say,
00:35:19.040 the gun was in his hand,
00:35:20.060 it's his responsibility.
00:35:21.500 That's the end of the conversation.
00:35:23.640 Who's right?
00:35:25.580 Well,
00:35:27.260 there's a weird hybrid going on here.
00:35:29.480 I believe that gun owners
00:35:31.300 are rationally irrational.
00:35:35.740 Here's what I mean.
00:35:37.200 The moment you say,
00:35:38.580 you know,
00:35:39.140 this isn't an absolute.
00:35:41.900 You know,
00:35:42.220 we're going to say
00:35:42.840 there are gun safety rules
00:35:44.560 and responsibilities and stuff,
00:35:46.560 but use your common sense.
00:35:48.740 So what happens
00:35:49.560 the first time you say
00:35:50.520 use your common sense?
00:35:52.280 How does that work out?
00:35:54.000 Well, here's common sense.
00:35:55.300 Don't leave a loaded gun
00:35:56.600 around where there are children.
00:35:59.480 Like you wouldn't leave it
00:36:00.480 on your table loaded
00:36:01.520 if any kids were in the room, right?
00:36:03.680 Common sense.
00:36:04.600 No gun owner
00:36:05.540 who was responsible
00:36:06.860 would do that.
00:36:07.920 But let's say
00:36:08.460 you use the other standard,
00:36:09.840 common sense.
00:36:11.440 Does everybody have
00:36:12.300 the same amount of common sense?
00:36:15.200 I don't think so.
00:36:16.800 You don't think
00:36:17.400 that that would give permission
00:36:18.760 for somebody to say,
00:36:20.180 yeah, it's available to the kid,
00:36:21.880 but it's not going to happen
00:36:22.760 because I'm closer to the table
00:36:24.700 than the children are.
00:36:26.140 And if I see the children
00:36:27.100 go for the gun,
00:36:27.920 I'll just get there first.
00:36:29.480 I'm just using my common sense.
00:36:31.060 There's no way
00:36:31.500 they're going to get the gun,
00:36:33.080 even though it's just
00:36:33.820 sitting right out there
00:36:34.660 because I'm closer
00:36:35.640 to the table.
00:36:37.220 Common sense people,
00:36:38.440 if my kid is heading
00:36:39.520 toward the table,
00:36:40.400 I'm going to protect the gun.
00:36:42.600 And then what happens?
00:36:43.860 Boom.
00:36:45.120 Right?
00:36:46.200 You lose your concentration,
00:36:47.680 you walk away,
00:36:48.280 a kid picks up the gun,
00:36:49.320 in trouble.
00:36:49.580 So, I believe gun owners
00:36:52.540 pursue something
00:36:54.080 I would call
00:36:54.740 rational irrationality
00:36:57.440 because it works.
00:36:59.680 It is irrational
00:37:00.960 to say there never
00:37:01.860 can be an exception.
00:37:03.800 The reason they do it
00:37:04.940 is because it works.
00:37:06.400 Right?
00:37:07.980 It's an irrational system
00:37:09.860 that's the only one
00:37:10.680 that works.
00:37:11.560 So, gun owners know that.
00:37:13.300 So, when you argue,
00:37:14.420 no, the responsibility
00:37:15.760 was somebody else,
00:37:17.160 gun owners don't even
00:37:17.980 want to have the conversation
00:37:18.960 because you don't want
00:37:20.220 to open that door a crack.
00:37:22.120 Not even a crack
00:37:23.340 because as soon as you say
00:37:24.880 common sense is the standard,
00:37:27.740 people get killed.
00:37:29.540 Every gun owner knows that.
00:37:30.980 Now, how many people
00:37:32.340 on the left
00:37:32.940 could have explained it
00:37:34.720 with the nuance
00:37:36.000 that I just explained it?
00:37:37.760 Not many.
00:37:39.020 In fact, I've never heard it.
00:37:41.060 Right?
00:37:44.740 So, let's see.
00:37:46.680 That was going to...
00:37:47.880 Dovetail into a really
00:37:49.560 good point.
00:37:53.860 Probably.
00:37:54.680 Oh, here was the point.
00:37:56.440 The other blind spot
00:37:57.380 that the Democrats have
00:37:58.800 is the flexibility
00:38:01.140 of Republicans.
00:38:03.580 Am I right?
00:38:05.120 Because, you know,
00:38:06.280 you can poke them forever,
00:38:08.080 it seems like.
00:38:09.220 You know, they'll poke you.
00:38:10.260 Oh, you have to use this word.
00:38:11.860 I hate that word.
00:38:13.160 You have to use it anyway.
00:38:14.620 You have to use this word.
00:38:15.860 Ah, but I don't want to.
00:38:17.360 What?
00:38:17.680 Yeah, I'm poking you
00:38:18.720 a little bit.
00:38:19.600 And then the conservatives
00:38:20.400 say, you know,
00:38:21.800 I've got better things to do.
00:38:23.200 I'm not going to...
00:38:24.240 I'm not going to die
00:38:25.340 on that hill.
00:38:26.560 And then they say,
00:38:27.100 you know,
00:38:27.820 you're going to raise
00:38:28.220 your taxes a little bit.
00:38:29.240 Just a little bit.
00:38:30.100 We're going to raise
00:38:30.500 your taxes.
00:38:31.580 And the Republicans say,
00:38:32.280 hey, we hate that.
00:38:32.820 We hate that.
