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Adam Kinzinger

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1484 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

The example that I use is if you go back to the first administration with COVID, you know, Trump saying, you know, if we stopped counting the cases, we wouldn't have so many cases. That is basically the same thing that's going on here. If we can prevent the production of empirical information.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

The example that I use is if you go back to the first administration with COVID, you know, Trump saying, you know, if we stopped counting the cases, we wouldn't have so many cases. That is basically the same thing that's going on here. If we can prevent the production of empirical information.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

that can be used to politically oppose the administration, then people just have to trust us and whatever it is we say, they are dependent on the fire hose of propaganda that we produce day in and day out. And I think, you know, the American research infrastructure is probably the most profitable, effective one that has ever existed in the history of humanity.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

that can be used to politically oppose the administration, then people just have to trust us and whatever it is we say, they are dependent on the fire hose of propaganda that we produce day in and day out. And I think, you know, the American research infrastructure is probably the most profitable, effective one that has ever existed in the history of humanity.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

that can be used to politically oppose the administration, then people just have to trust us and whatever it is we say, they are dependent on the fire hose of propaganda that we produce day in and day out. And I think, you know, the American research infrastructure is probably the most profitable, effective one that has ever existed in the history of humanity.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

And that's simply a matter of like the time that we live in and how rich America is. I don't think it's like anything particular to humanity. But, you know, what's ironic, I think, is like, you know, you have all these people from the tech industry who are involved in this sort of dismantling of this.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

And that's simply a matter of like the time that we live in and how rich America is. I don't think it's like anything particular to humanity. But, you know, what's ironic, I think, is like, you know, you have all these people from the tech industry who are involved in this sort of dismantling of this.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

And that's simply a matter of like the time that we live in and how rich America is. I don't think it's like anything particular to humanity. But, you know, what's ironic, I think, is like, you know, you have all these people from the tech industry who are involved in this sort of dismantling of this.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

But, you know, virtually every like profitable technology that we adopt, you know, starts off as some sort of government grant because prior to it becoming profitable, commercial entities can't take that kind of risk. I can't say for sure what the effect of this will be, but I know it will be bad for the country.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

But, you know, virtually every like profitable technology that we adopt, you know, starts off as some sort of government grant because prior to it becoming profitable, commercial entities can't take that kind of risk. I can't say for sure what the effect of this will be, but I know it will be bad for the country.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

But, you know, virtually every like profitable technology that we adopt, you know, starts off as some sort of government grant because prior to it becoming profitable, commercial entities can't take that kind of risk. I can't say for sure what the effect of this will be, but I know it will be bad for the country.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

One of my big concerns is that if you look at the way that red states have destroyed public goods, people might say, oh, well, there will be a backlash to this.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

One of my big concerns is that if you look at the way that red states have destroyed public goods, people might say, oh, well, there will be a backlash to this.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

One of my big concerns is that if you look at the way that red states have destroyed public goods, people might say, oh, well, there will be a backlash to this.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

But if you look at the way that red states have destroyed public goods, in the end, sometimes there isn't a backlash because people can be convinced to scapegoat or blame someone else for their problems and become perhaps even angrier, even more reactionary. Yeah, no, I make that point a lot.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

But if you look at the way that red states have destroyed public goods, in the end, sometimes there isn't a backlash because people can be convinced to scapegoat or blame someone else for their problems and become perhaps even angrier, even more reactionary. Yeah, no, I make that point a lot.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

But if you look at the way that red states have destroyed public goods, in the end, sometimes there isn't a backlash because people can be convinced to scapegoat or blame someone else for their problems and become perhaps even angrier, even more reactionary. Yeah, no, I make that point a lot.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

That's right. You sometimes see liberals rooting for things to get worse so that people will get angry about it. But it's just not necessarily the case that that will lead to Republicans losing power. And I think they understand that.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

That's right. You sometimes see liberals rooting for things to get worse so that people will get angry about it. But it's just not necessarily the case that that will lead to Republicans losing power. And I think they understand that.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge

That's right. You sometimes see liberals rooting for things to get worse so that people will get angry about it. But it's just not necessarily the case that that will lead to Republicans losing power. And I think they understand that.