The Charlie Kirk Show - March 01, 2021


Ask Charlie Anything 52: What Does it Mean to Live a Good Life? Morality of Interstate Immigration? And China's Greatest Weapon


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In this episode of the Charlie Kirk Show, host Charlie Kirk talks about President Trump's speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), why he should run for president in 2020, and what it means to be a conservative in 2020.

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, happy Monday.
00:00:01.000 I take your questions.
00:00:02.000 You emailed us, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:00:04.000 What does it mean to live a good life?
00:00:07.000 What are the rules for immigration from one state to the other? 0.98
00:00:11.000 China has a new weapon that I'm going to tell you all about. 0.94
00:00:16.000 And finally, should Trump run in 2024?
00:00:18.000 We go through all of that and more.
00:00:20.000 It's Monday.
00:00:21.000 I take your questions at you've emailed us freedom at charliekirk.com.
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00:01:13.000 Well, Deborah, thank you and God bless you.
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00:01:24.000 God bless you.
00:01:25.000 Lot to do.
00:01:26.000 It's Monday.
00:01:27.000 We start strong.
00:01:28.000 Buckle up, everybody.
00:01:29.000 Here we go.
00:01:30.000 Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
00:01:32.000 Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campuses.
00:01:34.000 I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.
00:01:37.000 Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.
00:01:40.000 I want to thank Charlie.
00:01:41.000 He's an incredible guy.
00:01:42.000 His spirit, his love of this country, he's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.
00:01:51.000 We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:02:00.000 That's why we are here.
00:02:03.000 Hey, everybody.
00:02:04.000 Happy Monday.
00:02:05.000 Hope things are going well for you.
00:02:06.000 What a beautiful country we live in.
00:02:09.000 Be cheerful, be optimistic that we live in the greatest country ever to exist in the history of the world.
00:02:14.000 And if you are upset like I am that we are currently not in control of certain political chambers, then let's work harder, commit ourselves to reforming our elections, and really dedicate ourselves to educating and persuading voters, friends, neighbors, and young people every single day.
00:02:35.000 That's the work we're doing at Turning Point USA.
00:02:37.000 That's the work we're doing here on the Charlie Kirk show.
00:02:39.000 We're not going to just go complain about everything that's wrong.
00:02:42.000 We'll obviously spot and identify things that are not exactly trending in the right direction.
00:02:48.000 I think the Equality Act would be a good example of that.
00:02:52.000 But we're also going to talk about solutions.
00:02:53.000 We're going to elevate the good guys and be unafraid to do it with good cheer.
00:02:58.000 So this last weekend, President Trump spoke at CPAC.
00:03:02.000 We got a lot of emails from you at freedom at charliekirk.com asking us, what are your thoughts on that?
00:03:09.000 Well, we did an entire episode on that and we dropped it yesterday.
00:03:13.000 So I will direct you to go check that out.
00:03:16.000 So I want to take your questions that you asked outside of that speech that you emailed us alongside your subscription to the Charlie Kirk show, as well as leaving a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify, freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:03:31.000 So let's get right into it.
00:03:35.000 Victor from New Mexico, actually, I'll be in New Mexico next week at Steve Smotherman's Church, Legacy Church.
00:03:42.000 They do a great job.
00:03:44.000 He says, Charlie, what do you think about people leaving blue states to red states?
00:03:49.000 Don't you think it's somewhat hypocritical if they leave a blue state to a red state and continue to vote the way they used to?
00:03:56.000 It's a phenomenal question, and congratulations.
00:03:58.000 You win a signed copy of the MAGA doctrine.
00:04:00.000 In fact, I was doing some thinking about this over the weekend.
00:04:05.000 I was in Florida the last couple of weeks.
00:04:06.000 Ron DeSantis is a friend of mine, and Ron DeSantis might be America's greatest governor.
00:04:11.000 I'm going to use Florida as an example because it's such a phenomenal test case of this theory, which is that the states have their own freedom, ability, and quite honestly, a prerogative to govern in the best interest of their citizens, which by definition will then mean there's a diversity amongst the states, that every state will be able to have different results,
00:04:40.000 different successes, and different failures.
00:04:42.000 Now, what the Chinese coronavirus did is it presented an opportunity for states to all deal with something equally.
00:04:54.000 It was an opportunity for states to be measured one against the other with how they dealt with an unexpected and vicious virus.
00:05:06.000 So, the right thing to lock down yourself endlessly, close schools.
00:05:10.000 Every state handled it a little bit differently.
00:05:13.000 Some states handled it very well, like Florida and South Dakota.
00:05:18.000 Some states handled it okay, not great, like Arizona and Georgia.
00:05:23.000 Some states handled it terribly, like Illinois, New York, and California. 0.52
00:05:27.000 The through line amongst the terrible states is they're all Democrat.
