The Michael Knowles Show - Ep. 201 - Free Speech Is So Rare, You Can't Even Buy It

00:00:00.000 Unfortunately, it seems no amount of money will entice the proudly ignorant socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

00:00:07.360 to publicly debate any of her terrible policy proposals.

00:00:11.140 But if that cash is burning a hole in your wallet, don't worry.

00:00:14.600 Disgraced FBI agent and all-around twerp Peter Strzok is perfectly willing to take it on his GoFundMe.

00:00:21.360 As the left ramps up censorship of conservatives, we will explain the current price of free speech.

00:00:26.600 It ain't free, baby.

00:00:27.500 Then George Gilder steps by to discuss the death of Google and the rise of blockchain.

00:00:32.460 Finally, you'll be shocked to hear this one.

00:00:34.220 The mainstream media think that President Trump is stupid.

00:00:37.720 Can you believe it?

00:00:38.740 We'll analyze the latest accusation in light of all the others.

00:00:42.720 I'm Michael Knowles and this is The Michael Knowles Show.

00:00:51.660 I couldn't believe it when I read that.

00:00:54.460 The media, they think Trump is stupid.

00:00:57.580 Shocking.

00:00:58.080 It's shocking.

00:00:58.520 We'll get down there.

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00:02:34.660 Okay, a lot to get to today.

00:02:36.720 I want to start out basically by, I'm just going to be honest with you.

00:02:40.400 I'm just going to lay this on the table.

00:02:42.020 I want someone to pay me $10,000 to debate them.

00:02:45.280 Why?

00:02:45.800 I'm on Twitter all the time.

00:02:47.960 Everybody's offering $10,000, $20,000, $100,000 to debate them on how terrible socialism is.

00:02:54.100 I'll settle for $100.

00:02:55.480 You know that Ben doesn't pay me.

00:02:56.900 You know that I'm here in this broom closet, wasting away over here.

00:03:00.480 I was living in a dumpster in an alternate universe.

00:03:03.080 I need some money, honey.

00:03:05.060 The way this all began, if you're a little confused on who's offering who money for what,

00:03:09.880 this began because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that the Republicans are afraid to debate her.

00:03:16.000 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah.

00:03:23.600 She said that the Republicans are afraid to debate her.

00:03:26.940 So Ben says, I will debate you.

00:03:29.960 In fact, I will donate $10,000 to your campaign to debate you on the merits of socialism.

00:03:35.500 So she didn't want to do that, obviously.

00:03:37.580 She said it was catcalling.

00:03:40.600 I don't know how she came up with this one.

00:03:42.280 She said that accepting a debate challenge,

00:03:46.200 challenging someone to a debate,

00:03:47.540 accepting a debate challenge is catcalling.

00:03:51.160 Why did she say that?

00:03:52.600 I'll allow Alexandria to explain in her own words.

00:03:55.560 I am not the expert on geopolitics on this issue.

00:03:59.940 It makes a lot of sense.

00:04:01.020 She's not the expert.

00:04:01.960 She didn't know.

00:04:02.680 That's fair enough.

00:04:03.480 So she says she's not going to do it.

00:04:07.160 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jenny from Yorktown Heights,

00:04:10.120 says, I'm not going to take this debate.

00:04:11.880 So then they turn it up a notch.

00:04:13.300 She pulled the gender card.

00:04:15.000 So then Candace Owens says, I'll give you 20 grand.

00:04:17.600 And I think Charlie Kirk said, we'll give you 100 grand.

00:04:19.780 And then I don't know if the number is at like

00:04:21.640 $100 billion right now or something.

00:04:24.660 But either way, she's not going to do it.

00:04:28.000 Why won't she?

00:04:28.900 Why won't she do it?

00:04:29.780 One of the responses that the Democrats have all lined up,

00:04:33.480 on is she's just running this one congressional race.

00:04:36.140 She only has to debate her opponent.

00:04:38.040 She only has to debate her opponent.

00:04:39.200 She doesn't need to debate random people like, for instance,

00:04:41.760 the guy with the biggest conservative talk show in the country.

00:04:44.140 You know, you don't need to do that, right?

00:04:45.640 You don't need to do that.

00:04:47.660 If she had just stuck to her race, then she wouldn't have to.

00:04:50.760 But she has positioned herself as the future of the Democratic Party.

00:04:53.900 The head of the DNC, Tom Perez,

00:04:55.460 says that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the future of the Democrat Party.

00:05:00.800 She is going all around the country.

00:05:02.280 She's stumping for candidates in Michigan.

00:05:04.160 She's raising money in California.

00:05:06.240 She stumped for that one candidate.

00:05:07.700 She went out and gave her introduction,

00:05:08.920 then forgot to introduce the candidate she was endorsing.

00:05:11.580 Because it's all about her.

00:05:13.160 She's the future of the party.

00:05:14.380 She's positioned herself this way.

00:05:15.840 If you're going to be the future of the party,

00:05:17.920 then you have to debate people.

00:05:19.700 Then you have to be out there in the public arena

00:05:21.400 and talk to people outside of New York's 14th Congressional District.

00:05:24.720 Which is very hard,

00:05:25.580 because New York's 14th Congressional District

00:05:27.020 is something like 90% Democrat.

00:05:30.040 It's a D plus 21 district, I think,

00:05:32.760 or D plus 29 district.

00:05:34.200 It is solidly Democrat.

00:05:36.640 So she's got to think outside of here

00:05:38.620 if she wants to.

00:05:40.660 Or if she wants to be the head of that party.

00:05:42.360 But she isn't going to do that.

00:05:44.540 This gets to part of the Democrats' problem

00:05:48.000 with free speech right now.

00:05:50.100 Because she's made herself this superstar.

00:05:52.340 If she wants to be the superstar,

00:05:54.280 why not engage in the free exchange of ideas?

00:05:57.840 What is stopping her?

00:05:58.980 I get practically what's stopping her.

00:06:00.580 She doesn't know anything,

00:06:01.720 and she sounds very foolish every time she goes on TV.

00:06:04.520 I see the practical reason.

00:06:05.900 But then maybe she shouldn't be the head of the party.

00:06:08.140 She will not take the money.

00:06:09.800 No matter how high the numbers go up,

00:06:11.240 she won't take the money.

00:06:12.260 Meanwhile, money is pouring in to Peter Strzok.

00:06:16.140 Peter Strzok, you'll remember that name.

00:06:17.580 He's the guy who texted his girlfriend,

00:06:19.680 the girl he was having an affair with,

00:06:21.220 his colleague,

00:06:22.080 and said,

00:06:22.700 I'm going to stop Trump from becoming president.

00:06:24.520 Don't worry, he'll never become president.

00:06:26.160 As he's investigating President Trump,

00:06:28.480 as he's working in the FBI during the 2016 election,

00:06:31.360 got fired from the Mueller campaign.

00:06:33.580 If you don't remember him,

00:06:34.240 here is Peter Strzok looking like a demon

00:06:36.320 before Trey Gowdy at Congress.

00:06:39.260 Your testimony is,

00:06:41.000 Bob Mueller did not kick you off

00:06:42.800 because of the content of your text.

00:06:44.600 He kicked you off because of some appearance

00:06:46.620 that he was worried about.

00:06:47.620 My testimony,

00:06:48.900 what you asked and what I responded to

00:06:50.740 was that he kicked me off because of my bias.

00:06:53.300 I'm stating to you,

00:06:54.240 it is not my understanding

00:06:55.360 that he kicked me off because of any bias,

00:06:57.760 that it was done based on the appearance.

00:06:59.380 If you want to represent what you said accurately,

00:07:01.360 I'm happy to answer that question,

00:07:02.720 but I don't appreciate

00:07:03.540 what was originally said being changed.

00:07:05.900 I don't give a damn what you appreciate,

00:07:07.460 Agent Strzok.

00:07:08.020 I don't appreciate having an FBI agent

00:07:10.060 with an unprecedented level of animus

00:07:12.160 working on two major investigations during 2016.

00:07:15.960 Oh, Trey Gowdy, why are you going away?

00:07:18.180 Why are you leaving?

00:07:19.520 That struck.

00:07:20.380 He comes off as smug.

00:07:21.620 He had this weird sort of demonic smile

00:07:24.160 look on his face during his testimony,

00:07:26.400 but how smug?

00:07:27.920 This is a guy,

00:07:29.900 the audacity of his GoFundMe campaign

00:07:32.140 is jaw-dropping.

00:07:33.280 This is a guy who has worked his entire life

00:07:36.160 on the public dole, right?

00:07:38.680 He's worked a taxpayer expense his entire life.

00:07:43.040 Then he was caught being corrupt.

00:07:45.880 He's caught cheating on his wife with a coworker,

00:07:48.600 promising her that he's going to use

00:07:49.740 the power of the state,

00:07:50.780 the coercive power of the state

00:07:51.980 to undermine a democratic election,

00:07:54.280 to undermine a presidential election,

00:07:55.940 to subvert that election

00:07:57.120 and prevent Donald Trump from becoming president.

00:07:59.060 He then just waits.

00:08:01.320 He just sits around.

00:08:02.320 He says, I'm not going to resign.

00:08:03.460 I'm not going to quit.

00:08:04.040 But finally, they were able to push this guy

00:08:06.620 out of the bureaucracy.

00:08:07.700 What's the first thing he does?

00:08:08.620 He puts his hand out again and says,

00:08:09.900 give me more money.

00:08:10.700 I need more money.

00:08:11.500 Give me more of your money.

00:08:12.700 And the American people,

00:08:14.740 really just lefties,

00:08:16.540 they give him more money.

00:08:17.840 We must be so rich right now

00:08:19.840 because of the Trump economy

00:08:21.120 that money is literally burning a hole

00:08:23.400 in people's pockets,

00:08:24.160 that they're going to give it to this schmuck.

00:08:25.520 It is unfathomable.

00:08:27.060 He puts up his GoFundMe campaign,

00:08:31.620 and I believe the limit was $150,

00:08:33.040 or $150,000.

00:08:34.780 That's what he wanted.

00:08:35.940 He has now had to up that limit twice

00:08:38.200 because people keep pouring money in.

00:08:39.980 Do you know how much this guy has raised?

00:08:41.960 $300,000

00:08:43.660 because he got fired

00:08:45.860 for being terrible at his job

00:08:47.260 and corrupt

00:08:47.760 and trying to subvert democratic processes.

00:08:51.460 He's raised $300,000.

00:08:52.900 That's what the left has rewarded him with.

00:08:56.300 $300,000.

00:08:57.640 That, by the way,

00:08:58.560 is nearly $300 per minute.

00:09:01.040 If you factor in

00:09:03.460 all of the waking hours that we have,

00:09:05.560 this guy's making about $300 per minute.

00:09:08.900 They've raised it twice.

00:09:10.100 Here's what the GoFundMe campaign says.

00:09:12.440 This is what's written on it.

00:09:13.300 Quote,

00:09:13.780 Peter Strzok,

00:09:14.480 a man who has spent his entire life

00:09:16.380 working to help keep us

00:09:17.940 and our nation's sake,

00:09:19.160 has been fired.

00:09:20.220 He needs your help.

00:09:21.320 For the last year,

00:09:22.200 Pete,

00:09:22.740 his work,

00:09:23.300 and his character

00:09:23.940 have been the target

00:09:25.080 of highly politicized attacks,

00:09:27.180 including frequent slanderous statements

00:09:29.600 from President Trump

00:09:30.440 who actively

00:09:31.180 and apparently successfully

00:09:32.200 pressured FBI officials

00:09:33.700 to fire Pete.

00:09:34.960 No, no, no.

00:09:35.280 He wasn't the target

00:09:36.280 of politicized attacks.

00:09:37.700 He is the politicized attack.

