Speakers discuss the impact of political polarization on U.S. democracy (Part 2)

AAPAC. I mean, it's useless. One of the things that I'll. Go ahead. One of the things I was saying before that's so difficult about the fight that we're in right now is you're already on kind of like an unpopular side of the Internet because all of the energy is behind these weirdo socialist people. So you're fighting against, like, the Internet popularity. It seems like they have. They're totally fine on an institutional level. Like, they've got a lot of friendly press coverage now, especially in fucking Politico. Obviously, Twitch is, you know, friendly towards Hasan and all these weirdos. So they have, like, institutional power as well. They also. I say this a lot when I'm arguing with people that. When I'm arguing with populist types, you know, I always say, like, if you were an enemy to the United States, what policies, what positions would you want the US to adopt? And they basically align, like, cleanly, almost one to one with a lot of populist demands. So, I mean, the. The issue that you have is, I do think there's a ton of botting activity. Now. They might not be doing it themselves, but, like, if you were an enemy to the United States, you would try to signal. Boost every populist you could, you know? Yes. I do not think the leftists are botting. I think it's foreign actors and the right that are sowing division because they want our democracy to fail because then the Republicans win. And our adversaries benefit from that as well. Yep. And every single thing they advocate for are things that would strengthen all of our adversaries or strengthen their interests in regions around the world. Yeah. Or. Or just create problems so that we can't do anything here. And so we're weaker. So, yeah, it seems like a total pressure point. The Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer leadership debate. It's just. I feel like it's all the right and our adversaries just fanning the flames and all these idiots falling for it, I think, knowingly. Well, to make money and get clicks. Yeah. I guess it depends on who you're talking to there. Like, I don't think, like, everybody on this program that I'm looking at, I consider These guys are 2:1 actors. None of these people are falling for it. They all are very aware of. Of what's going on. There are people who are a ring removed. So, like, you're not to attack your former friends. Well, they're my former friends, too, but for, like, people like the soy pills and, like, Peace Coast. I don't think these guys are, like, foreign actors or they think they're part of some. Or they see themselves as part of some foreign project, but these people. Were you aware that Ryan Grimm is the guy who brought the Tara Reid accusations? He's the one who published that, the first one. I know he was heavily involved in that. I didn't know he brought them. Yeah, I think he was the first one to publish about it. So, yeah, these guys are all so ridiculous. Huge enemies of what they perceive to be as the establishment. And so, man, do. You saw the. You saw. Have you ever heard me do my little spot?