Jon Stewart

So in some ways, what's happened over that time is the backlash, right?

They've all been convinced that their country's been given away

to those that don't deserve it, do we need to make the argument for them?

Will they ever be convinced on the morality of it?

Or do they have to also be convinced that it's actually a more prosperous union, that it makes it a safer and more prosperous place?

We were the richest we ever were.

We were the richest country.

But that's what they've gone back to.

What's so interesting to me, Heather, is everything that you lay out is so factually evident.

through the prism of history.

And what they've done is say, no, what we need to do is close our doors and go back to a more imperialistic, exploitative model of economics, which is we don't build our own strength up to make ourselves strong.

through education and science and innovation and all these other things, inevitable, what we do is we close our borders and we use our military might to extract the resources that we need at the most exploitative

of price that we can.

Colonialism, which worked so well for everybody.

It's a stunning display of self-immolation.

Hey, folks.

Look, you know, I come on here and we do a podcast.

We talk about world events.

But, you know, I don't like to brag.

I don't like to toot my own horn.