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Cenk Uygur

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1985 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

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

They're like, get a load of this crazy guy. I said, he's a populist who seems to hate the establishment in a, in a populist time. And so, and drain the swamp is, is a great, uh, slogan. Uh, and I knew he would win when he was in a Republican debate. And he said, well, I paid all these guys before I paid them and they did whatever I wanted. And I was like, that's so true. Right.

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

They're like, get a load of this crazy guy. I said, he's a populist who seems to hate the establishment in a, in a populist time. And so, and drain the swamp is, is a great, uh, slogan. Uh, and I knew he would win when he was in a Republican debate. And he said, well, I paid all these guys before I paid them and they did whatever I wanted. And I was like, that's so true. Right.

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

They're like, get a load of this crazy guy. I said, he's a populist who seems to hate the establishment in a, in a populist time. And so, and drain the swamp is, is a great, uh, slogan. Uh, and I knew he would win when he was in a Republican debate. And he said, well, I paid all these guys before I paid them and they did whatever I wanted. And I was like, that's so true. Right.

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

And people will love that. And especially Republican voters will love that. I actually have a lot of respect for Republican voters because they actually genuinely hate corruption.

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

And people will love that. And especially Republican voters will love that. I actually have a lot of respect for Republican voters because they actually genuinely hate corruption.

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

And people will love that. And especially Republican voters will love that. I actually have a lot of respect for Republican voters because they actually genuinely hate corruption.

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

So I started a group called Wolfpack. Nice name. Thank you. Wolf-pack.com. And the reason why I named it Wolfpack is because everyone in Washington I knew would hate that name. It's a populist name, and everybody in Washington snickers looking at it. I know you're supposed to name it Americans for America and just trick people, et cetera. No, no, no. Wolfpack means we're coming for you, okay?

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

So I started a group called Wolfpack. Nice name. Thank you. Wolf-pack.com. And the reason why I named it Wolfpack is because everyone in Washington I knew would hate that name. It's a populist name, and everybody in Washington snickers looking at it. I know you're supposed to name it Americans for America and just trick people, et cetera. No, no, no. Wolfpack means we're coming for you, okay?

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

So I started a group called Wolfpack. Nice name. Thank you. Wolf-pack.com. And the reason why I named it Wolfpack is because everyone in Washington I knew would hate that name. It's a populist name, and everybody in Washington snickers looking at it. I know you're supposed to name it Americans for America and just trick people, et cetera. No, no, no. Wolfpack means we're coming for you, okay?

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

We're not coming for you in a weirdo, physical, or violent way. We're coming for you in a democratic way, okay? So we're going to go to those state houses. We're going to get them to propose a convention, and we did it in five states, but then the Democratic Party started beating us back. We'll get to that.

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

We're not coming for you in a weirdo, physical, or violent way. We're coming for you in a democratic way, okay? So we're going to go to those state houses. We're going to get them to propose a convention, and we did it in five states, but then the Democratic Party started beating us back. We'll get to that.

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

We're not coming for you in a weirdo, physical, or violent way. We're coming for you in a democratic way, okay? So we're going to go to those state houses. We're going to get them to propose a convention, and we did it in five states, but then the Democratic Party started beating us back. We'll get to that.

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

And, uh, and so, uh, we are going to overturn your apple cart and we're going to bring, put the American people back in charge. So what does the amendment say? Number one, uh, a lot of people will have a different opinions on what it should say. And that's what you sort out in a convention. So for example, one of the things that conservatives can propose, which makes sense is term limits. Okay.

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

And, uh, and so, uh, we are going to overturn your apple cart and we're going to bring, put the American people back in charge. So what does the amendment say? Number one, uh, a lot of people will have a different opinions on what it should say. And that's what you sort out in a convention. So for example, one of the things that conservatives can propose, which makes sense is term limits. Okay.

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

And, uh, and so, uh, we are going to overturn your apple cart and we're going to bring, put the American people back in charge. So what does the amendment say? Number one, uh, a lot of people will have a different opinions on what it should say. And that's what you sort out in a convention. So for example, one of the things that conservatives can propose, which makes sense is term limits. Okay.

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

Because the reason why these super old politicians are in charge is because they provide a return on investment. So you know if you give to Biden, Pelosi, or McConnell, they're going to deliver for you. They love that return on investment. They don't want to risk it on a new guy. The new guy might have principles. Ew. Or, you know, might want to actually do a little bit for his voters. Boo.

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

Because the reason why these super old politicians are in charge is because they provide a return on investment. So you know if you give to Biden, Pelosi, or McConnell, they're going to deliver for you. They love that return on investment. They don't want to risk it on a new guy. The new guy might have principles. Ew. Or, you know, might want to actually do a little bit for his voters. Boo.

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

Because the reason why these super old politicians are in charge is because they provide a return on investment. So you know if you give to Biden, Pelosi, or McConnell, they're going to deliver for you. They love that return on investment. They don't want to risk it on a new guy. The new guy might have principles. Ew. Or, you know, might want to actually do a little bit for his voters. Boo.

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

Whereas these old, you know... And every corrupt system has these old guys hanging around that help maintain power, et cetera. So my particular proposal in the amendments would be a couple of things. One is end private financing of elections. So if, and look, if you're a business person, you're a capitalist, you know this with absolute certainty.

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

Whereas these old, you know... And every corrupt system has these old guys hanging around that help maintain power, et cetera. So my particular proposal in the amendments would be a couple of things. One is end private financing of elections. So if, and look, if you're a business person, you're a capitalist, you know this with absolute certainty.