00:05:32.000 The through line between the okay to the excellent states is that they have Republican, conservative leaders.
00:05:39.000 And one thing that I find to be very interesting, and generally it's a promising trend, but I have some issue with it, and I'll tell you about that issue, is how Democrats or people that live in Democrat states are fleeing the blue states for prosperous red states.
00:05:57.000 You're seeing this mostly from Northeast and Midwest states to what's called the Sunbelt.
00:06:04.000 The Sunbelt states are Arizona, Texas, and Florida in particular.
00:06:08.000 Those are the three hottest real estate markets in the country: Tampa, Florida, Austin, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona.
00:06:14.000 I spend a lot of time in Phoenix, and I spend a lot of time in Tampa, Florida, and Miami, Florida, and Southern Florida in general.
00:06:21.000 And I could just tell you, spending the last couple of weeks in Florida, people are happy.
00:06:25.000 There is an energy, there is a vibrancy, there is an optimism in the people and the citizenry of Florida, that better days are ahead.
00:06:33.000 In fact, better days might already be there.
00:06:36.000 New businesses are popping up.
00:06:37.000 Capital is flowing in.
00:06:39.000 I walked the streets of Miami.
00:06:41.000 I walked the streets of Naples.
00:06:43.000 I walked the streets of Tampa.
00:06:45.000 I walked the streets of Orlando.
00:06:48.000 I even walked the streets of Daytona Beach.
00:06:50.000 I saw almost every single city in Florida except Jacksonville and Tallahassee.
00:06:54.000 And I could tell you that the DeSantis model is working.
00:06:59.000 And whether or not Democrats, whether or not Fauci wants to admit that, people are voting with their feet.
00:07:06.000 They're voting using outward migration.
00:07:11.000 So I have a couple of rules when it comes to moving from one state to the other.
00:07:17.000 And I have these rules as someone who did move from one state to the other.
00:07:20.000 I moved from Illinois to Florida, my beloved state of Illinois.
00:07:24.000 I love Illinois.
00:07:25.000 I don't love the winters, but I love the people.
00:07:27.000 I love the culture.
00:07:27.000 I love the work ethic.
00:07:29.000 It's changing rapidly.
00:07:30.000 The Illinois State Board of Education, the radical socialist communist takeover of the state, the property tax are the highest in the country.
00:07:38.000 6% property tax on a commercial piece of property, 3% for most residential, not to mention the 5% income tax and the 11% sales tax if you live in Cook County.
00:07:48.000 Unbelievably corrupt outward migration of people, capital.
00:07:54.000 I wish I could have stayed in Illinois longer.
00:07:58.000 I wish it could work because I think there was something really special about the geographic location of Illinois, about the history of Illinois.
00:08:08.000 However, I said enough is enough and I moved to Florida.
00:08:11.000 So these rules, I think, should be universal.
00:08:15.000 And it starts with this principle.
00:08:18.000 When you move from a state or even a country like Venezuela, Argentina, from one to the other, I believe and I will argue that you have a moral obligation to not change the place you migrate to.
00:08:32.000 So here are three things that I came up with over the weekend as I was thinking about this and I was driving through the streets of Phoenix this last weekend, looking at the moving trucks, talking to realtors.
00:08:47.000 They say that prices are just going up dramatically of housing, which is an indication that people are moving to Phoenix.
00:08:54.000 Therefore, the limited supply of housing makes the prices go up.
00:08:58.000 Simple supply and demand.
00:08:59.000 So I thought of these three rules.
00:09:00.000 And the question is just perfect from my friend from New Mexico.
00:09:03.000 Number one, people must remember that you move here for a reason.
00:09:09.000 Moving is not easy.
00:09:11.000 Moving is not something people do lightly.
00:09:14.000 Moving typically is because you are not satisfied in your current condition or something looks better on the other side.
00:09:25.000 You don't just move for fun.
00:09:26.000 Some people I do when you're young, but if you have a family and you're moving, it's a very involved activity.
00:09:34.000 Takes selling a house, package up all your stuff, finding a new house, finding new friends, finding a new school.
00:09:41.000 And so if you have moved from one state to the other and all of a sudden you don't realize that politics might be involved in your decision, you're in for a wake-up call.
00:09:52.000 And if you see people moving into your neighborhood from California, you should tell them and remind them gently, kindly, these three rules.
00:10:02.000 Number two, this is something that everyone who moves from one state to the other should hear.
00:10:10.000 The change that you think you want to bring to the state of Arizona, the change that you think you want to bring to the state of Georgia, the change that you think you want to bring to Texas is probably worse than what you're living through right now in the state of Arizona, Texas, and Georgia, the new state you moved to.
00:10:25.000 Whatever concocted idea that you have, you probably don't know what you're talking about.
00:10:32.000 The people that lived here before you did a good job of developing and creating something worthy of you moving your family to it.
