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Cenk Uygur

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Yes. So in order to do that, Lex, we got to talk about where we are in the political spectrum. And in fact, there's two different spectrums now. People often think of left-right, and that's true, that exists. But layered on top of that is now populist versus establishment. So I'm center-left on the left-right spectrum, but I'm all the way on the populist end of the second spectrum.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Yes. So in order to do that, Lex, we got to talk about where we are in the political spectrum. And in fact, there's two different spectrums now. People often think of left-right, and that's true, that exists. But layered on top of that is now populist versus establishment. So I'm center-left on the left-right spectrum, but I'm all the way on the populist end of the second spectrum.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Yes. So in order to do that, Lex, we got to talk about where we are in the political spectrum. And in fact, there's two different spectrums now. People often think of left-right, and that's true, that exists. But layered on top of that is now populist versus establishment. So I'm center-left on the left-right spectrum, but I'm all the way on the populist end of the second spectrum.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

So where does progressivism lie within that? Well, I would argue that it's exactly in those places. It's populist. Uh, and it's on the left, but it is not far left. So far left is a different animal. Uh, and we could talk about that in a little bit. So in terms of what makes a progressive, uh, So expand the circle of liberty and justice for all and equality of opportunity.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

So where does progressivism lie within that? Well, I would argue that it's exactly in those places. It's populist. Uh, and it's on the left, but it is not far left. So far left is a different animal. Uh, and we could talk about that in a little bit. So in terms of what makes a progressive, uh, So expand the circle of liberty and justice for all and equality of opportunity.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

So where does progressivism lie within that? Well, I would argue that it's exactly in those places. It's populist. Uh, and it's on the left, but it is not far left. So far left is a different animal. Uh, and we could talk about that in a little bit. So in terms of what makes a progressive, uh, So expand the circle of liberty and justice for all and equality of opportunity.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Now people will say, well, that seems pretty broad and all American, but is it? Think about it. So expand the circle of liberty. Everybody's in favor of that, right? No, absolutely not. So, uh, certainly the King of England was not in favor of expanding the circle of Liberty and the founding fathers said, we're going to expand it. And they expanded it to property white men.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Now people will say, well, that seems pretty broad and all American, but is it? Think about it. So expand the circle of liberty. Everybody's in favor of that, right? No, absolutely not. So, uh, certainly the King of England was not in favor of expanding the circle of Liberty and the founding fathers said, we're going to expand it. And they expanded it to property white men.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Now people will say, well, that seems pretty broad and all American, but is it? Think about it. So expand the circle of liberty. Everybody's in favor of that, right? No, absolutely not. So, uh, certainly the King of England was not in favor of expanding the circle of Liberty and the founding fathers said, we're going to expand it. And they expanded it to property white men.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

And then progressives have been their progressives because they expanded the circle of Liberty. They then from then on, as we were perfecting the union, uh, Progressives always say expand it further, include women, include people without property, include all races, and at every turn, conservatives fight against it.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

And then progressives have been their progressives because they expanded the circle of Liberty. They then from then on, as we were perfecting the union, uh, Progressives always say expand it further, include women, include people without property, include all races, and at every turn, conservatives fight against it.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

And then progressives have been their progressives because they expanded the circle of Liberty. They then from then on, as we were perfecting the union, uh, Progressives always say expand it further, include women, include people without property, include all races, and at every turn, conservatives fight against it.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

So that doesn't mean if you're a conservative today, you don't want to include women or minorities, et cetera. But today you would say, for example, well, I don't want to expand the circle of liberty to, for example, undocumented immigrants. And maybe you're right about that, and we could have that discussion in terms of a specific –

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

So that doesn't mean if you're a conservative today, you don't want to include women or minorities, et cetera. But today you would say, for example, well, I don't want to expand the circle of liberty to, for example, undocumented immigrants. And maybe you're right about that, and we could have that discussion in terms of a specific –

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

So that doesn't mean if you're a conservative today, you don't want to include women or minorities, et cetera. But today you would say, for example, well, I don't want to expand the circle of liberty to, for example, undocumented immigrants. And maybe you're right about that, and we could have that discussion in terms of a specific –

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

And I don't believe that undocumented immigrants should immediately be citizens or anything along those lines. But I do believe in expanding liberty overall. And the contours of that are what's interesting. And then you see justice for all. Everybody's for justice. No. Right now, marijuana possession is still illegal in a lot of parts of the country.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

And I don't believe that undocumented immigrants should immediately be citizens or anything along those lines. But I do believe in expanding liberty overall. And the contours of that are what's interesting. And then you see justice for all. Everybody's for justice. No. Right now, marijuana possession is still illegal in a lot of parts of the country.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

And I don't believe that undocumented immigrants should immediately be citizens or anything along those lines. But I do believe in expanding liberty overall. And the contours of that are what's interesting. And then you see justice for all. Everybody's for justice. No. Right now, marijuana possession is still illegal in a lot of parts of the country.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Now a lot of right-wingers and left-wingers agree that it should be legal. But for my entire lifetime, black people have been arrested at about 3.7 times the rate of white people. and the entire country has been fine with it. So is that justice? No. White people, black people smoke marijuana at the same rate. Black people get arrested about four times the rate.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Now a lot of right-wingers and left-wingers agree that it should be legal. But for my entire lifetime, black people have been arrested at about 3.7 times the rate of white people. and the entire country has been fine with it. So is that justice? No. White people, black people smoke marijuana at the same rate. Black people get arrested about four times the rate.

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