00:09:39.660 He politicized the FBI

00:09:40.880 to attack a presidential election

00:09:42.640 and to attack President Trump.

00:09:44.460 That's what he did.

00:09:45.460 It's unbelievable.

00:09:46.480 I told you yesterday

00:09:47.460 was the projection day

00:09:49.780 for the Democratic Party.

00:09:51.100 It was the,

00:09:51.540 I know you are,

00:09:51.960 but what am I day?

00:09:52.820 They constantly project

00:09:54.360 what they're doing

00:09:55.000 onto their opponents.

00:09:56.100 The GoFundMe goes on.

00:09:58.820 Peter Strzok is a proud

00:10:00.080 husband and father.

00:10:03.400 Can I end the show there?

00:10:05.420 How am I supposed

00:10:06.400 to make fun of that?

00:10:07.620 Peter Strzok,

00:10:08.480 the only reason we know

00:10:09.440 this guy's name

00:10:10.100 is because he was cheating

00:10:10.840 on his wife

00:10:11.520 with a co-worker.

00:10:13.240 He wasn't even just cheating

00:10:14.320 on his wife

00:10:14.820 with Sally from the diner.

00:10:16.500 He was actually cheating

00:10:17.920 on his wife,

00:10:18.900 so violating their marriage

00:10:20.800 and violating the bonds

00:10:22.580 with himself and his employer

00:10:24.600 who is the American people.

00:10:26.360 He's working for the American people.

00:10:27.660 He's working in the government

00:10:28.600 at an executive agency,

00:10:30.980 a law enforcement agency

00:10:32.020 that demands integrity

00:10:33.400 and he's cheating on his wife

00:10:34.580 with his co-worker.

00:10:36.500 He's a proud husband

00:10:37.500 and a father.

00:10:38.320 Are you kidding me?

00:10:39.700 He goes on.

00:10:40.320 A veteran of the U.S. Army

00:10:41.820 and counterintelligence

00:10:42.760 special agent

00:10:43.660 who spent more than two decades

00:10:45.180 in a job he loved

00:10:46.240 at the FBI.

00:10:47.060 Yeah, I bet you loved the job.

00:10:48.760 I bet you loved the job.

00:10:49.880 I bet you loved feeling empowered

00:10:51.560 to subvert presidential elections.

00:10:54.120 I bet you loved apparently

00:10:55.620 having little dalliances

00:10:57.220 with your co-workers.

00:10:58.280 I bet you loved that feeling

00:10:59.260 like you controlled

00:11:00.520 the power of the state

00:11:01.820 to stop the American people

00:11:03.360 from selecting the president

00:11:04.300 that they want.

00:11:05.020 I'm sure you loved it.

00:11:06.280 Tough noogies, buddy.

00:11:07.940 It goes on.

00:11:08.700 But last week,

00:11:09.540 in a decision apparently driven

00:11:11.020 by political pressure,

00:11:12.620 a senior FBI official

00:11:13.640 chose to fire Pete.

00:11:16.060 The reason you were fired

00:11:17.820 is because you were horrible

00:11:18.900 at your job

00:11:19.640 and you violated the trust

00:11:20.840 of the American people.

00:11:21.920 The shocking story here

00:11:23.040 is not that Peter Strzok was fired.

00:11:25.160 The shocking story

00:11:25.800 is that he was allowed

00:11:26.300 to keep his job

00:11:27.080 as long as he did,

00:11:28.220 which just shows you

00:11:29.160 the inertia

00:11:30.060 of the federal bureaucracy.

00:11:31.500 It shows you

00:11:31.840 why we have to slash

00:11:32.800 the power and size

00:11:34.360 and scope

00:11:34.940 of the federal bureaucracy.

00:11:37.080 But he kept his job anyway.

00:11:39.160 Unbelievable.

00:11:40.420 $300,000 this guy gets.

00:11:43.520 The left now

00:11:44.480 is pouring money,

00:11:46.340 giving money

00:11:46.900 to a lecherous

00:11:48.260 criminal bureaucrat.

00:11:49.640 That's where they think

00:11:50.380 the money should go.

00:11:51.360 Where else could this money go?

00:11:52.400 I don't know.

00:11:52.780 Like any charity

00:11:53.740 could go there.

00:11:54.900 Why don't they give it?

00:11:55.740 They're always whining about

00:11:56.580 how the federal government

00:11:57.600 doesn't have enough money.

00:11:58.360 Why don't they give their money

00:11:59.020 to the federal government?

00:12:00.180 No, they're giving it

00:12:01.140 to this lecherous creep,

00:12:03.320 this little twerp

00:12:04.400 who lives his whole life

00:12:05.500 on taxpayer handouts

00:12:07.740 while simultaneously

00:12:08.900 violating the public trust

00:12:10.500 and then he demands more money,

00:12:11.860 puts his hand out.

00:12:12.560 No shame whatsoever.

00:12:14.080 Could you imagine the shame?

00:12:15.620 You get fired for your job

00:12:16.720 for violating the public trust

00:12:17.920 and cheating on your wife

00:12:18.740 and you trying to subvert

00:12:21.000 a presidential election

00:12:21.920 and then the first instinct is

00:12:23.880 gimme, gimme, gimme.

00:12:25.300 I can't support myself.

00:12:26.300 Gimme, gimme, gimme.

00:12:27.200 So pathetic.

00:12:28.240 What a little twerp.

00:12:29.400 And they're giving money

00:12:30.080 to that guy.

00:12:30.880 The left is giving money

00:12:31.700 to that guy.

00:12:32.400 And this all ties in

00:12:33.740 with the debates.

00:12:34.400 This all ties in

00:12:35.300 with free speech

00:12:37.040 because the left right now,

00:12:40.560 it feels an utter disdain

00:12:43.860 for the essence

00:12:44.900 of this country.

00:12:45.700 It feels a disdain

00:12:46.760 for freedom,

00:12:48.260 for the freedom

00:12:48.860 that the United States represents

00:12:50.080 and for the country

00:12:50.980 and for the countrymen.

00:12:52.320 Why do they like Peter Strzok?

00:12:53.740 Because Peter Strzok

00:12:54.640 tried to use the power

00:12:55.560 of the state

00:12:56.060 in his own words.

00:12:57.340 He boasts about it

00:12:58.320 in his own words.

00:12:59.200 Using the power

00:13:00.080 of the state

00:13:00.620 to stop Americans

00:13:02.800 from electing

00:13:03.380 the president they want.

00:13:05.140 And the left

00:13:05.700 doesn't like freedom,

00:13:07.580 doesn't like the country,

00:13:09.620 doesn't like the American country.

00:13:11.040 They applaud people

00:13:11.860 when they protest

00:13:12.680 the flag itself,

00:13:13.820 the symbol of the country.

00:13:14.960 And they don't like

00:13:15.840 their countrymen.

00:13:16.780 They slander them

00:13:17.520 with all sorts of nonsense

00:13:18.780 constantly,

00:13:19.960 calling them Nazis

00:13:20.800 and white supremacists.

00:13:23.140 Anybody who's to the left

00:13:24.060 of Vladimir Lenin

00:13:24.880 is a Nazi all of a sudden

00:13:25.980 or a white supremacist

00:13:27.260 or something.

00:13:28.320 That's why they like him.

00:13:29.460 Because Peter Strzok

00:13:30.380 opposed freedom,

00:13:31.580 he opposed democratic order,

00:13:33.280 he opposed his country

00:13:34.420 and his countrymen.

00:13:36.000 That's why they like him.

00:13:37.660 You see that same thing

00:13:38.400 with the debate.

00:13:38.880 They won't debate.

00:13:40.160 The left will not debate.

00:13:41.120 We're offering them $100,000.

00:13:42.600 They won't debate.

00:13:43.580 Why?

00:13:44.020 They don't want to engage with us.

00:13:45.520 They can't defend

00:13:46.220 their point of view.

00:13:47.160 They need censorship.

00:13:48.540 It's all about shutdowns.

00:13:50.400 Censorship, back off,

00:13:51.640 block you on Twitter,

00:13:53.160 give money to the lecherous creep

00:13:54.600 who tries to subvert democracy.

00:13:56.200 It's all about that.

00:13:57.260 I was on Fox & Friends

00:13:58.800 this weekend

00:13:59.740 and we were talking about

00:14:01.460 these teachers in Boston

00:14:03.400 or in a Massachusetts suburb

00:14:05.240 who openly admitted

00:14:07.540 that they were going to become

00:14:08.520 liberal propagandists,

00:14:09.860 they were going to disregard

00:14:10.980 objectivity in their teaching,

00:14:12.560 that they were going to

00:14:13.260 brainwash their students.

00:14:14.460 They're admitting this

00:14:15.580 in a meeting that has been uncovered.

00:14:18.500 We were discussing this

00:14:19.480 on Fox & Friends

00:14:20.080 and Ed Henry and Abby Huntsman

00:14:22.040 repeated multiple times,

00:14:24.420 if you're one of these teachers

00:14:26.040 and you want to come on

00:14:26.860 and have your voice heard,

00:14:27.920 come on, we'll have you on.

00:14:29.480 Come on, come on the show,

00:14:30.600 we'll have you on.

00:14:31.960 But you don't see that

00:14:32.720 from the left.

00:14:33.460 You don't see the left saying,

00:14:34.400 come on and we'll talk.

00:14:35.540 It's only the right

00:14:36.220 that does that.

00:14:37.280 It's only right-leaning networks

00:14:38.500 like Fox, like us.

00:14:39.680 How many Democrats

00:14:40.440 have I invited on this show?

00:14:42.060 Every day I try to invite

00:14:43.200 Democrats on this show,

00:14:44.140 two people have taken me up on that.

00:14:45.740 One of whom was Tom Arnold.

00:14:47.800 And that was great.

00:14:48.780 I had a good time doing that.

00:14:51.000 The right is constantly

00:14:52.280 inviting people in,

00:14:53.280 constantly inviting people to talk.

00:14:55.100 The left will not do that.

00:14:56.600 The left never has an actual

00:14:58.020 Republican on their networks.

00:14:59.760 Who was the last Republican

00:15:00.740 to actually go on CNN?

00:15:02.380 I know they have

00:15:03.120 Anna Navarro on all the time,

00:15:04.440 someone who, to my knowledge,

00:15:06.020 has never once actually advanced

00:15:08.220 the Republican or conservative cause.

00:15:10.080 But they call her

00:15:10.800 a Republican strategist

00:15:11.920 because she plays one on CNN.

00:15:13.660 You know, Anna Navarro,

00:15:14.920 all of these people.

00:15:16.760 Who's the, oh,

00:15:17.280 that one who's so awful

00:15:18.420 in the water.

00:15:18.800 Jennifer Rubin.

00:15:19.580 They pretend that,

00:15:20.120 Jennifer Rubin's a lifelong lefty.

00:15:21.600 They pretend that she's

00:15:22.220 a Republican or a conservative.

00:15:23.800 They don't have people on.

00:15:25.300 And now you're seeing

00:15:25.940 big tech do this.

00:15:27.900 You know, look,

00:15:28.540 you saw that they banned

00:15:30.300 Alex Jones from YouTube

00:15:31.360 and Facebook.

00:15:32.460 Now they've banned

00:15:33.060 Gavin McGinnis from Twitter.

00:15:35.020 Who knows who's next?

00:15:35.760 They're getting it

00:15:36.240 progressively more mainstream.

00:15:39.640 Even Noam Chomsky

00:15:40.880 thinks this is bad.

00:15:42.020 No less a lefty

00:15:42.980 than Noam Chomsky

00:15:44.180 thinks this is a terrible thing

00:15:45.620 and opposes the censorship

00:15:47.000 of people like Alex Jones.

