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And then the people that you have left just run as far to the left as possible.
Yeah, so I think that a couple things. So one of the big issues that I have with kind of like this, I don't know if we call it era of Trumpism or populism, is this total disregard for institutions and this disconnect from participation in the system. So it's one of the big things that I fight with progressives about, who cares because they're all 20 years old, they don't vote anyway.
Yeah, so I think that a couple things. So one of the big issues that I have with kind of like this, I don't know if we call it era of Trumpism or populism, is this total disregard for institutions and this disconnect from participation in the system. So it's one of the big things that I fight with progressives about, who cares because they're all 20 years old, they don't vote anyway.
Yeah, so I think that a couple things. So one of the big issues that I have with kind of like this, I don't know if we call it era of Trumpism or populism, is this total disregard for institutions and this disconnect from participation in the system. So it's one of the big things that I fight with progressives about, who cares because they're all 20 years old, they don't vote anyway.
But it's another thing that I noticed with a lot of people that are Trump voters, Trump fans, or whatever, is this idea where we say this institution is irrevocably destroyed. It's irredeemable. It can't be saved. Nothing that we do can fix it. And I think that what that leads people to doing is, one, they disconnect further.
But it's another thing that I noticed with a lot of people that are Trump voters, Trump fans, or whatever, is this idea where we say this institution is irrevocably destroyed. It's irredeemable. It can't be saved. Nothing that we do can fix it. And I think that what that leads people to doing is, one, they disconnect further.
But it's another thing that I noticed with a lot of people that are Trump voters, Trump fans, or whatever, is this idea where we say this institution is irrevocably destroyed. It's irredeemable. It can't be saved. Nothing that we do can fix it. And I think that what that leads people to doing is, one, they disconnect further.
And then, two, there's a general hopelessness when it comes to how society is ran or structured, such that you fall into that populist brain rot of, the only person that can save me is Donald Trump. I can't trust literally anything. And I think that when you start driving people into that direction, all it does is it further amplifies all the problems that you're complaining about.
And then, two, there's a general hopelessness when it comes to how society is ran or structured, such that you fall into that populist brain rot of, the only person that can save me is Donald Trump. I can't trust literally anything. And I think that when you start driving people into that direction, all it does is it further amplifies all the problems that you're complaining about.
And then, two, there's a general hopelessness when it comes to how society is ran or structured, such that you fall into that populist brain rot of, the only person that can save me is Donald Trump. I can't trust literally anything. And I think that when you start driving people into that direction, all it does is it further amplifies all the problems that you're complaining about.
So that's one of the reasons why when we talk about conservative participation, I want there to be more conservatives that are trying to participate in academia. But I feel like the leading thought or the leading speaking out against it is basically saying it's a waste of time. It's completely lost.
So that's one of the reasons why when we talk about conservative participation, I want there to be more conservatives that are trying to participate in academia. But I feel like the leading thought or the leading speaking out against it is basically saying it's a waste of time. It's completely lost.
So that's one of the reasons why when we talk about conservative participation, I want there to be more conservatives that are trying to participate in academia. But I feel like the leading thought or the leading speaking out against it is basically saying it's a waste of time. It's completely lost.
Yeah, but that's the worst thing.
Yeah, but that's the worst thing.
Yeah, but that's the worst thing.
Can you say that word, Justin? That's the one we all learned growing up. Anti-disestablishmentarianism.
Can you say that word, Justin? That's the one we all learned growing up. Anti-disestablishmentarianism.
Can you say that word, Justin? That's the one we all learned growing up. Anti-disestablishmentarianism.
And then some candidate group would say, well, what about supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? And then you're done. What about numeral to microscopic? Or the science terms. Yeah, exactly. Or what about the 7,000-letter thing that's from part of biochemistry?