Ed Helms

Temperance, on the other hand, was portrayed as an expression of the sort of pure and lily-white, lovely, small-town, old-fashioned American values. But even so, Broadly speaking, the general population did not support a national ban on alcohol at all. And yet it passed. So this is where I'm getting back to where you were starting to jump to in the beginning.

You often talk about a famous Princeton study that demonstrates this phenomenon. Tell us about that study and some of its real world implications in contemporary policy.

You often talk about a famous Princeton study that demonstrates this phenomenon. Tell us about that study and some of its real world implications in contemporary policy.

It's literally the opposite of what we all think. And it's the opposite of how we think our government was structured to work. Yeah, right. It's nuts.

It's literally the opposite of what we all think. And it's the opposite of how we think our government was structured to work. Yeah, right. It's nuts.

What are some contemporary policy examples of this, of how this is taking effect? Yeah, I think there's a lot, actually. And some of them are very, you know, very hot. It's arguably every policy. I mean, it really is.

What are some contemporary policy examples of this, of how this is taking effect? Yeah, I think there's a lot, actually. And some of them are very, you know, very hot. It's arguably every policy. I mean, it really is.

And it is so interesting that so much of what we hear surrounding these issues is triggering. Right. And that's intentional. It's just trying to get emotional responses out of us because. That clouds our judgment and also like creating more polarization and adversarial dispositions among the general population makes it easier to control the general population.

And it is so interesting that so much of what we hear surrounding these issues is triggering. Right. And that's intentional. It's just trying to get emotional responses out of us because. That clouds our judgment and also like creating more polarization and adversarial dispositions among the general population makes it easier to control the general population.

This is so insane. This was all under like official government activity. They built a apartment in San Francisco that had a glass mirror where he could sit there and watch. And then they would drug these customers. And he was just sort of taking notes and God knows what else behind this double mirror. And this was all in the name of science.

This is so insane. This was all under like official government activity. They built a apartment in San Francisco that had a glass mirror where he could sit there and watch. And then they would drug these customers. And he was just sort of taking notes and God knows what else behind this double mirror. And this was all in the name of science.

If it allows me to go hella-skiing, then yeah, I'm hella on board.

If it allows me to go hella-skiing, then yeah, I'm hella on board.

OK, so we've established that public policy, as as it is generated by Congress, has a statistically nonexistent connection to the desires of the public. Why? What what are the primary what is sort of the underpinning reasons for that? Yeah, I mean, the simplest answer is follow the money.

OK, so we've established that public policy, as as it is generated by Congress, has a statistically nonexistent connection to the desires of the public. Why? What what are the primary what is sort of the underpinning reasons for that? Yeah, I mean, the simplest answer is follow the money.

Right. It's corrupt and legal. Right. It's corrupt and baked into the system that we have.

Right. It's corrupt and legal. Right. It's corrupt and baked into the system that we have.

And it feels like it's such a cliche to say, like, it's the system. We're going to put the system on trial. But that kind of is the deal. Like, that's exactly what we're dealing with, with our political system right now.

And it feels like it's such a cliche to say, like, it's the system. We're going to put the system on trial. But that kind of is the deal. Like, that's exactly what we're dealing with, with our political system right now.

Yeah, most of the two of us that are here do think it's our job to change that system. There are a lot of reasons that we feel polarized as a country right now. And, you know, we can point to the obvious wedge issues. We can point to the information silos, the social media and all of these things. And those are very real. And there are cable news, which is very corporate and cynical.