00:10:40.000 Therefore, have the humility to probably adopt the political practice of whatever existed before you.
00:10:49.000 Yes, I am making the argument that if you come into a state and it's a predominantly Republican state and you like the policies and you like the schools and you like the safety and you like the freedom, and then all of a sudden you just say, you know what?
00:11:03.000 But I think they need a little bit more socialism.
00:11:08.000 I think they need a little bit more equity in the schools, timeout.
00:11:14.000 You don't know what you're talking about.
00:11:16.000 Your movement embodies that.
00:11:19.000 Now, this works both ways.
00:11:20.000 Some people move to states admiring those policies and then want to continue to support them.
00:11:26.000 They're doing the moral thing.
00:11:29.000 But to all of a sudden think that you have all the answers for a state that generally works well enough for you to migrate out of the other one to that one, humble yourself.
00:11:41.000 Reason number three.
00:11:44.000 And this is an idea, this is an idea that we don't talk about enough.
00:11:48.000 You will impose your viewpoints on people that didn't move or can't move.
00:11:56.000 So you will, by definition, punish the native citizens of Arizona, Texas, or Georgia, or Florida, which they're all going through changes right now, Florida going in the right direction, Texas, Arizona, and Georgia going in the wrong direction,
00:12:11.000 of people that grew up in that state, want to see it preserved, and all of a sudden, your immigration to that state or to America as a country will all of a sudden uproot and change a lifestyle that they were counting on, that they were betting on.
00:12:31.000 And so, by you imposing your views, you will, by definition, disenfranchise the people that created the state or the country that you so desired to move to. 0.74
00:12:46.000 This is especially true when we bring in so many immigrants from across the world that all of a sudden want to vote to change the country they immigrate to. 0.87
00:12:57.000 A great example of this is Elon Omar.
00:12:59.000 Elon Omar was warmly received by the citizens of America.
00:13:05.000 Elon Omar is a black Somali Muslim.
00:13:08.000 She's a congresswoman. 1.00
00:13:10.000 I've never heard her say a positive thing about America.
00:13:14.000 I'm sure she has.
00:13:15.000 But the point is not whether I can dig up a soundbite of Elon Omar saying something positive about America.
00:13:23.000 The point is that it's not her primary argument.
00:13:28.000 Her primary argument is complaining about whatever structural inequities or inequalities that she thinks exists in America. 0.95
00:13:37.000 So if that's the thing I know her for, and she's a black Muslim immigrant, and she wants to come here to tell us everything that's wrong with our country, then we should say, hold on.
00:13:50.000 You should first and foremost come from a position of gratitude and learning, not ingratitude and condescension.
00:13:59.000 And the same, we're seeing this happen all across the country.
00:14:01.000 So I spend a lot of time in Arizona.
00:14:03.000 Our offices are headquartered in Phoenix, and we have a lot of listeners here in Phoenix.
00:14:06.000 Email me, by the way, if you're in Arizona.
00:14:08.000 By the way, I'm on every single day at 10 o'clock on AM 960, The Patriot, on radio.
00:14:14.000 If you ever find yourself in the car in Phoenix, Arizona is quickly changing.
00:14:18.000 Arizona just legalized marijuana, which I think is a terrible decision.
00:14:21.000 And I'm happy to do an entire podcast on the conservative case against the legalization of marijuana.
00:14:26.000 And it might surprise you.
00:14:28.000 I know we have a lot of libertarian listeners.
00:14:30.000 And by the way, if you disagree with that, please email me and send me your literature.
00:14:34.000 I'm open to being convinced.
00:14:36.000 I didn't always have this opinion, and I love disagreement.
00:14:38.000 I really do.
00:14:39.000 So if you ever disagree with me, please email me.
00:14:42.000 I'd love to hear from you.
00:14:43.000 But Arizona just legalized weed. 0.65
00:14:45.000 They just raised taxes.
00:14:46.000 They have all these changes happening rapidly. 0.84
00:14:48.000 And I can't help thinking myself: the people that moved here from California fleeing the high taxes, fleeing the crime, fleeing the homelessness, fleeing the open drug usage, fleeing the public defecation, fleeing the transgender curriculum, all of a sudden coming here and saying, you know what, let's get a little bit of California in this place. 0.84
00:15:04.000 And that's why I established those three rules. 0.74
00:15:07.000 And so if you are a migrant, either from another country or to America or from one state to the other, these are three rules that I think every single person should follow. 0.70
00:15:18.000 You moved here for a reason. 1.00
00:15:19.000 Your change is probably going to screw up the place that you're moving to.
00:15:22.000 Because the people that were there before you have a pretty good idea of what works.
00:15:27.000 And by trying to change it, your imposition of those values will then punish the people that didn't move or can't move.
00:15:37.000 These are very important things that I think we should establish and communicate.
00:15:42.000 I am seeing one of the most dramatic migrations in my lifetime and probably in American history from one state to the other.
