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Sam Harris

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Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

Yeah.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

But to have been against Prop 36 in that context, again, it looks like it's imagined to be compassion on the far left, right?

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

There's been over-prosecution of black and brown people in our state and in our country, or at least...

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

That is what is claimed.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

And so let's just hire DAs that won't prosecute anyone.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

Let's just open the jails and we'll reset society that way.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

Again, it's by turn sadistic and masochistic, and it's not acknowledging the very real costs of

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

crime and dysfunction playing out in front of everyone's eyes in blue cities.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

And it's a gift to the lunatics on the right, as you pointed out.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

So, I mean, what we desperately want is to forget, we meaning, you know, every sane person I know,

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

is to forget about politics.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

If we're talking about governance as much as we are, something's wrong with our governance.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

We want someone like you to have a job that you can just do so that we don't have to think about that job.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

And yet politics is just sucking everyone's bandwidth now because there is so much dysfunction and there's so much partisan topspin to be had as a result of that dysfunction.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

I think just to clarify, I think what people are most revolted by is not the need for civic engagement, but just the hyper-partisanship of our era, which just distorts everything.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

And it makes politics a religious preoccupation for people.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

All right, so June 2nd is the primary.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

And what's on the calendar between now and then as far as giving you more exposure?

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

Are there... A lot of interviews.

Making Sense with Sam Harris
#464 โ€” The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California

Are there debates?