00:15:49.440 If you aren't familiar

00:15:50.260 with Noam Chomsky,

00:15:51.000 here's an example

00:15:52.060 of a bygone day of yore

00:15:53.240 when the left was willing

00:15:54.080 to engage in discourse.

00:15:55.540 Here is Noam Chomsky

00:15:56.600 on Bill Buckley's firing line.

00:16:01.340 I rejoice in your disposition

00:16:03.140 to argue the Vietnam question,

00:16:06.520 especially when I recognize

00:16:07.560 what an act of self-control

00:16:08.680 this must involve.

00:16:10.380 It does.

00:16:10.900 It really does.

00:16:11.780 I mean, I think that

00:16:12.300 this is the kind of issue

00:16:13.180 where sometimes I lose my temper.

00:16:15.680 Maybe not tonight.

00:16:16.420 Maybe not tonight.

00:16:18.520 Because if you would,

00:16:19.500 I'd smash you in the goddamn face.

00:16:23.400 You say in your book...

00:16:24.940 There's a good reason

00:16:24.960 for not losing my temper.

00:16:26.600 You say the war

00:16:27.460 is simply an obscenity,

00:16:29.000 a depraved act

00:16:30.280 by weak and miserable men.

00:16:33.040 Including all of us.

00:16:35.040 Including myself.

00:16:36.000 Including every...

00:16:36.860 That's the next sentence.

00:16:38.020 Same sentence.

00:16:39.880 So you heard that

00:16:40.900 the Vietnam War

00:16:41.680 is a weak and miserable act

00:16:43.280 undertaken by depraved men.

00:16:45.600 This is not a moderate person.

00:16:48.040 This is not...

00:16:48.540 This is a far-left person,

00:16:50.500 Noam Chomsky.

00:16:51.140 But even he is saying

00:16:52.000 this tendency of the left

00:16:53.960 to just censor,

00:16:55.200 to refuse to engage,

00:16:56.200 to refuse to debate.

00:16:57.180 He's on Bill Buckley's show.

00:16:58.560 Buckley's actually making a joke

00:16:59.880 about his debate

00:17:01.340 with Gore Vidal on television

00:17:02.800 where he said,

00:17:03.660 if you...

00:17:04.600 Don't call me a crypto-nazi

00:17:06.160 or I'll smash you

00:17:07.060 in your damn face

00:17:07.880 and you'll stay plastered,

00:17:09.280 you queer.

00:17:10.020 You know, he goes on and on.

00:17:11.060 He's making a joke about this

00:17:12.000 and they're laughing about this

00:17:13.180 and engaging

00:17:13.780 in an exchange of ideas.

00:17:15.840 This no longer happens.

00:17:18.660 Right now,

00:17:19.820 big tech is escalating its attacks.

00:17:21.900 Big tech is

00:17:22.940 controlled by the left.

00:17:24.600 The people who run these companies

00:17:25.820 are left-wingers.

00:17:27.440 They're under immense pressure

00:17:28.660 from the left right now

00:17:29.560 because the left blames big tech

00:17:32.000 for the 2016 Trump victory.

00:17:34.600 They blame Facebook

00:17:35.700 for allowing conservative news,

00:17:37.960 so-called fake news,

00:17:39.060 to pervade the platform.

00:17:40.800 They blame Twitter

00:17:41.580 for the Russian bots.

00:17:42.800 Everything's a Russian bot.

00:17:43.840 I'm a Russian bot.

00:17:44.880 And they're constantly blaming big tech.

00:17:47.080 They're under pressure

00:17:47.540 and they're caving.

00:17:48.280 They're censoring people right now.

00:17:50.680 This is bad.

00:17:51.540 And I get really sick and tired

00:17:53.500 of even conservatives

00:17:54.720 who say,

00:17:55.280 well, big tech,

00:17:56.600 they can do whatever they want.

00:17:57.540 It's not a big deal.

00:17:58.220 They can do whatever they want.

00:17:59.220 The First Amendment doesn't,

00:18:00.640 they have their rights to speech.

00:18:02.120 It's the First Amendment.

00:18:02.920 That's fine.

00:18:04.460 Yes.

00:18:05.720 Nobody, duh,

00:18:07.000 nobody disagrees with you

00:18:08.120 that a company can do

00:18:08.940 what it wants to do.

00:18:10.200 Although,

00:18:11.160 one has to remember

00:18:12.200 if you're a platformer,

00:18:13.440 if you're a publisher,

00:18:14.640 there are certain rules

00:18:16.000 that go along with that.

00:18:17.200 But, yeah,

00:18:17.980 nobody is saying

00:18:18.460 that they can't do it.

00:18:19.780 We're saying they shouldn't do it.

00:18:21.160 We're saying it creates

00:18:21.800 a bad culture.

00:18:22.760 It's a bad society.

00:18:23.820 It's not in keeping

00:18:24.540 with American premises.

00:18:26.360 It's not in keeping

00:18:27.060 with American ideals

00:18:28.600 to censor people

00:18:30.040 with whom you disagree.

00:18:31.440 Sure,

00:18:31.800 it's not an issue

00:18:32.460 of the First Amendment,

00:18:33.860 perhaps,

00:18:34.360 but it is an issue

00:18:35.340 of the cultural products

00:18:38.460 that go with the First Amendment,

00:18:39.980 of the American ethos.

00:18:41.220 It is an issue of that.

00:18:42.380 Big government is very bad.

00:18:43.480 Censorship by big government

00:18:44.560 is bad.

00:18:45.300 But big corporations

00:18:46.780 isn't that much better.

00:18:48.380 I guess it's a little bit better

00:18:49.420 because it has usually

00:18:50.660 less of a monopoly.

00:18:52.220 But that's,

00:18:52.700 you know,

00:18:54.100 the corporate culture

00:18:55.200 in America

00:18:55.700 does define our culture

00:18:57.180 in so many ways.

00:18:58.260 When a CEO

00:18:59.080 gets run out of town

00:19:00.480 on a rail

00:19:01.040 because he's

00:19:01.920 contravened

00:19:03.300 the latest

00:19:04.380 leftist orthodoxy,

00:19:06.460 the leftist orthodoxy

00:19:07.720 du jour,

00:19:08.400 that's not good.

00:19:10.180 That's not something

00:19:10.680 we should celebrate.

00:19:11.280 Say,

00:19:11.680 oh, well,

00:19:12.180 it's freedom.

00:19:12.860 No, it's okay.

00:19:14.160 No, that's okay.

00:19:14.800 They can do it.

00:19:15.380 Of course they can do it.

00:19:16.180 Nobody's disagreeing.

00:19:17.240 We're saying,

00:19:17.660 should they do it?

00:19:18.740 There's a thought

00:19:19.320 that stops thought

00:19:20.000 and that's the only thought

00:19:20.660 that ought to be stopped.

00:19:21.900 Censorship is bad.

00:19:23.080 Censorship is bad per se,

00:19:24.820 especially in America.

00:19:26.140 And when corporations do it,

00:19:27.840 we shouldn't just

00:19:28.440 shut down the conversation

00:19:29.800 and say,

00:19:30.080 well, they can.

00:19:31.080 They can.

00:19:31.900 Hey, they can, right?

00:19:32.780 Yeah, sure.

00:19:33.560 But should they?

00:19:34.660 Should we hold them accountable

00:19:35.660 and say,

00:19:36.020 no, don't censor people?

00:19:37.740 Don't,

00:19:38.020 especially when you've got

00:19:38.860 all outsized power,

00:19:40.340 especially when you've got

00:19:40.900 the data of all Americans,

00:19:42.660 especially if you know

00:19:43.220 where Americans are

00:19:44.000 at all times everywhere.

00:19:45.320 And especially when you work

00:19:46.520 with the government,

00:19:47.300 when you are constantly

00:19:48.840 in contact with the government,

00:19:49.960 all of these big tech firms are.

00:19:52.800 Fortunately,

00:19:53.320 there's some hope in this.

00:19:54.440 There are some writers

00:19:55.680 and economists

00:19:56.340 and technologists

00:19:57.380 who are offering hope.

00:19:58.740 One of those

00:19:59.320 is George Gilder.

00:20:00.200 George Gilder

00:20:00.660 is an American investor,

00:20:01.820 economist,

00:20:02.260 and author of the

00:20:02.820 international bestseller

00:20:03.680 Wealth and Poverty,

00:20:04.940 which made the case

00:20:05.960 in the early 1980s

00:20:07.160 for supply-side economics

00:20:08.820 and capitalism.

00:20:10.180 He was the most often quoted

00:20:11.820 living author

00:20:12.440 by President Ronald Reagan

00:20:13.660 and he now predicts

00:20:15.300 the eventual,

00:20:16.700 if not imminent fall

00:20:17.760 of Google

00:20:18.320 and big tech companies

00:20:19.660 in his new book,

00:20:20.880 Life After Google,

00:20:22.400 The Fall of Big Data

00:20:23.560 and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy.

00:20:25.740 I sat down with George Gilder

00:20:26.760 a few days ago

00:20:27.400 to discuss

00:20:28.520 why I shouldn't worry

00:20:29.960 too much about Google

00:20:30.800 and why I should buy

00:20:31.400 a lot of Bitcoin.

00:20:32.340 Without further ado,

00:20:33.420 here is Mr. Gilder.

00:20:35.260 Mr. Gilder,

00:20:35.920 thank you so much

00:20:36.400 for being here.

00:20:38.120 Great to be here.

00:20:39.840 So,

00:20:40.720 the book is

00:20:41.380 Life After Google,

00:20:43.040 The Fall of Big Data,

00:20:44.160 The Rise of the Blockchain Economy.

00:20:46.400 You know,

00:20:47.020 my show personally

00:20:48.560 has been censored

00:20:49.820 by Google,

00:20:50.620 by YouTube.

00:20:51.580 I know a lot of people now,

00:20:53.280 especially conservatives,

00:20:54.480 but across the political spectrum,

00:20:56.160 have big gripes

00:20:57.320 with big technology,

00:20:59.420 big data.

00:21:01.240 Give us hope.

00:21:02.280 This is a welcome message

00:21:03.380 that there will be

00:21:04.000 a life after Google,

00:21:05.080 but why is there going to be

00:21:06.580 a life after Google?

00:21:07.580 Why is Google

00:21:08.440 and big tech going to fall?

00:21:10.020 And what comes next?

00:21:11.120 Because the internet architecture

00:21:13.260 that Google

00:21:14.700 and all the big internet

00:21:17.440 leviathans manage

00:21:19.340 has reached the end

00:21:21.120 of the line.

00:21:21.960 It doesn't supply security.

00:21:23.740 It doesn't supply privacy.

00:21:26.120 It can't sustain factuality.

00:21:29.180 It really can't ultimately

00:21:31.760 sustain transactions

00:21:34.020 because transactions

00:21:36.240 are necessarily dependent

00:21:37.860 on security.

00:21:39.180 So Google's response

00:21:42.460 is to give everything

00:21:45.040 for free

00:21:45.980 because who wants

00:21:49.640 to steal free stuff?

00:21:51.980 But ultimately,

00:21:54.160 this aggregate

00:21:56.100 and advertise

00:21:57.140 strategy

00:21:59.160 that they're pursuing

00:22:00.420 reaches a dead end.

00:22:05.000 if you're giving away

00:22:07.580 stuff for free

00:22:09.340 as your dominant model,

00:22:12.800 the internet fills up

00:22:15.640 with unwanted

00:22:16.700 value-subtracted

00:22:18.720 minuses

00:22:19.820 called ads.

00:22:21.460 And the whole system

00:22:25.120 breaks into separate

00:22:26.740 walled gardens.

00:22:28.640 The mullahs of Iran

00:22:30.280 have a walled garden.

00:22:31.840 the government

00:22:33.860 of China.

