Konstantin Kisin
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In other words, it was a fight conducted on a kind of gentlemanly understanding that there are certain things that we don't do. Like a boxing match, you don't punch the other guy in the balls. And politics to a larger extent until first the 24-hour news cycle and then the social media environment changed. It was really conducted in a somewhat different way.
In other words, it was a fight conducted on a kind of gentlemanly understanding that there are certain things that we don't do. Like a boxing match, you don't punch the other guy in the balls. And politics to a larger extent until first the 24-hour news cycle and then the social media environment changed. It was really conducted in a somewhat different way.
I'm not saying it was not nasty occasionally or there wasn't that going on, but the incentive structure was different and incentives are everything. The incentive structure now is to do whatever it is that gets you the most attention. That is not necessarily the thing that gets the most constructive attention. Outcomes. Outcomes at all. And that's one of the fascinating things.
I'm not saying it was not nasty occasionally or there wasn't that going on, but the incentive structure was different and incentives are everything. The incentive structure now is to do whatever it is that gets you the most attention. That is not necessarily the thing that gets the most constructive attention. Outcomes. Outcomes at all. And that's one of the fascinating things.
I'm not saying it was not nasty occasionally or there wasn't that going on, but the incentive structure was different and incentives are everything. The incentive structure now is to do whatever it is that gets you the most attention. That is not necessarily the thing that gets the most constructive attention. Outcomes. Outcomes at all. And that's one of the fascinating things.
If you meet a lot of politicians, as I now do, you see them in an environment outside of the House of Commons or outside of Congress or whatever. They're not nearly as antagonistic towards each other as they pretend online.
If you meet a lot of politicians, as I now do, you see them in an environment outside of the House of Commons or outside of Congress or whatever. They're not nearly as antagonistic towards each other as they pretend online.
If you meet a lot of politicians, as I now do, you see them in an environment outside of the House of Commons or outside of Congress or whatever. They're not nearly as antagonistic towards each other as they pretend online.
Look at how I own the libs or the right or whatever. You can insert your own thing there.
Look at how I own the libs or the right or whatever. You can insert your own thing there.
Look at how I own the libs or the right or whatever. You can insert your own thing there.
And look how much of a victim I am, which is increasingly a thing that's adopted across the political spectrum.
And look how much of a victim I am, which is increasingly a thing that's adopted across the political spectrum.
And look how much of a victim I am, which is increasingly a thing that's adopted across the political spectrum.
Well, what's interesting to me was that, so we were in the US before the election, during the election and after the election. And on the day of the election, we flew from Austin in Texas to LA and all the people that we know in Austin were like, what are you doing? You're going to LA for the riots for when Trump wins, you know, there's going to be.
Well, what's interesting to me was that, so we were in the US before the election, during the election and after the election. And on the day of the election, we flew from Austin in Texas to LA and all the people that we know in Austin were like, what are you doing? You're going to LA for the riots for when Trump wins, you know, there's going to be.
Well, what's interesting to me was that, so we were in the US before the election, during the election and after the election. And on the day of the election, we flew from Austin in Texas to LA and all the people that we know in Austin were like, what are you doing? You're going to LA for the riots for when Trump wins, you know, there's going to be.
And when we got to LA and we were there on the night of the election and then we were there for a week after, literally like there was nothing. Nobody, there was no reaction of any kind. And I think that was because the scale of the victory was very, very important. It's like nobody can pretend that America didn't vote in this direction anymore. It wasn't Russia collusion.
And when we got to LA and we were there on the night of the election and then we were there for a week after, literally like there was nothing. Nobody, there was no reaction of any kind. And I think that was because the scale of the victory was very, very important. It's like nobody can pretend that America didn't vote in this direction anymore. It wasn't Russia collusion.
And when we got to LA and we were there on the night of the election and then we were there for a week after, literally like there was nothing. Nobody, there was no reaction of any kind. And I think that was because the scale of the victory was very, very important. It's like nobody can pretend that America didn't vote in this direction anymore. It wasn't Russia collusion.