00:38:33.300 Ah, you know,
00:38:34.660 I've got a lot
00:38:35.260 to work on today.
00:38:36.080 I'm not going to dedicate
00:38:37.860 my life to this
00:38:38.720 one little area of life.
00:38:40.380 And next to you now,
00:38:41.820 they're just pushing,
00:38:42.480 pushing, pushing, pushed.
00:38:43.460 And that's what's been
00:38:44.120 happening, it seems, lately.
00:38:47.040 But here's the blind spot.
00:38:51.020 Republicans are not flexible
00:38:52.640 about children.
00:38:55.200 That's the red line.
00:38:57.480 Have you heard of abortion?
00:39:00.780 Republicans are not flexible
00:39:03.120 about children
00:39:04.540 and their safety and well-being
00:39:06.800 and their education especially.
00:39:08.860 And as soon as the Democrats
00:39:10.900 crossed that line
00:39:11.840 and said, you know,
00:39:13.140 how about we educate
00:39:14.760 your children the way
00:39:15.560 we want to,
00:39:16.240 and by the way,
00:39:16.800 we're going to turn them
00:39:17.500 against you.
00:39:18.400 We're going to tell your children
00:39:19.560 that you're a racist.
00:39:21.520 Your parents.
00:39:22.820 We're going to tell
00:39:23.400 your children
00:39:24.260 that you're a racist
00:39:26.180 and you don't understand
00:39:27.140 science and climate change
00:39:28.460 and everything else.
00:39:30.500 That's the red line.
00:39:32.800 Everything on the other side
00:39:33.960 of the red line
00:39:34.580 is different from everything
00:39:35.760 on the other side.
00:39:36.800 Everything on the other side,
00:39:39.420 a little bit flexible
00:39:40.840 or at least maybe
00:39:42.320 not willing to fight for it.
00:39:44.400 Everything on the other
00:39:45.460 side of the line,
00:39:46.780 that's game over.
00:39:49.100 That's game over.
00:39:50.680 So in my opinion,
00:39:51.560 2022 and 2024
00:39:53.340 are largely already decided
00:39:55.660 because the Democrats,
00:39:58.380 you could call it an overreach,
00:40:00.340 but that really would be
00:40:01.700 minimizing how big
00:40:02.680 of a problem this is.
00:40:04.720 The Republicans
00:40:06.400 are now squarely
00:40:07.640 the party that's going
00:40:09.360 to protect your kids
00:40:10.300 as well as their own.
00:40:11.800 There's no question
00:40:12.480 about that now.
00:40:13.680 And not only that,
00:40:14.960 but they have the perfect
00:40:15.960 opening to partner
00:40:17.080 with the black
00:40:18.100 American public
00:40:19.500 to fix schools
00:40:21.460 because everybody wins
00:40:22.840 then, right?
00:40:23.380 So, you know,
00:40:26.440 of course it's always
00:40:27.440 dangerous to make predictions
00:40:28.500 more than a day in advance,
00:40:30.720 and even that's dangerous.
00:40:32.000 So lots of things could change
00:40:33.360 between now and elections,
00:40:34.760 especially if, you know,
00:40:36.000 Trump makes some big waves
00:40:38.260 somehow.
00:40:38.560 But at this point,
00:40:41.440 the Republicans have
00:40:42.300 a death grip on power.
00:40:44.780 It'll take a while
00:40:45.520 for the elections
00:40:46.120 to, you know,
00:40:46.980 make that happen.
00:40:47.960 But I don't see
00:40:48.820 how a Republican can lose
00:40:50.240 unless they're trying
00:40:51.100 at this point.
00:40:52.480 Because all you have to do
00:40:53.600 is say,
00:40:54.520 they're destroying
00:40:55.240 your children,
00:40:55.860 we're protecting them.
00:40:57.500 What do you care about?
00:40:58.880 It's kind of over.
00:40:59.800 Here's a question.
00:41:06.300 If China wanted
00:41:07.060 to destroy the West,
00:41:08.540 but they had lots of patience,
00:41:09.920 how would they do it?
00:41:11.220 Well, there are lots of ways
00:41:12.160 to do it.
00:41:13.740 But I would think
00:41:14.320 the main way they'd do it
00:41:15.460 would be to destroy
00:41:19.140 our most powerful,
00:41:21.320 let's say,
00:41:22.040 social cohesion.
00:41:24.160 And what is the most powerful
00:41:25.760 social cohesion
00:41:27.020 in this country?
00:41:28.180 Well, marriage was
00:41:30.460 for a long time.
00:41:31.720 And we see that
00:41:32.420 falling apart.
00:41:34.760 But the other one
00:41:35.680 is the melting pot idea.
00:41:38.380 You know,
00:41:38.740 when I grew up,
00:41:40.060 and many of you as well,
00:41:41.860 we were really brainwashed
00:41:44.020 into saying that
00:41:45.180 the melting pot
00:41:45.900 was our strength
00:41:46.940 and our power
00:41:47.540 and to respect it.
00:41:49.100 And I think I did.
00:41:50.780 I think the brainwashing worked.
00:41:52.520 I'm happy about that.
00:41:53.520 I mean, I call it brainwashing
00:41:54.660 because children
00:41:55.800 shouldn't be making
00:41:56.580 their own decisions
00:41:57.400 about the big stuff.
00:42:00.160 You kind of have
00:42:01.040 to brainwash them.
00:42:01.860 Later, you hope
00:42:02.580 that they can, you know,
00:42:03.520 think for themselves.