00:22:36.280 Which makes perfect sense

00:22:38.420 if two nerds

00:22:39.600 at Google

00:22:40.840 can have their

00:22:41.680 walled garden

00:22:42.580 and Mark Zuckerberg

00:22:44.900 have his.

00:22:46.580 The segmented internet

00:22:48.800 has reached the end

00:22:51.120 of the line

00:22:51.740 is the essence of it.

00:22:53.760 And it's just like IBM.

00:22:56.340 You know,

00:22:56.680 everyone thought IBM

00:22:58.200 was the dominant empire

00:22:59.840 of information technology

00:23:02.800 30 years ago

00:23:03.980 and the government

00:23:06.120 mobilized

00:23:07.180 to regulate it

00:23:10.840 and sue it

00:23:11.900 just at the point

00:23:13.180 that it began

00:23:14.140 to subside

00:23:15.020 into the background

00:23:16.160 of our lives.

00:23:18.000 Of course.

00:23:18.680 And it's funny,

00:23:20.080 the IBM example

00:23:20.940 is great

00:23:21.580 because I wonder

00:23:23.080 even if a lot

00:23:23.720 of millennials

00:23:24.160 watching this show

00:23:24.940 remember how dominant

00:23:26.180 IBM was

00:23:27.240 and then it began

00:23:28.560 to subside

00:23:29.600 and now it seems

00:23:30.880 virtually impossible

00:23:31.980 to think of a world

00:23:33.900 after the dominance

00:23:35.420 of these big tech companies.

00:23:37.120 In your book

00:23:37.900 you refer to these

00:23:38.940 Silicon Valley types

00:23:40.160 the heads of Google

00:23:41.400 and Facebook

00:23:42.140 as neo-Marxists.

00:23:44.520 They have a neo-Marxist view

00:23:46.160 of themselves

00:23:46.760 and of the world.

00:23:47.960 I think a lot of conservatives

00:23:49.300 suspect that

00:23:50.620 on a gut level

00:23:51.620 but what do you mean

00:23:52.420 by that?

00:23:52.840 Well, the essence

00:23:55.620 of Marxism

00:23:56.720 was Marx's belief

00:23:59.100 that the Industrial Revolution

00:24:01.480 of the 19th century

00:24:03.360 was the final

00:24:04.360 human attainment.

00:24:05.860 It provided

00:24:09.020 productivity

00:24:10.980 beyond any

00:24:12.620 possible needs

00:24:14.640 and in the future

00:24:15.820 the only issue

00:24:17.280 would be

00:24:17.780 how to distribute

00:24:18.860 existing wealth

00:24:20.180 rather than

00:24:20.760 how to create

00:24:21.480 new wealth.

00:24:22.840 Google

00:24:23.600 and

00:24:24.260 Itzel today

00:24:27.920 believe

00:24:29.340 that their

00:24:30.160 machine learning

00:24:31.640 their artificial

00:24:33.060 intelligence

00:24:33.960 their robotics

00:24:35.160 their algorithms

00:24:37.140 represent

00:24:38.560 the ultimate

00:24:39.600 human attainment.

00:24:42.320 Their

00:24:42.940 error is

00:24:45.520 even grander

00:24:46.740 than Marx's

00:24:48.420 because

00:24:49.040 Marx didn't

00:24:51.300 imagine

00:24:51.780 imagine

00:24:51.800 that the

00:24:52.760 steam engine

00:24:53.540 could usurp

00:24:54.380 the human mind

00:24:55.560 but

00:24:56.460 Brennan Page

00:24:59.600 imagine

00:25:02.420 that their

00:25:03.260 machine intelligence

00:25:04.820 can usurp

00:25:06.380 and transcend

00:25:07.140 human minds

00:25:08.320 in a grand

00:25:09.120 singularity.

