Chris Murphy

As we spoke earlier, the Bible and Jesus' story are full of mandates for communities to care about the plight of the dispossessed and the disempowered, the poorest and the weakest amongst us. And so why aren't Democrats more willing to talk about the spiritual imperative of Medicaid, right?

why aren't Democrats willing to call out Republicans demonization of gay children based on a commandment for us to love our neighbors, regardless of their language or ethnicity or sexual orientation. So I think you're right. The Democrats shy away from that kind of language. And maybe that's because, you know, that there are fewer elite Democrats that are spending time in church.

why aren't Democrats willing to call out Republicans demonization of gay children based on a commandment for us to love our neighbors, regardless of their language or ethnicity or sexual orientation. So I think you're right. The Democrats shy away from that kind of language. And maybe that's because, you know, that there are fewer elite Democrats that are spending time in church.

I'm not sure that that's true, but that might be, but that might be true. Justin, Justin,

I'm not sure that that's true, but that might be, but that might be true. Justin, Justin,

Yeah, I'm not sure that I agree with you. I think that there is a secular moralism and a religious moralism that connect. And I think if you are lifting up a debate outside of the sort of weeds of policy and talking about our common obligation to each other, our moral imperative— to take care of our neighbors.

Yeah, I'm not sure that I agree with you. I think that there is a secular moralism and a religious moralism that connect. And I think if you are lifting up a debate outside of the sort of weeds of policy and talking about our common obligation to each other, our moral imperative— to take care of our neighbors.

I think even if you aren't framing that in a specific religious doctrine, you are still speaking to religious voters. So I don't necessarily believe that you have got to talk in the way that you frame it as a mechanism to connect with people who find their interest in policy as directly connected and derivative of their experience in religion.

I think even if you aren't framing that in a specific religious doctrine, you are still speaking to religious voters. So I don't necessarily believe that you have got to talk in the way that you frame it as a mechanism to connect with people who find their interest in policy as directly connected and derivative of their experience in religion.

Well, it's more precise than an oligarchy in which government serves the broad interests of every powerful individual or corporation, right? Oligarchies generally don't serve all rich people. They serve the rich people who pledge political allegiance to the leader.

Well, it's more precise than an oligarchy in which government serves the broad interests of every powerful individual or corporation, right? Oligarchies generally don't serve all rich people. They serve the rich people who pledge political allegiance to the leader.

And there is formed a cabal of a certain set of rich people that get richer and the people who don't pledge allegiance to the leader tend to get less rich over time. That's, I think, what is going on here.

And there is formed a cabal of a certain set of rich people that get richer and the people who don't pledge allegiance to the leader tend to get less rich over time. That's, I think, what is going on here.

If you pay homage to Trump with a donation or a purchase of cryptocurrency or just an agreement to kind of stay silent about his thievery and corruption, then you're going to be in on the oligarchy. But if you don't make that specific pledge, then, yeah, you might end up being on the outside.

If you pay homage to Trump with a donation or a purchase of cryptocurrency or just an agreement to kind of stay silent about his thievery and corruption, then you're going to be in on the oligarchy. But if you don't make that specific pledge, then, yeah, you might end up being on the outside.

That's why the tariffs, you're right, are broadly opposed by the sort of elite economic set because, yeah, they don't feel great about a world in which they are going to have to cut deals with the president in order to be exempt from the tariffs. But if the tariffs stay, then that's exactly what will happen.

That's why the tariffs, you're right, are broadly opposed by the sort of elite economic set because, yeah, they don't feel great about a world in which they are going to have to cut deals with the president in order to be exempt from the tariffs. But if the tariffs stay, then that's exactly what will happen.

If you cut a deal with the president, if you buy his crypto coin or if you pay him off or if you say that your employees will never join the political opposition, then you probably get an exemption and you're probably part of the club. And if you don't do that, then you probably sit on the outside. So, yeah, I think that's generally how oligarchies work.

If you cut a deal with the president, if you buy his crypto coin or if you pay him off or if you say that your employees will never join the political opposition, then you probably get an exemption and you're probably part of the club. And if you don't do that, then you probably sit on the outside. So, yeah, I think that's generally how oligarchies work.

And I think that this is, you know, as the textbooks defines it, a pretty standard attempt at building an oligarchy.