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Bassem Youssef

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1347 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And yet, the people in power, they come in, they take your vote. and my vote, and they are loyal to those people, not to us. And it is very, very, very concerning. Very concerning. And this is the danger on American policies, American politics, and American democracies.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And yet, the people in power, they come in, they take your vote. and my vote, and they are loyal to those people, not to us. And it is very, very, very concerning. Very concerning. And this is the danger on American policies, American politics, and American democracies.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It is dangerous because basically the vote becomes just like a ceremony that someone with the more funding will get to power, and then he's not loyal to you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It is dangerous because basically the vote becomes just like a ceremony that someone with the more funding will get to power, and then he's not loyal to you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It is dangerous because basically the vote becomes just like a ceremony that someone with the more funding will get to power, and then he's not loyal to you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Yeah, but what are these arms gonna do in front of tanks?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Yeah, but what are these arms gonna do in front of tanks?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Yeah, but what are these arms gonna do in front of tanks?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

They have drones and they have the lasers and they're sitting comfortably behind the screens. It's kind of like it turns into a big Xbox game.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

They have drones and they have the lasers and they're sitting comfortably behind the screens. It's kind of like it turns into a big Xbox game.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

They have drones and they have the lasers and they're sitting comfortably behind the screens. It's kind of like it turns into a big Xbox game.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It's crazy because the defense budget is 68% of American military. It's like almost $850 billion each year. And most of that weapons, we don't even need it. We just do it because of the contracts. There was like an incredible 60 minutes, I'm sure that you saw it, the one about like the gouging of the prices of the Department of Justice.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It's crazy because the defense budget is 68% of American military. It's like almost $850 billion each year. And most of that weapons, we don't even need it. We just do it because of the contracts. There was like an incredible 60 minutes, I'm sure that you saw it, the one about like the gouging of the prices of the Department of Justice.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It's crazy because the defense budget is 68% of American military. It's like almost $850 billion each year. And most of that weapons, we don't even need it. We just do it because of the contracts. There was like an incredible 60 minutes, I'm sure that you saw it, the one about like the gouging of the prices of the Department of Justice.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It was one of the most fascinating things that I've ever seen. They say like a valve, a safety oil valve that used to be sold for $329, now it is sold for $9,000. Why? Because there's only five weapon companies and they can control the prices.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It was one of the most fascinating things that I've ever seen. They say like a valve, a safety oil valve that used to be sold for $329, now it is sold for $9,000. Why? Because there's only five weapon companies and they can control the prices.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

It was one of the most fascinating things that I've ever seen. They say like a valve, a safety oil valve that used to be sold for $329, now it is sold for $9,000. Why? Because there's only five weapon companies and they can control the prices.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And in 2006, the whole Apache fleet of the American army in Iraq was grounded because there was one valve that they were like gouging the price and didn't want to give them. The Stinger missile, just like the missile, the one that you carry and it's like the anti-aircraft, it used to be sold for $25,000. Now it's sold for $400,000. And nobody is doing that.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And in 2006, the whole Apache fleet of the American army in Iraq was grounded because there was one valve that they were like gouging the price and didn't want to give them. The Stinger missile, just like the missile, the one that you carry and it's like the anti-aircraft, it used to be sold for $25,000. Now it's sold for $400,000. And nobody is doing that.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And in 2006, the whole Apache fleet of the American army in Iraq was grounded because there was one valve that they were like gouging the price and didn't want to give them. The Stinger missile, just like the missile, the one that you carry and it's like the anti-aircraft, it used to be sold for $25,000. Now it's sold for $400,000. And nobody is doing that.