Jesse Michels

We don't think of ourselves as suggestible.

We think of ourselves as sort of fixed.

But in fact, we're way more impressionable than we'd ever believe.

Yeah, it's really hard.

Humans are extremely mimetic and, uh, you know, you just sort of ideas or fashion statements and you see it, especially on social media is like really amplifies this because it's a hall of mirrors.

So if you're not saying the thing that's really popular right now, then you're falling behind and you're not staying relevant or something.

That is so crazy.

That is so crazy.

Do you think people like Jolly West...

tried to affect culture via celebrity like i actually i met a woman who was charlton heston's daughter-in-law it's really sweet lady and um if you're out there hello

And she, you know, Charlton Heston, obviously, you know, is a legendary actor, but Charlton Heston was this NRA champion.

So he was this, you know, National Rifle Association, you know, when shootings would happen, he would sort of be in the counter rally saying, you know, protect the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms.

That's right.

And that, you know, and if anything, it mitigates violence and all this stuff.

Yeah.

Well, hello.

That's a good stat.

And for me, this is not I moved from California to Texas.

So I'm not this is not a polemic on, you know, I'm not anti anti gun necessarily.

But I do find it interesting that a guy in Jolly West who's clearly programmed a lot of violence at high levels in the U.S.,