00:42:04.900 Probably not.
00:42:06.120 But there isn't
00:42:06.960 a system better than that
00:42:07.920 because children
00:42:08.420 can't really make
00:42:09.260 big decisions.
00:42:11.320 If I were China
00:42:12.300 and I wanted to ruin
00:42:13.360 the West,
00:42:14.220 I would fund anybody,
00:42:16.600 either secretly
00:42:17.420 or not secretly,
00:42:18.440 who pushed
00:42:19.360 critical race theory.
00:42:20.560 That would be
00:42:22.660 with a way
00:42:23.140 for China
00:42:23.760 to destroy
00:42:24.420 the country
00:42:24.980 because it would
00:42:26.320 destroy the melting pot.
00:42:28.380 You know,
00:42:28.600 we all at least
00:42:29.960 have equal opportunity.
00:42:31.820 Even if you think
00:42:32.660 that's not true,
00:42:33.440 it's a good fiction
00:42:34.620 to hold a country together.
00:42:37.100 And so,
00:42:38.740 I would strongly wonder
00:42:40.020 if China is
00:42:41.680 at all behind it,
00:42:43.380 whether they thought
00:42:44.100 of it.
00:42:45.480 I have to wonder
00:42:46.720 because China
00:42:48.160 is more
00:42:48.700 ethnically similar.
00:42:51.980 Give me a fact check
00:42:52.940 on that.
00:42:53.320 I think so.
00:42:54.660 That feels right.
00:42:56.240 So,
00:42:56.580 it would be an advantage
00:42:57.300 to them
00:42:57.780 if they could get
00:42:58.420 our melting pot
00:42:59.180 to fall apart
00:42:59.940 and it looks like
00:43:00.600 they're working on that
00:43:01.440 or somebody is
00:43:02.300 or it's just happening.
00:43:03.400 I don't know.
00:43:04.000 But it looks like
00:43:04.680 it kind of,
00:43:06.100 it's so corrosive
00:43:07.100 it looks like
00:43:07.580 it's coming from an enemy.
00:43:08.780 It doesn't look like
00:43:09.420 it's coming from within.
00:43:14.520 Rachel Maddow
00:43:15.380 is complaining about
00:43:16.520 Fox News saying
00:43:18.460 they're building
00:43:18.900 a campaign platform
00:43:20.120 talking about CRT
00:43:21.720 as a big topic.
00:43:23.240 They're building
00:43:23.580 a campaign platform
00:43:24.620 for conservative candidates
00:43:26.100 to run on it
00:43:26.740 everywhere.
00:43:28.100 And then she says
00:43:28.740 even though it's not
00:43:29.520 actually taught anywhere.
00:43:32.320 Even though it's
00:43:33.240 not a real thing.
00:43:35.140 Here's the thing.
00:43:36.740 If she has to hide
00:43:37.940 behind the definition
00:43:39.000 of the word,
00:43:39.900 that's her argument.
00:43:41.680 That I define it
00:43:42.640 differently.
00:43:43.600 She's not even
00:43:44.180 talking about the content
00:43:45.160 or the reality of it.
00:43:46.520 Just, you know,
00:43:47.820 can I define this
00:43:49.060 as CRT
00:43:49.620 or is it just
00:43:50.380 stuff we say
00:43:51.560 that happens to be
00:43:52.200 in the same topic
00:43:52.900 and compatible with it?
00:43:55.760 I feel that that's,
00:43:57.220 it's like a sign
00:43:58.640 of knowing
00:43:59.420 you've got nothing.
00:44:00.940 I mean,
00:44:01.180 knowing your gun
00:44:01.780 is empty basically.
00:44:03.540 And all the GOP
00:44:05.820 has to do
00:44:06.560 to prove anybody wrong
00:44:08.460 is point to
00:44:09.040 any example of it.
00:44:10.180 And apparently
00:44:10.600 there are lots of them.
00:44:11.940 You know,
00:44:12.120 you can find
00:44:12.580 the school documents
00:44:13.960 that show pretty clearly
00:44:15.160 things that look
00:44:16.660 like CRT
00:44:17.400 to people
00:44:17.880 who have not
00:44:18.480 studied CRT.
00:44:20.040 So the Republicans
00:44:21.120 have this total
00:44:22.160 winning play here.
00:44:23.820 They can just
00:44:24.380 keep hammering
00:44:25.120 on this CRT thing
00:44:26.340 and I think
00:44:27.940 it's going to work
00:44:28.900 for a long time.
00:44:30.460 Now,
00:44:30.740 there are lots
00:44:31.120 of topics
00:44:31.700 where people
00:44:34.320 are equally
00:44:34.980 incentivized
00:44:36.420 on both sides.
00:44:37.960 Take abortion.
00:44:39.400 The people
00:44:39.860 who are pro
00:44:40.460 or anti-abortion
00:44:41.580 are really worked up
00:44:42.960 about it, right?
00:44:43.540 So I'm not even sure
00:44:44.900 which way that works
00:44:47.740 election-wise
00:44:48.700 because people
00:44:49.680 are equally worked up
00:44:50.860 on both sides.
00:44:51.940 But this is a weird topic
00:44:53.300 because the CRT stuff
00:44:54.620 totally activates
00:44:57.080 the right
00:44:57.620 but on the other side
00:44:59.960 there's not really
00:45:00.920 much traction.
00:45:03.060 In other words,
00:45:03.540 it's an unbalanced
00:45:04.540 topic.