00:15:51.000 Florida, we'll see how they're able to handle it.
00:15:53.000 One of my concerns is that Miami and in Florida, this rapid outward migration is going to take an extraordinary amount of business risk where a lot of these New York firms are moving into Florida and they might keep their values with them.
00:16:14.000 Something very important to keep in mind.
00:16:16.000 So excellent question.
00:16:17.000 Congratulations.
00:16:18.000 You win a signed copy of the MAGA doctrine.
00:16:20.000 Let's get to the next question.
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00:17:15.000 Fred from Wisconsin asks, hey, Charlie, do you think Trump will run in 2024?
00:17:19.000 If so, what are his chances?
00:17:20.000 Congratulations.
00:17:21.000 You win a signed copy of the MAGA doctrine.
00:17:22.000 I don't know.
00:17:23.000 As I mentioned, I met with him last week.
00:17:25.000 I encourage you to check out that episode where I summarized my meeting with the president, which the episode is literally called my meeting with President Trump.
00:17:32.000 I don't think it's as important as what he talked about in his speech.
00:17:37.000 What is the Republican Party going to stand for?
00:17:39.000 Are we going to reform our elections?
00:17:41.000 And are we going to challenge big tech?
00:17:42.000 And so Trump 2024 is something that is worth entertaining.
00:17:47.000 I think that if the president, in some ways, was more focused on the message and less on personal fights, he would do a lot better.
00:17:58.000 And that's not to say that I think he necessarily does anything that would alienate voters.
00:18:07.000 However, I think it's fair to say that a lot of people in 2020 did not vote for him strictly because of style, not because of substance.
00:18:18.000 That was one positive takeaway I took from his speech, was how focused President Trump was on creating a case against Joe Biden.
00:18:30.000 I think it's very positive and something that I think he will be in a better position politically the more he focuses on the separations of actual implications of policy more than anything else.
00:18:43.000 So we'll keep a close eye on Trump 2024.
00:18:45.000 If he runs, he's going to be a very frequent guest here on the Charlie Kirk show.
00:18:50.000 If he doesn't run, I'm sure he's going to be very involved in that candidate selection.
00:18:53.000 But none of that matters if we do not fix our elections.
00:18:56.000 And we've gone into great detail about that.
00:18:58.000 And the next question I want to answer is actually on that.
00:19:00.000 It's Michael from Michigan.
00:19:02.000 He says, hey, Charlie, and congratulations, Michael from Michigan.
00:19:04.000 You win a signed copy of the MAGA doctrine.
00:19:07.000 Hey, Charlie, how do you best propose we fix our elections?
00:19:11.000 And President Trump talked about this in his speech.
00:19:14.000 And again, you can listen to the full speech at the other episode we just posted yesterday where he talked about signature verification, turning it into election day, not election month.
00:19:23.000 But most importantly, we must pressure our state legislatures.
00:19:27.000 I said this in my meeting with President Trump.
00:19:30.000 I think it is so critically important that President Trump pressures our state legislators to reform our elections so that people have a trust in the selection of our leaders.
00:19:45.000 Let's get to the next question here.
00:19:47.000 My name is Michael, and I'm a student at West Virginia University.
00:19:47.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:19:50.000 I'm a big fan of the show and a daily listener.
00:19:53.000 I'm curious if you have heard about the situation regarding the New York Rangers and their star player, Artemi.
00:19:59.000 Panarin.
00:20:00.000 A Russian newspaper recently published a story alleging that Panarin got into a physical altercation with an 18-year-old female in 2011.
00:20:08.000 Panarin, of course, has denied the allegations and the Rangers have his back, but he is taking a leave of absence at the moment.
00:20:15.000 Panarin has been a critic of Vladimir Putin and has shown support for Alexei Navalani, which you have mentioned on your show before.
00:20:22.000 What are your current thoughts on this story?
00:20:24.000 Also, should I join my school's Turning Point USA chapter?
00:20:27.000 Thank you for all you do for our country, Michael.
00:20:28.000 Well, first of all, Michael, I have not heard this story, and so I probably butchered the pronunciation of Panarin, but it wouldn't surprise me if the Russian government was behind such leaking of a story, because if you dare question Vladimir Putin, who is a thug, then they will come after you.
00:20:45.000 To answer your other question, should you join your Turning Point USA chapter?
00:20:48.000 Of course, you should join your Turning Point USA chapter.
00:20:50.000 And this actually goes to a different point, Michael, that I want to make.
00:20:53.000 And congratulations, you won a signed copy of the MAGA Doctrine, and thank you for emailing us at freedom at charliekirk.com.
00:20:59.000 We have a great chapter at West Virginia University.
00:21:01.000 And by the way, if you are on campus right now and you say, boy, I am just so upset with what's happening around the liberal nonsense, maybe you're in high school, maybe you're in college, maybe you're a parent and you want to do something about it, tpusa.com.