00:25:10.280 And you believe

00:25:11.280 that this is

00:25:12.920 foolishness

00:25:13.700 as it was

00:25:14.080 foolishness

00:25:14.620 back then

00:25:15.120 because we

00:25:15.680 hear so much

00:25:17.240 that in the future

00:25:18.620 in the not too

00:25:19.680 distant future

00:25:20.380 people aren't

00:25:21.520 really going to

00:25:22.020 have to work

00:25:22.780 there's going to be

00:25:24.200 so much abundance

00:25:25.000 from this techno

00:25:26.040 utopia

00:25:26.740 that people will

00:25:28.500 just get a

00:25:29.520 handout

00:25:29.900 I don't know

00:25:30.460 you can write

00:25:30.860 poetry or something

00:25:31.720 like that

00:25:32.160 you won't really

00:25:32.940 have to work

00:25:33.500 and your

00:25:34.300 writing speaks

00:25:35.280 sort of uniquely

00:25:37.060 to the dignity

00:25:37.900 of the human

00:25:38.480 person

00:25:38.920 to the dignity

00:25:39.760 of the individual

00:25:40.820 this sounds like

00:25:41.820 very good news

00:25:42.920 for especially

00:25:44.560 for conservatives

00:25:45.280 but for all of us

00:25:46.200 why is it that

00:25:47.740 we don't have to

00:25:48.420 fear the super

00:25:49.620 duper AI

00:25:50.460 singularity

00:25:51.440 running

00:25:52.160 wreaking havoc

00:25:53.020 and you know

00:25:54.580 surpassing all of

00:25:56.000 human achievement

00:25:56.740 and intelligence

00:25:57.480 it's just

00:25:58.460 it just

00:25:59.420 is delusional

00:26:00.660 it's the belief

00:26:02.760 a vast exaggeration

00:26:05.260 of the significance

00:26:06.180 of your own

00:26:07.160 of the technology

00:26:08.580 of your own time

00:26:09.940 of your own

00:26:10.920 inventions

00:26:12.120 there are

00:26:14.340 computers

00:26:15.520 these big

00:26:16.860 data centers

00:26:17.980 next to

00:26:19.100 giant rivers

00:26:21.100 and glaciers

00:26:22.980 around the world

00:26:23.920 that Google's

00:26:24.700 building

00:26:25.060 have nothing

00:26:25.620 to do with

00:26:26.480 human intelligence

00:26:27.880 they have to do

00:26:28.900 with processing

00:26:29.900 huge amounts

00:26:30.900 of data

00:26:31.480 faster than

00:26:32.400 it's ever been

00:26:33.080 processed

00:26:33.760 before in human

00:26:35.060 history

00:26:35.560 and that

00:26:36.840 data processing

00:26:39.300 that they call

00:26:40.240 machine intelligence

00:26:41.360 is in fact

00:26:42.820 totally dumb

00:26:43.880 it is utterly

00:26:45.420 dependent on

00:26:46.320 human brains

00:26:47.220 at every point

00:26:48.400 of its

00:26:50.020 development

00:26:51.040 and deployment

00:26:52.020 and definition

00:26:53.320 and application

00:26:54.760 and to the

00:26:55.980 extent

00:26:56.360 that

00:26:57.200 it increases

00:26:58.680 human productivity

00:27:00.000 it will

00:27:01.180 result in

00:27:02.360 more jobs

00:27:03.160 and better

00:27:03.700 jobs

00:27:04.360 and safer

00:27:05.160 jobs

00:27:05.880 and more

00:27:06.340 creative jobs

00:27:07.580 than ever

00:27:08.240 before

00:27:08.860 there's

00:27:09.720 just no

00:27:10.880 evidence

00:27:11.500 whatsoever

00:27:12.400 that technology

00:27:14.100 on net

00:27:14.820 has ever

00:27:15.960 destroyed a

00:27:16.840 job

00:27:17.380 on net

00:27:19.680 the failure

00:27:22.520 to deploy

00:27:23.200 technology

00:27:24.260 luddithism

00:27:25.260 and

00:27:25.900 environmental

00:27:29.160 overreach

00:27:31.080 can all

00:27:31.720 destroy

00:27:32.540 jobs

00:27:33.180 but

00:27:33.840 technology

00:27:34.680 cannot

00:27:35.460 not only

00:27:36.860 can it not

00:27:37.460 destroy a

00:27:38.300 job

00:27:38.680 but it

00:27:39.120 can't

00:27:39.960 be a

00:27:42.060 conscious

00:27:42.440 mind

00:27:43.260 of course

00:27:43.940 and it's

00:27:45.000 interesting

00:27:45.320 that you

00:27:45.600 bring up

00:27:45.960 the luddites

00:27:46.600 because

00:27:46.980 I think

00:27:47.680 a lot

00:27:47.920 of the

00:27:48.140 times

00:27:48.400 the political

00:27:48.900 left

00:27:49.220 wants to

00:27:49.740 paint

00:27:49.940 conservatives

00:27:50.620 we're the

00:27:51.680 luddites

00:27:52.100 we're

00:27:52.620 resisting

00:27:53.220 change

00:27:53.880 we're

00:27:54.160 the ones

00:27:54.600 who won't

00:27:55.200 adopt

00:27:55.600 new things

00:27:56.440 meanwhile

00:27:56.860 it is the

00:27:58.120 left that's

00:27:58.520 resurrecting

00:27:59.580 you know

00:28:00.280 stale

00:28:00.920 19th century

00:28:02.000 political

00:28:02.700 ideology

00:28:03.360 running on

00:28:05.020 socialism

00:28:05.400 in this

00:28:05.780 election

00:28:06.140 it's the

00:28:06.880 left

00:28:07.160 which is

00:28:07.740 relying on

00:28:08.800 these old

00:28:09.480 centralized

00:28:10.380 technologies

00:28:11.560 that seem

00:28:12.140 to be

00:28:13.240 if your

00:28:14.220 thesis is

00:28:15.380 right

00:28:15.620 seem to be

00:28:16.040 heading the

00:28:16.340 way of the

00:28:16.700 dodo

00:28:17.060 the subtitle

00:28:18.460 of the book

00:28:18.860 is

00:28:19.040 the fall

00:28:19.640 of big

00:28:20.000 data

00:28:20.360 and the

00:28:21.280 rise of

00:28:21.780 the

00:28:21.960 blockchain

00:28:22.480 economy

00:28:23.420 what does

00:28:24.140 that mean

00:28:24.460 does that

00:28:24.720 mean we

00:28:24.960 have to

00:28:25.180 all go

00:28:25.460 out and

00:28:25.800 invest in

00:28:26.340 bitcoin

00:28:26.620 right now

00:28:27.260 what is

00:28:28.140 the future

00:28:29.020 of the

00:28:29.340 blockchain

00:28:29.660 economy

00:28:30.120 and what

00:28:30.740 does it

00:28:31.020 mean for

00:28:31.540 politics

00:28:32.280 as well

00:28:34.140 as technology

00:28:34.820 the blockchain

00:28:36.720 is a new

00:28:38.960 architecture

00:28:40.260 for security

00:28:41.360 on the

00:28:41.760 internet

00:28:42.120 that

00:28:43.320 starts

00:28:46.540 as a

00:28:47.260 new form

00:28:47.760 of money

00:28:48.340 and

00:28:49.840 unlike

00:28:51.980 cash

00:28:53.040 which

00:28:53.440 affords

00:28:54.260 anonymity

00:28:55.320 but

00:28:56.180 doesn't

00:28:57.380 give you

00:28:57.860 a record

00:28:58.500 of your

00:28:59.400 transactions

00:29:00.580 this

00:29:01.920 blockchain

00:29:02.840 economy

00:29:03.740 provides you

00:29:04.880 with anonymity

00:29:06.100 you don't have

00:29:06.700 to expose

00:29:07.380 yourself

00:29:08.100 on the

00:29:09.440 screen

00:29:09.880 in order

00:29:10.300 to get

00:29:10.840 a

00:29:12.820 conducted

00:29:13.320 transaction

00:29:14.100 on the

00:29:14.620 internet

00:29:14.940 but at

00:29:16.180 the same

00:29:16.640 time

00:29:17.120 if

00:29:17.640 some

00:29:18.820 unruly

00:29:20.560 prosecutor

00:29:21.520 comes after

00:29:22.740 you

00:29:23.080 and claims

00:29:23.840 that you're

00:29:24.380 avoiding

00:29:24.780 taxes

00:29:25.380 or

00:29:26.020 concealing

00:29:27.040 transactions

00:29:27.900 or

00:29:28.520 you can

00:29:29.560 document

00:29:30.640 unimpeachably

00:29:32.580 your

00:29:33.120 own

00:29:34.280 behavior

00:29:34.880 so it

00:29:35.800 combines

00:29:36.740 anonymity

00:29:40.520 with

00:29:41.460 attestation

00:29:43.100 in a

00:29:43.580 unique

00:29:43.980 way

00:29:44.460 and a

00:29:45.060 major

00:29:45.560 advance

00:29:46.200 for

00:29:46.600 money

00:29:46.960 it

00:29:47.380 also

00:29:47.880 redistributes

00:29:50.040 power

00:29:50.520 today

00:29:51.160 these

00:29:52.520 walled

00:29:53.760 garden

00:29:54.140 these

00:29:54.480 leviathan

00:29:55.340 segmented

00:29:56.380 internet

00:29:56.940 with

00:29:58.440 porous

00:29:59.100 security

00:29:59.760 allows

00:30:00.780 all the

00:30:01.280 money

00:30:01.520 and power

00:30:02.180 to be

00:30:02.780 sucked up

00:30:03.340 to the

00:30:03.720 top

00:30:04.160 where

00:30:05.020 the only

00:30:05.480 security

00:30:06.140 is supplied

00:30:07.020 the new

00:30:08.680 technology

00:30:10.400 the blockchain

00:30:11.460 is peer

00:30:12.220 to peer

00:30:12.760 and

00:30:13.280 universal

00:30:15.040 and

00:30:16.100 avoid

00:30:17.540 and

00:30:18.040 put

00:30:19.080 security

00:30:19.740 in your

00:30:20.180 own

00:30:20.420 device

00:30:21.000 and in

00:30:21.540 your own

00:30:22.280 hands

00:30:23.540 with your

00:30:24.600 own

00:30:24.880 content

00:30:25.420 which you

00:30:26.100 can

00:30:26.420 transact

00:30:27.160 with others

00:30:28.140 across

00:30:29.240 the internet

00:30:29.960 without

00:30:30.520 disclosing

00:30:31.400 all your

00:30:32.020 own

00:30:32.460 personal

00:30:33.200 data

00:30:33.860 you keep

00:30:34.680 using that

00:30:35.300 word

00:30:35.760 that very

00:30:36.520 few people

00:30:37.200 on the

00:30:37.640 internet

00:30:37.980 for

00:30:38.460 recent

00:30:39.660 memory

00:30:40.120 have used

00:30:40.980 which is

00:30:41.440 security

00:30:41.980 and now

00:30:42.920 obviously

00:30:43.380 big tech

00:30:44.080 has gotten

00:30:44.460 into a lot

00:30:44.860 of trouble

00:30:45.220 for this

00:30:45.660 they're being

00:30:46.220 hauled

00:30:46.540 before congress

00:30:47.180 because they've

00:30:47.660 been so

00:30:48.160 loose

00:30:48.900 with their

00:30:49.300 security

00:30:49.820 there have

00:30:50.140 been so

00:30:50.500 many

00:30:50.780 invasions

00:30:51.820 there has

00:30:52.180 been so

00:30:52.540 much

00:30:52.760 theft

00:30:53.160 of

00:30:53.380 data

00:30:53.980 why is

00:30:55.200 that

00:30:55.360 how is

00:30:56.020 it

00:30:56.160 that these

00:30:56.560 guys

00:30:56.840 google

00:30:57.240 facebook

00:30:57.760 that they

00:30:58.560 seemingly

00:30:59.560 ignored

00:31:00.240 security

00:31:00.860 for so

00:31:01.320 long

00:31:01.660 and

00:31:02.300 how is

00:31:02.960 it

00:31:03.120 that

00:31:03.360 blockchain

00:31:03.920 brings

00:31:04.580 that security

00:31:05.120 back

00:31:05.520 well

00:31:05.880 they ignored

00:31:07.340 security

00:31:08.000 because they

00:31:10.100 were giving

00:31:10.480 away all

00:31:11.280 their stuff

00:31:11.780 for free

00:31:12.380 they thought

00:31:13.020 they'd

00:31:13.920 discovered

00:31:15.180 the magical

00:31:16.160 strategy

00:31:18.020 to move

00:31:18.600 beyond

00:31:19.060 capitalism

00:31:19.840 to this

00:31:20.900 new

00:31:21.780 eschaton

00:31:22.880 as bill

00:31:23.540 buckley

00:31:24.000 would have

00:31:24.340 called it

00:31:24.860 immanentizing

00:31:25.960 the eschaton

00:31:26.820 is that

00:31:27.120 right

00:31:27.260 imagining

00:31:28.820 imagining

00:31:28.840 that

00:31:29.360 your own

00:31:30.720 era

00:31:31.380 represents

00:31:32.820 the final

00:31:33.860 things

00:31:34.580 the final

00:31:35.700 human

00:31:36.140 solution

00:31:36.820 and

00:31:37.820 and this

00:31:38.520 is

00:31:38.760 this is

00:31:39.280 the marxist

00:31:40.040 vision

00:31:40.460 and it's

00:31:41.020 the google

00:31:41.520 vision

00:31:42.040 and it's

00:31:43.100 being

00:31:43.400 transcended

00:31:44.340 by the

00:31:45.740 blockchain

00:31:46.220 which

00:31:46.980 keeps

00:31:50.740 your own

00:31:51.420 data

00:31:51.860 with you

00:31:52.760 and allows

00:31:54.760 you to use

00:31:55.720 it as

00:31:56.500 you choose

00:31:57.720 across

00:31:58.420 the internet

00:32:00.140 rather than

00:32:01.000 depending on

00:32:02.600 on

00:32:02.960 facebook

00:32:05.040 and google

00:32:05.880 and

00:32:06.540 it all

00:32:08.240 to tell you

00:32:08.900 who you are

00:32:09.740 and

00:32:10.280 whether you're

00:32:12.060 permitted to

00:32:13.100 proceed further

00:32:14.600 with any

00:32:15.380 action

00:32:16.160 across the

00:32:17.340 net

00:32:17.680 well

00:32:18.020 I believe

00:32:19.020 I read

00:32:19.400 somewhere

00:32:19.780 that you

00:32:20.440 were

00:32:20.960 the most

00:32:21.800 cited

00:32:22.560 living

00:32:23.000 author

00:32:23.400 by

00:32:24.020 president

00:32:24.480 ronald

00:32:24.920 reagan

00:32:25.260 he cited

00:32:25.700 you the

00:32:26.080 most

00:32:26.420 and

00:32:27.100 ronald

00:32:27.520 reagan

00:32:27.760 was

00:32:27.940 fond

00:32:28.400 of

00:32:28.560 saying

00:32:28.780 that

00:32:28.920 the

00:32:29.040 government

00:32:29.320 big enough

00:32:29.900 to give

00:32:30.420 you

00:32:30.580 everything

00:32:30.880 you want

00:32:31.440 is big

00:32:31.940 enough

00:32:32.120 to take

00:32:32.440 away

00:32:32.620 everything

00:32:32.880 you

00:32:33.100 have

00:32:33.420 and

00:32:34.040 it

00:32:34.280 seems

00:32:34.480 that

00:32:34.660 the

00:32:34.800 same

00:32:35.000 principle

00:32:35.400 applies

00:32:35.820 to

00:32:36.020 big

00:32:36.260 technology

00:32:36.820 companies

00:32:37.300 we're

00:32:37.780 all

00:32:37.980 so

00:32:38.140 afraid

00:32:38.560 of

00:32:38.820 Google

00:32:39.820 and

00:32:40.120 Facebook

00:32:40.500 because

00:32:40.920 they

00:32:41.080 have

00:32:41.460 all

00:32:41.640 of our

00:32:41.920 stuff

00:32:42.440 they're

00:32:43.060 playing

00:32:43.620 loosey-goosey

00:32:44.540 with it

00:32:44.820 and they

00:32:45.100 can

00:32:45.280 really

00:32:45.860 manipulate

00:32:46.320 it

00:32:46.760 to say

00:32:48.100 nothing

00:32:48.340 of censoring

00:32:48.940 people

00:32:49.340 and targeting

00:32:50.100 people

00:32:50.580 for unpopular

00:32:51.460 political

00:32:52.140 points of view

00:32:52.760 so this is

00:32:53.520 really a breath

00:32:54.440 of fresh

00:32:54.800 hope

00:32:54.960 and it's

00:32:55.600 so well

00:32:55.980 written

00:32:56.300 that it's

00:32:56.860 really

00:32:57.120 understandable

00:32:57.700 I am

00:32:58.700 somewhat

00:32:59.040 of a

00:32:59.300 Luddite

00:32:59.620 in that

00:33:00.220 I really

00:33:00.960 don't

00:33:01.300 understand

00:33:01.740 technology

00:33:02.340 and

00:33:03.080 the book

00:33:03.680 is really

00:33:04.240 clearly

00:33:04.540 written

00:33:04.860 it is

00:33:05.220 a must

00:33:05.640 read

00:33:05.920 life

00:33:06.540 after

00:33:06.940 Google

00:33:07.360 the

00:33:07.820 fall

00:33:08.200 of

00:33:08.380 big

00:33:08.620 data

00:33:08.980 and

00:33:09.260 the

00:33:09.420 rise

00:33:09.740 of

00:33:09.860 the

00:33:09.960 blockchain

00:33:10.260 economy

00:33:10.700 the

00:33:11.060 author

00:33:11.340 George

00:33:11.880 Gilder

00:33:12.280 Mr.