00:45:06.260 It can only be bad
00:45:07.680 for Democrats.
00:45:08.920 That's it.
00:45:10.100 It can only be bad.
00:45:11.620 There's no sense
00:45:12.540 where they can
00:45:13.120 motivate their people
00:45:14.780 to get more CRT
00:45:15.780 in the school.
00:45:17.260 Do you see people
00:45:18.260 marching in the streets?
00:45:19.180 Yes.
00:45:20.120 More critical race
00:45:21.260 training in the schools.
00:45:22.920 Now, of course,
00:45:23.380 there are plenty
00:45:23.720 of advocates.
00:45:24.420 That's why it exists.
00:45:25.660 But in terms
00:45:26.180 of the energy,
00:45:27.640 I would say
00:45:28.080 the advocates
00:45:28.680 are mostly people
00:45:29.480 getting paid
00:45:29.960 to be advocates.
00:45:31.200 I don't know
00:45:31.840 that the public
00:45:32.440 cares that much
00:45:33.220 but the public
00:45:34.620 Republicans
00:45:35.360 sure care
00:45:36.060 that it's there
00:45:36.780 or some version
00:45:37.920 of it
00:45:38.200 they don't like.
00:45:39.600 So in terms
00:45:40.540 of a political topic
00:45:41.660 it could not
00:45:42.480 be more perfect
00:45:43.560 for the Republicans
00:45:46.200 going forward.
00:45:48.000 And I think
00:45:49.520 Rachel Maddow
00:45:50.360 is correct
00:45:50.960 that Fox News
00:45:52.180 either accidentally
00:45:54.260 or wisely
00:45:55.540 decided that this
00:45:57.380 was going to be
00:45:57.920 the winning issue
00:45:58.640 and they basically
00:45:59.640 created a topic
00:46:00.900 that every Republican
00:46:02.580 can win on.
00:46:05.220 And I think
00:46:06.340 that Rachel Maddow
00:46:07.080 is quite correct
00:46:08.000 in calling out
00:46:08.940 Fox News
00:46:09.700 as having created
00:46:10.960 a message
00:46:12.560 and a method
00:46:13.460 that Republicans
00:46:14.400 can use
00:46:15.180 to win.
00:46:16.960 And they would
00:46:17.700 support it
00:46:18.160 with their platform.
00:46:20.240 All right.
00:46:22.260 I read a
00:46:23.240 fascinating story
00:46:24.060 from an experienced
00:46:25.180 trucker
00:46:25.620 about what the
00:46:26.160 real supply chain
00:46:27.120 problem is.
00:46:28.280 And I'm not sure
00:46:28.780 if this is different
00:46:29.660 from what you've heard
00:46:30.560 but he's certainly
00:46:32.700 coming at it
00:46:33.540 a little differently.
00:46:35.040 It goes like this.
00:46:35.960 The reason that
00:46:38.240 there are not
00:46:38.900 enough truckers
00:46:40.400 to take away
00:46:41.980 the stuff
00:46:42.580 is because
00:46:43.600 the job of being
00:46:44.520 a trucker
00:46:45.040 is terrible
00:46:45.720 primarily now
00:46:47.180 because of how
00:46:47.960 long you have
00:46:48.420 to wait
00:46:48.920 for your truck
00:46:50.060 to be loaded
00:46:50.600 or unloaded.
00:46:51.540 So now you have
00:46:52.100 multi-hour waits
00:46:53.340 in which the
00:46:54.100 independent truckers
00:46:55.040 don't get paid.
00:46:55.840 You could have
00:46:56.200 an eight-hour wait
00:46:57.180 to get your
00:46:59.220 container on your truck.
00:47:01.820 On top of that
00:47:02.840 apparently we need
00:47:04.980 something like
00:47:05.540 10,000 specialized
00:47:07.380 chassis that we
00:47:08.500 don't have
00:47:09.120 because not every
00:47:10.360 truck can carry
00:47:11.200 a container.
00:47:12.060 You have to have
00:47:12.460 a special chassis
00:47:13.440 for that.
00:47:14.420 And apparently
00:47:15.080 we're way underwater
00:47:16.340 in the number
00:47:17.240 of chassis.
00:47:18.780 Now why is that?
00:47:21.160 Somebody says
00:47:21.740 I told you this
00:47:22.440 for days.
00:47:25.340 I told you this
00:47:26.520 for days.
00:47:29.420 So why is it
00:47:31.380 that we suddenly
00:47:32.080 don't have chassis?
00:47:33.200 Does anybody know?
00:47:34.840 Well I think it's
00:47:35.900 because as soon
00:47:36.920 as things get
00:47:37.480 bunched up
00:47:38.040 everything breaks
00:47:38.880 at once.
00:47:39.780 We probably had
00:47:40.740 enough chassis
00:47:41.500 when there wasn't
00:47:43.200 a big backlog.
00:47:45.340 But as soon as
00:47:46.100 there's a big
00:47:46.500 backlog you don't
00:47:47.220 have enough chassis.
00:47:48.820 And if you don't
00:47:49.280 have enough chassis
00:47:49.940 the backlog
00:47:50.600 just keeps building
00:47:51.500 up and then
00:47:52.580 you can't do
00:47:53.040 anything.
00:47:53.920 So basically
00:47:54.500 nobody can move
00:47:56.340 because there
00:47:57.220 aren't chassis
00:47:57.700 and there aren't
00:47:58.360 truckers to take
00:47:59.180 things away.
