"Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire This sums up this Age of Misinformation we are currently in. Thanks Sam for pushing back against the tide.
exacly, you can't expect the media to say for years every single day that trump is a treat to democracy and that he will impose a dictatorship without having this kind of repercussions
Voice of Reason: Repeatedly calling Trump a modern day Hitler who is going to end democracy doesn't lead leftwing nutjobs to attempt to murder him. Sure buddy... really reasonable
"Trump is a threat to our democracy. Trump is literally Hitler." -> Two people try to *oof* him in as many months -> Sam: "The idea that these attempts have anything to do with democrat rhetoric is absurd." Just _imagine_ if Biden or Kamala had been the recipient of two such attempts, instead of Trump. We would be up to our eyeballs in reporting about how the Republicans are the party of *hate,* and this was the consequence of their _dangerous rhetoric!_ What do we get when the shoe is on the other foot? A deep and abiding memory hole.
Sam just dismissing the Twitter files is _wild._ "Yeah, the government was secretly pressuring social media companies to censor people along political lines, in clear violation of the First Amendment. Big whoop, seriously, who cares?"
They should all be free. This method absolutely sucks. Getting a scholarship every few months or whatever when it runs out. I used to listen to this podcast all the time a few years ago, now almost never.
@@willi1397 Look, I also think it's a bummer they're not more accessible but it's extremely entitled of you to expect having content like this for free. He will even give you a 6 month membership for free if you can't afford the $8/month fee
@@willi1397 It is free to anyone who wants it for free. Just send an email to the crew. This is a very intelligent business model in this age of free misinformation. You have to pay people for doing a good job.
@@willi1397 It is free for anyone who wants it for free. Just sen a message to the crew. This is an intelligent business model. People have to be paid for there to be quality content. There will always be a lesser free version of you.
In an age in which lies and madness have been normalized, this is such an important message, I think the full length episodes should be put on RUclips.
Agree, it's really sad that these conversations are hidden behind a paywall. I love Sam but if literally every other podcaster can offer their show for free, I'm not paying for this one either. And if people like me are not paying, others who's mind Sam might actually want to change certainly won't pay and thus will never hear his message. I think it's a gigantic blunder by Sam.
It would've been better if Twitter just continued letting the government tell it who could and couldn't speak on the platform in secret. Then we wouldn't have so much of this pesky free speech all over the place!
"The Twitter Files, which revealed that the government was coercing big tech platforms into censoring people, were really one big nothing-burger." -Sam Harris, 2024, amazingly enough
@@DB-sd3cw I made a comment about how absurd it is that Sam thinks the wit-twer I-uls were a 'nothingburger' but the YT-cenBot didn't like it very much. Fucking ironic.
In Lex's interview with Tucker, he did manage to question Tucker about his private messages and emails that said he hated Trump "with a passion," among other things. Lex asked him why he wrote those things to friends, while supporting Trump on Fox. Tucker explained that he was just mad at the people AROUND Trump at the time, because at that time he had to get some information from them for something on his show, and they didn't send it to him. In short, it was laughable. But Lex didn't push back at all. I would have asked, "Do you seriously expect anyone to believe that?"
Lex is semi-spineless. He has a reputation for asking questions that are borderline tough, but then as you say leaving it with whoever he's talking to say whatever they want. It is the only way someone doing what he does can survive I think. I mean look at Don Lemon's interview with Elon Musk and how vindicative Elon got, cancelling his contract. There is something seriously wrong with Eon Musk, but people are afraid of him because he is so rich. They also seem to think he is right because he is rich beyond belief.
@@justgivemethetruth Yeah, I think the same as you, that Lex does not challenge or follow-up on answers, to survive and to attract the powerful and influential people he wants to interview. I read the Isaacson bio of Elon, to try to understand where he's coming from. I think his Asperger's makes him unable to understand the way most people feel and operate, and that makes him uniquely bad with social media. An interesting point in Elon's life was when he was in danger of losing Tesla, he was so anxious, he would have puking fits, according to his wife or girlfriend at the time. She didn't think he was going to live long, because of all the stress he was under. With Tucker though, I not only waded through the entire interview with Putin twice, I listened to the whole interview with Lex, and was pleased that at least Lex got to ask Tucker the question about the messages he sent about hating Trump. Initially though, I felt really frustrated at the lack of follow-up, how Lex just let Tucker's dumb answer drop, even though it didn't make sense, and as larded as it was with diversion to other topics. I mean, it was the most important question Lex asked. And the comments, 95% by huge Tucker fans, were sickening. As Sam suggests, Lex is pleasing a lot of right-wingers, and Sam knows about that, when he was invaded some years ago by the alt-right, who misinterpreted most of what he wrote and said about Muslims. But when I listen to Sam talk about Tucker or Trump, he's like a much smarter version of myself, in the way he voices his opinions. And I don't mind being in a silo once in a while, to hear my opinions voiced by such a smart, articulate and thoughtful person as Sam. Tucker is infuriating, and the degree of his influence is staggering. I'm transfixed by Trump though, because of his ignorance-to-influence ratio.
Thank you for addressing Tucker Carlson. That guy is infuriating sometimes on many levels with his religious pandering. Podcasts about the "Mark of the Devil" and anti evolution to name a couple.
I sort of have a category of pundits that are married with family or not insofar as a measure of stability. Also, that crazy ass laugh; put Howard Dean to shame, but he owned it.
left wing people cant stand for there to be even the smallest pocket of media that isn't entirely colonized by leftwing ideology. is a near monopoly of left wing ideology in hollywood, the gaming industry, newspapers, social media and streaming services not enough?
Maybe if the media stopped calling themselves "objective" when they are so clearly to the left people wouldnt feel the need to look for alternative sources. Also Rogan is clearly on the left and Tucker was more popular with people on the left than Rachael Maddow before he was fired from Fox.
Sam certainly has moments of lucidity, but even he falls victim to shortsighted and sensationalized framing. It's why he fell out of favor of many - and I say this as someone who appreciates him earnestly and feels disappointed by some of his deeply faulty rationale.
As a youngster in my teens i thought Trump was funny and would stir things up a bit in 2016. I never really supported him, but i didnt find him a disaster. This time around, and 8 years older i simply cannot understand how people arent seeing straight through his facade. There is just no deeper moral grounding, there is no true vision besides just sitting in the white house, and i believe this is why he is so popular among Elon, Silicon vally CEOs and so on. They have realized that he is easy to manipulate and take advantage of. They see he will do anything for praise and a good asslicking and they know they can exploit it to benefit themselves. Does Elon actually find Trump to be a smart, good candidate, i doubt it. He simply sees the political and economic influence he himself can gain. Trump has become a puppet, and the Elite MAGA believe they are fighting are his puppet masters. Outsmarting him, using him and hiding in Trumps ignorance and self-obsession.
An aspect of Trump that I find under reported, or not reported at all is the radical change he wants to force. Business, at least most non-global-monopoly businesses hate radical change like this, and given the chaos he will bring to prices and markets at an already time of chaos - I don't see how business leaders are not shouting out against him. Except that perhaps they feel they will be retaliated against if he wins. This is some very bad stuff going on, and even if Trump is not elected the space left by his exit will lay the opening for people even worse.
@@peteMickeal33 Im not claiming she is perfect at all. I simply see more humility, integrity and that she actually does care about the people she talks to. She surrounds herself with people who are truly close with their familiy and who seem to have genuine human connections. Trump is divorced 3 times, cheated multiple times, shines of self importance. There is a narcissism in him that any sane person would see, Kamala is simply not that hollow. Where is Trumps wife? Where is his daughters? Why are they barely around him? I think like with any true narcisisst, they simply cant stand it. Yes kamala is a politician, and does act like it at times, but i dont doubt she has good intentions beyond herself.
Elon wants to manipulate Trump for his own gain? Typical far left tactic: attack a person's motivations, not what he says. If all Elon cares about is "making moar monies" why would he buy Twitter, at a loss, and open it up to the people who want to make the government smaller? To the party that has been CUTTING government regulations? Then when Elon/Trump spoke Elon wanted to be part of a task force that increases government efficiency by cutting the bloat of government. How can the government benefit him if hes helping it become smaller? You far leftists always do this, you always assume people's motivations are "moar monies" "he'z doughing it fer da monies!"
I used to think he was a good communicator, but not so much these days. He's now far too verbose, and he repeats arcane phrases like "the cash value of . . . " (which is presumably philosopher jargon) far too often. Some of his recent guests have been far better communicators than he is now, and that's been refreshing.
@@randyevermore9323 Thanks for giving your completely irrelevant opinion, Randy. > Regardless of your personal feeling to him, he IS one of the most powerful speakers of our time. Sorry he tickles you wrong, good luck with that.
@SamSullyV yes, the principle that government controlled institutions, regardless of how incompetent they have proven to be, should be the standard in this country. Great principle.
Sam thank you for just saying it. You are a reasonable, clear thinking, articulate person. Your thoughts are valued. Your commentary on Trump is right on. I want to respect those who don't think like me, but when what they think is repulsive, I can't. I wonder how these people can make such amoral choices. Sam, keep it coming. I trust you.
@@twntwrs he doesn't need to justify anything, he is not Israel nor does he act for them. Additionally, you need to read "The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement" written by Hamas, their words describe their thoughts and actions on October 6th and upon any other terrorist attack where people are using the Quran to kill people as justification for their words and actions.
15:15 This is a really powerful statement and we should take note of this. Sam is spot on with, "One doesn't have to be a bigot to worry about the failures of assimilation..."
yes, but america has ALWAYS been a multi-cultural land, so... who has to assimilate? and into which culture must they assimilate? did the pilgrims assimilate into the cultures they found already in place when they got here? and when europeans murdered their way west did they assimilate the cultures of the people they decimated? oh, i get it... you want everyone to to assimilate *_your_* culture, learn *_your_* language... 🤔💭 are you insisting the amish assimilate? the mennonites? the mormons? the hassidic? seems like the darker a person's skin, the greater the demand for assimilation... and the swifter the demand! and cultures *_ALL_* borrow from each other... just take a look at yourself... do you look like your own ancestors of 500 years ago? do you speak the same way they did? do you eat the same food? it's called *_"change"..._* you'd better come to grips with it... ☮💟🌍 (psst... be careful... your racism is showing) 😉
@@dermotmeuchner2416 Sam is referring to the fear of change in demographics and culture that people have. He is saying that people that have these worries aren’t necessarily racist. He is saying that we should not discount these concerns that people have and if we do the only ones that will actually speak up on behalf of people that have these concerns are genuine racists and bigots. He isn’t saying that not assimilating is bad or that immigrants or bad or anything like that. He is simply referring to people that have concerns about these things.