00:21:14.000 Go right now to tpusa.com.
00:21:17.000 But it goes to a deeper point that I was thinking about this weekend.
00:21:20.000 And I try to do hours and hours of study and scholarship every night.
00:21:25.000 But on weekends, I really do at least five hours a day of just reading the great books and reimmersing myself into Aristotle or just different points of history that I think will be most helpful in trying to analyze and give wisdom, which of course is the knowledge of all things eternal, to what's happening right now.
00:21:44.000 And I do my best with that.
00:21:45.000 And one thing I stumbled across was a Victor Davis Hansen discussion where Victor said in passing, he said, China is cheering on the woke industrial complex in our country.
00:21:58.000 I said, what a great point.
00:22:00.000 And I thought to myself, Russia is as well.
00:22:04.000 And basically, Russia by doing this, by trying to invoke Me Too against an athlete who's a critic of Putin, China and Russia, and more so China. 0.73
00:22:15.000 I think Russia is an annoyance. 0.81
00:22:16.000 I'd love to have a détente with Russia and work with Russia against the Chinese Communist Party. 0.92
00:22:25.000 And I think it presents a very obvious point, which is that China's new nuclear weapon against the West is not a military or nuclear approach. 0.86
00:22:35.000 It's not a thermonuclear approach. 0.87
00:22:38.000 It is instead fomenting and supporting the race, class, and gender wars here in America. 0.95
00:22:45.000 You see, the race, class, and gender wars will be the only reason China dominates the next century. 0.90
00:22:53.000 China cannot beat us militarily. 1.00
00:22:55.000 We will defeat them if it comes to that. 1.00
00:22:57.000 It will not be easy.
00:22:59.000 It would not be without massive sacrifice, but China doesn't want that. 0.81
00:23:02.000 Instead, China is doing exactly what happened at the end of World War I. At the end of World War I, and we talked about this in our episode last week, The Top Down Revolution Explained, and I encourage you to check it out. 0.65
00:23:16.000 It's been one of our best performing episodes.
00:23:18.000 Boy, I'm promoting a lot of episodes because we put a lot of work into them.
00:23:20.000 But this one in particular is very good.
00:23:23.000 We're at the end of World War I. Basically, the Eastern and the Western Front, which of course was the Austria-Hungary Empire and the British coalition force of what would be called the Allies, but it really wasn't that pure and simple in World War I.
00:23:41.000 But basically, trench warfare and chemical warfare just had the war being fought within 30 square miles.
00:23:49.000 There was very little movement, a lot of death, a lot of suffering, a lot of civilian collateral damage.
00:23:54.000 And basically, as a strategy to end on the Eastern Front, a man who was in prison by the name of Vladimir Lenin was released from prison, sent to Russia to actually start what is now known as the communist revolution as a way to weaken the strength of the Eastern Front and ended up working.
00:24:12.000 It was slow and then sudden, or gradually, then suddenly, to use an Ernest Hemingway phrase, but Vladimir Lenin was basically able to do more damage against the Eastern Front internally than any sort of weapon could have possibly done at the time.
00:24:32.000 And I think that China is employing a similar strategy against the West and against America: China's new strategy against America is not going to be invading San Diego or dropping missiles on Seattle. 0.81
00:24:46.000 Instead, China's strategy is going to be supporting and getting behind BLM Incorporated. 0.72
00:24:53.000 Instead, China is going to be supporting people like Robin DiAngelo.
00:24:57.000 Instead, China is going to be getting behind Alexandria Acasio-Cotez. 0.55
00:25:02.000 China knows that their world domination will be made possible by strengthening the woke industrial complex. 0.65
00:25:11.000 I think we need to talk about this more: that China's new nuclear weapon was not developed by splitting the atom. 0.91
00:25:19.000 China's new nuclear weapon was not developed by some scientific breakthrough. 0.76
00:25:27.000 Instead, they think they will be able to destroy us all by supporting the social justice woke activists within our country, which will weaken us and it will bring down our resolve, which is one of the arguments I have for Donald Trump staying in the public eye. 0.91
00:25:44.000 And I know there's plenty of people that listen to our podcast.
00:25:47.000 I see your emails that do not care for Donald Trump.
00:25:50.000 They want the page to be turned on Donald Trump.
00:25:53.000 And I think some of the criticisms of my friend Donald Trump are not necessarily invalid.
00:26:01.000 I think some of them are saying that Donald Trump is mean to his critics.
00:26:05.000 He needs to focus more on policy, which again, if you listen to his last speech here, I think some of those criticisms are less valid than they were previously.
00:26:14.000 However, one of the arguments I have for Donald Trump staying in center view, for him saying center stage, is that he keeps the pro-American argument at a very high and significant and legitimate platform.