00:33:12.740 Gilder

00:33:12.940 thank you

00:33:13.300 so much

00:33:13.660 for being

00:33:13.960 here

00:33:14.380 delighted

00:33:15.420 and thank

00:33:16.040 you for

00:33:16.400 having me

00:33:17.060 all right

00:33:18.860 what a cool

00:33:19.440 guy

00:33:19.740 most quoted

00:33:20.700 writer

00:33:21.280 by President

00:33:22.200 Ronald Reagan

00:33:22.940 most quoted

00:33:23.520 living writer

00:33:24.120 that's not

00:33:24.780 bad

00:33:25.040 okay

00:33:25.940 I've got to

00:33:26.660 say goodbye

00:33:26.960 if you're on

00:33:27.300 Facebook

00:33:27.600 and YouTube

00:33:28.200 go to

00:33:28.520 dailywire.com

00:33:29.220 if you're

00:33:29.460 already there

00:33:29.720 thank you

00:33:30.100 very much

00:33:30.440 you help

00:33:30.700 keep

00:33:30.900 covfefe

00:33:31.280 in my cup

00:33:31.760 we have

00:33:32.700 a ton

00:33:33.260 more to

00:33:33.580 talk about

00:33:33.940 I have to

00:33:34.260 talk about

00:33:34.540 the shocking

00:33:35.100 breaking news

00:33:36.200 story that

00:33:36.640 the mainstream

00:33:37.040 media think

00:33:37.540 that Donald

00:33:37.860 Trump is

00:33:38.220 stupid

00:33:38.500 we'll analyze

00:33:39.300 that

00:33:41.880 with that

00:33:42.300 and the

00:33:43.340 latest

00:33:43.540 allegations

00:33:44.020 against

00:33:44.520 DNC

00:33:45.100 Deputy Chairman

00:33:45.740 Keith Ellison

00:33:46.600 nobody else

00:33:47.440 is covering

00:33:47.860 it so I

00:33:48.380 suppose we

00:33:48.760 should

00:33:49.020 you know

00:33:49.980 it's almost

00:33:50.300 time for our

00:33:50.900 next episode

00:33:51.380 of the

00:33:51.560 conversation

00:33:52.060 on Tuesday

00:33:52.780 August 21st

00:33:54.100 at 530

00:33:54.760 Eastern

00:33:55.080 230 Pacific

00:33:55.840 I

00:33:56.360 Michael Knowles

00:33:57.560 the one

00:33:58.240 and only

00:33:58.700 your

00:33:59.400 guide

00:34:00.880 through all

00:34:01.340 of this

00:34:01.560 political

00:34:01.920 craziness

00:34:02.420 will answer

00:34:02.780 your questions

00:34:03.440 moderated by

00:34:04.460 the lovely

00:34:05.000 Alicia Krauss

00:34:05.940 the Q&A

00:34:06.640 will stream

00:34:07.000 live on

00:34:07.400 YouTube

00:34:07.620 and Facebook

00:34:08.040 for everyone

00:34:08.440 to watch

00:34:08.860 but only

00:34:09.520 Daily Wire

00:34:09.920 subscribers

00:34:10.420 can ask me

00:34:10.960 questions

00:34:11.400 to submit

00:34:12.000 your questions

00:34:12.480 log into

00:34:12.960 dailywire.com

00:34:13.820 head over to

00:34:14.660 the conversation

00:34:15.660 live stream

00:34:16.240 to watch

00:34:16.700 that seems

00:34:17.260 intuitive

00:34:17.620 you should

00:34:18.000 know how

00:34:18.220 to do

00:34:18.400 that

00:34:18.620 type

00:34:19.040 your question

00:34:19.500 into the

00:34:19.820 chat box

00:34:20.340 and have

00:34:20.700 it read

00:34:21.060 and answered

00:34:21.700 on the air

00:34:22.100 once again

00:34:22.720 subscribe to get

00:34:23.360 your questions

00:34:23.760 answered by

00:34:24.300 little old me

00:34:25.000 Michael

00:34:25.500 okay

00:34:26.120 again

00:34:27.160 none of

00:34:27.960 none of that

00:34:28.520 stuff matters

00:34:29.120 the you get

00:34:30.280 to watch the

00:34:30.660 shows and ask

00:34:31.140 questions in the

00:34:31.660 mailbag that'll be

00:34:32.280 on Thursday

00:34:32.660 that doesn't

00:34:33.300 really

00:34:33.440 this is what

00:34:34.040 matters

00:34:34.340 this is what

00:34:35.460 matters

00:34:35.740 right here

00:34:36.660 because

00:34:37.860 what is this

00:34:39.200 vessel worth

00:34:39.800 is this vessel

00:34:40.460 worth

00:34:40.880 $10,000

00:34:42.060 is it worth

00:34:43.060 $20,000

00:34:43.960 is it worth

00:34:44.920 $100,000

00:34:45.820 it's worth

00:34:46.920 even more

00:34:47.320 than that

00:34:47.740 that is

00:34:49.020 leftist tears

00:34:49.720 are worth

00:34:50.060 even more

00:34:50.540 than $100,000

00:34:51.280 we offered

00:34:52.200 we said

00:34:52.480 Alexandria

00:34:53.100 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

00:34:54.720 please let us

00:34:55.660 give you $100,000

00:34:56.720 for your delicious

00:34:58.160 leftist tears

00:34:58.660 she said no

00:34:59.120 they're more

00:34:59.440 precious

00:34:59.780 they're more

00:35:00.400 valuable than

00:35:00.980 that

00:35:01.200 think about

00:35:01.980 and what

00:35:02.340 are we

00:35:02.540 this is like

00:35:02.940 $100 for an

00:35:03.700 annual membership

00:35:04.200 you get this

00:35:04.800 what a steal

00:35:05.840 that is a

00:35:06.540 discount of

00:35:07.040 orders of

00:35:07.620 magnitude

00:35:08.060 go to

00:35:08.600 dailywire.com

00:35:09.200 we'll be right

00:35:09.540 back

00:35:09.960 alright this is the breaking news story

00:35:21.740 the breaking news story

00:35:23.460 that the mainstream media think

00:35:25.440 Donald Trump is stupid

00:35:26.840 that's what they think

00:35:28.040 he's stupid

00:35:28.660 you know how I know this

00:35:29.540 because I was checking my news last night

00:35:31.460 my Apple news on my phone

00:35:32.860 and the big headline

00:35:34.260 the big story

00:35:35.040 is that Donald Trump

00:35:36.620 people have to explain

00:35:38.240 to Donald Trump

00:35:38.940 what time zones are

00:35:40.220 what a fool

00:35:41.620 what a dolt

00:35:43.000 he probably doesn't even know

00:35:44.200 what time zones are

00:35:45.140 this is the new story

00:35:46.120 and the left

00:35:47.000 is running this

00:35:48.720 and they're saying

00:35:49.380 that people close

00:35:50.260 to Donald Trump

00:35:51.060 unnamed

00:35:52.220 anonymous sources

00:35:53.240 but don't worry

00:35:53.900 they're really close

00:35:54.580 to Trump

00:35:54.980 they say that guy

00:35:55.920 he doesn't even know

00:35:56.420 what time zones are

00:35:57.500 you know Donald Trump

00:35:58.920 who has businesses

00:35:59.700 and property

00:36:00.260 in at least 25 countries

00:36:01.880 around the world

00:36:02.460 and has traveled

00:36:03.580 I don't know

00:36:04.220 everywhere in the world

00:36:05.080 and whose present political

00:36:06.560 fake turmoil

00:36:07.880 comes because he regularly

00:36:09.780 traveled to Russia

00:36:10.620 for his

00:36:11.380 in part because of his

00:36:13.120 Miss Universe contest

00:36:14.540 you know that

00:36:15.460 the guy who like

00:36:16.300 famously travels all over the world

00:36:17.600 who keeps up one of the busiest

00:36:18.900 travel schedules of anybody

00:36:20.260 he's got meetings

00:36:21.780 in the morning

00:36:22.280 he's going to rallies

00:36:23.240 in Michigan at night

00:36:24.020 that kind of guy

00:36:24.540 yeah

00:36:24.900 he doesn't know what time zones are

00:36:26.040 according to the left

00:36:26.800 and I'm actually surprised

00:36:28.860 that the left still

00:36:30.340 is going down this path

00:36:32.760 they've been going down this path

00:36:34.140 for a while

00:36:34.460 they say he's so stupid

00:36:35.700 what if

00:36:36.340 here are the accusations

00:36:37.260 against Trump

00:36:37.860 he doesn't understand time zones

00:36:40.060 does anybody really believe that

00:36:42.100 I know the left is left

00:36:43.520 they're sharing this article

00:36:44.540 the aides

00:36:45.420 close to Trump anonymous

00:36:46.680 that they say

00:36:47.160 he doesn't understand time zones

00:36:48.180 does anybody believe that

00:36:49.360 the evidence by the way

00:36:50.600 is that he calls foreign leaders

00:36:52.020 at whatever time

00:36:53.540 he wants to call them

00:36:54.420 but

00:36:55.640 that doesn't mean

00:36:56.920 he doesn't understand time zones

00:36:58.120 it means that he

00:36:58.780 cares more about his time

00:37:00.380 than Emmanuel Macron's time

00:37:02.280 it means that he doesn't care

00:37:04.040 yeah

00:37:04.300 oh I'm sorry

00:37:05.400 that the president

00:37:06.660 of who's Becky Becky Becky

00:37:07.800 Stan Stan Stan

00:37:08.720 to quote Herman Cain

00:37:09.860 has to wake up

00:37:10.780 at a bad hour

00:37:12.100 so that the leader

00:37:13.120 of the free world

00:37:13.840 can speak to him

00:37:14.600 oh gosh

00:37:15.340 yeah

00:37:15.600 that means that Donald Trump

00:37:16.800 just wants to talk to people

00:37:18.160 and by the way

00:37:18.740 part of this

00:37:19.800 part of the allegation here

00:37:21.260 is that he's in constant communication

00:37:22.960 with world leaders

00:37:23.760 I thought

00:37:25.100 I thought the allegation was

00:37:26.220 that he does

00:37:26.880 he disregards our allies

00:37:28.180 he only wakes up to insult them

00:37:29.780 and he doesn't

00:37:30.160 right

00:37:30.300 but no

00:37:30.920 he's clearly in constant communication

00:37:32.420 with him

00:37:32.700 so anyway

00:37:33.020 that's a pretty stupid one

00:37:34.020 the other one

00:37:34.780 they're saying

00:37:35.280 he doesn't know

00:37:35.660 what maps are

00:37:36.960 in this article

00:37:37.780 they're saying

00:37:38.300 he doesn't

00:37:38.700 they have to explain