Did the former Twitter ever censor left leaning opinions when they were as correct as the following right of center opinions - lab leak, Hunter Biden’s laptop, The Great Barrington Declaration? If all of such behavior was nothing but rank partisan propagandizing why does Sam continue to paint Elon as unhinged because he has so far been unable to control a seemingly nearly uncontrollable platform. I know that TDS afflicted Sam would much prefer the previous pre-Elon iteration but he also seems satisfied to sacrifice all platforms and institutions that stand in the way of his delusion that Trump is the only or the greatest threat to our democracy.
@@o.b.v.i.u.s My wife is a first generation immigrant from Mexico. My son is biracial and we’re proud of our family. I happily and proudly employee people of literally every skin color, and pay every one of them above market wages. If you think I’m racist then… woo 😂
You seriously need to substantiate your claims against RFK, I've heard you casually dismiss him multiple times without actually engaging with his arguments on any level.
@@animetributes6996 His views are more nuanced than that. Technologically speaking as far as I understand it the things that were produced to combat covid are so far beyond traditional vaccines that it's inappropriate to even call them that. It's like comparing a flintlock pistol to a modern assault rifle, sure they technically are both guns but their capabilities and potential to do harm are incredibly different from one another. If you actually listen to the content of his arguments he distinguishes between whatever you would call the covid vaccines and the more traditional ones which he is in no way against. Simply labeling him as anti vax as if that constitutes a legitimate argument is intellectually dishonest and lazy.
This is such a breath for fresh air to hear sanity from Sam. Elon has absolutely lost it. And given his quid pro quo with Trump to essentially audit the entire US Gov if elected, I can't discern if he's actually red pilled or he's just advancing his ambitions. I think it's a bit of both. I never thought Trump would be so successful in assimilating a cult or that the GOP would be so willingly complicit in supporting a domestic terrorist. But it proves that they will burn the rule of law and Constitution for power.
Very astute analysis. As a lifelong Republican, I am sad to say I have to generally agree with you. I don't think Elon has completely lost it yet, but he might be getting there.
You frame this as if it would be an irresistible temptation to have Elon Musk as a guest. The web is already saturated with Musk interviews, and they are all INTENSELY dull.
At least the Republican party voted for their candidate. The media and the entire party covered up Biden's senility for years, then forced him out then installed someone no one voted for.
Your party negotiated a reasonable immigration policy with the GOP in good faith, only to have Trump order his minions to shoot it down in the name of having an issue to run on.
Yeah, I definitely don’t agree with all of Daryl’s takes, but if you’ve heard any of his podcasts about the holocaust and the Zionist project, you’d know that he is no nazi.
Australian here. It's now 08 November 2024 and Trump has won the election. Thus we see another failure of the US electoral mechanism and of democracy itself. And it's not only the US election mechanism - no mechanism even distantly reflects people's desires. We need a better system of governance but I don't know what it could be. Our election mechanisms do not really give us much representation of the plurality of ideas or opinions. It naturally becomes a binary choice unfortunately.
Trump missed a golden opportunity in the debate--he should have stated that Springfield, with a population of 58,000 had 15,000 immigrants rehomed to their city with no large-scale planning for "integration" into our society. He then could have said the multitude of real problems that it has caused. But he didn't do that. And instead of Vance explaining in interviews (in some detail) the problems the citizens of Springfield Ohio are dealing with (because of the sudden rise in the immigrant population there), he has several times doubled-down on the story about people's pets being eaten. Ugh.
If Trump had an ounce of competence he would’ve known exactly how to properly phrase the argument. And now see the damage he’s done and the evaporating hope that people might take notice all because he became fixated on one thing which isn’t 100% true, which undermines the 95% that IS true.
The thing is, 15,000 Haitians didn't simply all move to a city that none of them had probably ever even heard of. There was some impetus, and in this case it seems many were invited. So the issue isn't Haitian immigration to this town. It is that the town didn't adequately prepare for them in advance.
Sam, I love your podcast immensely. I typically agree with 98% of what you say - here and elsewhere. I’ve gotta push back a little on the Haitians in Springfield conundrum. While it is true a sizeable influx of “others” into a community creates challenges, I posit that politicians should talk aboout those discomforts in the context of that reality. It is unacceptable to peddle widescale falsehoods to make a point - and it IS bigotry to sell these false talking points in a racialized context. I note Governor DeWine, a republican, has gone out of his way to defend this immigrant community, especially insofar as their willingness to work jobs. While it is true that first-generation adult immigrant communities will almost always stumble on the assimilation piece, it is also true their children quickly adopt the presiding culture which includes speaking English and mimicking the dominant culture as manifested through music, TV, Hollywood, etc. Finally, am I really supposed to believe the MAGA overlords are now THAT concerned about animal welfare and social services for the needy?
Nice comment. What else is the governor going to do? The solution once these people are in place is to try to make it work. My understanding is that the city called for immigrants to come live there. I think Sam is entirely correct feeling sympathy for Americans who have grown up here with an wide understanding of what American society it, and then someone from above decides to throw their lives into the blender with total disregard. Foreign groups are different in nature. I recall here in CA when the Vietnamese boat people immigrated to this area. There were a lot of them and they spoke poor English, and people made the same cracks about them eating dogs, etc. But the Vietnamese were poor, hardworking, exceptionally smart, and social, gentle friendly people who just want to get along. When I compare that to a little later when people from Iran immigrated here they were mostly right-wing rich people, with a lot of money and many of them had an attitude and they did not melt into society as much. Of course there is huge overlap and you can't judge people, but sometimes it seems like you can, or you can at least perceive a problem and discuss it. I don't see anything wrong with that. For instance Muslims in Europe ... OMG!
@@justgivemethetruth Well said. I agree with your observations, especially the sympathy part. That’s helpful to hear about your experiences with the Vietnamese and Iranian immigrants. I appreciate your thoughts in the context of those communities’ overarching behaviors based on fact (hardworking, social, polite, wealthy people with attitude). I was born and raised next to an Indian Reservation in a rural area. Even though I am non-Indian, and possess a majority European roots in my bloodline, I came to develop sympathy for the native peoples of this land, and how they must’ve felt when Europeans were settling in droves, wave after wave after wave, literally just taking land. Talk about a game changer in lifestyle, language, religion, etc. While I can’t change the past, but can build for the future with common sense, I think all peoples of all colors should experience a little discomfort in life, so that we can tap into a modicum of empathy for the other. Migration is old as time. People are constantly on the move for lots of reasons. Demographics will shift. That’s why I’m absolutely dedicated to a representative democracy and a constitutional republic, and an expectation that all immigrants abide by these principles. The secular rule of law - not racial, tribal, or religious domination - is the best way forward, I believe.
Bro, let's stop both siding this. The former Pres is talking about immigrants stealing pets and eating geese in a debate. This is Turner Diaries level of absurdity. It's fucking weird and detached from reality.
@@NoahSteckley Nobody is stealing and eating pets you lunatic. The effort that it takes for someone to debunk nonsense is way more than the effort that it takes for a NotC or a Russian shill to spread it. There are a bunch of these if you care. ruclips.net/video/31oBp1QwbYg/видео.html
@@NoahSteckley There is a time and place to be a high decoupler and overly abstract facts on the ground. That time is not when a city is getting a flurry of bomb threats at it's schools and public establishments because of a right wing smear campaign.
@@NoahSteckley Whether or not there have been any individual cases of people eating pets, Trump was implying that this is a COMMON practice amongst the immigrant Haitians in that city, because that's the kind of people they are (so not some weird idiosyncratic one-off episode). I think it's irresponsible to make such a serious and incendiary claim in a public national debate without VERY strong & reliable evidence to support it. Seeing a video on the internet is nowhere near good enough. Sam makes a similar point in this episode: just because a single fact you may report is true, that doesn't mean you are reporting responsibly or giving an accurate picture of the story.
It's a pity Sam said that thing about the Hunter Biden laptop being so immaterial, that, by comparison, if they found evidence of Biden taking moolah directly from China he would still be a better option than Drumpf. Wrecked a lot of his credibility with a lot of people.
Yeah, really, I cannot believe Sam is the outcast. When I heard him talking about Ezra Klein, who I've been following since Biden's bad debate and I think he's a pretty good thinker - it was hard to believe Ezra attacked Sam, that doesn't seem right.
The main reasons i love Sam Harris is that he is rational, Empathetic, and he not only corrects mistakes as he goes, but admits them, and he explains and shares his learing process with us. He needs to run for president. We have nothing but ego driven over grown children running the show . Its scary
...he never admitted he was wrong about covid.... Run for president? Who is gonna vote for him? People on the left hate him because hes against Islam. People on the right hate him because hes got TDS and pro lockdown.
I will take time to listen to Sam Harris, but I have to admit I do hold some gripes with his part in the IDW bulls***. It was obvious from the very beginning that the figures involved were garnering a huge audience with various culture war issue whilst pushing them towards the modern day insanity we are living through with MAGA. The red flags were there for all to see, and Sam Harris helped give that band of crazies legitimacy.
Bush is one of the major contributors to this shitshow we’re in. He’s a war criminal imo and Cheney too. In fact, the whole lot of them dems and republicans.
I read comments of people complaining about Sam Harris, but it's always so vague. I wish people would quote exactly what he said that they disagree with and then propose their counter argument. For example, 'Sam Harris states (insert quote here) and I don't think this is true because (insert logic/evidence here)'. Then again, maybe I am expecting too much from the comments section.
Sam Harris states that "Not everyone should have a platform to speak on, and they certainly shouldn't be platformed if what they say is Harmful", but he is clearly a hypocrite, because he platformed Destiny, who is a no body, who takes childish pleasure in the deaths of innocents if they don't align politically with him.
Sam Harris stated that "the demographics must have changed" for France not to be becoming a Muslim majority country but I know this is not true because French Muslims were never capable of miracles. How is that?
Sam Harris said he is fine with the national security state and the media jointly lying to cover up true evidence of Biden corruption before the election, tipping the outcome. He advocates for destroying democracy in order to “save” it. That’s one thing.
I respect Sam’s willingness to be unpopular, Musk was once at least an aquaintence maybe a friend and one of the most powerful people in the world. Sam is still willing to call him out, calmly and honestly along with the rest of the IDW.
