Sam Harris

These were not, you know, some of them were goofballs, but, um, uh,

you know, many people who just got totally trashed by proximity to him and then trashed by him when they finally parted company with him.

Yeah, I mean, there's just people bent over backwards to accommodate his norm violations.

And it was bad for them and it was bad for our system.

And

But none of that discounts the fact that we have a system that really needs a proper house cleaning.

Yes, there are bad incentives and entrenched interests.

And I'm not a fan of the concept of the deep state, because it has been so propagandized.

But yes, there's something like that that is not...

flexible enough to respond intelligently to the needs of the moment.

So there's a lot of rethinking of government and of institutions in general that I think we should do, but we need smart, well-informed, well-intentioned people to do that job.

And the well-intentioned part is hugely important.

Just give me someone who is not the most

selfish person anyone has ever heard about in their lifetime, right?

And what we got with Trump was literally the one most selfish person I think anyone could name.

And again, there's so much known about this man.

That's the thing.

It predates his presidency.

We knew this guy 30 years ago.

And this is why, to come back to those inflammatory comments about Hunter Biden's laptop, the reason why I can say with confidence that I don't care what was on his laptop is that there is, and that includes any evidence of corruption on the part of his father, right?