00:47:59.740 but even
00:48:01.360 if there were
00:48:01.980 they'd have to
00:48:04.060 work 24 hours
00:48:05.080 a day to
00:48:05.600 move anything
00:48:06.860 and there are
00:48:07.920 a number of
00:48:08.300 other regulatory
00:48:09.240 problems etc.
00:48:10.640 So the interesting
00:48:11.580 thing about this
00:48:12.400 is it looks like
00:48:13.040 everything broke
00:48:13.760 at the same time.
00:48:16.560 There's something
00:48:17.320 about this we
00:48:18.040 don't understand
00:48:18.820 still.
00:48:20.100 I feel like this
00:48:20.800 got us closer
00:48:21.540 but when you say
00:48:22.740 something like
00:48:23.260 we don't have
00:48:23.720 enough chassis
00:48:24.340 you have to
00:48:25.700 explain why we
00:48:26.400 had enough chassis
00:48:27.180 a month ago
00:48:27.980 or whenever this
00:48:29.040 started.
00:48:29.740 Why did we
00:48:30.440 have enough
00:48:30.840 chassis before
00:48:31.620 and suddenly
00:48:32.080 we don't?
00:48:32.920 It's not
00:48:33.300 chassis right
00:48:34.360 unless we're
00:48:37.220 short just
00:48:37.760 because we
00:48:38.180 have so much
00:48:38.660 backup.
00:48:40.620 Follow the
00:48:41.040 ownership and
00:48:41.560 the money.
00:48:41.980 Alright here's
00:48:42.400 the point.
00:48:43.320 You'd think
00:48:43.940 that the
00:48:44.280 trucking
00:48:44.700 companies would
00:48:45.480 fix this right?
00:48:48.040 Economics
00:48:48.600 should work
00:48:49.300 so the
00:48:50.420 trucking
00:48:50.820 companies should
00:48:51.440 want to fix
00:48:52.080 this by
00:48:52.680 raising the
00:48:54.240 salary of
00:48:54.800 truckers or
00:48:55.620 doing something
00:48:56.740 but here's
00:48:57.560 the problem
00:48:58.080 truckers are
00:48:59.540 the trucking
00:49:00.240 companies are
00:49:00.740 already getting
00:49:01.220 rich because
00:49:01.820 they're doing
00:49:02.160 all the
00:49:02.400 business that
00:49:02.980 they can
00:49:03.360 handle.
00:49:04.560 The trucking
00:49:05.400 companies don't
00:49:06.340 need to do
00:49:06.740 anything.
00:49:07.840 They're all so
00:49:08.840 busy making
00:49:09.860 money that they
00:49:11.500 have more
00:49:11.760 business than
00:49:12.240 they can handle.
00:49:13.740 So do they
00:49:14.300 have any incentive
00:49:15.040 to do anything?
00:49:15.760 Well yeah I mean
00:49:16.580 more money is
00:49:17.340 better but if
00:49:18.740 you're making
00:49:19.340 money like crazy
00:49:20.140 and you're fully
00:49:20.760 busy and you
00:49:21.480 can't hire new
00:49:22.100 truckers you're
00:49:23.280 not really thinking
00:49:24.120 in terms of
00:49:24.680 expanding.
00:49:25.400 You're just
00:49:25.620 going to chase
00:49:26.860 the money while
00:49:27.320 you can.
00:49:28.280 So we have
00:49:28.720 this weird set
00:49:30.600 of problems that
00:49:31.360 all happen
00:49:31.860 simultaneously to
00:49:33.200 create an
00:49:33.980 economic incentive
00:49:35.000 where nobody
00:49:35.580 can do anything.
00:49:37.020 Nobody has the
00:49:37.940 economic incentive
00:49:38.880 to change things
00:49:40.980 enough.
00:49:42.300 They all have an
00:49:43.020 economic incentive
00:49:43.820 to make it better
00:49:44.580 but nobody
00:49:45.980 individually,
00:49:47.100 not the
00:49:47.500 trucking companies,
00:49:48.380 not the
00:49:48.680 shippers,
00:49:49.240 not the
00:49:49.540 container makers,
00:49:50.780 nobody has
00:49:51.380 enough economic
00:49:52.440 incentive apparently
00:49:53.420 to do something
00:49:55.220 big and you'd
00:49:56.180 have to do
00:49:56.580 something big.
00:50:03.060 Yeah and I
00:50:03.840 was also
00:50:04.200 wondering,
00:50:04.780 it's kind of a
00:50:05.360 big coincidence
00:50:05.940 that we had
00:50:06.600 this problem
00:50:07.260 at the same
00:50:08.040 time we're
00:50:08.420 talking about
00:50:08.880 decoupling from
00:50:09.640 China.
00:50:10.600 Because that's
00:50:11.280 suspiciously
00:50:12.320 convenient,
00:50:12.960 isn't it?
00:50:14.320 One of the
00:50:14.800 things I tell
00:50:15.260 you about
00:50:15.660 fake news is
00:50:17.320 that it's too
00:50:17.880 convenient.
00:50:18.940 This is a
00:50:19.600 little too
00:50:21.020 convenient to
00:50:21.940 the decoupling
00:50:23.220 story.
00:50:24.540 But it could
00:50:25.180 be a
00:50:25.460 coincidence.
00:50:26.240 I won't
00:50:26.480 rule it
00:50:26.840 out, but
00:50:27.320 it's a
00:50:27.520 little
00:50:27.620 convenient.