00:26:31.000 It keeps the pro-American message within the zeitgeist, which means the spirit of the times, more prominent than ever before.
00:26:39.000 So I think that is a good argument for Donald Trump staying in politics, at least for the time being.
00:26:48.000 And if he runs in 2024, he'll be a very formidable candidate.
00:26:52.000 It is his nomination.
00:26:53.000 Quite honestly, he's earned it.
00:26:54.000 He wants it, it's his.
00:26:56.000 Presidents have won non-consecutively before, Grover Cleveland. 0.70
00:27:00.000 But if China is serious about taking us over, they would have to get that sort of an argument, that sort of a movement, completely stifled. 0.91
00:27:07.000 That is why Donald Trump staying front and center actually buys us some time against the Chinese Communist Party's new nuclear weapon. 0.51
00:27:19.000 I'm very excited to talk to all of you about a new book out from my good friend Jim Holden.
00:27:24.000 And the new episode is out.
00:27:25.000 You guys should listen to that episode.
00:27:27.000 Best-selling author, Turning Point Endowment Board member, and my dear friend, Selling in an Anxious World is Jim's fifth book on selling strategies and best practices.
00:27:36.000 This time, Jim brings together research and science with many examples to dramatically improve business-to-business sales, campaigns for important deals.
00:27:44.000 It's a fantastic book, and you actually go beyond winning deals to actually impacting the things you care about most.
00:27:52.000 Jim goes through it piece by piece, and I can tell you I've read this book, it's a great book.
00:27:56.000 Jim encourages readers to start their own careers by outperforming others to accelerate career growth and be more fulfilled in their work.
00:28:04.000 It's a must-read.
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00:28:08.000 You heard me speak about the culture war in America.
00:28:10.000 Turning point USA has brought the love of our country and God to education, our churches, and now Jim has brought it to corporate America to help businesses and people be successful.
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00:28:55.000 Okay, let's get to another question here.
00:28:57.000 Antonette Ajo, who is the Turning Point USA High School Coordinator for the Sierra Territory.
00:29:05.000 And I miss, and I apologize if I mispronounced your name.
00:29:09.000 Mr. Kirk, your work is admirable and your spirit is unmatched.
00:29:13.000 What drives you forward?
00:29:14.000 Also, how do you maintain the energy to fuel a lifestyle like yours?
00:29:17.000 Thank you for motivating the conservative movement.
00:29:19.000 We wouldn't be where we are without your leadership.
00:29:21.000 Have a great week.
00:29:22.000 Thank you so much.
00:29:23.000 That is so kind.
00:29:24.000 That actually means more to me right now than I could possibly tell you.
00:29:28.000 And thank you for being involved with Turning Point USA.
00:29:30.000 And she has a great Turning Point USA title at Turning Point USA High School Coordinator.
00:29:35.000 So everyone listening should get involved with TurningPointUSA, TPUSA.com.
00:29:39.000 What drives me forward?
00:29:41.000 The more I learn, the more I read, the more I listen, the more I ask, the more I realize how lucky we are to live in the United States of America.
00:29:50.000 It is the greatest experiment in civil government in the history of the planet.
00:29:54.000 And we're on the verge of screwing it up voluntarily.
00:29:56.000 And I will not be witness to the voluntary suicide of the West.
00:30:03.000 If they destroy us, so be it.
00:30:05.000 We will not do it voluntarily.
00:30:07.000 If you study human history, albeit autodidactically, which means self-taught, or even as shortly as I have, which is just about a decade, you will realize that human beings are prone to screwing everything up.
00:30:26.000 And once we screw it up, we want a dictator to take care of us.
00:30:28.000 That's human history.
00:30:30.000 A constitutional republic focused on liberty and God-granted rights is so rare, it is a gift from God.
00:30:37.000 And what drives me forward?
00:30:39.000 I can't remain still.
00:30:42.000 It's just who I am.
00:30:43.000 I'm restless.
00:30:44.000 And ever since I started Turning Point USA, I've loved the idea space.
00:30:48.000 I've loved motivating people towards action.
00:30:50.000 I think everyone should be, in one way or the other, doing something that you believe contributes to a broader purpose.
00:30:56.000 Look, if I was just involved in business, simply and strictly, there's not anything wrong with that.
00:31:01.000 I'd probably make a lot of money and I'd have some really good business ideas and I'd work 14, 18 hours a day, but I wouldn't be fulfilling what I think is the most important thing for me.
00:31:11.000 It's not the most important thing for everyone, which is macro change through micro action.
00:31:17.000 And for me, I'm most focused on civilization preservation.
00:31:23.000 That's the thing that really drives me.
00:31:25.000 And then more than anything else, you say, well, what is the why in what you do?
00:31:30.000 I believe everything a human being does matters.
00:31:33.000 I think what you eat matters.
00:31:34.000 I think every word you select matters.
