Episode 2034 Scott Adams: Now That I Have Your Attention...
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Summary
Join me for the dopamine hit of the day as we discuss the latest in the war in Ukraine, and why we should all be worried about collapse points. Also, we talk about why a national divorce is a bad idea.
Transcript
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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the most cancelled person in all of the world.
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Well, I don't know if that's true, but I'm probably in the top ten.
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And I'm feeling good. I know I'm not supposed to, but I keep feeling good.
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Because I've got to say, I've had more outpouring of love and support than any time in my entire life.
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The amount of love and support I'm getting is through the roof. We'll talk about that.
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But if you'd like to take your experience to a higher level, all you need is a cup or a mug or a glass,
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a tank or a chalice or a stein, a canteen, a jug or a flask, a vessel of any kind.
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And fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee.
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And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine hit of the day,
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And today, I'm going to light the world on fire.
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Do you think I've been controversial before this?
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Will I be doing something that's dangerous today?
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But first, we're going to talk about the boring news.
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Sometimes you're close to collapse without knowing it.
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Because if any one of the components, you know, goes bad,
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like let's say if the supply chain for the war dried up,
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you know, because the Ukrainians did a good job,
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I'm just saying there are a number of things that could be collapse points.
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So apparently the Wagner group has, you know, got the best fighters,
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and they're usually the point of the spear doing the attacking.
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And they're doing an attack in which they're reportedly,
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again, you can't believe anything out of Ukraine,
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but reportedly Wagner group is sending their best troops in on this fight
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Now, I know they've been using, allegedly, you know, who knows,
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Because the collapse point is when there's not enough of the best fighters
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because the conscripts aren't going to get it done.
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So we might be at a point where there are still, you know,
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A sudden change would be, and I'm just making up numbers,
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But again, no information that comes out of Ukraine is reliable.
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Rasmussen has a poll, says that 47% of Republicans
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at least somewhat agree that red states and blue states
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as do 26% of Democrats and 27% of voters not affiliated.
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Isn't that the entire point of having different states?
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Are people not moving from California to Texas and Florida?
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is starting to do the thing it's supposed to do,
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You know, you can't instantly move to another place
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This feels like a manufactured problem, doesn't it?
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and, you know, we can't get along and all that.
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But has that ever been any different in America?
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So, I don't think anything actually will happen
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I'm still one of the biggest stories in the country,
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as long as I'm provocative and I cause more trouble?
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I'm going to be provocative and cause more trouble.
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if you want to know the context of my current drama.
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and the extreme right thinks I'm a black supremacist.
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which is the facts don't matter to the opinion.
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Because they're both looking at the same set of facts,
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and they're arriving at opposite movies, right?
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So, this is my lead-in to Don't Trust Anything.
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And that's the way the newspapers are reporting it.