@@marcevan1141 Might be a sign of my lack of intelligence, but I think Bret is still worth tuning into from time to time. Although they arrive at vastly different places on many subjects, I think Bret's integrity is up there with Sam's, and they share a kind of refreshingly sincere idealism. He has a feverishly generative mind, though that fever-dreaming sometimes gets the better of him - like the idea that Trump, of all people, is a fit leader for a unity movement.
@@marcevan1141with regards to Jordan Peterson, doesn’t Sam Harris uphold very similar views on recent politics in the UK, Israel and Palestine et cetera..? Where do you draw the line? Is it in large part JP’s alignment with the Daily Wire and people like Ben Shapiro? Or the failure of JP not to have asked the hard questions with Elon? Though he seemed to get the feedback on the recent Tommy Robinson interview, and asked harder questions. Genuinely curious.
There are a lot of people who think the earth is flat because the government says it’s a sphere. This is a scary trend. Not everything the government tells us is a conspiracy.
You need your memory checked. Bush started several wars, signed the Patriot Act, and created an unconstitutional torture program. Trump said a bunch of mean things on Twitter. All of the worst things Trump did were continuations of the bad policies that Obama had continued from Bush.
@@arthurswanson3285 The idea that Bush is worse than Trump is crazy. I'd list off all the worst things Bush did, but when I tried that, the yt-cenBot got angry. Suffice to say, rerak rar, Ratriot Ract, rillegal roture rogram, rone rogram, and the list goes on. All of the worst things Trump did were continuations of policies that Obama ultimately continued from Bush.
Joe Rogan and Lex Friedman are not serious interviewers. They have long conversations with people and barely ever question anything they say. Which is obv fine for what it is but they don’t conduct serious interviews.
I totally agree with your assessment. I see myself as liberal, I live in a small village in southwestern France that has kept its character. When travelling through Lyons, I stopped at a fast food place. Every man present was wearing a jellaba (robes), a long beard, sandals, and a cap typical of conservative Muslims. Every woman had at least a headscarf, some even a burka, even though it is forbidden by french law. I felt that I had walked into a mosque in Kabul, felt out of place, and left. This is not the France of the century of lights (enlightenment), of progress of human knowledge (Diderot encyclopedia), of secularism, of human rights, the France I admire. These people are nostalgic of the days of Muhammad 1500 years ago, of primitive tribal justice, tribal warfare, submitting to your group's will those who do not have the same beliefs, considering women as possessions of a man. But I can not express this thought lest I be classified as an Islamophobe racist. Islam is not a race. It is not even a religion because it trespasses into the domain of political ideologies, into the public space (political Islam wishes to impose itself on everyone) and is not restricted to being a personal belief (a religion).
Greetings from southwest-central Pennsylvania. You are not alone in this thought. When personal beliefs aspire to become public policy, they need to be stopped. Personal liberties ought not grow so large as to impose themselves upon the personal liberties of others. By the way, calling the Age of Enlightenment a "Century of Lights" is a beautiful description; we can always trust the French to provide some of the best verbal poetry.
right when sam says tucker subscribes to the "great replacement theory" well.. what do you mean. If you mean it's a planned replacement by a cabal of Jews, well that's not true. But for a large portion of Europe it's a demographic fact caused by immigration and relative birthrates. So to just wave it away as a conspiracy theory misses the point.
There are definitely things to critique about that side too but it pales in comparison to Trump stuffing the supreme court with judges who declare him immune and thus paving the way to turning the USA into a defacto monarchy/dictatorship. Or there's Trump cozying up to and praising dictators while treating our allies as enemies.
When on the starboard bow there is a frenzy of sharks attacking a sinking ferry, you don’t report on the three dolphins cavorting on the port side eating tuna… Jeeeez!
I'm completely unsatisfied with these responses. Since America is split between these 2 tickets and what they represent, maybe they both deserve Sam's attention. Unless he's afraid of what that might mean at the polls. How about some intellectual integrity?! BTW, I'm not a big Trump fan if that's what you're thinking.
Tucker has not been radicalized...all he cares about is status & influence (he doesn't need money, he is the heir to a frozen tv dinner empire), he saw the fame & attention Rogan got by being a dissenter & said 'hold my beer''.
In 2024 it's quite foolish to imagine botting systems aren't very good at crafting a realistic avatar. I honestly expect a lot of names get generated like mine: Not interested having a cute/persistent online identity, logged into Gmail, eventually wanted to comment somewhere, YT asks for name, everything is taken, scribble something lazily because it doesn't matter.
Wanted to comment on RUclips for the people that doubt the free service etc. I started a 6 month free trail without adding any credit card details. Which is appreciated since I am just starting a new job getting caught back up on life but still able to enjoy Sam's full pod. So thank you Sam.
And it was a white eastern European family, as clearly evidenced by the white child in it so it was also self-debunking which is incredible. To be slightly fair, a lot of people don't know lambs have tails as they've only seen docked lambs, but it's beyond certain the animal was a lamb and it's amazing to see people not concede the truth after initially being told what they were seeing incorrectly.
@@nathanmitchell7961 The power of suggestion is strong. You point to something and call it a dog and if you haven't roasted a whole lamb with it's full tail, a blurry video will actually look like a dog. I don't think he really ate it up either.
@andrewbazar3302 i could definitely see why the person filming might have thought it was a dog, but i can assure anyone mortified by that video, that was an adult lamb. I was pretty surprised sam didnt look into that at all though. The picture of the black guy carrying a goose was also a guy who was just helping clean roadkill out of the median. I completely understand being disconcerted if suddenly 27% of your community's population becomes swedes overnight being disconcerted, but i think its important to remind people the accounts signal blasting this kind of stuff are Jack Posobiac, and a hand full of other foreign actors, and that with a bit of snooping all of the ones ive found so far fall apart immediately
It’s refreshing to hear a different side of the story. I do feel that I have been “red pilled” so to speak. I find my values aligning right of centre, but for me it’s much more about policies than the cult of personality. I feel like when Sam uses the term, your typical Trump supporter, I personally feel quite alienated as I don’t fit that stereotype However given a binary choice I wouldn’t want to vote for the other team. I think that’s why it’s very important to expose myself to different points of view and I respect Sam immensely, so thank you for the food for thought.
there are two main issues with public debate. the first, and probably most urging, is that imbeciles are self-entitling to engage in such discussions, as if they had anything of value to contribute. but the second, which usually goes unnoticed, is that intelligent people who insist in participating mistake intelligence for wisdom (or at least believe they come hand in hand), and also request a microphone… as if they had anything of value to contribute. while we don’t ignore the imbeciles and praise the wise, we will keep going in circles… if not spiraling down.
I see support for Trump largely as a reaction to the insanity of the left. Instead you frame Trump supporters as dumb, deluded, whatever else. You are missing the point Sam.
How the republican politicians are not constantly questioned about their position on d trump proclaiming that that he would "Terminate the constitution " is appalling, suspiciously curious and an utter disgrace, defunding public education for >60yrs was a brilliant strategy usa.
That’s actually a good example of a broader divide occurring in various parts of the world. When the only response to the opposing side is something extreme like "they should all be put in a sack and ..." (which I’ve heard from liberals in this case), it gives the impression that there’s too little effort being made to understand the grievances of large segments of the population or to open a dialog. The mindset of "they’re all just defective and need to be put in line" is concerning. While there are certainly crazy people - possibly in equal measure on both sides - it’s not just limited to them.
@@IggyInBurnaby How the republican politicians are not constantly questioned about their position on d trump proclaiming that that he would "Terminate the constitution " is appalling, suspiciously curious and an utter disgrace, defunding public education for >60yrs was a brilliant strategy usa.
@sweetloveoftheair it's not "false", big brain. _"Los Angeles entrepreneur Elon Musk has built a multibillion-dollar fortune running companies that make electric cars, sell solar panels and launch rockets into space._ _And he's built those companies with the help of billions in government subsidies._ _Tesla Motors Inc., SolarCity Corp. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, together have benefited from an estimated $4.9 billion in government support, according to data compiled by The Times. The figure underscores a common theme running through his emerging empire: a public-private financing model underpinning long-shot start-ups."_
While you serenade your insightful comments at us, I hope you realise you are the person who platformed the noone called Destiny, who takes pleasure in innocents dying if they have the wrong political opinions.
Free speech is binary. Either you have it or you don't. The 1st Amendment reads that way. There are no qualifiers. We need to find a way to deal with ideas we hate other than censorship. Mocking people who express ideas we hate is also not helping. Unfortunately, that is the state of politics in the world. We have to get past it.
Why should we care about this first amendment thing? US Constitution applies to one country that is home to ~4.2% of global population. X (Facebook, YT, etc.) is used across the world, with the exception of China, russia, and a handful of other dictatorships. One should be concerned with how this concept is defined in detail in modern day and in globally accepted documents. BTW, here's the relevant excerpt from this amendment: "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ". Being quite old, it restricts Congress' actions only and does not help understand what to do with AI generated content or, say, intentional disinformation. Frankly, it's rather useless, imho. For example, what about lying? I mean, typically, if you lie in the criminal court and it is later proved you lied, this is an offense and you may go to jail. I hope that's also the case in the US (not a US citizen). BUT you can lie on X left and right, because "freedom of speech"? What about, say, inciting violence that results in loss of life or damage to property - isn't that a criminal offense? In other words, freedom of speech is nowhere close to being binary, unless we presume that it either is (in some hypothetical world, perhaps), or is not (the real world, including even things like X or Telegram). But then we must acknowledge that both, say, russia and the US both have no freedom of speech (something kremlin has been trying to tell us all for years ;)). There's a reason why there are things like Freedom of expression index, World press freedom index, etc.
I completely agree with Sam Harris about X's exposure to complete trash. Im sick of the gore or fights that grab attention but are psychological poison.
Your point about the assimilation challenges faced in communities that experience a rapid influx of immigrants is one that is often overlooked in these discussions for fear of being labelled xenophobic or racists. Communities need time to adapt to cultural shifts. Immigration is not inherently detrimental but rapid immigration can create chaos, resentment and extreme behaviours and viewpoints.
I agree with Sam on most things, but disappointing to hear him not mention the bomb threats in Springfield and instead lay out calm justifications why people would not be OK with an influx of people and then to compound it with negative stories of Haitians (dog roasting and wrong way driver with bus). Sam seems to be coming back from his excursion started by internal critiques by the left, but still has a ways to go back to how he used to be 5+ years ago
Unless you live in an small area where there are a lot of Hatian immigrants you wont understand. They get more $ help than we do, and dont care at all to learn english or integrate at all. Just wearing ill fitting clothing, driving horribly, using a whole bottom of cologne, watching videos on loud and/or speaking loudly on speakerphone no matter how close other people are in proximity are. Its hard to deal with.
