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We need to rise above "automated bot-level arguments" and beat back the "hyenas of social media"
The Realignment Podcast, Ep. 89: Eric Weinstein, Reckoning with Capitol Chaos and How to Save America
The Realignment Podcast, Ep. 89: Eric Weinstein, Reckoning with Capitol Chaos and How to Save America
Eric Weinstein crystalizes into coherent thought so much of what is going on right now. He also points to the way out of the nuthouse and back to some societal sanity.
You can listen to the podcast here on this blog, at the Realignment podcast website, or on your smart phone with Spotify or Google Podcast app (all free). I enjoy podcasts because I can listen in little bites on the way to work or while doing chores around the house. The podcast player keeps track of where you were and you can pick it back up anytime.
Weinstein's Key Points:
Post WW II America has been a rare period in time and place blessedly free of the societal ructions and human catastrophes so common in human history.
We have to "deprogram" our fellow citizens out on the fringes, offer redemption and welcome them back.
We must stop canceling people, even those we vehemently disagree with. Redemption is a basic human need. It is healthy for people and societies.
We must stop canceling people, even those we vehemently disagree with. Redemption is a basic human need. It is healthy for people and societies.
Institutional Media is driving our societal destruction.
The extremes of MAGA and Woke are cults.
We are LARPing to Armageddon.
Joe Biden is worse than Neville Chamberlain.
The Wuhan Lab Theory is viable, much of what the "experts" are telling us about covid is confusing and often not credible.
Our leaders have failed us. Everyone born before 1964 needs to get off the stage. Younger people need to "stop playing in the present and prepare for the future."
Weinstein's interview starts at the 7 minute mark. Skip to the 8 minute mark if you are impatient. The first 10 minutes or so are Weinstein describing how deception, fakery and role-playing are a big part of the public displays we are witnessing. From there he proceeds to criticize the talking heads who ascribe "meaning" to unfolding events as clueless, incurious, historically-ignorant half-wits no more qualified than you or me to provide commentary.