00:50:29.220 Alright,
00:50:30.360 climate change
00:50:31.080 summit turned
00:50:32.180 into a joke
00:50:32.860 with their
00:50:33.220 private jets
00:50:34.200 and I guess
00:50:34.720 60% of their
00:50:35.600 meals had
00:50:36.040 beef and
00:50:36.420 dairy,
00:50:37.360 which is not
00:50:38.000 cool apparently
00:50:38.780 if you're
00:50:39.300 attending a
00:50:39.820 climate change
00:50:40.320 summit.
00:50:40.980 China didn't
00:50:41.520 even go.
00:50:42.700 So what was
00:50:43.360 the point of
00:50:43.820 the climate
00:50:44.200 change summit
00:50:44.960 if China
00:50:46.780 didn't go,
00:50:47.460 Russia didn't
00:50:47.980 go,
00:50:49.320 the people
00:50:50.000 who attended
00:50:50.660 went in
00:50:51.060 private jets
00:50:52.120 and they
00:50:52.920 ate food
00:50:54.040 that they
00:50:54.400 would not
00:50:54.760 recommend for
00:50:55.400 the world.
00:50:57.020 I think this
00:50:57.900 turned into a
00:50:58.800 complete disaster,
00:50:59.960 right?
00:51:00.840 I think this is
00:51:02.020 the moment that
00:51:03.080 the world realized
00:51:04.040 it's a fraud.
00:51:06.340 When,
00:51:07.180 now,
00:51:07.620 climate change
00:51:08.460 is real,
00:51:09.220 in my opinion,
00:51:10.940 meaning that
00:51:11.620 humans are,
00:51:12.800 you know,
00:51:13.340 making the
00:51:13.740 planet warmer
00:51:14.380 at some rate.
00:51:15.620 I'm less
00:51:16.140 alarmed than
00:51:16.820 other people are,
00:51:17.420 but I think
00:51:17.840 basic science
00:51:18.860 is probably
00:51:19.200 right.
00:51:21.300 So the
00:51:21.900 climate change
00:51:22.500 summit,
00:51:23.200 which I think
00:51:23.920 was supposed
00:51:24.340 to be
00:51:24.680 positive PR
00:51:25.760 for getting
00:51:26.760 something done,
00:51:27.960 turned into
00:51:28.460 the opposite,
00:51:29.160 didn't it?
00:51:32.060 Didn't it show
00:51:32.780 us for sure
00:51:33.480 that it's a
00:51:35.020 hoax?
00:51:35.940 Because if the
00:51:36.560 people who
00:51:37.060 were flying in
00:51:37.640 these private
00:51:38.160 jets were even
00:51:39.680 a little bit
00:51:40.200 serious about it,
00:51:40.940 they'd be
00:51:41.200 living it to
00:51:42.280 model it.
00:51:43.020 You know,
00:51:43.160 they'd be
00:51:43.720 leading us by
00:51:45.400 modeling it.
00:51:46.140 They wouldn't
00:51:46.420 be leading us
00:51:47.040 by taking
00:51:48.120 private jets
00:51:48.720 to talk to
00:51:49.860 each other.
00:51:54.380 Yeah.
00:51:55.200 So I think
00:51:55.840 this is a
00:51:56.480 huge failure.
00:51:58.700 I mean,
00:51:59.040 about as big
00:52:00.160 as you can
00:52:00.520 get.
00:52:03.200 Here's my
00:52:03.880 idea and
00:52:05.000 somebody else's
00:52:06.160 idea for
00:52:06.960 reparations.
00:52:08.260 You ready?
00:52:10.580 First idea
00:52:11.400 is instead
00:52:12.120 of giving
00:52:12.520 $450,000
00:52:13.680 to each
00:52:14.400 immigrant,
00:52:15.740 you could
00:52:16.120 give each
00:52:16.640 immigrant who
00:52:17.460 was separated
00:52:18.020 at the
00:52:18.360 border under
00:52:18.820 Trump
00:52:19.120 one Hunter
00:52:20.420 Biden
00:52:20.740 painting
00:52:21.260 worth
00:52:21.880 $450,000.
00:52:24.700 Anybody have
00:52:25.380 a problem
00:52:25.700 with that
00:52:26.000 plan?
00:52:26.700 Now, I know
00:52:27.240 it would keep
00:52:27.700 Hunter busy
00:52:28.240 for a while,
00:52:28.800 but that's
00:52:29.080 part of the
00:52:29.720 benefit of the
00:52:30.240 plan.
00:52:31.400 Keep him
00:52:31.820 away from
00:52:32.180 the rest of
00:52:32.600 the people,
00:52:32.980 right?
00:52:33.820 Yeah,
00:52:34.320 one Hunter
00:52:35.260 Biden painting
00:52:36.060 to every
00:52:36.660 person who
00:52:37.300 got separated
00:52:38.520 at the
00:52:38.800 border.
00:52:38.980 apparently
00:52:40.600 somebody else
00:52:41.140 had that
00:52:41.440 idea before
00:52:41.980 I did,
00:52:42.380 but I
00:52:42.580 don't know
00:52:42.820 who it
00:52:42.980 was.
00:52:45.820 Here's my
00:52:46.460 idea for
00:52:47.080 reparations.
00:52:49.020 And first
00:52:49.640 I'll give
00:52:50.040 you Raul
00:52:52.160 Davis'
00:52:52.840 idea.