00:37:39.340 to him what maps are

00:37:40.400 he doesn't know

00:37:40.920 he doesn't know

00:37:41.720 where countries are

00:37:43.200 on the map

00:37:43.840 and again

00:37:44.560 I don't want to pick

00:37:45.320 on Uzbekistan

00:37:46.120 but you know

00:37:47.240 to again

00:37:47.880 to quote Herman Cain

00:37:48.920 if you can't pinpoint

00:37:50.400 Uzbeki Becky Becky

00:37:51.340 Stan Stan Stan

00:37:52.020 that doesn't mean

00:37:52.520 you're an idiot

00:37:53.040 right

00:37:53.660 I mean

00:37:54.260 how many of you

00:37:55.020 could pick out

00:37:56.400 some of the smaller countries

00:37:57.880 in the world

00:37:58.280 on a map

00:37:58.820 right away

00:37:59.840 you probably couldn't

00:38:00.760 you know where they are

00:38:01.440 you know that they exist

00:38:02.260 you know

00:38:02.580 probably even know

00:38:03.540 some of their

00:38:03.880 geopolitical importance

00:38:04.860 but that's the other one

00:38:06.220 he doesn't know

00:38:06.480 what maps are

00:38:07.040 then names of countries

00:38:08.280 he struggles with the names

00:38:09.940 of countries

00:38:10.400 he can't pronounce them

00:38:11.440 again like

00:38:12.540 okay

00:38:13.500 when all of these comments

00:38:15.360 you know

00:38:15.640 he says

00:38:15.920 they say he doesn't understand

00:38:17.040 foreign alliances

00:38:17.900 and rivalries

00:38:18.680 he doesn't know

00:38:19.540 which countries

00:38:20.100 like one another

00:38:20.740 which are rivalrous

00:38:21.980 with one another

00:38:22.500 which are our allies

00:38:23.940 or whatever

00:38:24.380 okay

00:38:24.900 look around the world

00:38:26.960 right now

00:38:27.400 we are at

00:38:28.320 a time of greater

00:38:29.260 peace and prosperity

00:38:30.280 around the world

00:38:31.280 than

00:38:32.020 basically at any point

00:38:33.860 in modern

00:38:35.040 presidential history

00:38:36.000 right

00:38:36.920 we've militarily

00:38:37.800 mostly defeated

00:38:39.120 ISIS

00:38:39.560 we've avoided

00:38:41.180 major trade wars

00:38:42.280 we've avoided

00:38:42.860 major wars

00:38:43.800 we've pulled

00:38:44.680 we've de-escalated

00:38:45.740 tensions in Syria

00:38:46.680 we're not starting

00:38:48.000 random wars in Libya

00:38:49.100 we're not

00:38:49.720 North Korea seems to be

00:38:51.080 at least at the negotiating table

00:38:52.560 to denuclearize

00:38:53.260 he's pretty good

00:38:54.240 on world affairs

00:38:55.080 so if the argument is

00:38:56.320 he doesn't know anything

00:38:56.920 about world affairs

00:38:57.460 the evidence seems to

00:38:58.260 contradict it

00:38:58.840 then the other one

00:38:59.760 this is another one

00:39:00.340 he only eats fast food

00:39:02.220 New York Times calls him

00:39:03.360 the fast food president

00:39:04.820 he only eats fast food

00:39:06.200 keep barking down that tree

00:39:07.760 that's a great one

00:39:08.380 to bark to

00:39:08.760 first of all

00:39:09.260 he owns many

00:39:11.100 high end restaurants

00:39:12.540 the other thing

00:39:13.460 that they said about him

00:39:14.160 was that he only eats

00:39:14.920 steak every night

00:39:15.640 remember that was the

00:39:16.380 that was the stupid news story

00:39:17.860 six months ago

00:39:18.600 is that he eats steak

00:39:19.540 and he burns it

00:39:20.100 and puts ketchup on it

00:39:20.860 now they're saying

00:39:21.540 he only eats fast food

00:39:22.540 the other one

00:39:23.320 he spends the whole day

00:39:24.220 watching TV

00:39:24.920 he's just watching

00:39:25.520 Fox and Friends all day

00:39:26.880 when he finishes

00:39:27.500 Fox and Friends in the morning

00:39:28.560 then he starts watching

00:39:29.560 reruns of Fox and Friends

00:39:30.880 probably right

00:39:31.580 isn't that what he does

00:39:32.620 I mean obviously

00:39:35.420 that isn't true

00:39:35.960 but if that were true

00:39:36.840 and he's accomplishing

00:39:38.060 what he's accomplished

00:39:38.700 he's accomplishing

00:39:39.600 the conservative agenda

00:39:41.300 the Heritage Foundation agenda

00:39:42.580 at a faster rate

00:39:43.800 according to them

00:39:44.360 than Ronald Reagan did

00:39:45.260 then great

00:39:45.820 keep watching TV baby

00:39:46.980 keep it out

00:39:47.900 let's get him a bigger TV

00:39:49.140 maybe he can be

00:39:50.080 even more successful

00:39:50.960 the other one

00:39:51.800 that he spends all day golfing

00:39:52.900 again

00:39:53.260 if he's this effective

00:39:54.480 while golfing

00:39:55.180 keep it up

00:39:55.960 keep putting buddy

00:39:56.960 he doesn't know

00:39:58.240 anything about

00:39:58.640 politics or policy

00:39:59.600 this is another

00:40:00.380 canard of the media

00:40:01.200 they say

00:40:01.480 he's not

00:40:02.360 they alternately say

00:40:03.160 he's a white supremacist

00:40:04.140 and that he's not

00:40:05.140 ideological

00:40:05.680 saying he's got

00:40:07.160 the most pernicious

00:40:07.920 extreme ideology

00:40:09.420 and he's not

00:40:10.340 ideological at all

00:40:11.200 doesn't know anything

00:40:11.760 about politics or policy

00:40:12.900 I'm sick of this one

00:40:14.480 because I hear it

00:40:15.060 from conservatives

00:40:15.880 sometimes too

00:40:16.540 they say he's not

00:40:17.120 really conservative

00:40:17.980 you know he's not

00:40:18.960 really conservative

00:40:19.760 what do you mean

00:40:21.380 he's not really

00:40:21.820 he's got the most

00:40:22.900 conservative record

00:40:23.600 of any president

00:40:24.240 in modern history

00:40:24.880 yeah but that's an accident

00:40:26.040 he's not really conservative

00:40:27.320 like in not

00:40:28.100 I know in the real world

00:40:29.240 he's conservative

00:40:30.140 but like secretly

00:40:31.400 deep down

00:40:32.060 really secretly

00:40:33.120 he's not conservative

00:40:34.280 okay right

00:40:35.240 really deep down

00:40:36.380 got it

00:40:36.860 then and then the other one

00:40:38.680 is he's never been good

00:40:39.440 at business

00:40:39.800 you see the mainstream media

00:40:41.220 constantly talk about this

00:40:42.200 he's really terrible

00:40:42.920 at business

00:40:43.360 I know he succeeded

00:40:44.460 at the highest levels

00:40:45.620 of obviously politics

00:40:48.140 real estate

00:40:49.360 casinos

00:40:50.140 television

00:40:51.460 entertainment

00:40:52.200 right

00:40:52.500 I know he succeeded

00:40:53.220 at the highest levels

00:40:53.920 of that

00:40:54.160 but really

00:40:54.960 secretly

00:40:55.600 in the secret world

00:40:56.620 he's not successful

00:40:57.380 at those

00:40:57.800 you know I know he has

00:40:59.320 at least a billion dollars

00:41:00.300 but like secretly

00:41:01.100 in the secret world

00:41:02.380 he doesn't have any money

00:41:03.500 you're probably richer

00:41:05.120 than he is

00:41:05.660 right in the secret world

00:41:07.160 I'm sure that all the

00:41:08.300 mainstream media reporters

00:41:09.200 in the secret fantasy world

00:41:10.360 that doesn't exist

00:41:11.140 and only exists on CNN

00:41:12.560 then it's opposite day

00:41:14.320 right

00:41:14.720 okay

00:41:15.060 but here

00:41:16.200 the facts remain

00:41:17.420 and by the way

00:41:18.220 even with all of that

00:41:19.080 all of these absurd attacks

00:41:21.120 even with Omarosa

00:41:22.560 you know

00:41:23.380 I don't know

00:41:24.200 prostituting herself

00:41:25.100 on television

00:41:25.760 her daily

00:41:27.140 his daily approval rating

00:41:28.180 is still 50%

00:41:29.180 still

00:41:29.600 he's still doing better

00:41:30.560 than Barack Obama

00:41:31.320 day by day

00:41:32.020 in terms of personal popularity

00:41:33.960 and Barack Obama

00:41:34.600 was personally very popular

00:41:35.660 so ha ha ha

00:41:36.720 before we go

00:41:37.800 I do want to cover

00:41:38.320 this Manafort case

00:41:39.200 so the big headline here

00:41:40.900 was that the Manafort case

00:41:42.000 is wrapping up

00:41:44.040 even though the defense

00:41:45.560 has not mounted

00:41:46.720 has not put Paul Manafort

00:41:48.840 on the stand

00:41:49.580 has not really mounted

00:41:50.500 the defense

00:41:51.000 they're moving straight

00:41:51.880 to their closing arguments

00:41:52.920 to put this in perspective

00:41:54.220 this is basically

00:41:55.380 what the defense's

00:41:57.460 argument is

00:41:59.020 at this point

00:41:59.580 in the trial

00:42:00.080 everything that guy

00:42:05.320 just says

00:42:05.880 is bulls**t

00:42:06.700 thank you

00:42:08.220 that's basically

00:42:10.180 that's basically

00:42:11.320 it's very fitting

00:42:11.960 to have Paul Manafort

00:42:13.000 have his defense attorney

00:42:15.360 be Joe Pesci

00:42:16.220 so that's what they're saying

00:42:18.440 they're not going to put

00:42:19.380 Paul Manafort on the stand

00:42:20.540 they don't want him

00:42:21.440 to be examined

00:42:23.100 or cross-examined

00:42:24.180 they're just making

00:42:26.060 their closing arguments

00:42:26.820 right now

00:42:27.180 why is that?

