Aaron Retica

And Trump sees that so that the fusion of popular culture and political culture is totally complete, throwing the pens, as you mentioned, out into the crowd. Joe Rogan was there. What do you think?

And Trump sees that so that the fusion of popular culture and political culture is totally complete, throwing the pens, as you mentioned, out into the crowd. Joe Rogan was there. What do you think?

The means of communication.

The means of communication.

A lot of jujitsu done there. Yes.

A lot of jujitsu done there. Yes.

There's these studies that show that if you write about, or post, I should say, about the Uyghurs, the embattled, Muslim minority in China, you will disappear on TikTok, whereas on other platforms, right, it shows up.

There's these studies that show that if you write about, or post, I should say, about the Uyghurs, the embattled, Muslim minority in China, you will disappear on TikTok, whereas on other platforms, right, it shows up.

Even if you believe in some kind of futurist AI paradise, just seeing them lined up there, it's so far from, as you were saying earlier about the manufacturing base, it's so far from the guy in Ohio, right? It's literally the three richest men in the world, and they are all men. Lined up like that, I have to say I found it totally grotesque.

Even if you believe in some kind of futurist AI paradise, just seeing them lined up there, it's so far from, as you were saying earlier about the manufacturing base, it's so far from the guy in Ohio, right? It's literally the three richest men in the world, and they are all men. Lined up like that, I have to say I found it totally grotesque.

And I'm less sympathetic than you are also just to all this, you know, like the futurist aspect of it makes my, you know, I fear it more than.

And I'm less sympathetic than you are also just to all this, you know, like the futurist aspect of it makes my, you know, I fear it more than.

Okay. The distinction I always like to make – and I stole this from someone, but God knows who – People always talk about taking power, but you don't take it, right? You make it. And this is how it's made.

Okay. The distinction I always like to make – and I stole this from someone, but God knows who – People always talk about taking power, but you don't take it, right? You make it. And this is how it's made.

No, it definitely didn't. So speaking of ominous, let's talk about the pardons, right? A sweeping 1,500 people. I mean, that's a rough number. The people who actually were caught committing violence, they had their, I don't know if they were commuted, but I think they were at a time served. Lots of people just had the cases swept out.

No, it definitely didn't. So speaking of ominous, let's talk about the pardons, right? A sweeping 1,500 people. I mean, that's a rough number. The people who actually were caught committing violence, they had their, I don't know if they were commuted, but I think they were at a time served. Lots of people just had the cases swept out.

That's an extraordinary—again, I'm going to say we have to stop for a second and just think about that. So a bunch of people, right, who tried to change the electoral procedures of the United States, make January 6th into a thing when it had been more purely ceremonial before that— under the threat of violence, all those people have been pardoned.

That's an extraordinary—again, I'm going to say we have to stop for a second and just think about that. So a bunch of people, right, who tried to change the electoral procedures of the United States, make January 6th into a thing when it had been more purely ceremonial before that— under the threat of violence, all those people have been pardoned.

So it's sort of obvious what the message is being sent there, but I want to talk about that, right? He's got a little army there.

So it's sort of obvious what the message is being sent there, but I want to talk about that, right? He's got a little army there.