00:31:37.000 That is why we take what we say so seriously here on the Charlie Kirk show.
00:31:40.000 I think what you read matters.
00:31:41.000 I think where you travel matters.
00:31:43.000 I think who you marry matters.
00:31:44.000 I think all of it matters.
00:31:47.000 So I'm actually an anti-nihilist, which could be called a Christian.
00:31:51.000 Nihilist believes none of your action matters unless it's a power struggle and it's all just a bunch of neurons and atoms colliding together, dust in the wind.
00:31:58.000 The universe will deteriorate.
00:32:01.000 What's the point?
00:32:01.000 You might as well enjoy it.
00:32:04.000 That, by the way, is the predominant viewpoint that is expressed on most college campuses.
00:32:10.000 My worldview is the exact opposite of a nihilist, which is that everything matters.
00:32:14.000 That every single course of action that you decide to embark on, including the little things, diet selection, text messages you respond to, it all is a reflection of your greater character.
00:32:29.000 Now, Aristotle, who's just phenomenal, by the way, just unbelievable.
00:32:34.000 And if you're not exposed to Aristotle, you're missing out.
00:32:36.000 And by the way, I was missing out for most of my life.
00:32:39.000 I was not taught Aristotle in public school.
00:32:41.000 And I just recently, in the last couple years of my life, became even aware of Aristotelian logic and ethics.
00:32:48.000 And so I'm by no means trying to talk down to anyone when I talk about this.
00:32:52.000 I just can literally tell you from personal experience that I was missing out until I became aware of Aristotle.
00:32:59.000 And I was rereading Aristotle's book on politics, which is phenomenal, but I was also rereading Aristotelian ethics.
00:33:08.000 And it's directly consistent with the argument I'm making, which is basically, and I'm going to read actually from it.
00:33:16.000 And it's the ethics of Aristotle.
00:33:19.000 It's so phenomenal.
00:33:20.000 And if any of you are out there and you're searching for meaning, you might be in a place of depression, listen to this carefully and maybe read this book.
00:33:29.000 It really is the first ever self-help book.
00:33:32.000 I begin the first thing he writes, which remember, Aristotle was a student of Plato, who was a student of Socrates, which are all part of Greco-Roman culture, which built the civilization that you're all in.
00:33:44.000 Okay, let me read from this.
00:33:46.000 And I try not to do too much deep philosophy.
00:33:48.000 So I want to try to build a big audience.
00:33:50.000 Again, I have a talent to try to bring a podcast audience down to a manageable size, to quote my pastor, Rob McCoy.
00:33:57.000 But here we go.
00:33:59.000 Every art and every kind of inquiry, and likewise, every act and every purpose seems to aim at some good.
00:34:09.000 And so it has been well said that the good is that which everything aims.
00:34:16.000 That first paragraph, I could spend six episodes on.
00:34:22.000 And Dr. Larry Arn from Hillsdale College has a phenomenal course on this, and he has been just so instructive in, quite honestly, opening up my eyes to this.
00:34:35.000 But let me read one in this particular, that one sentence I just said, again, this is from the ethics of Aristotle, and it goes back to this question of what drives you.
00:34:42.000 The good should drive you.
00:34:44.000 A common phrase we have talked about here on this show is that human beings are aiming creatures.
00:34:49.000 If you're not aiming at something, then you're going to be meandering.
00:34:53.000 You'll be in chaos and confusion, and you will be unhappy.
00:34:59.000 Aristotle continues by saying, but a difference is observable among these aims or ends.
00:35:04.000 What is aimed at is sometimes the exercise of a faculty, sometimes a certain result beyond that exercise.
00:35:11.000 And where there is an end beyond the act, the result is better than the exercise of the faculty.
00:35:18.000 So basically, he's arguing.
00:35:20.000 And it goes on to say, what is good?
00:35:24.000 What a great question to ask.
00:35:26.000 What is the good?
00:35:27.000 Is anything good?
00:35:28.000 Or are we all just a bunch of clumps of cells meandering around the universe?
00:35:36.000 If you live your life with the belief that there is good, then the next question should be, how do I find that good?
00:35:47.000 Aristotle will argue throughout this book, and he did it many times.
00:35:50.000 Again, this is the book that our entire civilization is built around, by the way.
00:35:54.000 And so many colleges refuse to teach this.
00:35:57.000 And if they teach it, they teach it by saying, oh, Aristotle was pro-slavery.
00:36:01.000 That is an incomplete and quite honestly unfair summary of the greatest philosopher, in my opinion, Aristotle.
00:36:01.000 Not true.
00:36:14.000 Every time you make a choice, it puts a mark on your soul.
00:36:17.000 You are a reflection of your choices.
00:36:20.000 And that's a lot of pressure to put on yourself.
00:36:21.000 That's why the grace of Jesus Christ is so important.
