Chris Fenton
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Because as we're seeing, if you happen to just watch one side of the aisles media versus another, you're going to get completely programmed in one particular way. So a lot of times people ask me, well, how... powerful is the Ministry of Propaganda in China for influencing people in that country. I'm sure they want to uprise and overthrow the government someday, and we should help them do that.
Because as we're seeing, if you happen to just watch one side of the aisles media versus another, you're going to get completely programmed in one particular way. So a lot of times people ask me, well, how... powerful is the Ministry of Propaganda in China for influencing people in that country. I'm sure they want to uprise and overthrow the government someday, and we should help them do that.
And I said, well, have you ever told somebody that just watches Fox all day or just watches MSNBC all day long about the other side of the equation? They won't listen to it. And that's the same thing in China. That's right.
And I said, well, have you ever told somebody that just watches Fox all day or just watches MSNBC all day long about the other side of the equation? They won't listen to it. And that's the same thing in China. That's right.
Well, the bigger issue is that we just, without having civil discourse and the ability to look at things from different perspectives and to hear and talk about those different perspectives in a constructive environment, we're never going to be able to solve problems, needlessly say, even be able to prevent them down the road.
Well, the bigger issue is that we just, without having civil discourse and the ability to look at things from different perspectives and to hear and talk about those different perspectives in a constructive environment, we're never going to be able to solve problems, needlessly say, even be able to prevent them down the road.
I fear the fact that because of the way we've bifurcated everything and closed off other dissension or dissenting opinions in terms of the pandemic, We're actually never really going to figure out exactly what happened, sort of the way the FAA might look at the black box.
I fear the fact that because of the way we've bifurcated everything and closed off other dissension or dissenting opinions in terms of the pandemic, We're actually never really going to figure out exactly what happened, sort of the way the FAA might look at the black box.
Well, we rely on so many complex components of things like iPhones that it would be hard to believe that there isn't some sort of manipulation that they're able to do. I mean, I've been heavy on lobbying to get rid of TikTok for that very reason. Obviously, that's a platform that heavily skews one side of a narrative versus another.
Well, we rely on so many complex components of things like iPhones that it would be hard to believe that there isn't some sort of manipulation that they're able to do. I mean, I've been heavy on lobbying to get rid of TikTok for that very reason. Obviously, that's a platform that heavily skews one side of a narrative versus another.
We did ban it, at least in its form that it's in now, although it seems to still have some sort of
We did ban it, at least in its form that it's in now, although it seems to still have some sort of
clingy tissue that keeps it alive um but yes i look beijing plays a game of chess they play a long-term game um you know if if israel can figure out how to let uh allah hezbollah hang on to these phones for as long as they did and then use it at the right moment when it creates that great chess move um you can guarantee beijing can do the same thing and they probably have been planning for that moment and that scares me it really does oh yeah
clingy tissue that keeps it alive um but yes i look beijing plays a game of chess they play a long-term game um you know if if israel can figure out how to let uh allah hezbollah hang on to these phones for as long as they did and then use it at the right moment when it creates that great chess move um you can guarantee beijing can do the same thing and they probably have been planning for that moment and that scares me it really does oh yeah
Yeah, I thought that was an interesting one, though, because in a way you could argue like showing calorie count at a restaurant. You know, if you knew all this stuff was made in China, given all the issues that we have, it might start to influence people to buy more American product. So I don't know if it was something we should have shied away from.
Yeah, I thought that was an interesting one, though, because in a way you could argue like showing calorie count at a restaurant. You know, if you knew all this stuff was made in China, given all the issues that we have, it might start to influence people to buy more American product. So I don't know if it was something we should have shied away from.
I think we should have embraced it and said the American people should know where these things are made.
I think we should have embraced it and said the American people should know where these things are made.
Well, you know, there's a lot of... So say it's Chris. You know... Chris's opinion here. I think the conspiracy to me is in the, I guess, incompetency of different levels of government in China that allowed it to spread. I think there's a lot of incompetency all over the world. We've all seen it in multiple facets.
Well, you know, there's a lot of... So say it's Chris. You know... Chris's opinion here. I think the conspiracy to me is in the, I guess, incompetency of different levels of government in China that allowed it to spread. I think there's a lot of incompetency all over the world. We've all seen it in multiple facets.