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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

But it's all definitional. So here's another example of definitional. Communists. Like they say, oh my God, Kamala Harris is a communist. Well, when you're telling on yourself, brothers and sisters, when you say that, that means, A, I don't know what communism means, and B, I don't have any idea what's going on in American politics. Kamala Harris is a corporatist. That's her problem.

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

But it's all definitional. So here's another example of definitional. Communists. Like they say, oh my God, Kamala Harris is a communist. Well, when you're telling on yourself, brothers and sisters, when you say that, that means, A, I don't know what communism means, and B, I don't have any idea what's going on in American politics. Kamala Harris is a corporatist. That's her problem.

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

Not that she's a communist. She's on the other end of the spectrum, right? The idea that Kamala Harris would come into office and say, that's it, there's no more private property. We're going to take all of your homes and it's now government property, all your cars, et cetera. She was not going to get within a billion miles of that.

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

Not that she's a communist. She's on the other end of the spectrum, right? The idea that Kamala Harris would come into office and say, that's it, there's no more private property. We're going to take all of your homes and it's now government property, all your cars, et cetera. She was not going to get within a billion miles of that.

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

Not that she's a communist. She's on the other end of the spectrum, right? The idea that Kamala Harris would come into office and say, that's it, there's no more private property. We're going to take all of your homes and it's now government property, all your cars, et cetera. She was not going to get within a billion miles of that.

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

Her donors would never allow her to get within a billion miles of that. That is so preposterous that when you say something like that, it's disqualifying. Like I can't debate someone who thinks that Democrats are communists when they're actually largely corporatists. You see what I'm saying?

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

Her donors would never allow her to get within a billion miles of that. That is so preposterous that when you say something like that, it's disqualifying. Like I can't debate someone who thinks that Democrats are communists when they're actually largely corporatists. You see what I'm saying?

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

Her donors would never allow her to get within a billion miles of that. That is so preposterous that when you say something like that, it's disqualifying. Like I can't debate someone who thinks that Democrats are communists when they're actually largely corporatists. You see what I'm saying?

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

Yep.

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

Yep.

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

Yep.

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

Okay. So here, let me give you an example so you see what I'm saying. So if you just wanted votes... you would do a lot of what Tim walls did. Okay. And, and by the way, a lot of what Bernie did, that's why Bernie who had no media coverage went from like 2% in 2015 to by the end, about 48% because he was just doing things that were popular. Right. And that American people wanted, et cetera.

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

Okay. So here, let me give you an example so you see what I'm saying. So if you just wanted votes... you would do a lot of what Tim walls did. Okay. And, and by the way, a lot of what Bernie did, that's why Bernie who had no media coverage went from like 2% in 2015 to by the end, about 48% because he was just doing things that were popular. Right. And that American people wanted, et cetera.

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

Okay. So here, let me give you an example so you see what I'm saying. So if you just wanted votes... you would do a lot of what Tim walls did. Okay. And, and by the way, a lot of what Bernie did, that's why Bernie who had no media coverage went from like 2% in 2015 to by the end, about 48% because he was just doing things that were popular. Right. And that American people wanted, et cetera.

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

Right. Because he's not controlled by corporations, by the way, neither is Tom Massey on the right wing side on the Republican side. Right. So, It's not all, that's why I always say almost all, right? So if you're doing things that are popular, people love it. So today, what would Kamala Harris do if she actually just wanted to win, right?

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

Right. Because he's not controlled by corporations, by the way, neither is Tom Massey on the right wing side on the Republican side. Right. So, It's not all, that's why I always say almost all, right? So if you're doing things that are popular, people love it. So today, what would Kamala Harris do if she actually just wanted to win, right?

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

Right. Because he's not controlled by corporations, by the way, neither is Tom Massey on the right wing side on the Republican side. Right. So, It's not all, that's why I always say almost all, right? So if you're doing things that are popular, people love it. So today, what would Kamala Harris do if she actually just wanted to win, right?

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

So number one, she was trying to pass paid family leave right now. Why? It pulls at 84% and even 74% of Republicans want it. Why? Because it says, hey, when you have a baby, you should get 12 weeks off. Bond with your baby. Right now,

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

So number one, she was trying to pass paid family leave right now. Why? It pulls at 84% and even 74% of Republicans want it. Why? Because it says, hey, when you have a baby, you should get 12 weeks off. Bond with your baby. Right now,

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

So number one, she was trying to pass paid family leave right now. Why? It pulls at 84% and even 74% of Republicans want it. Why? Because it says, hey, when you have a baby, you should get 12 weeks off. Bond with your baby. Right now,