If Sam thought he could be effective in that conversation, then he would. If he thought he could be effective in an engagement with Bret Weinstein, then he would have. His refusal to engage is cowardice and nothing else.
This would imply that Tucker's reasonable, or that he has something worthwhile to say. There's been enough water under the bridge now to conclude that neither is the case.
@@mobile012I remember bowtie tucker years ago. Didn't care for him really. Like him more now. As much as you can relate to a out of touch multimillionaire. So many people talk so much. Sam's trumpastan crap is just as bad. Too bad hate burns the container it lives in. Love to go back the the Sam that tried to convince me that people don't have free will
@@craigpoer I remember Tucker's hilarious off-camera response to Rutger Bregman. That was one of the first nails in the coffin as far as I'm concerned.
The Haitians were not dropped there, they moved there for work. My original comment said that I thought the real number of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio was more like 2k than 15k like Sam said, but Sam's number appears to be correct. My bad. I got the 2k number from some analysis someone did on Twitter. The 15k number seems to be from city officials, who should know.
I've wondered about that--it is presented as someone having "shepherded" them into this one particular place. Is that possible? And who would be doing it?
@@WNH3 Hasn´t the government done that before with other immigrant groups? The Biden administration has Haitians under a special category of immigrants giving them special protections dropping them into places that aren´t very diverse. Government did the same with Somalians in Minneapolis, no?
12-15k from what I've read. They've been there for 3 years and nobody heard a peep about them. But now that an election is a around the corner the right needed something to fear monger over.
It is a false number. Sam's simply wrong. Only about 1,200 Springfield residents, or 2% of the town's population, were born outside the U.S. (I'd provide a link to my source but apparently YT deletes comments that include external links).
@@randyevermore9323 Town officials have stated that Haitians probably account for around 20% of the population but the census hasn't had time to catch up to the new reality of the past few years. And Sam's number is also around the number being reported by most mainstream sources. You guys are so desperate for it not to be true.
This is why I appreciate and trust Sam as a thinker and commentator on events. Based on just this 24 minute video, he would be considered a “leftist suffering from Trump derangement syndrome” while simultaneously being considered a “far right xenophobe” for his views on immigration. This is actually a sign that you’re doing something right now a days. To be considered an enemy by both sides is actually a sign of a nuanced and fact based take in many situations. It also means that you’re probably right as the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle. I agree that having 15,000 Haitian immigrants dropped into a small midwestern city of 60,000 is an absolute nightmare and not good for the immigrants or the residents living there. But I’m sure that’s viewed as an extreme take these days
You think a presidential candidate in the 1970s would have the audacity to even *stay in the goddamned race* if he was caught on tape bragging about grabbing the genitalia of women, or having fawned all over every malevolent foreign despot in a 10,000 mile radius, or having incited an insurrection, or having botched a global pandemic via pandering to the most wilfully ignorant segment of his fanbase, or being on tape practically lusting over his own daughter? What other presidential candidate in living memory would have been unscrupulous enough to stay in the race, in the face of all that ^ plus a couple of dozen other scandalous things I can't be bothered mentioning here? No-one. Not even Richard Nixon.
What he said was that highlighting something incessantly was the problem. He gave an example to the effect of how if the NY Times only ever wrote articles about the murder of someone by an immigrant that it would be wrong to do so regardless of the fact it may be true. Then there is the fact that Trump's incessant highlighting of immigration problems are often not even based on the truth.
@@russellhammond371 You don't think that people you don't like should have access to a "private company platform" to say what they want. To quote someone who once said: "I can see you're a compassionate human being." Maybe I don't think you should have an appropriation from the Federal and State governments to pay you to say what you want.
Has Sam voiced any concern over Kamala being nominated for president without a single vote being cast for her? Surely any serious person who is worried about threats to democracy would be appalled by something like that.
He has not because it has nothing whatever to do with the constitution. The party has rules and it followed the rules. If Trump decided to drop out, don't you think the GOP would follow its rules and get another nominee? Perhaps Vance? Biden and Harris were a "ticket" remember. You are a complete F*** (rhymes with tool).
@@PedroJohnston1yeah but it's based on couched premises alot of us don't accept... for example.... he calls him a fraud for "peddling great replacement theory" without addressing in the slightest that this admin has unilaterally without so much a a single democratic vote or proposition...imported 3% of the US pop in newcomers, whose offspring will be full citizens. and then insisted that you, the taxpayer, have to pay for their healthcare, housing, food, clothes, cellphones, pardon their crimes, and in fact pretend they aren't here at all...including ignoring 6 figures worth of missing children. then we've also heard from lawmakers how they should be allowed to Vote, drive, change gender all frictionlessly without any step towards legality beyond signing into the guestbook basically.... so it's easy to call tucker a huckster...but if you want to do it...first you need to explain why exactly that is a "conspiracy theory" when something momentous and troubling is obviously happening in plain sight. i could write similar things about basically every charge Sam leveled at Tucker. it is aimed at echo chamber ideological nestmates to be swallowed without nuance...doesn't mean it sticks the landing
If you really need a 10 hour breakdown of everything wrong with modern right wing populism, I'd say start at the beginning. "It was November 1923 in Munich, and the streets buzzed with unrest. The angry mustache model rallied the crowd, promising Germany’s revival."
@@PedroJohnston1 he called him a fraud because of some personal views Tucker held against Trump? or for platforming a conspiracy theorists? more speech not less, debate these conspiracy theorists not shun them from public view and let them grow uncontrollably
Sam, Bluesky has a serious and intact science community. It also has fantastic and responsible moderation and tools to tweak your space for your needs.
I love Sam Harris but I don't want to buy a subscription from a different website. Why can't he make it all for RUclips? There's a join button for a reason.
"Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire This sums up this Age of Misinformation we are currently in. Thanks Sam for pushing back against the tide.
“All evils are caused by insufficient knowledge” - David Deutsch
exacly, you can't expect the media to say for years every single day that trump is a treat to democracy and that he will impose a dictatorship without having this kind of repercussions
Misinformation 😂 only the legacy media tell the truth
@@BeastHive “misinformation” yes commrade
@@masquecenamarada945 Perhaps he shouldn't say he will be a dictator then. Poor Trump having his own words used against him.
Thank you Sam for being a voice of reason and rational thinking in this mess we are living...
Ha good one. 😂
Voice of Reason: Repeatedly calling Trump a modern day Hitler who is going to end democracy doesn't lead leftwing nutjobs to attempt to murder him.
Sure buddy... really reasonable
Still waiting on his criticism of Kamala and Joe
"Trump is a threat to our democracy. Trump is literally Hitler." -> Two people try to *oof* him in as many months -> Sam: "The idea that these attempts have anything to do with democrat rhetoric is absurd."
Just _imagine_ if Biden or Kamala had been the recipient of two such attempts, instead of Trump. We would be up to our eyeballs in reporting about how the Republicans are the party of *hate,* and this was the consequence of their _dangerous rhetoric!_
What do we get when the shoe is on the other foot? A deep and abiding memory hole.
@@euphegeniaHe’s done it many times. He even advocated for Biden to drop out.
Should be a public service full length episode.
Sam just dismissing the Twitter files is _wild._
"Yeah, the government was secretly pressuring social media companies to censor people along political lines, in clear violation of the First Amendment. Big whoop, seriously, who cares?"
They should all be free. This method absolutely sucks. Getting a scholarship every few months or whatever when it runs out. I used to listen to this podcast all the time a few years ago, now almost never.
@@willi1397 Look, I also think it's a bummer they're not more accessible but it's extremely entitled of you to expect having content like this for free. He will even give you a 6 month membership for free if you can't afford the $8/month fee
@@willi1397 It is free to anyone who wants it for free. Just send an email to the crew. This is a very intelligent business model in this age of free misinformation. You have to pay people for doing a good job.
@@willi1397 It is free for anyone who wants it for free. Just sen a message to the crew. This is an intelligent business model. People have to be paid for there to be quality content. There will always be a lesser free version of you.
In an age in which lies and madness have been normalized, this is such an important message, I think the full length episodes should be put on RUclips.
Sam has retreated into a small corner of the internet
Agree, it's really sad that these conversations are hidden behind a paywall. I love Sam but if literally every other podcaster can offer their show for free, I'm not paying for this one either. And if people like me are not paying, others who's mind Sam might actually want to change certainly won't pay and thus will never hear his message.
I think it's a gigantic blunder by Sam.
the disappointment in Sam's voice when reviewing world events is therapeutic 💆♀
I think he has a poker voice 😂
soothing voice + common sense is a greatly appreciated commodity in such a bombastic world
Elon seems to think turning Twitter into 4chan is what the internet really needed.
It would've been better if Twitter just continued letting the government tell it who could and couldn't speak on the platform in secret. Then we wouldn't have so much of this pesky free speech all over the place!
Free speech is far better than censorship, hard stop.
The community notes feature has been an incredibly useful tool in dismantling the current regime's propaganda.
"The Twitter Files, which revealed that the government was coercing big tech platforms into censoring people, were really one big nothing-burger."
-Sam Harris, 2024, amazingly enough
@@DB-sd3cw I made a comment about how absurd it is that Sam thinks the wit-twer I-uls were a 'nothingburger' but the YT-cenBot didn't like it very much. Fucking ironic.
In Lex's interview with Tucker, he did manage to question Tucker about his private messages and emails that said he hated Trump "with a passion," among other things. Lex asked him why he wrote those things to friends, while supporting Trump on Fox. Tucker explained that he was just mad at the people AROUND Trump at the time, because at that time he had to get some information from them for something on his show, and they didn't send it to him. In short, it was laughable. But Lex didn't push back at all. I would have asked, "Do you seriously expect anyone to believe that?"
Has Lex ever pushed back on a blatant mistruth? He's the most conservative-enabling liberal in podcasting.
@@lostgeometry Lex is clearly conservative, and not a very bright one. Does he claim otherwise and I missed it?
@@lostgeometrylex is not liberal
Lex is semi-spineless. He has a reputation for asking questions that are borderline tough, but then as you say leaving it with whoever he's talking to say whatever they want. It is the only way someone doing what he does can survive I think. I mean look at Don Lemon's interview with Elon Musk and how vindicative Elon got, cancelling his contract. There is something seriously wrong with Eon Musk, but people are afraid of him because he is so rich. They also seem to think he is right because he is rich beyond belief.