00:36:25.000 However, if you believe that the good is worth pursuing, eventually the ultimate hierarchy of the good will lead you to Christ.
00:36:34.000 Aristotle then says the highest level that you can aim at, or the purpose, which is actually a Greek word called telos, which is where we get the word telescope from, purpose, something out in the distant, something you can see, something that you want to aim for, something that eventually you want to get to, the telos, it's actually my new favorite Greek word, is something that you should be reminded of every day.
00:37:00.000 And so for me, my telos, my purpose is trying to preserve the civilization that was given to us.
00:37:08.000 Big picture.
00:37:11.000 I might not succeed.
00:37:13.000 The big picture, the telos, the purpose, the out there moonshot is maybe this gift we have been given can actually be handed down a couple more times.
00:37:28.000 Maybe not.
00:37:29.000 I am perfectly willing to admit that we might fail.
00:37:34.000 But I refuse to allow the possibility of failure to be an excuse for inaction.
00:37:42.000 And so when all of you say, you know what, my purpose is that Charlie, but I got to feed my kids and I got to go to work and I'm going to help you by supporting you at charliekirk.com slash support, for example, then you are playing a role in that ultimate purpose, that telos.
00:38:00.000 And that is a moral thing to do.
00:38:02.000 And by the way, I want to thank you again for doing that.
00:38:04.000 But to answer the question, what drives you forward?
00:38:08.000 What a great way to just phrase that question, drive and forward.
00:38:13.000 Notice she says she doesn't say, what drives you backward.
00:38:17.000 It's great diction.
00:38:18.000 It's great word selection.
00:38:21.000 If you have at least some understanding that the good is something worth pursuing, you will be in the 1% of the 1% of people on this planet.
00:38:34.000 And especially amongst people in our generation.
00:38:37.000 And then you ask yourself the question, okay, there's the good, there's humans.
00:38:41.000 Well, then how do I live a good life?
00:38:43.000 Welcome to the party.
00:38:45.000 You're going to spend your whole life mostly trying to figure that out.
00:38:48.000 So to know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
00:38:52.000 Most importantly, ask those that have lived full good lives and learn from those people and try your best to replicate it.
00:38:58.000 You're going to screw it up, but then improve once you do.
00:39:01.000 The other part of your question is, well, how do you get the energy to do what you do?
00:39:04.000 I'm naturally a high energy person.
00:39:08.000 I eat very carefully.
00:39:10.000 My team's laughing right now as I say this.
00:39:13.000 I try not to eat any carbohydrates.
00:39:16.000 I do love pizza.
00:39:18.000 I love bread.
00:39:20.000 I love cheese, but I really do my best to eat all greens and all meats.
00:39:26.000 You just get more energy when you do that.
00:39:28.000 And I love hot sauce.
00:39:29.000 I drink more water than I think any other human being in the state of Arizona or Florida does.
00:39:36.000 And those things directly contribute to living.
00:39:40.000 with more energy and therefore a happier and fuller life.
00:39:43.000 I am a big believer that diet, by the way, is a massive contribution to mental state of mind.
00:39:48.000 Massive contribution.
00:39:50.000 And so anyone out there might be feeling a little down, fix your diet and then fix your sleep schedule.
00:39:56.000 I actually think God wants us to sleep when it's dark and be awake when it's light.
00:40:02.000 So that's a long answer to that question.
00:40:04.000 Thank you for getting involved with Turning Point USA, but I'm happy to do a deeper episode on philosophy.
00:40:09.000 I don't want to bog it down too much, but I really am a big believer that every action you make is a reflection of your soul and your character is exactly that.
00:40:23.000 So thank you for your question.
00:40:24.000 Let's get to the last question here.
00:40:26.000 Brian from Florida.
00:40:27.000 Charlie, you talk a lot about Florida.
00:40:30.000 I live here.
00:40:31.000 I love it.
00:40:31.000 But my friends in California say that they're doing much better when it comes to the virus.
00:40:35.000 Can you give me some statistics to prove this?
00:40:37.000 Thanks so much.
00:40:38.000 Well, first of all, Florida is the second oldest state in the country and the third largest state.
00:40:43.000 And California per capita has more virus deaths, infections, and severe hospitalizations with having their schools closed.
00:40:52.000 Those are some good top level numbers, but just the movement of people is the best argument you can make.
00:40:58.000 And so happy to dive into that in more episodes of the Charlie Kirk Show, but I think we've covered that thoroughly.
00:41:05.000 Thank you guys so much for listening here.
00:41:07.000 It's a great episode.
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00:41:43.000 God bless you guys.
00:41:44.000 Thanks so much.
00:41:45.000 Live a full good life.
00:41:47.000 We'll keep on exploring what exactly that means.
00:41:49.000 We live in the greatest country ever to exist in the history of the world.
00:41:52.000 Let's do our part to help save it.
00:41:54.000 God bless you guys.