00:52:53.760 So on
00:52:54.160 Twitter,
00:52:54.640 Raul
00:52:54.940 Davis,
00:52:55.440 who you
00:52:56.080 should
00:52:56.360 follow.
00:52:58.160 So look
00:52:59.020 for Raul
00:52:59.700 Davis,
00:53:00.320 CEO
00:53:00.860 branding
00:53:01.500 expert.
00:53:02.200 He'll pop
00:53:02.560 right up.
00:53:03.800 And he
00:53:04.160 said,
00:53:04.620 he tweeted,
00:53:05.200 the government
00:53:05.600 should create
00:53:06.180 an NFT,
00:53:07.160 that's a
00:53:07.580 little digital
00:53:08.180 piece of
00:53:08.640 art,
00:53:09.820 an NFT
00:53:10.640 reparations
00:53:11.300 fund.
00:53:12.260 Half
00:53:12.600 proceeds to
00:53:13.340 go to
00:53:13.580 black
00:53:13.920 reparations.
00:53:15.220 Get
00:53:15.400 together the
00:53:15.960 top white
00:53:16.600 liberal
00:53:17.140 actors,
00:53:17.760 artists,
00:53:18.180 and business
00:53:18.660 leaders.
00:53:19.560 They should
00:53:19.940 all be
00:53:20.240 willing to
00:53:20.700 provide NFT
00:53:21.600 artwork for
00:53:22.660 the government
00:53:23.120 program.
00:53:25.280 It's not a
00:53:26.080 bad idea,
00:53:26.940 is it?
00:53:27.920 All the
00:53:28.340 people who
00:53:28.720 want reparations,
00:53:29.880 the famous
00:53:30.360 ones,
00:53:31.000 they could
00:53:31.520 create a
00:53:31.920 little piece
00:53:32.300 of art and
00:53:33.440 just sell
00:53:33.820 it.
00:53:34.720 And then
00:53:35.280 the proceeds
00:53:35.920 go to
00:53:37.040 some kind
00:53:37.460 of reparations
00:53:38.100 fund.
00:53:38.740 But I'm
00:53:39.020 going to
00:53:39.340 take it
00:53:40.060 one step
00:53:41.360 further.
00:53:42.320 Are you
00:53:42.560 ready to
00:53:42.880 have your
00:53:43.200 mind blown?
00:53:45.160 Ready?
00:53:46.400 I'm going to
00:53:46.840 blow your
00:53:47.400 mind.
00:53:48.640 We are,
00:53:49.380 and I think
00:53:49.840 you'd agree,
00:53:50.520 and Facebook
00:53:51.140 certainly agrees,
00:53:52.300 transitioning as
00:53:53.380 a species
00:53:54.840 from a
00:53:56.460 sort of
00:53:56.920 organic
00:53:57.380 species
00:53:57.800 into a
00:53:58.540 metaverse
00:53:59.140 digital
00:54:00.340 virtual reality
00:54:01.580 species.
00:54:02.580 True or
00:54:02.940 false?
00:54:03.640 Do you
00:54:03.900 accept the
00:54:04.500 premise?
00:54:05.280 It might be
00:54:05.640 20 years,
00:54:06.340 it might be
00:54:06.640 30 years,
00:54:07.320 but do you
00:54:07.700 accept the
00:54:08.880 premise that
00:54:09.980 we're guaranteed
00:54:10.680 to be spending
00:54:11.340 a lot of
00:54:11.740 time in the
00:54:12.380 multiverse?
00:54:14.140 Maybe not
00:54:14.740 your generation,
00:54:15.740 but the one
00:54:16.140 after.
00:54:16.940 I'm going to
00:54:17.540 say yes.
00:54:18.600 Stay with me
00:54:19.340 here,
00:54:19.640 don't argue
00:54:20.380 the assumptions
00:54:20.920 yet.
00:54:23.020 Now,
00:54:23.980 if we
00:54:24.420 believe that
00:54:25.180 black
00:54:26.380 Americans were
00:54:27.460 highly disadvantaged
00:54:28.640 in the real
00:54:29.400 world because
00:54:30.560 of slavery,
00:54:31.520 and then
00:54:31.900 systemic racism
00:54:32.880 that grows
00:54:33.300 from that,
00:54:34.380 what would
00:54:34.900 be the
00:54:35.240 one time
00:54:36.040 in human
00:54:36.540 history we
00:54:37.160 could fix
00:54:38.080 that?
00:54:40.100 See where
00:54:40.760 I'm going?
00:54:42.160 You could
00:54:42.800 make the
00:54:43.840 reparations in
00:54:46.120 the metaverse.
00:54:49.360 You could
00:54:49.860 give every
00:54:50.820 black American
00:54:52.040 who would
00:54:54.640 be, let's
00:54:55.140 say, the
00:54:55.380 recipient of
00:54:56.120 reparations if
00:54:56.960 we were to
00:54:57.300 do reparations,
00:54:57.940 you could
00:54:58.800 give them
00:54:59.320 digital assets
00:55:01.540 that would
00:55:03.040 have actual
00:55:03.540 monetary value
00:55:04.420 when they
00:55:05.380 entered the
00:55:05.820 metaverse.
00:55:06.960 So every
00:55:07.620 black American
00:55:08.520 who signs up
00:55:09.180 for the
00:55:09.440 metaverse,
00:55:10.060 whether it's
00:55:11.100 Zuckerberg's
00:55:12.020 version or
00:55:12.460 another one,
00:55:13.300 gets automatic
00:55:14.280 a digital
00:55:14.860 payment, and
00:55:15.700 they start
00:55:16.120 with an
00:55:16.440 advantage.
