Shane Smith
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What are the facts? And that's what I want to do on the podcast. And sometimes you get there and sometimes you don't. And immigration obviously being a very interesting one, and I'm going to continue on it because I'm like, it's not satisfactory. Although maybe that's just the answer. The answer is it's such a fucking huge and confusing issue.
What are the facts? And that's what I want to do on the podcast. And sometimes you get there and sometimes you don't. And immigration obviously being a very interesting one, and I'm going to continue on it because I'm like, it's not satisfactory. Although maybe that's just the answer. The answer is it's such a fucking huge and confusing issue.
Yes. Immigration, as it's being run right now, is a fucking catastrophe. I think we can agree on that. And it has to be fixed.
Yes. Immigration, as it's being run right now, is a fucking catastrophe. I think we can agree on that. And it has to be fixed.
Yes. Immigration, as it's being run right now, is a fucking catastrophe. I think we can agree on that. And it has to be fixed.
But how do you fucking fix it if nobody, if it's become so political, and you can get into COVID on this exact same problem. It's become so political that there's no fucking root basis in truth. And people believe on one side this thing and believe on the other side this thing. And fucking nobody's going to meet him in the middle. And you're like, well, what the fuck?
But how do you fucking fix it if nobody, if it's become so political, and you can get into COVID on this exact same problem. It's become so political that there's no fucking root basis in truth. And people believe on one side this thing and believe on the other side this thing. And fucking nobody's going to meet him in the middle. And you're like, well, what the fuck?
But how do you fucking fix it if nobody, if it's become so political, and you can get into COVID on this exact same problem. It's become so political that there's no fucking root basis in truth. And people believe on one side this thing and believe on the other side this thing. And fucking nobody's going to meet him in the middle. And you're like, well, what the fuck?
It is, because it's become so big, it is informing policy. I mean, on both sides. Because if you look at what gets adopted as narrative, then the narrative is being written on social media. It's not being written by traditional news. Right. And so... Fine. That's why I'm like, hold on a second. I'm fascinated by this shit. You're fascinated by it.
It is, because it's become so big, it is informing policy. I mean, on both sides. Because if you look at what gets adopted as narrative, then the narrative is being written on social media. It's not being written by traditional news. Right. And so... Fine. That's why I'm like, hold on a second. I'm fascinated by this shit. You're fascinated by it.
It is, because it's become so big, it is informing policy. I mean, on both sides. Because if you look at what gets adopted as narrative, then the narrative is being written on social media. It's not being written by traditional news. Right. And so... Fine. That's why I'm like, hold on a second. I'm fascinated by this shit. You're fascinated by it.
I think pretty much everybody's fascinated by this shit. It's informing policy, but nobody's actually reporting on it or digging in or getting in. Everybody's still, I don't give a shit about the mainstream media.
I think pretty much everybody's fascinated by this shit. It's informing policy, but nobody's actually reporting on it or digging in or getting in. Everybody's still, I don't give a shit about the mainstream media.
I think pretty much everybody's fascinated by this shit. It's informing policy, but nobody's actually reporting on it or digging in or getting in. Everybody's still, I don't give a shit about the mainstream media.
So that's what I said. I said, look, I'm just going to go in and try to dig through some of this shit, which, by the way, proved to be a lot harder.
So that's what I said. I said, look, I'm just going to go in and try to dig through some of this shit, which, by the way, proved to be a lot harder.
So that's what I said. I said, look, I'm just going to go in and try to dig through some of this shit, which, by the way, proved to be a lot harder.
And look, it's fun because there's a lot of people who want to talk about a lot of stuff.
And look, it's fun because there's a lot of people who want to talk about a lot of stuff.
And look, it's fun because there's a lot of people who want to talk about a lot of stuff.