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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

I mean, what can we Arabs working in the vape business do to him? It's like we cannot compete with that. I mean, like practically, I mean, it's like life is unfair. The guy is a politician. He needs bills to pay. He needs a campaign to run. He needs money. He will go to the people who will give him money. Joe Biden is the highest paid politician from Israeli lobbies, $4.6 million over the years.

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

I mean, what can we Arabs working in the vape business do to him? It's like we cannot compete with that. I mean, like practically, I mean, it's like life is unfair. The guy is a politician. He needs bills to pay. He needs a campaign to run. He needs money. He will go to the people who will give him money. Joe Biden is the highest paid politician from Israeli lobbies, $4.6 million over the years.

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

Of course, of course. No, no.

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

Of course, of course. No, no.

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

Of course, of course. No, no.

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

No, I think I'm a huge fan about like putting a limit on your working years because you don't want to have like a Mitch McConnell moment every now because now the whole thing is like, what is this? Isn't this not like a... a hospice care home, it is unfair, it is unfair.

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

No, I think I'm a huge fan about like putting a limit on your working years because you don't want to have like a Mitch McConnell moment every now because now the whole thing is like, what is this? Isn't this not like a... a hospice care home, it is unfair, it is unfair.

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

No, I think I'm a huge fan about like putting a limit on your working years because you don't want to have like a Mitch McConnell moment every now because now the whole thing is like, what is this? Isn't this not like a... a hospice care home, it is unfair, it is unfair.

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

And that the whole idea that you have like unlimited, like you have a limit for the president, but you don't have limit for Congress people and senators. That's, what do you mean? This is basically, you can go in and be in governance forever. And you know, the longer that you can get, the more corrupt you will get.

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

And that the whole idea that you have like unlimited, like you have a limit for the president, but you don't have limit for Congress people and senators. That's, what do you mean? This is basically, you can go in and be in governance forever. And you know, the longer that you can get, the more corrupt you will get.

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

And that the whole idea that you have like unlimited, like you have a limit for the president, but you don't have limit for Congress people and senators. That's, what do you mean? This is basically, you can go in and be in governance forever. And you know, the longer that you can get, the more corrupt you will get.

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

Oh, my God, no. No, there's a curse in Egyptian presidency. Nobody comes there. He's dead or in jail. Yeah. It's not the most appealing job.

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

Oh, my God, no. No, there's a curse in Egyptian presidency. Nobody comes there. He's dead or in jail. Yeah. It's not the most appealing job.

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

Oh, my God, no. No, there's a curse in Egyptian presidency. Nobody comes there. He's dead or in jail. Yeah. It's not the most appealing job.

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

Yeah, but what happened to Navalny in Russia is not something new in Russia. I mean, Putin have like this whole history of poisoning and killing people. And it's kind of like pretty much, I would have to say credit Putin, he's like bringing us the essence of the dark ages, the middle ages. It's like, you know, like basically,

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

Yeah, but what happened to Navalny in Russia is not something new in Russia. I mean, Putin have like this whole history of poisoning and killing people. And it's kind of like pretty much, I would have to say credit Putin, he's like bringing us the essence of the dark ages, the middle ages. It's like, you know, like basically,

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

Yeah, but what happened to Navalny in Russia is not something new in Russia. I mean, Putin have like this whole history of poisoning and killing people. And it's kind of like pretty much, I would have to say credit Putin, he's like bringing us the essence of the dark ages, the middle ages. It's like, you know, like basically,

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

Putin is the living example of what happens if Game of Thrones was reality. It's like death by poison. Like a blow up a plane. It's like mysteriously disappears. It is so... It is very dark. But it's like...

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

Putin is the living example of what happens if Game of Thrones was reality. It's like death by poison. Like a blow up a plane. It's like mysteriously disappears. It is so... It is very dark. But it's like...

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

Putin is the living example of what happens if Game of Thrones was reality. It's like death by poison. Like a blow up a plane. It's like mysteriously disappears. It is so... It is very dark. But it's like...