00:55:18.960 What do
00:55:19.520 you think?
00:55:21.220 Here's another
00:55:21.920 way to do it.
00:55:23.080 Now, would
00:55:23.720 this be fair?
00:55:24.440 No, of course
00:55:24.960 not.
00:55:25.380 It wouldn't
00:55:25.680 be fair.
00:55:26.160 But, I'd
00:55:29.120 have a
00:55:29.360 conversation
00:55:29.800 about it.
00:55:30.720 I mean, I'd
00:55:31.160 at least talk
00:55:31.780 about it.
00:55:32.760 Here's another
00:55:33.360 version.
00:55:34.680 Give every
00:55:35.360 black American
00:55:36.580 in the form
00:55:37.600 of reparations
00:55:38.480 some WEN
00:55:40.320 tokens.
00:55:41.980 Now, the
00:55:42.320 WEN is my
00:55:43.200 own and
00:55:44.140 my ex-startup's
00:55:46.480 token.
00:55:47.740 The startup
00:55:48.200 is gone, but
00:55:48.980 the token
00:55:50.880 remains because
00:55:51.580 they live
00:55:51.920 forever on
00:55:52.320 the blockchain.
00:55:53.340 You could
00:55:53.740 give everybody
00:55:54.300 a bunch of
00:55:54.780 WEN tokens or
00:55:55.660 some other
00:55:56.080 crypto, but
00:55:56.660 I'll just
00:55:56.940 pick my
00:55:57.280 own, and
00:55:58.040 then just
00:55:58.360 say to
00:55:58.640 people, hey,
00:55:59.980 if you'd
00:56:01.580 like reparations
00:56:02.860 to be a
00:56:03.260 thing, buy
00:56:04.720 some WEN
00:56:05.180 for yourself.
00:56:06.900 Because if
00:56:07.520 you buy
00:56:07.840 WEN for
00:56:08.240 yourself, just
00:56:09.120 as a
00:56:09.820 speculation or
00:56:10.900 investment, I
00:56:11.780 wouldn't call it
00:56:12.280 an investment,
00:56:12.960 speculation, if
00:56:14.200 you buy it
00:56:14.560 for yourself, you
00:56:15.800 could make
00:56:16.120 some money if
00:56:17.020 it goes up.
00:56:17.980 You could
00:56:18.300 lose some
00:56:18.640 money if it
00:56:18.960 goes down.
00:56:19.720 But if it
00:56:20.280 goes up, and
00:56:21.500 just the fact
00:56:22.000 that you bought
00:56:22.460 it should make
00:56:23.620 the WEN tokens
00:56:24.580 that the
00:56:25.180 black owners
00:56:26.540 of it have
00:56:27.560 go up in
00:56:28.100 value.
00:56:28.980 So you
00:56:29.440 can simply
00:56:29.860 make yourself
00:56:30.520 rich and
00:56:31.180 also black
00:56:32.560 Americans who
00:56:33.220 got reparations
00:56:33.920 rich simply
00:56:34.700 by investing
00:56:35.340 in it.
00:56:36.500 Now, again,
00:56:37.160 it's not really
00:56:37.680 an investment
00:56:38.140 because crypto,
00:56:39.160 I don't
00:56:39.360 consider it
00:56:40.140 an investment.
00:56:41.660 What about
00:56:42.260 it?
00:56:43.280 Who loses?
00:56:45.040 Nobody, right?
00:56:46.140 Nobody loses.
00:56:47.300 Because there's a
00:56:48.020 whole bunch of
00:56:48.520 WEN tokens.
00:56:49.260 You could just
00:56:49.600 give a bunch
00:56:50.100 away and say,
00:56:50.720 all right,
00:56:50.960 everybody gets
00:56:51.520 one WEN,
00:56:52.720 and then say,
00:56:53.580 if you want
00:56:53.960 people to have
00:56:54.440 reparations,
00:56:55.180 buy some WEN,
00:56:56.180 you'll make
00:56:56.680 money too,
00:56:57.700 because yours
00:56:58.040 might go up
00:56:58.560 at the same
00:56:58.920 time.
00:56:59.840 Not guaranteed.
00:57:01.320 But if it
00:57:01.740 does, suddenly
00:57:03.140 black Americans
00:57:03.840 have a nice
00:57:04.440 little pot of
00:57:06.400 crypto that
00:57:07.260 they can turn
00:57:07.700 into real
00:57:08.120 cash.
00:57:09.360 So those
00:57:10.000 are my
00:57:10.240 ideas, and
00:57:11.400 Raul's ideas
00:57:13.200 as well.
00:57:14.080 And I don't
00:57:14.780 know that these
00:57:15.260 are good ideas.
00:57:16.200 I like to put
00:57:16.940 out the bad
00:57:17.480 idea version,
00:57:18.420 and then maybe
00:57:18.900 that makes
00:57:19.760 somebody think,
00:57:20.380 well, that's a
00:57:21.060 bad idea, but
00:57:21.700 if you change
00:57:22.620 this part, it
00:57:23.160 might work.
00:57:24.140 That's usually
00:57:24.840 the philosophy
00:57:26.300 with which I
00:57:26.940 do this.
00:57:27.840 All right.
00:57:29.840 That is all
00:57:30.960 I have to do
00:57:31.560 to talk about
00:57:33.160 today, and
00:57:34.240 I will talk
00:57:34.720 to you.