@@justgivemethetruth Yeah, I think the same as you, that Lex does not challenge or follow-up on answers, to survive and to attract the powerful and influential people he wants to interview.
I read the Isaacson bio of Elon, to try to understand where he's coming from. I think his Asperger's makes him unable to understand the way most people feel and operate, and that makes him uniquely bad with social media. An interesting point in Elon's life was when he was in danger of losing Tesla, he was so anxious, he would have puking fits, according to his wife or girlfriend at the time. She didn't think he was going to live long, because of all the stress he was under.
With Tucker though, I not only waded through the entire interview with Putin twice, I listened to the whole interview with Lex, and was pleased that at least Lex got to ask Tucker the question about the messages he sent about hating Trump. Initially though, I felt really frustrated at the lack of follow-up, how Lex just let Tucker's dumb answer drop, even though it didn't make sense, and as larded as it was with diversion to other topics. I mean, it was the most important question Lex asked. And the comments, 95% by huge Tucker fans, were sickening. As Sam suggests, Lex is pleasing a lot of right-wingers, and Sam knows about that, when he was invaded some years ago by the alt-right, who misinterpreted most of what he wrote and said about Muslims.
But when I listen to Sam talk about Tucker or Trump, he's like a much smarter version of myself, in the way he voices his opinions. And I don't mind being in a silo once in a while, to hear my opinions voiced by such a smart, articulate and thoughtful person as Sam. Tucker is infuriating, and the degree of his influence is staggering. I'm transfixed by Trump though, because of his ignorance-to-influence ratio.
Thank you for addressing Tucker Carlson. That guy is infuriating sometimes on many levels with his religious pandering. Podcasts about the "Mark of the Devil" and anti evolution to name a couple.
He knows exactly what he’s doing too. 😂
@@rico14 It's outrageous that he's not agreeing with you and Sam!
@@payleryder45He only agrees with Moloch and Mammon.
You think that's bad? Sam still doesn't know the msm is 100% propaganda.
I sort of have a category of pundits that are married with family or not insofar as a measure of stability. Also, that crazy ass laugh; put Howard Dean to shame, but he owned it.
When the number 1 podcast on Spotify is Joe Rogan, and 3 is Tucker, and 4 is Candace Owens we're screwed.
that does encapsulate it pretty well.
Why? Because they don't believe in the elite political deep state supported nonsense on the left?
left wing people cant stand for there to be even the smallest pocket of media that isn't entirely colonized by leftwing ideology. is a near monopoly of left wing ideology in hollywood, the gaming industry, newspapers, social media and streaming services not enough?
Maybe if the media stopped calling themselves "objective" when they are so clearly to the left people wouldnt feel the need to look for alternative sources.
Also Rogan is clearly on the left and Tucker was more popular with people on the left than Rachael Maddow before he was fired from Fox.
Ok Karen
"he sounded like fucking Winston Churchill, compared to trump."
That and "shithead that he [Carlson] undoubtedly is" had me cracking up.
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I’m struck by how little rational and wise voices like Sam’s are representative of public discourse at large. THIS is what society needs.
Because sam is deranged
@@MisterViagoHow so?
Sam certainly has moments of lucidity, but even he falls victim to shortsighted and sensationalized framing. It's why he fell out of favor of many - and I say this as someone who appreciates him earnestly and feels disappointed by some of his deeply faulty rationale.
@@RashidMBey Such as?
@@RashidMBey For example?
Sam, thank you! We need more of your wisdom and observations. It’s hard to find people in the middle of this magnified polarization. I’m a big fan.
Trump supporters are the middle. Maybe one day you'll realize that.
So am I !!!!
There is zero wisdom
@@chriscalderin6677 zero wisdom is from people like Trump and Tucker Carlson
I think it would be good if the full version of this episode could be made available to everyone. its so important. x
The full episode was only 10 minutes longer and he said most if not all of the most important stuff here. You didn't miss anything.
@@abstractdaddy1384 ah - ok - cheers
Let's be honest. The people who need to hear this won't. Even if you pay them.
As a youngster in my teens i thought Trump was funny and would stir things up a bit in 2016. I never really supported him, but i didnt find him a disaster. This time around, and 8 years older i simply cannot understand how people arent seeing straight through his facade. There is just no deeper moral grounding, there is no true vision besides just sitting in the white house, and i believe this is why he is so popular among Elon, Silicon vally CEOs and so on. They have realized that he is easy to manipulate and take advantage of. They see he will do anything for praise and a good asslicking and they know they can exploit it to benefit themselves. Does Elon actually find Trump to be a smart, good candidate, i doubt it. He simply sees the political and economic influence he himself can gain.
Trump has become a puppet, and the Elite MAGA believe they are fighting are his puppet masters. Outsmarting him, using him and hiding in Trumps ignorance and self-obsession.
An aspect of Trump that I find under reported, or not reported at all is the radical change he wants to force. Business, at least most non-global-monopoly businesses hate radical change like this, and given the chaos he will bring to prices and markets at an already time of chaos - I don't see how business leaders are not shouting out against him. Except that perhaps they feel they will be retaliated against if he wins. This is some very bad stuff going on, and even if Trump is not elected the space left by his exit will lay the opening for people even worse.
oh right, none of that applies to Kamala. That's right. At least you know who Trump is. You have no idea what Kamala is.
@@peteMickeal33 Im not claiming she is perfect at all. I simply see more humility, integrity and that she actually does care about the people she talks to. She surrounds herself with people who are truly close with their familiy and who seem to have genuine human connections. Trump is divorced 3 times, cheated multiple times, shines of self importance. There is a narcissism in him that any sane person would see, Kamala is simply not that hollow. Where is Trumps wife? Where is his daughters? Why are they barely around him? I think like with any true narcisisst, they simply cant stand it. Yes kamala is a politician, and does act like it at times, but i dont doubt she has good intentions beyond herself.
Elon wants to manipulate Trump for his own gain? Typical far left tactic: attack a person's motivations, not what he says.
If all Elon cares about is "making moar monies" why would he buy Twitter, at a loss, and open it up to the people who want to make the government smaller? To the party that has been CUTTING government regulations?
Then when Elon/Trump spoke Elon wanted to be part of a task force that increases government efficiency by cutting the bloat of government. How can the government benefit him if hes helping it become smaller?
You far leftists always do this, you always assume people's motivations are "moar monies" "he'z doughing it fer da monies!"
DT wasn’t accepted by the DC elite so he created his own-go figure…
Sam please add a monthly payment option please. The 100 a year is way too much upfront
You can email them and pay any amount your want.
@@skiTahoeNow1That's what I do 👍
That's the point. "Making Cents"
Sam truly is one of the most powerful speakers of our time.
I used to think he was a good communicator, but not so much these days. He's now far too verbose, and he repeats arcane phrases like "the cash value of . . . " (which is presumably philosopher jargon) far too often. Some of his recent guests have been far better communicators than he is now, and that's been refreshing.
@@randyevermore9323 Thanks for giving your completely irrelevant opinion, Randy. > Regardless of your personal feeling to him, he IS one of the most powerful speakers of our time. Sorry he tickles you wrong, good luck with that.
@@fpsKOLA "Thanks for giving your completely irrelevant opinion, Randy."
Don't mention it. You're own irrelevant opinion is equally appreciated.
Simply Thank you Dr. Sam Harris. 🌱🌻
Sam has held to his principles even as most of his peers have gone down the rabbit hole.
@SamSullyV yes, the principle that government controlled institutions, regardless of how incompetent they have proven to be, should be the standard in this country. Great principle.
@@EarlyRiser71 No. The principle that rational thought and reason should win out over grifting for clicks
@@SamSullyV he is nothing but a TDS suffering biased pundit at this point
Lmao
What's bad about that? Rabbit holes are thematically associated with discovering hidden truths, no?
The smartest people have left the rooms of social platforms a while ago.
At least that's what you like to tell yourself.
💯 I only post on youtube now. I have the disease of wanting to soapbox, but I'm smart enough to realize it's a disease.
@@SaviorMoney-777don’t worry, he wasn’t talking about you
@@MrAnders9000 Well we're both here still, so...
I only like youtube for learning and listening to music.
Instagram, FB and twitter are cancerous
Sam thank you for just saying it. You are a reasonable, clear thinking, articulate person. Your thoughts are valued. Your commentary on Trump is right on. I want to respect those who don't think like me, but when what they think is repulsive, I can't. I wonder how these people can make such amoral choices. Sam, keep it coming. I trust you.
So Sam's justifying 1000's of children killed by 2000lb US bombs is not repulsive?
@@twntwrs he doesn't need to justify anything, he is not Israel nor does he act for them. Additionally, you need to read "The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement" written by Hamas, their words describe their thoughts and actions on October 6th and upon any other terrorist attack where people are using the Quran to kill people as justification for their words and actions.
@@twntwrs Whataboutism.
@@twntwrs
You don’t justify ridding Palestine of Hamas?
Sure thing, brown bomber. 😉👍
15:15 This is a really powerful statement and we should take note of this. Sam is spot on with, "One doesn't have to be a bigot to worry about the failures of assimilation..."
My wife’s Italian grandmother never assimilated, never spoke English but she was an American citizen. So what seems to be the problem?
yes, but america has ALWAYS been a multi-cultural land, so... who has to assimilate? and into which culture must they assimilate? did the pilgrims assimilate into the cultures they found already in place when they got here? and when europeans murdered their way west did they assimilate the cultures of the people they decimated? oh, i get it... you want everyone to to assimilate *_your_* culture, learn *_your_* language... 🤔💭
are you insisting the amish assimilate? the mennonites? the mormons? the hassidic? seems like the darker a person's skin, the greater the demand for assimilation... and the swifter the demand!
and cultures *_ALL_* borrow from each other... just take a look at yourself... do you look like your own ancestors of 500 years ago? do you speak the same way they did? do you eat the same food? it's called *_"change"..._* you'd better come to grips with it... ☮💟🌍 (psst... be careful... your racism is showing) 😉
@@dermotmeuchner2416 Sam is referring to the fear of change in demographics and culture that people have. He is saying that people that have these worries aren’t necessarily racist. He is saying that we should not discount these concerns that people have and if we do the only ones that will actually speak up on behalf of people that have these concerns are genuine racists and bigots.
He isn’t saying that not assimilating is bad or that immigrants or bad or anything like that. He is simply referring to people that have concerns about these things.
