Alex Mehr

So even though they're smaller, they have a larger platform and it feels like to even politicians are like, oh, I got to appeal to the base.

You know, that's what they do.

Their only job is to be elected.

So they listen to the loud minority more than the silent majority who are practical, reasonable people.

So you're right if you want change, the vast majority of pragmatic, logical people who actually look at data and history and examples and create common sense arguments, we want them to be louder because there are more of us.

And we should be the base, not the loud few people who have these crazy ideas and they want to shove it down our throats.

So I agree with you.

And people with a platform is doubly as important, which is why last year, pretty much, I started talking about politics for the first time on my Instagram and Facebook.

I have a lot of followers.

And I got a lot of hate for it.

It was painful actually.

But I 100% stand by what I said and it was totally worth it.

And I encourage more people to do it.

The term used is actually the exact right term, permission structure.

So if people with a platform who have a lot more to lose risk talking about what is really common sense, more people will

who are pragmatic, they stand up and are like, you know what?

I'm going to talk about it too.

So we want to amplify the voice of the pragmatic, good people.

And yes, people with a platform are doubly responsible to talk about it.

That's why I started talking about it after years of being silent about it.