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Tom Nichols

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

carnival barker stuff i want somebody who's actually going to make people's lives miserable with really with you know using the law don't give many ideas tom i know i know that's the problem right there's a part of me that says no no everything you know you're doing fine keep everybody right where they are you know because as you say what happens if they get someone who combines that kind of politics with a minimal level of competence and then then i think we're actually worrying about something even worse

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

Every time I hear these guys, I think how many of them somewhere have some kind of villain origin story about some terrible thing. You know, and I always look at Steve Miller. High school cafeteria.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

Every time I hear these guys, I think how many of them somewhere have some kind of villain origin story about some terrible thing. You know, and I always look at Steve Miller. High school cafeteria.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

Every time I hear these guys, I think how many of them somewhere have some kind of villain origin story about some terrible thing. You know, and I always look at Steve Miller. High school cafeteria.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And I think, what was high school like that you're still carrying this level of anger with you? But, you know, children will be taught to love. Look, when I was a boy, we said that, you know, I don't know if they still do this in schools. You know, the Pledge of Allegiance, you know. We had a flag hanging up. We had a calendar with the pictures of all the presidents.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And I think, what was high school like that you're still carrying this level of anger with you? But, you know, children will be taught to love. Look, when I was a boy, we said that, you know, I don't know if they still do this in schools. You know, the Pledge of Allegiance, you know. We had a flag hanging up. We had a calendar with the pictures of all the presidents.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

And I think, what was high school like that you're still carrying this level of anger with you? But, you know, children will be taught to love. Look, when I was a boy, we said that, you know, I don't know if they still do this in schools. You know, the Pledge of Allegiance, you know. We had a flag hanging up. We had a calendar with the pictures of all the presidents.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

It's okay to say, look, our schools, you know, American schools should reflect our patriotic, you know, they should instill patriotism about our system of government. It's another thing to say this in this kind of, you know, Soviet commissar. You shall love and honor America. You will love, big brother. You know, you will honor America. And I think...

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

It's okay to say, look, our schools, you know, American schools should reflect our patriotic, you know, they should instill patriotism about our system of government. It's another thing to say this in this kind of, you know, Soviet commissar. You shall love and honor America. You will love, big brother. You know, you will honor America. And I think...

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

It's okay to say, look, our schools, you know, American schools should reflect our patriotic, you know, they should instill patriotism about our system of government. It's another thing to say this in this kind of, you know, Soviet commissar. You shall love and honor America. You will love, big brother. You know, you will honor America. And I think...

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I think one of the things that always comes out of these folks is there is a, aside from these kind of psychic scars that seem to pop out of them when they talk, where you just want to say, wow, who hurt you? There's also this huge insecurity. You will love America. No one told me as a kid in the 60s that I will love America.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I think one of the things that always comes out of these folks is there is a, aside from these kind of psychic scars that seem to pop out of them when they talk, where you just want to say, wow, who hurt you? There's also this huge insecurity. You will love America. No one told me as a kid in the 60s that I will love America.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I think one of the things that always comes out of these folks is there is a, aside from these kind of psychic scars that seem to pop out of them when they talk, where you just want to say, wow, who hurt you? There's also this huge insecurity. You will love America. No one told me as a kid in the 60s that I will love America.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I loved America because everybody loved America and everybody around me was an example of patriotism, of loving America, of, you know, standing when the national anthem is played, putting your hand over your heart, saying the Pledge of Allegiance. The idea that you say you will, you must, it shall, and then worrying about whether you're getting communist propaganda or

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I loved America because everybody loved America and everybody around me was an example of patriotism, of loving America, of, you know, standing when the national anthem is played, putting your hand over your heart, saying the Pledge of Allegiance. The idea that you say you will, you must, it shall, and then worrying about whether you're getting communist propaganda or

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I loved America because everybody loved America and everybody around me was an example of patriotism, of loving America, of, you know, standing when the national anthem is played, putting your hand over your heart, saying the Pledge of Allegiance. The idea that you say you will, you must, it shall, and then worrying about whether you're getting communist propaganda or

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I mean, I went to school in the 70s, man. If there was a time that you were going to get communist propaganda, that was it. I don't even know what the hell these people are talking about when they talk about.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I mean, I went to school in the 70s, man. If there was a time that you were going to get communist propaganda, that was it. I don't even know what the hell these people are talking about when they talk about.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I mean, I went to school in the 70s, man. If there was a time that you were going to get communist propaganda, that was it. I don't even know what the hell these people are talking about when they talk about.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1033: Tom Nichols: The Hollow Opportunists

I mean, there's second graders that are coming home and saying, you know, mommy, today, you know, I did a cutout of a horsey and a duck. And also, I drew this picture for you of the worker seizing the means of production. Yeah, the hammer and sickle. I mean, where is this coming from?