Did the former Twitter ever censor left leaning opinions when they were as correct as the following right of center opinions - lab leak, Hunter Biden’s laptop, The Great Barrington Declaration? If all of such behavior was nothing but rank partisan propagandizing why does Sam continue to paint Elon as unhinged because he has so far been unable to control a seemingly nearly uncontrollable platform.
I know that TDS afflicted Sam would much prefer the previous pre-Elon iteration but he also seems satisfied to sacrifice all platforms and institutions that stand in the way of his delusion that Trump is the only or the greatest threat to our democracy.
@@o.b.v.i.u.s My wife is a first generation immigrant from Mexico. My son is biracial and we’re proud of our family.
I happily and proudly employee people of literally every skin color, and pay every one of them above market wages.
If you think I’m racist then… woo 😂
You seriously need to substantiate your claims against RFK, I've heard you casually dismiss him multiple times without actually engaging with his arguments on any level.
he is an antivaxxer. Case closed.
@@animetributes6996 His views are more nuanced than that. Technologically speaking as far as I understand it the things that were produced to combat covid are so far beyond traditional vaccines that it's inappropriate to even call them that. It's like comparing a flintlock pistol to a modern assault rifle, sure they technically are both guns but their capabilities and potential to do harm are incredibly different from one another. If you actually listen to the content of his arguments he distinguishes between whatever you would call the covid vaccines and the more traditional ones which he is in no way against. Simply labeling him as anti vax as if that constitutes a legitimate argument is intellectually dishonest and lazy.
He's done so for sure.
@@rickl5596 Where?
@@JamesJohnson-uw5fe For example: ruclips.net/video/Z_shWM7G8RM/видео.html
This is such a breath for fresh air to hear sanity from Sam. Elon has absolutely lost it. And given his quid pro quo with Trump to essentially audit the entire US Gov if elected, I can't discern if he's actually red pilled or he's just advancing his ambitions. I think it's a bit of both. I never thought Trump would be so successful in assimilating a cult or that the GOP would be so willingly complicit in supporting a domestic terrorist. But it proves that they will burn the rule of law and Constitution for power.
The GOP is just the other half of the uniparty. They piggyback because they have no choice. They aren't even as bad as the Democrats.
Very astute analysis. As a lifelong Republican, I am sad to say I have to generally agree with you. I don't think Elon has completely lost it yet, but he might be getting there.
Fear mongering. Stop it.
You frame this as if it would be an irresistible temptation to have Elon Musk as a guest. The web is already saturated with Musk interviews, and they are all INTENSELY dull.
At least the Republican party voted for their candidate.
The media and the entire party covered up Biden's senility for years, then forced him out then installed someone no one voted for.
I love your calm, cerebral and cogent analysis.
... because it confirms your delusions.
@@SaviorMoney-777got a pic of Jesus as your profile and are talking about delusions. That’s rich 🤣🤣🤣
@@goodvibes-gy3jn It's a cartoon of Jesus with money, called Savior money, so... yeah over your head I guess. No surprise.
@@SaviorMoney-777 yeah ok dude, you’re still a troll and probably a bot, definitely dumb that’s for sure.
Twitter was pretty terrible before Musk, now I cant understand why any reasonable person would bother to look at it unless its to study the new swamp.
I prefer the wild west to North Korea. Your mileage may vary. Some people yearn for their shackles.
Some people don't wilt because people say things that they don't like.
Does Twitter contain more or less management sanctioned partisan propaganda than it did prior to Elon’s ownership.
You should stick to safe spaces, like Sam. Too many people that know stuff out there. 😉
That’s social media in general. I just came from instagram and most posts end up with folks bashing each other.
I didn't listen to Sam Harris for quite some time, now it looks like i'm going to subscribe.
I'm a Democrat and I'm concerned about how my party conducts immigration right now. And many of my friends share my view. You're overgeneralizing!
Your party negotiated a reasonable immigration policy with the GOP in good faith, only to have Trump order his minions to shoot it down in the name of having an issue to run on.
@@rickl5596 LOOOOOOOOL you don't believe that.
How are Democrats ’conducting immigration’?
Calling Darryl Cooper a nazi is totally unhinged.
The revisionist? Kinda sus bro
@@kingdodgearcane Not a revisionist, a completionist.
Yeah, I definitely don’t agree with all of Daryl’s takes, but if you’ve heard any of his podcasts about the holocaust and the Zionist project, you’d know that he is no nazi.
Australian here. It's now 08 November 2024 and Trump has won the election. Thus we see another failure of the US electoral mechanism and of democracy itself. And it's not only the US election mechanism - no mechanism even distantly reflects people's desires. We need a better system of governance but I don't know what it could be. Our election mechanisms do not really give us much representation of the plurality of ideas or opinions. It naturally becomes a binary choice unfortunately.
Trump missed a golden opportunity in the debate--he should have stated that Springfield, with a population of 58,000 had 15,000 immigrants rehomed to their city with no large-scale planning for "integration" into our society. He then could have said the multitude of real problems that it has caused. But he didn't do that. And instead of Vance explaining in interviews (in some detail) the problems the citizens of Springfield Ohio are dealing with (because of the sudden rise in the immigrant population there), he has several times doubled-down on the story about people's pets being eaten. Ugh.
If Trump had an ounce of competence he would’ve known exactly how to properly phrase the argument. And now see the damage he’s done and the evaporating hope that people might take notice all because he became fixated on one thing which isn’t 100% true, which undermines the 95% that IS true.
@@DisposableSupervillainHenchman exactly. Well put.
The thing is, 15,000 Haitians didn't simply all move to a city that none of them had probably ever even heard of. There was some impetus, and in this case it seems many were invited. So the issue isn't Haitian immigration to this town. It is that the town didn't adequately prepare for them in advance.
@@rickl5596 exactly.
When did Trump use rational arguments? That's way to much you expect of him 😊
There are no grown-ups. Adults are just very big babies.
Spiritual children perhaps, people grow old but they rarely grow mature.
Sam, I love your podcast immensely. I typically agree with 98% of what you say - here and elsewhere. I’ve gotta push back a little on the Haitians in Springfield conundrum. While it is true a sizeable influx of “others” into a community creates challenges, I posit that politicians should talk aboout those discomforts in the context of that reality. It is unacceptable to peddle widescale falsehoods to make a point - and it IS bigotry to sell these false talking points in a racialized context.
I note Governor DeWine, a republican, has gone out of his way to defend this immigrant community, especially insofar as their willingness to work jobs. While it is true that first-generation adult immigrant communities will almost always stumble on the assimilation piece, it is also true their children quickly adopt the presiding culture which includes speaking English and mimicking the dominant culture as manifested through music, TV, Hollywood, etc.
Finally, am I really supposed to believe the MAGA overlords are now THAT concerned about animal welfare and social services for the needy?
Nice comment.
What else is the governor going to do? The solution once these people are in place is to try to make it work.
My understanding is that the city called for immigrants to come live there.
I think Sam is entirely correct feeling sympathy for Americans who have grown up here with an wide understanding of what American society it, and then someone from above decides to throw their lives into the blender with total disregard.
Foreign groups are different in nature. I recall here in CA when the Vietnamese boat people immigrated to this area. There were a lot of them and they spoke poor English, and people made the same cracks about them eating dogs, etc.
But the Vietnamese were poor, hardworking, exceptionally smart, and social, gentle friendly people who just want to get along.
When I compare that to a little later when people from Iran immigrated here they were mostly right-wing rich people, with a lot of money and many of them had an attitude and they did not melt into society as much. Of course there is huge overlap and you can't judge people, but sometimes it seems like you can, or you can at least perceive a problem and discuss it. I don't see anything wrong with that. For instance Muslims in Europe ... OMG!
@@justgivemethetruth Well said. I agree with your observations, especially the sympathy part. That’s helpful to hear about your experiences with the Vietnamese and Iranian immigrants. I appreciate your thoughts in the context of those communities’ overarching behaviors based on fact (hardworking, social, polite, wealthy people with attitude). I was born and raised next to an Indian Reservation in a rural area. Even though I am non-Indian, and possess a majority European roots in my bloodline, I came to develop sympathy for the native peoples of this land, and how they must’ve felt when Europeans were settling in droves, wave after wave after wave, literally just taking land. Talk about a game changer in lifestyle, language, religion, etc. While I can’t change the past, but can build for the future with common sense, I think all peoples of all colors should experience a little discomfort in life, so that we can tap into a modicum of empathy for the other.
Migration is old as time. People are constantly on the move for lots of reasons. Demographics will shift. That’s why I’m absolutely dedicated to a representative democracy and a constitutional republic, and an expectation that all immigrants abide by these principles. The secular rule of law - not racial, tribal, or religious domination - is the best way forward, I believe.
Tucker on JRE was eye opening for me. I assumef he was a smart ruthless pro. He is a scary idiot believing in spirits.
@@LLlap and Sam is a man who danced with lions on a psychedelic trip. Your point?
@@ronaldbeamon5564OP had one (a point); you don’t.
@@BooksForever Sam is a scary idiot believing in spirits. There is my point.
@@BooksForever hey I remember you!
My point is Sam is a scary idiot believing in spirits.
@@BooksForever hey I remember you! You are really insufferable!
My point is he is a scary idiot as well! Not hard to decipher!
Thank you for addressing this.
This monologue is a must-listen! Very well planted.
“Bolus of insanity”! These unique Harris phrases are just wonderful!
Bro, let's stop both siding this. The former Pres is talking about immigrants stealing pets and eating geese in a debate. This is Turner Diaries level of absurdity. It's fucking weird and detached from reality.
And Harris is too scared to come out in public without a script or a handler, as a PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE!!
Are they not stealing and eating pets, and is that not a serious problem? Pretty sure he brought it under the understanding that it's insane
@@NoahSteckley Nobody is stealing and eating pets you lunatic. The effort that it takes for someone to debunk nonsense is way more than the effort that it takes for a NotC or a Russian shill to spread it. There are a bunch of these if you care.
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@@NoahSteckley There is a time and place to be a high decoupler and overly abstract facts on the ground. That time is not when a city is getting a flurry of bomb threats at it's schools and public establishments because of a right wing smear campaign.
@@NoahSteckley Whether or not there have been any individual cases of people eating pets, Trump was implying that this is a COMMON practice amongst the immigrant Haitians in that city, because that's the kind of people they are (so not some weird idiosyncratic one-off episode). I think it's irresponsible to make such a serious and incendiary claim in a public national debate without VERY strong & reliable evidence to support it. Seeing a video on the internet is nowhere near good enough.
Sam makes a similar point in this episode: just because a single fact you may report is true, that doesn't mean you are reporting responsibly or giving an accurate picture of the story.
