Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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And a lot of times, I'll listen to somebody on their show.
I'll say, I don't like this guy.
And then I'll listen to his rationale and I'll think, oh, actually, he's making a lot of sense.
And we have to stop hating people because of the label on them and start listening.
it's really important we do that now because these algorithms are designed to drive us all apart.
And, you know, we've always had political polarization in this country.
I mean, I grew up during the 60s and, you know, there were bombs going off and people being shot and, you know, all, it was very, very violent and vitriolic when my dad was running and the polarization probably was the worst since the American Civil War.
But today, when it is amplified by the algorithms, it's hard to see where it's going to end up in a good place unless we start learning to talk to each other.
I'll tell you one of the most important things that we're doing right now as part of the MAHA campaign.
legislation from my agency.
We're going state by state and we're asking them to do bell to bell legislation so that
And 26 states have now already done it, so more than half the states, so that kids can't use cell phones in schools.
I went to a school in Loudoun County the other day, and the states love them.
I went to Loudoun County, and the students had fought and fought against this, against getting their cell phones.
The way they do it, all of the school districts and states do it differently, but in that state,
They can bring their cell phone to school, but they have to leave it in their backpack.
And if the parent calls and needs to talk to them, they can do it.
But I walked into cafeteria, 600 kids in that cafeteria, and they're all talking to each other.