00:42:28.780 a few reasons

00:42:29.800 one

00:42:30.200 they might

00:42:30.820 want to have

00:42:31.980 a show of confidence

00:42:32.880 it could be

00:42:33.600 it could be

00:42:34.420 a good

00:42:35.360 strategy

00:42:36.980 for opposite reasons

00:42:38.040 on the one hand

00:42:38.960 they're confident

00:42:39.720 they're going in

00:42:40.860 and they want to look

00:42:41.600 confident at least

00:42:42.320 on the other hand

00:42:43.240 Paul Manafort

00:42:43.800 might be a terrible witness

00:42:45.160 and they don't want

00:42:46.380 they don't want the other side

00:42:47.720 to get a piece of him

00:42:48.460 so either way

00:42:49.420 they're going to rest it

00:42:50.100 I think another

00:42:50.700 big aspect

00:42:51.500 is they're waiting

00:42:52.060 for a presidential pardon

00:42:53.060 because this is a witch hunt

00:42:54.580 I'm not saying

00:42:55.300 Paul Manafort

00:42:55.780 didn't commit crimes

00:42:56.700 but this trial

00:42:58.120 has basically been about

00:42:59.120 how Paul Manafort

00:42:59.860 likes really expensive suits

00:43:01.760 that's the crime

00:43:02.840 he wears criminally

00:43:04.860 expensive suits

00:43:05.540 and sure

00:43:06.540 he laundered money

00:43:08.700 he did this

00:43:09.340 he did that

00:43:09.720 he did things

00:43:10.420 that a lot of

00:43:11.860 lobbyists

00:43:12.680 on both sides

00:43:13.260 of the aisle

00:43:13.740 do

00:43:14.120 why was he brought

00:43:15.180 under scrutiny

00:43:15.720 why was he

00:43:16.440 brought under scrutiny

00:43:17.360 by Bob Mueller

00:43:20.440 who's supposed to be

00:43:21.760 investigating

00:43:22.680 Russian meddling

00:43:23.760 in the 2016 election

00:43:24.940 why does this have

00:43:25.860 nothing to do with

00:43:26.360 the election

00:43:26.520 why is this

00:43:27.060 it's all because

00:43:27.840 he worked for Donald Trump

00:43:28.820 that was his crime

00:43:29.580 he worked for Donald Trump

00:43:30.540 and so they dug up

00:43:31.600 all this dirt on him

00:43:32.480 and they're

00:43:33.680 they're prosecuting him now

00:43:34.960 he's probably just waiting

00:43:36.700 for a presidential pardon

00:43:37.580 he probably should get it

00:43:38.800 because this has been

00:43:39.540 an egregious miscarriage

00:43:40.640 of justice

00:43:41.060 every step of the way

00:43:42.220 and I say that

00:43:43.000 knowing that

00:43:44.420 Paul Manafort

00:43:45.120 probably committed crimes

00:43:46.180 then I'm sorry

00:43:47.700 I know we're running late

00:43:49.080 what do you want me to do

00:43:49.780 I gotta cover how

00:43:50.600 the deputy chairman

00:43:52.180 of the DNC

00:43:53.120 might have beaten

00:43:54.400 ex-girlfriends

00:43:55.680 and nobody's covering this

00:43:56.900 whatsoever in the media

00:43:57.800 the deputy chairman

00:43:59.240 of the Democrat National Committee

00:44:01.000 may have battered women

00:44:02.520 there are allegations

00:44:03.440 about this

00:44:04.080 and nobody's covering it

00:44:05.700 here is the latest

00:44:07.360 Karen Monahan

00:44:09.560 the woman who is accusing him

00:44:11.140 has now released some texts

00:44:12.980 here are some texts

00:44:14.600 from a couple years ago

00:44:15.840 when this happened

00:44:16.380 from Karen

00:44:19.820 oh this is from

00:44:21.040 Keith Ellison

00:44:22.000 Karen

00:44:22.900 when can I come

00:44:23.800 to drop your stuff off

00:44:25.040 what should I expect

00:44:25.880 from Austin

00:44:26.540 her son

00:44:27.300 he seems pretty upset

00:44:28.760 we talked on the show

00:44:29.920 yesterday about

00:44:30.360 why he's upset

00:44:30.960 he's alleging that

00:44:31.800 Keith Ellison

00:44:32.500 beat his mother

00:44:33.760 then Ellison says

00:44:35.480 quote

00:44:35.740 in a text to

00:44:37.220 this ex-girlfriend

00:44:37.980 I'm sorry Austin

00:44:38.820 is feeling this way

00:44:39.560 but I don't know

00:44:40.220 what to do about it

00:44:40.860 it's not appropriate

00:44:41.500 for me to discuss

00:44:42.180 our relationship with him

00:44:43.240 so he's just angry

00:44:44.240 and yet I can't

00:44:45.360 won't

00:44:45.900 offer him any answers

00:44:47.640 later on

00:44:49.140 Monahan says

00:44:50.340 a lot has come

00:44:52.040 to light

00:44:53.000 this past year and a half

00:44:54.080 and the boys

00:44:55.600 have seen some things

00:44:56.560 heard some things

00:44:57.140 that I've tried to explain

00:44:57.960 it's been hard on them

00:44:59.240 and shocking

00:44:59.740 it's taken a lot

00:45:00.620 for me and others

00:45:01.220 to convince them

00:45:01.920 to allow me to handle

00:45:03.020 things in my own way

00:45:03.860 in my own time

00:45:04.580 a lot has happened

00:45:06.080 now from that

00:45:07.600 can we conclude

00:45:08.360 that Keith Ellison

00:45:09.000 beat this woman

00:45:09.700 no

00:45:10.220 no we can't

00:45:11.060 conclude that

00:45:11.480 they say that

00:45:11.920 there's a video

00:45:12.500 but that this

00:45:13.200 hasn't been released

00:45:13.940 nobody's seen it yet

00:45:15.180 can we conclude

00:45:16.180 that he's beaten

00:45:16.680 this woman

00:45:17.140 no

00:45:17.700 should we be

00:45:19.800 asking some questions

00:45:20.800 about it

00:45:21.320 yeah of course

00:45:22.260 the main

00:45:22.900 look

00:45:23.280 in election years

00:45:24.440 a lot of stuff

00:45:25.080 comes up

00:45:25.560 even from years

00:45:26.220 past

00:45:26.640 so

00:45:27.300 I'm always

00:45:28.500 skeptical of

00:45:29.140 these accusations

00:45:30.040 what I really

00:45:30.900 just want to point

00:45:31.500 out is the

00:45:32.000 utter hypocrisy

00:45:32.980 from the

00:45:34.120 mainstream media

00:45:34.860 which found

00:45:36.460 doctored evidence

00:45:37.740 a doctored yearbook

00:45:39.120 alleging that

00:45:40.300 Alabama Senate

00:45:42.020 candidate Roy Moore

00:45:42.900 was prowling for

00:45:45.420 teenage girls

00:45:46.400 when he was 30

00:45:47.200 and they crucified him

00:45:49.320 with this

00:45:49.740 with what we know

00:45:51.080 is doctored evidence

00:45:52.180 here we have a woman

00:45:53.860 saying I was beaten

00:45:55.020 by Keith Ellison

00:45:55.760 and they are shutting

00:45:56.640 her up

00:45:57.020 every bit of reporting

00:45:58.280 says he's denied it

00:45:59.200 he's denying

00:45:59.960 no evidence

00:46:00.740 he's denying

00:46:01.380 the utter hypocrisy

00:46:03.120 of people who pretend

00:46:04.200 to be pro

00:46:04.940 pro me too

00:46:06.120 pro women

00:46:07.140 fighting you know

00:46:08.100 against the war

00:46:09.040 on women

00:46:09.500 whatever

00:46:10.120 also by the way

00:46:11.600 on this allegation

00:46:12.360 there's another woman

00:46:13.100 who alleges abuse

00:46:13.980 by Keith Ellison

00:46:15.000 Minnesota Democrat

00:46:16.600 activist Amy Alexander

00:46:17.700 said quote

00:46:18.180 I was seduced

00:46:19.640 by the idea

00:46:20.220 of what I thought

00:46:20.860 he Ellison represented

00:46:22.640 as a perennial

00:46:23.660 Democratic farmer

00:46:24.640 labor activist

00:46:25.480 from the north side

00:46:26.860 of Minneapolis

00:46:27.320 I worked for

00:46:28.440 and with Ellison

00:46:29.240 on a number of issues

00:46:30.140 and community boards

00:46:31.160 Keith belittled me

00:46:32.580 about my weight

00:46:33.340 and constantly

00:46:33.980 criticized my

00:46:34.720 every word in action

00:46:35.540 he ostracized me

00:46:36.780 from the community

00:46:37.420 on whose behalf

00:46:37.980 I had worked

00:46:38.520 so hard to advocate

00:46:39.620 feeling exiled

00:46:40.380 I escaped to New York

00:46:41.300 for the next five years

00:46:42.480 in May

00:46:43.220 Keith wanted to try

00:46:44.460 and quiet me

00:46:45.320 so he came to my home

00:46:46.420 uninvited

00:46:47.020 we had words

00:46:47.820 his anger kicked in

00:46:49.020 he berated me

00:46:50.040 he grabbed me

00:46:51.020 and pushed me

00:46:51.660 out of the way

00:46:52.220 I was terrified

00:46:53.160 I called the police

00:46:54.060 as he fled

00:46:55.140 he broke my screen door

00:46:56.260 I've never been so scared

00:46:57.380 so now we have

00:46:58.140 a second allegation

00:46:58.940 of physical abuse

00:46:59.920 from the deputy chairman

00:47:02.800 of the DNC

00:47:03.580 I don't know

00:47:03.960 have I made that clear enough

00:47:04.860 who this guy is

00:47:05.580 the deputy head

00:47:06.900 of the democrat party

00:47:08.040 Keith Ellison

00:47:08.840 a second allegation

00:47:10.220 of physical abuse

00:47:11.080 and nobody's covering it

00:47:13.940 nobody will acknowledge it

00:47:15.020 and by the way

00:47:15.400 there is a record

00:47:16.480 of this 911 call

00:47:17.500 there is a record

00:47:18.800 of this

00:47:19.120 that she did call

00:47:20.100 this call

00:47:21.400 911 on Keith Ellison

00:47:22.720 so there is some evidence here

00:47:24.520 and

00:47:25.800 but the left won't cover it

00:47:27.140 will they

00:47:27.480 they won't do it

00:47:29.200 it's funny

00:47:29.780 because Karen Monaghan

00:47:30.700 the first accuser

00:47:31.760 is you know

00:47:33.080 she did date

00:47:34.280 Keith Ellison

00:47:34.840 so that you do have

00:47:35.740 a certain ideological stripe

00:47:37.020 when you do that

00:47:37.620 and she did say

00:47:38.800 she's turning the identity

00:47:40.020 politics on him

00:47:41.120 she said quote

00:47:41.860 I know who I am

00:47:42.840 I know what

00:47:43.420 I was going through

00:47:44.400 we aren't anywhere

00:47:45.160 in society

00:47:45.660 where I wasn't

00:47:46.160 going to get smeared

00:47:46.800 as an Iranian

00:47:47.960 as a woman of color

00:47:49.340 who is an immigrant

00:47:50.140 do you honestly think

00:47:51.520 I'm going to get validation

00:47:52.520 from a society

00:47:53.700 who's been telling me

00:47:54.640 since I was young

00:47:55.600 that I don't have a voice

00:47:56.740 now of course

00:47:58.380 American society

00:47:59.640 does not tell

00:48:00.380 Iranian women

00:48:01.200 that they don't have a voice

00:48:02.300 they do the opposite of that

00:48:03.400 but I do love

00:48:04.320 that she's turning

00:48:04.960 the identity politics

00:48:05.940 on Keith Ellison

00:48:06.920 that is too delicious

00:48:08.160 not to save her

00:48:08.880 before we go

00:48:09.880 I know

00:48:10.460 I know I'm running late

00:48:11.580 too bad

00:48:12.940 I just want to end

00:48:15.280 on This Is America

00:48:16.380 with a terrific video

00:48:18.000 from Chris Pratt

00:48:18.700 Chris take it away

00:48:19.520 wow what a great crowd

00:48:21.620 give it up yourselves

00:48:22.720 thank you guys

00:48:26.200 thank you

00:48:26.900 I'm so thrilled

00:48:28.620 to be here

00:48:29.240 I have not been a teen

00:48:30.960 for quite some time

00:48:32.960 I love you two

00:48:35.160 I'm so thankful

00:48:38.220 to be here

00:48:38.660 thank you so much

00:48:39.540 this means a lot to me

00:48:40.560 I know Bryce

00:48:42.120 and I both

00:48:43.000 have so much fun

00:48:44.540 being part of the

00:48:45.220 Jurassic Park

00:48:46.300 and Jurassic World franchise

00:48:47.900 make those movies

00:48:49.860 just for you

00:48:50.580 I'm so glad you like them

00:48:51.900 I want to thank God

00:48:53.620 I always do that

00:48:54.400 when I'm up on a big platform

00:48:55.320 in front of a bunch

00:48:55.940 of young faces

00:48:56.500 I say I love God

00:48:57.680 that's my thing

00:48:58.500 I love him

00:48:59.120 and you should too

00:49:00.920 I love God

00:49:03.400 what a great

00:49:04.660 what a great moment

00:49:05.800 for the culture

00:49:06.460 we're always complaining

00:49:07.600 about the culture

00:49:08.340 and here you've got

00:49:09.320 the biggest movie star

00:49:10.280 in the world

00:49:10.640 Chris Pratt

00:49:11.280 now this is the second time

00:49:12.540 he's done this

00:49:13.120 in one of these

00:49:13.880 big award shows

00:49:14.720 in front of a bunch

00:49:15.380 of young kids

00:49:16.220 saying I love God

00:49:17.620 it reminds me of

00:49:19.020 there was this great moment

00:49:20.640 when Pope John Paul II

00:49:23.880 I'm not comparing

00:49:24.520 Chris Pratt and the Pope

00:49:25.540 but Pope John Paul II

00:49:26.900 during communism

00:49:27.640 came to Poland

00:49:28.360 and you heard chants

00:49:29.580 you heard cheers

00:49:30.180 you heard we want God

00:49:31.900 we want God

00:49:33.040 this popular uprising

00:49:34.420 of calling for God

00:49:36.020 because there's a natural

00:49:36.800 human longing for God

00:49:38.040 and all of our

00:49:39.340 human longings

00:49:40.320 have satisfaction

00:49:41.520 when we're hungry

00:49:42.340 we get food

00:49:42.900 when we're thirsty

00:49:43.480 we have

00:49:43.900 there's water to drink

00:49:45.180 and the natural

00:49:46.120 human longing for God

00:49:47.080 does have a satisfaction

00:49:48.260 in God

00:49:48.940 and it's great

00:49:49.880 to have a guy

00:49:50.480 who is at the center

00:49:51.820 of popular culture

00:49:53.220 just shouting that

00:49:55.640 from the rooftops

00:49:56.380 that is fantastic

00:49:57.360 so good on you

00:49:58.320 Chris Pratt

00:49:58.740 this is America

00:50:00.000 how American is that

00:50:00.960 to just talk about

00:50:01.560 how we love God

00:50:02.480 while being at the center

00:50:04.540 of Hollywood movies

00:50:05.380 and exporting culture

00:50:06.260 really American culture

00:50:07.520 at it's best

00:50:08.000 that's it

00:50:09.060 that's the show

00:50:09.540 sorry I ran late

00:50:10.280 we'll be back

00:50:11.300 no we won't be back

00:50:12.180 tomorrow

00:50:13.440 we're gonna have a show

00:50:14.000 on Friday instead

00:50:14.760 so I'll see you Thursday

00:50:16.020 get your mailbag questions in

00:50:17.160 in the meantime

00:50:17.820 I'm Michael Knowles

00:50:18.580 this is the Michael Knowles show

00:50:19.940 I'll see you Thursday

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The Michael Knowles Show - August 14, 2018

Ep. 201 - Free Speech Is So Rare, You Can't Even Buy It

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