Tucker and Candace also got a huge backlash from the right on Twitter. And rightly so.
Here in the UK we appreciate your channel, Sam and get excited when you swear.
We are in a bad place when Sam is seen in less regard than Tucker. Trump has to lose so people learn lying has consequences
It's a pity Sam said that thing about the Hunter Biden laptop being so immaterial, that, by comparison, if they found evidence of Biden taking moolah directly from China he would still be a better option than Drumpf. Wrecked a lot of his credibility with a lot of people.
Yeah, really, I cannot believe Sam is the outcast. When I heard him talking about Ezra Klein, who I've been following since Biden's bad debate and I think he's a pretty good thinker - it was hard to believe Ezra attacked Sam, that doesn't seem right.
He still believes in Russia gate that was proven a Democrat hoax years ago no one intelligent would think he is intelligent
The main reasons i love Sam Harris is that he is rational, Empathetic, and he not only corrects mistakes as he goes, but admits them, and he explains and shares his learing process with us.
He needs to run for president.
We have nothing but ego driven over grown children running the show . Its scary
...he never admitted he was wrong about covid....
Run for president? Who is gonna vote for him?
People on the left hate him because hes against Islam.
People on the right hate him because hes got TDS and pro lockdown.
I will take time to listen to Sam Harris, but I have to admit I do hold some gripes with his part in the IDW bulls***. It was obvious from the very beginning that the figures involved were garnering a huge audience with various culture war issue whilst pushing them towards the modern day insanity we are living through with MAGA.
The red flags were there for all to see, and Sam Harris helped give that band of crazies legitimacy.
What mistake has he admitted to? This closest I've heard to that was him saying he underestimated anti-semitism.
Trump makes me miss Bush Jr. lol and then you go and say it hahah
Yeah, I grew up conservative and landed moderate-left. I'm glad I got out around 2010, before GOP voters went dumpster-diving for candidates.
Bush is one of the major contributors to this shitshow we’re in. He’s a war criminal imo and Cheney too. In fact, the whole lot of them dems and republicans.
@@russellhammond371that happen with Trump. We still had good decent Republicans in 2012.
Yeah you all seem to cheerlead for the legacy war criminal establishment.
Bush Jr. killed 1,500,000 innocent Iraqis. He's a war criminal.
Sam gives me something to hold onto.
I read comments of people complaining about Sam Harris, but it's always so vague. I wish people would quote exactly what he said that they disagree with and then propose their counter argument. For example, 'Sam Harris states (insert quote here) and I don't think this is true because (insert logic/evidence here)'. Then again, maybe I am expecting too much from the comments section.
Sam Harris states that "Not everyone should have a platform to speak on, and they certainly shouldn't be platformed if what they say is Harmful", but he is clearly a hypocrite, because he platformed Destiny, who is a no body, who takes childish pleasure in the deaths of innocents if they don't align politically with him.
Sam Harris stated that "the demographics must have changed" for France not to be becoming a Muslim majority country but I know this is not true because French Muslims were never capable of miracles.
How is that?
Those are bots
Sam Harris said he is fine with the national security state and the media jointly lying to cover up true evidence of Biden corruption before the election, tipping the outcome. He advocates for destroying democracy in order to “save” it. That’s one thing.
Sam, please run for President
I respect Sam’s willingness to be unpopular, Musk was once at least an aquaintence maybe a friend and one of the most powerful people in the world. Sam is still willing to call him out, calmly and honestly along with the rest of the IDW.
Yes, and at this point, how can any intelligent, honest person defend people like Dave Rubin and Bret Weinstein and Jordan Peterson?
@@marcevan1141Bingo. They all went off the deep end.
@@marcevan1141 Might be a sign of my lack of intelligence, but I think Bret is still worth tuning into from time to time. Although they arrive at vastly different places on many subjects, I think Bret's integrity is up there with Sam's, and they share a kind of refreshingly sincere idealism. He has a feverishly generative mind, though that fever-dreaming sometimes gets the better of him - like the idea that Trump, of all people, is a fit leader for a unity movement.
@@marcevan1141with regards to Jordan Peterson, doesn’t Sam Harris uphold very similar views on recent politics in the UK, Israel and Palestine et cetera..? Where do you draw the line? Is it in large part JP’s alignment with the Daily Wire and people like Ben Shapiro? Or the failure of JP not to have asked the hard questions with Elon? Though he seemed to get the feedback on the recent Tommy Robinson interview, and asked harder questions. Genuinely curious.
Sam Harris seems pretty naive about the intentions of our government
Why do people who say don't trust the government always want us to elect con artists peddling Russian conspiracy theories?
Can you describe why?
@@BrianHoff04 the mass unloading of Haitians into small towns makes zero sense politically, ethically, or legally.
There are a lot of people who think the earth is flat because the government says it’s a sphere. This is a scary trend. Not everything the government tells us is a conspiracy.
@@BrianHoff04Because he never confronts the fundamental problems.
Grateful for your commentary Sam 🙏
“Nows not the time to ask questions” - Sam Harris
I never expected to see a worse president than Bush, and then along came Trump.
You need your memory checked. Bush started several wars, signed the Patriot Act, and created an unconstitutional torture program.
Trump said a bunch of mean things on Twitter.
All of the worst things Trump did were continuations of the bad policies that Obama had continued from Bush.
I had my most successful four years in my lifetime under Trump. Speak for yourself you trembling little lamb
Yup. Republican presidents the last few decades have been catastrophes.
@@arthurswanson3285 The idea that Bush is worse than Trump is crazy. I'd list off all the worst things Bush did, but when I tried that, the yt-cenBot got angry. Suffice to say, rerak rar, Ratriot Ract, rillegal roture rogram, rone rogram, and the list goes on.
All of the worst things Trump did were continuations of policies that Obama ultimately continued from Bush.
@@migarsormrapophis2755 I had a front seat of the inanity of the bush years. He was a disaster of a president with rerak alone.
Thank you Sam. i found your commentary very helpful and informative.
The bots are out in force
"he can't be wrong about everything, that would be too much work"
Joe Rogan and Lex Friedman are not serious interviewers. They have long conversations with people and barely ever question anything they say. Which is obv fine for what it is but they don’t conduct serious interviews.
I totally agree with your assessment. I see myself as liberal, I live in a small village in southwestern France that has kept its character. When travelling through Lyons, I stopped at a fast food place. Every man present was wearing a jellaba (robes), a long beard, sandals, and a cap typical of conservative Muslims. Every woman had at least a headscarf, some even a burka, even though it is forbidden by french law. I felt that I had walked into a mosque in Kabul, felt out of place, and left. This is not the France of the century of lights (enlightenment), of progress of human knowledge (Diderot encyclopedia), of secularism, of human rights, the France I admire. These people are nostalgic of the days of Muhammad 1500 years ago, of primitive tribal justice, tribal warfare, submitting to your group's will those who do not have the same beliefs, considering women as possessions of a man. But I can not express this thought lest I be classified as an Islamophobe racist. Islam is not a race. It is not even a religion because it trespasses into the domain of political ideologies, into the public space (political Islam wishes to impose itself on everyone) and is not restricted to being a personal belief (a religion).
Greetings from southwest-central Pennsylvania. You are not alone in this thought. When personal beliefs aspire to become public policy, they need to be stopped. Personal liberties ought not grow so large as to impose themselves upon the personal liberties of others.
By the way, calling the Age of Enlightenment a "Century of Lights" is a beautiful description; we can always trust the French to provide some of the best verbal poetry.
right when sam says tucker subscribes to the "great replacement theory" well.. what do you mean. If you mean it's a planned replacement by a cabal of Jews, well that's not true. But for a large portion of Europe it's a demographic fact caused by immigration and relative birthrates.
So to just wave it away as a conspiracy theory misses the point.
I understand why Sam left social media, but I wish I could hear from him more often about current events.
Because he kept getting called out on his ridiculous nonsense?
@@SaviorMoney-777 What nonsense?
Looks like I have a new Sam Harris podcast to listen to on tonight's walk.
Thanks Sam!
His solo podcasts are the best.
Has Sam critiqued the Harris-Walz team? I haven't heard it.
Bigger fish to fry, fam.
There are definitely things to critique about that side too but it pales in comparison to Trump stuffing the supreme court with judges who declare him immune and thus paving the way to turning the USA into a defacto monarchy/dictatorship. Or there's Trump cozying up to and praising dictators while treating our allies as enemies.
When on the starboard bow there is a frenzy of sharks attacking a sinking ferry, you don’t report on the three dolphins cavorting on the port side eating tuna… Jeeeez!
I'm completely unsatisfied with these responses. Since America is split between these 2 tickets and what they represent, maybe they both deserve Sam's attention. Unless he's afraid of what that might mean at the polls. How about some intellectual integrity?! BTW, I'm not a big Trump fan if that's what you're thinking.
No, because they are off limits.
The Winston Churchill comment really took me surprise. I cried laughing
Thank you Sam for being a voice of reason! Thank you!
Tucker has not been radicalized...all he cares about is status & influence (he doesn't need money, he is the heir to a frozen tv dinner empire), he saw the fame & attention Rogan got by being a dissenter & said 'hold my beer''.
Sam’s back to browsing twitter huh?
Concerning amount of comments from accounts ending in 4 numbers with inconspicuous or no profile pictures.
I promise you. Some of us are real. But maybe I’m projecting… 🥸
What is with this 4 number thing. I didn’t ask for them. They were just added by google.
In 2024 it's quite foolish to imagine botting systems aren't very good at crafting a realistic avatar.
I honestly expect a lot of names get generated like mine: Not interested having a cute/persistent online identity, logged into Gmail, eventually wanted to comment somewhere, YT asks for name, everything is taken, scribble something lazily because it doesn't matter.
They added the number to mine randomly, I didnt chose it.
I’m real too. Haha
Again, the title of your podcast befits what you say here, word-for-word - you're making sense and I wish those who needed to hear would listen.
Wanted to comment on RUclips for the people that doubt the free service etc. I started a 6 month free trail without adding any credit card details. Which is appreciated since I am just starting a new job getting caught back up on life but still able to enjoy Sam's full pod. So thank you Sam.
Well said and we do suffer with these very childish and undeveloped and unconscious people.
Twitter amplifies the opinions of twits! Hence its name sake.
The video of a dog being allegedly roasted on a spit by a haitian neighbor, that animal was a lamb. Its not a dog.
