Cenk Uygur

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.

That is an injustice that an enormous percentage of the country was comfortable with. Well, progressives aren't comfortable with it. We want justice for all. So the equality of opportunity is an interesting one because the far left will say, So at least some portions of them will say equality of results, right? So progressives just want a fair chance.

That is an injustice that an enormous percentage of the country was comfortable with. Well, progressives aren't comfortable with it. We want justice for all. So the equality of opportunity is an interesting one because the far left will say, So at least some portions of them will say equality of results, right? So progressives just want a fair chance.

That is an injustice that an enormous percentage of the country was comfortable with. Well, progressives aren't comfortable with it. We want justice for all. So the equality of opportunity is an interesting one because the far left will say, So at least some portions of them will say equality of results, right? So progressives just want a fair chance.

So free college education, but afterwards you don't get to have exact same results as either the wealthiest person or we're not all going to be equal. We don't have equal talents, skills, abilities, et cetera.

So free college education, but afterwards you don't get to have exact same results as either the wealthiest person or we're not all going to be equal. We don't have equal talents, skills, abilities, et cetera.

So free college education, but afterwards you don't get to have exact same results as either the wealthiest person or we're not all going to be equal. We don't have equal talents, skills, abilities, et cetera.

So Lex, what we're probably going to talk about a lot today is balance. And so a lot of people think, oh, I'm on the right, I'm on the left. And that comes with a certain preset ideology. So the right is always correct. The left is always correct. So there's two problems with that. Number one, how could you possibly believe in a preset ideology if you're an independent thinker?

So Lex, what we're probably going to talk about a lot today is balance. And so a lot of people think, oh, I'm on the right, I'm on the left. And that comes with a certain preset ideology. So the right is always correct. The left is always correct. So there's two problems with that. Number one, how could you possibly believe in a preset ideology if you're an independent thinker?

So Lex, what we're probably going to talk about a lot today is balance. And so a lot of people think, oh, I'm on the right, I'm on the left. And that comes with a certain preset ideology. So the right is always correct. The left is always correct. So there's two problems with that. Number one, how could you possibly believe in a preset ideology if you're an independent thinker?

It's literally, by definition, not possible. If you say, I lent my brain to an ideology that was created 80 years ago, or eight years ago, or 800 years ago, and I'm not going to change it, you're saying, I don't think for myself. I bought into a culture, and by the way, there's a lot of different forms of culture you could buy into, religion, politics. sometimes racial, et cetera.

It's literally, by definition, not possible. If you say, I lent my brain to an ideology that was created 80 years ago, or eight years ago, or 800 years ago, and I'm not going to change it, you're saying, I don't think for myself. I bought into a culture, and by the way, there's a lot of different forms of culture you could buy into, religion, politics. sometimes racial, et cetera.

It's literally, by definition, not possible. If you say, I lent my brain to an ideology that was created 80 years ago, or eight years ago, or 800 years ago, and I'm not going to change it, you're saying, I don't think for myself. I bought into a culture, and by the way, there's a lot of different forms of culture you could buy into, religion, politics. sometimes racial, et cetera.

So that's why you need actually balance. The second reason you need balance other than independent thought is because the answer is almost never black and white. And that gets into a really interesting nuance because black Mainstream media, in my opinion, is the matrix and its job is to delude you into thinking corporate rule is great for you and we should never change it.

So that's why you need actually balance. The second reason you need balance other than independent thought is because the answer is almost never black and white. And that gets into a really interesting nuance because black Mainstream media, in my opinion, is the matrix and its job is to delude you into thinking corporate rule is great for you and we should never change it.

So that's why you need actually balance. The second reason you need balance other than independent thought is because the answer is almost never black and white. And that gets into a really interesting nuance because black Mainstream media, in my opinion, is the matrix and its job is to delude you into thinking corporate rule is great for you and we should never change it.

And the status quo is wonderful. So they have created a false middle. what mainstream media calls moderate is actually, in my opinion, extremist corporate ideology. So, for example, they'll say Joe Manchin is a moderate. None of his positions are moderate other than potentially gun control in West Virginia. He's not for gun control.

And the status quo is wonderful. So they have created a false middle. what mainstream media calls moderate is actually, in my opinion, extremist corporate ideology. So, for example, they'll say Joe Manchin is a moderate. None of his positions are moderate other than potentially gun control in West Virginia. He's not for gun control.

And the status quo is wonderful. So they have created a false middle. what mainstream media calls moderate is actually, in my opinion, extremist corporate ideology. So, for example, they'll say Joe Manchin is a moderate. None of his positions are moderate other than potentially gun control in West Virginia. He's not for gun control.

The people of West Virginia are not for gun control, generally speaking. And he uses that. And they usually have these shiny objects where they're like, you see this? I'm a moderate because of guns. Or I'm a moderate because I'm a Democrat from West Virginia. But wait, let's look at your positions. You're against paid family leave. That polls at 84%.