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Cenk Uygur

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1985 total appearances

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

And so that's how I'm doing it now. I go to Miriam Edelson and say, give me $100 million and I'll let Israel annex the West Bank, right? So I'll go to the oil companies and give me a billion dollars and I'll give you tax subsidies, I'll let you drill, I'll take away regulation. Why would I stop that?

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

And so that's how I'm doing it now. I go to Miriam Edelson and say, give me $100 million and I'll let Israel annex the West Bank, right? So I'll go to the oil companies and give me a billion dollars and I'll give you tax subsidies, I'll let you drill, I'll take away regulation. Why would I stop that?

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

Yeah, and you're absolutely right, but that is the fault of MAGA. And so MAGA, you're screwing populists in a way that is infuriating, okay? And smart libertarians like Dave Smith have figured this out, and that's why he's just as mad at Trump as I am. And it's because he took a populist movement and he redirected it for his own personal gain. MAGA, figure it out. Come on. Right.

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

Yeah, and you're absolutely right, but that is the fault of MAGA. And so MAGA, you're screwing populists in a way that is infuriating, okay? And smart libertarians like Dave Smith have figured this out, and that's why he's just as mad at Trump as I am. And it's because he took a populist movement and he redirected it for his own personal gain. MAGA, figure it out. Come on. Right.

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

Yeah, and you're absolutely right, but that is the fault of MAGA. And so MAGA, you're screwing populists in a way that is infuriating, okay? And smart libertarians like Dave Smith have figured this out, and that's why he's just as mad at Trump as I am. And it's because he took a populist movement and he redirected it for his own personal gain. MAGA, figure it out. Come on. Right.

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

And so if you say, oh, you think Democrats have figured out that these polls? No, they largely haven't figured it out either. And I think there's blue MAGA and I could talk about that as well. But for those of us on the populist left, yeah, we're not enamored by politicians. And for example, when Bernie does the wrong thing, we call him out. Well, I'm not Bernie's not my goddamn uncle.

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

And so if you say, oh, you think Democrats have figured out that these polls? No, they largely haven't figured it out either. And I think there's blue MAGA and I could talk about that as well. But for those of us on the populist left, yeah, we're not enamored by politicians. And for example, when Bernie does the wrong thing, we call him out. Well, I'm not Bernie's not my goddamn uncle.

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

And so if you say, oh, you think Democrats have figured out that these polls? No, they largely haven't figured it out either. And I think there's blue MAGA and I could talk about that as well. But for those of us on the populist left, yeah, we're not enamored by politicians. And for example, when Bernie does the wrong thing, we call him out. Well, I'm not Bernie's not my goddamn uncle.

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

I don't like him for some personality reason. It's not a cult of personality. You do the right thing, I love you for. You do the wrong thing, I'm going to kick your ass for it, right? But Donald Trump does this massive, ridiculous corruption over and over again, and MAGA's like, I'm here for it, love it. As long as you're doing the corruption, I'm okay with it.

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

I don't like him for some personality reason. It's not a cult of personality. You do the right thing, I love you for. You do the wrong thing, I'm going to kick your ass for it, right? But Donald Trump does this massive, ridiculous corruption over and over again, and MAGA's like, I'm here for it, love it. As long as you're doing the corruption, I'm okay with it.

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

I don't like him for some personality reason. It's not a cult of personality. You do the right thing, I love you for. You do the wrong thing, I'm going to kick your ass for it, right? But Donald Trump does this massive, ridiculous corruption over and over again, and MAGA's like, I'm here for it, love it. As long as you're doing the corruption, I'm okay with it.

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

He says nothing about it. Maga, why haven't you held him to account? So when Bernie helped Biden take out $15 minimum wage from the Senate bill on the first bill that was introduced in the Biden administration, we went nuts. We did a petition. We sent in videos to Bernie, our audience going, don't kill it, Bernie. Don't kill it. And so Bernie then reintroduced it as an amendment.

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

He says nothing about it. Maga, why haven't you held him to account? So when Bernie helped Biden take out $15 minimum wage from the Senate bill on the first bill that was introduced in the Biden administration, we went nuts. We did a petition. We sent in videos to Bernie, our audience going, don't kill it, Bernie. Don't kill it. And so Bernie then reintroduced it as an amendment.

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

He says nothing about it. Maga, why haven't you held him to account? So when Bernie helped Biden take out $15 minimum wage from the Senate bill on the first bill that was introduced in the Biden administration, we went nuts. We did a petition. We sent in videos to Bernie, our audience going, don't kill it, Bernie. Don't kill it. And so Bernie then reintroduced it as an amendment.

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

It got voted down, but he did the right thing, right? That is us holding our top leader accountable and saying, you better get back on track, okay? Because we're not here for you and your personal self-aggrandizement. We're here for policy, right?

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

It got voted down, but he did the right thing, right? That is us holding our top leader accountable and saying, you better get back on track, okay? Because we're not here for you and your personal self-aggrandizement. We're here for policy, right?

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

It got voted down, but he did the right thing, right? That is us holding our top leader accountable and saying, you better get back on track, okay? Because we're not here for you and your personal self-aggrandizement. We're here for policy, right?

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

And if MAGA was actually here for policy, they would have absolutely leveled Trump on the fact that he... I mean, remember what he ran on, Drain the Swamp. That's why he won in 2016, right? So... I predicted on ABC right after the DNC and Hillary Clinton was up 10, 12 points, whatever she was. And I said, Trump would win. Okay. And they, the whole panel laughed out loud, right?

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

And if MAGA was actually here for policy, they would have absolutely leveled Trump on the fact that he... I mean, remember what he ran on, Drain the Swamp. That's why he won in 2016, right? So... I predicted on ABC right after the DNC and Hillary Clinton was up 10, 12 points, whatever she was. And I said, Trump would win. Okay. And they, the whole panel laughed out loud, right?

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

And if MAGA was actually here for policy, they would have absolutely leveled Trump on the fact that he... I mean, remember what he ran on, Drain the Swamp. That's why he won in 2016, right? So... I predicted on ABC right after the DNC and Hillary Clinton was up 10, 12 points, whatever she was. And I said, Trump would win. Okay. And they, the whole panel laughed out loud, right?