Bret Weinstein
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No, I didn't catch that.
No, it's a positive feedback. The whole idea is power is utilized to free resources that garner more power. And it is the exact inverse of the system that we are supposed to have. Yeah. It's very interesting. Where we're headed... That's a harder question.
No, it's a positive feedback. The whole idea is power is utilized to free resources that garner more power. And it is the exact inverse of the system that we are supposed to have. Yeah. It's very interesting. Where we're headed... That's a harder question.
No, it's a positive feedback. The whole idea is power is utilized to free resources that garner more power. And it is the exact inverse of the system that we are supposed to have. Yeah. It's very interesting. Where we're headed... That's a harder question.
Yes. The problem is I โ sometimes when I see like a list of preposterous scientific projects that have gotten big grants, I read it and I think I โ They all sound preposterous, but I don't know. Some of these things are likely to have had a good explanation, and it just is not apparent in the sound bite. And some of them are every bit as preposterous as they seem.
Yes. The problem is I โ sometimes when I see like a list of preposterous scientific projects that have gotten big grants, I read it and I think I โ They all sound preposterous, but I don't know. Some of these things are likely to have had a good explanation, and it just is not apparent in the sound bite. And some of them are every bit as preposterous as they seem.
Yes. The problem is I โ sometimes when I see like a list of preposterous scientific projects that have gotten big grants, I read it and I think I โ They all sound preposterous, but I don't know. Some of these things are likely to have had a good explanation, and it just is not apparent in the sound bite. And some of them are every bit as preposterous as they seem.
And so I can't look at a map like that and say what I would expect if the system was healthy. So I'm cautious about it. I don't think the system was healthy. I think the system was a racket from one end to the other. And I've been saying that we've been living in the era of malignant governance where there's basically no element of this you couldn't turn off and make us better.
And so I can't look at a map like that and say what I would expect if the system was healthy. So I'm cautious about it. I don't think the system was healthy. I think the system was a racket from one end to the other. And I've been saying that we've been living in the era of malignant governance where there's basically no element of this you couldn't turn off and make us better.
And so I can't look at a map like that and say what I would expect if the system was healthy. So I'm cautious about it. I don't think the system was healthy. I think the system was a racket from one end to the other. And I've been saying that we've been living in the era of malignant governance where there's basically no element of this you couldn't turn off and make us better.
But we have to be suspicious also of our understanding of how a properly functioning system would graph in something like that. So that we don't overrun the train station when we get there. And I will just say, I was talking to a friend of mine who runs an Alaska native corporation, which I don't know if we've talked about Alaska native corporations before. But this is a corporation.
But we have to be suspicious also of our understanding of how a properly functioning system would graph in something like that. So that we don't overrun the train station when we get there. And I will just say, I was talking to a friend of mine who runs an Alaska native corporation, which I don't know if we've talked about Alaska native corporations before. But this is a corporation.
But we have to be suspicious also of our understanding of how a properly functioning system would graph in something like that. So that we don't overrun the train station when we get there. And I will just say, I was talking to a friend of mine who runs an Alaska native corporation, which I don't know if we've talked about Alaska native corporations before. But this is a corporation.
It competes for federal contracts. It has some advantages in the competition for federal contracts. And all of the profits go to Alaska natives. And it is finding itself in a very difficult situation. to navigate battle because of all of the successes of DOGE. So the Alaska Native Corporation is utilizing something called the 8 program.
It competes for federal contracts. It has some advantages in the competition for federal contracts. And all of the profits go to Alaska natives. And it is finding itself in a very difficult situation. to navigate battle because of all of the successes of DOGE. So the Alaska Native Corporation is utilizing something called the 8 program.
It competes for federal contracts. It has some advantages in the competition for federal contracts. And all of the profits go to Alaska natives. And it is finding itself in a very difficult situation. to navigate battle because of all of the successes of DOGE. So the Alaska Native Corporation is utilizing something called the 8 program.
The 8 program is a program that gives advantages to disadvantaged people. And at some point, that ability to use the 8 program was granted to Alaska Native corporations. Well, the 8 program is now under attack by some large corporations, federal contractors who do not like competition from things like Alaska Native Corporations, and it is being portrayed as if it was based on race, which it isn't.
The 8 program is a program that gives advantages to disadvantaged people. And at some point, that ability to use the 8 program was granted to Alaska Native corporations. Well, the 8 program is now under attack by some large corporations, federal contractors who do not like competition from things like Alaska Native Corporations, and it is being portrayed as if it was based on race, which it isn't.
The 8 program is a program that gives advantages to disadvantaged people. And at some point, that ability to use the 8 program was granted to Alaska Native corporations. Well, the 8 program is now under attack by some large corporations, federal contractors who do not like competition from things like Alaska Native Corporations, and it is being portrayed as if it was based on race, which it isn't.
Anybody can use it. It's not a race-based program. But because people are in a mood to dismantle all of this left-wing solution-making corruption, These mega corporations are finding it easy to target the 8 program and they are persuading members of Congress that it doesn't belong.