And it was a white eastern European family, as clearly evidenced by the white child in it so it was also self-debunking which is incredible. To be slightly fair, a lot of people don't know lambs have tails as they've only seen docked lambs, but it's beyond certain the animal was a lamb and it's amazing to see people not concede the truth after initially being told what they were seeing incorrectly.
It's OK dude I don't expect a neuro scientist to know basic biology
Crazy how Sam claims x is full of trolls/ disinformation, etc but eats up the story because it supports his anti-immigrant argument/stance.
@@nathanmitchell7961 The power of suggestion is strong. You point to something and call it a dog and if you haven't roasted a whole lamb with it's full tail, a blurry video will actually look like a dog. I don't think he really ate it up either.
@andrewbazar3302 i could definitely see why the person filming might have thought it was a dog, but i can assure anyone mortified by that video, that was an adult lamb. I was pretty surprised sam didnt look into that at all though.
The picture of the black guy carrying a goose was also a guy who was just helping clean roadkill out of the median.
I completely understand being disconcerted if suddenly 27% of your community's population becomes swedes overnight being disconcerted, but i think its important to remind people the accounts signal blasting this kind of stuff are Jack Posobiac, and a hand full of other foreign actors, and that with a bit of snooping all of the ones ive found so far fall apart immediately
It’s refreshing to hear a different side of the story. I do feel that I have been “red pilled” so to speak.
I find my values aligning right of centre, but for me it’s much more about policies than the cult of personality. I feel like when Sam uses the term, your typical Trump supporter, I personally feel quite alienated as I don’t fit that stereotype
However given a binary choice I wouldn’t want to vote for the other team. I think that’s why it’s very important to expose myself to different points of view and I respect Sam immensely, so thank you for the food for thought.
there are two main issues with public debate.
the first, and probably most urging, is that imbeciles are self-entitling to engage in such discussions, as if they had anything of value to contribute.
but the second, which usually goes unnoticed, is that intelligent people who insist in participating mistake intelligence for wisdom (or at least believe they come hand in hand), and also request a microphone… as if they had anything of value to contribute.
while we don’t ignore the imbeciles and praise the wise, we will keep going in circles… if not spiraling down.
Thank you Sam!
I see support for Trump largely as a reaction to the insanity of the left. Instead you frame Trump supporters as dumb, deluded, whatever else. You are missing the point Sam.
How the republican politicians are not constantly questioned about their position on d trump proclaiming that that he would "Terminate the constitution " is appalling, suspiciously curious and an utter disgrace, defunding public education for >60yrs was a brilliant strategy usa.
The left forced trump to try to overturn the election? Never talking any responsibility is conservatives biggest traits
Yeah the extreme left is crazy but there are a lot of centrists that aren't. Whereas the right is now all crazy since Trump took over
That’s actually a good example of a broader divide occurring in various parts of the world. When the only response to the opposing side is something extreme like "they should all be put in a sack and ..." (which I’ve heard from liberals in this case), it gives the impression that there’s too little effort being made to understand the grievances of large segments of the population or to open a dialog. The mindset of "they’re all just defective and need to be put in line" is concerning. While there are certainly crazy people - possibly in equal measure on both sides - it’s not just limited to them.
@@IggyInBurnaby How the republican politicians are not constantly questioned about their position on d trump proclaiming that that he would "Terminate the constitution " is appalling, suspiciously curious and an utter disgrace, defunding public education for >60yrs was a brilliant strategy usa.
Elon’s reputation has done nothing but go down hill in the past few years.
@@sweetloveoftheairToo bad logic can’t enter your skull…
Basic grammar or punctuation hasn't even entered his head.
@@sweetloveoftheairhis "work" with the Federal government consists of milking the teat of federal funding.
@@jacqdanieles exacty. Musk is not the hero his tech bro cultists want to believe he is.
@sweetloveoftheair it's not "false", big brain.
_"Los Angeles entrepreneur Elon Musk has built a multibillion-dollar fortune running companies that make electric cars, sell solar panels and launch rockets into space._
_And he's built those companies with the help of billions in government subsidies._
_Tesla Motors Inc., SolarCity Corp. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, together have benefited from an estimated $4.9 billion in government support, according to data compiled by The Times. The figure underscores a common theme running through his emerging empire: a public-private financing model underpinning long-shot start-ups."_
Whoa.
This is very hot fire. My brain is grateful.
Thank God for Sam Harris.
While you serenade your insightful comments at us, I hope you realise you are the person who platformed the noone called Destiny, who takes pleasure in innocents dying if they have the wrong political opinions.
Free speech is binary. Either you have it or you don't. The 1st Amendment reads that way. There are no qualifiers.
We need to find a way to deal with ideas we hate other than censorship. Mocking people who express ideas we hate is also not helping. Unfortunately, that is the state of politics in the world. We have to get past it.
Accurately put Sir.
Why should we care about this first amendment thing? US Constitution applies to one country that is home to ~4.2% of global population. X (Facebook, YT, etc.) is used across the world, with the exception of China, russia, and a handful of other dictatorships. One should be concerned with how this concept is defined in detail in modern day and in globally accepted documents.
BTW, here's the relevant excerpt from this amendment: "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ". Being quite old, it restricts Congress' actions only and does not help understand what to do with AI generated content or, say, intentional disinformation. Frankly, it's rather useless, imho. For example, what about lying? I mean, typically, if you lie in the criminal court and it is later proved you lied, this is an offense and you may go to jail. I hope that's also the case in the US (not a US citizen). BUT you can lie on X left and right, because "freedom of speech"? What about, say, inciting violence that results in loss of life or damage to property - isn't that a criminal offense? In other words, freedom of speech is nowhere close to being binary, unless we presume that it either is (in some hypothetical world, perhaps), or is not (the real world, including even things like X or Telegram). But then we must acknowledge that both, say, russia and the US both have no freedom of speech (something kremlin has been trying to tell us all for years ;)). There's a reason why there are things like Freedom of expression index, World press freedom index, etc.
@@k.squared I don't think you understand what Freedom of Speech is.
@@TheAtheist22 What does your remark add to this conversation? You disagree. OK. So?
I completely agree with Sam Harris about X's exposure to complete trash. Im sick of the gore or fights that grab attention but are psychological poison.
Your point about the assimilation challenges faced in communities that experience a rapid influx of immigrants is one that is often overlooked in these discussions for fear of being labelled xenophobic or racists. Communities need time to adapt to cultural shifts. Immigration is not inherently detrimental but rapid immigration can create chaos, resentment and extreme behaviours and viewpoints.
Trump making past presidents great again.
I agree with Sam on most things, but disappointing to hear him not mention the bomb threats in Springfield and instead lay out calm justifications why people would not be OK with an influx of people and then to compound it with negative stories of Haitians (dog roasting and wrong way driver with bus).
Sam seems to be coming back from his excursion started by internal critiques by the left, but still has a ways to go back to how he used to be 5+ years ago
Unless you live in an small area where there are a lot of Hatian immigrants you wont understand. They get more $ help than we do, and dont care at all to learn english or integrate at all. Just wearing ill fitting clothing, driving horribly, using a whole bottom of cologne, watching videos on loud and/or speaking loudly on speakerphone no matter how close other people are in proximity are. Its hard to deal with.
An adult would talk to Tucker instead of talk about Tucker.
This guy is a deer in headlights talking to anyone intelligent
If Sam thought he could be effective in that conversation, then he would. If he thought he could be effective in an engagement with Bret Weinstein, then he would have.
His refusal to engage is cowardice and nothing else.
This would imply that Tucker's reasonable, or that he has something worthwhile to say. There's been enough water under the bridge now to conclude that neither is the case.
@@mobile012I remember bowtie tucker years ago. Didn't care for him really. Like him more now. As much as you can relate to a out of touch multimillionaire. So many people talk so much. Sam's trumpastan crap is just as bad. Too bad hate burns the container it lives in. Love to go back the the Sam that tried to convince me that people don't have free will
@@craigpoer I remember Tucker's hilarious off-camera response to Rutger Bregman. That was one of the first nails in the coffin as far as I'm concerned.
The Haitians were not dropped there, they moved there for work. My original comment said that I thought the real number of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio was more like 2k than 15k like Sam said, but Sam's number appears to be correct. My bad. I got the 2k number from some analysis someone did on Twitter. The 15k number seems to be from city officials, who should know.
I've wondered about that--it is presented as someone having "shepherded" them into this one particular place. Is that possible? And who would be doing it?
@@WNH3 Hasn´t the government done that before with other immigrant groups? The Biden administration has Haitians under a special category of immigrants giving them special protections dropping them into places that aren´t very diverse. Government did the same with Somalians in Minneapolis, no?
12-15k from what I've read. They've been there for 3 years and nobody heard a peep about them. But now that an election is a around the corner the right needed something to fear monger over.
It is a false number. Sam's simply wrong. Only about 1,200 Springfield residents, or 2% of the town's population, were born outside the U.S. (I'd provide a link to my source but apparently YT deletes comments that include external links).
@@randyevermore9323 Town officials have stated that Haitians probably account for around 20% of the population but the census hasn't had time to catch up to the new reality of the past few years. And Sam's number is also around the number being reported by most mainstream sources. You guys are so desperate for it not to be true.
This is why I appreciate and trust Sam as a thinker and commentator on events. Based on just this 24 minute video, he would be considered a “leftist suffering from Trump derangement syndrome” while simultaneously being considered a “far right xenophobe” for his views on immigration. This is actually a sign that you’re doing something right now a days. To be considered an enemy by both sides is actually a sign of a nuanced and fact based take in many situations. It also means that you’re probably right as the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle. I agree that having 15,000 Haitian immigrants dropped into a small midwestern city of 60,000 is an absolute nightmare and not good for the immigrants or the residents living there. But I’m sure that’s viewed as an extreme take these days
Not really. The actual stance on the topics is what determines who you are, and Sam is an authoritarian psychopath.
”These are audiences that can’t figure out what’s wrong with RFK Jr.” This whole thing is just sound bite galore.
Sam could tell us specifically what is wrong with RFK. He could engage RFK in dialog so that we could better discern. He does neither. Why?
Greetings from Brazil
Spoiler: There never was any grownups. You merely thought there was. Anyone who looks at history can see that.
"Trump made me miss Bush."
-Someone with the memory span of a goldfish
Kremlin disinformation uses that exact tactic: discredit everything & everyone to minimize the spotlight on your own horrific record
This is the real answer.
You think a presidential candidate in the 1970s would have the audacity to even *stay in the goddamned race* if he was caught on tape bragging about grabbing the genitalia of women, or having fawned all over every malevolent foreign despot in a 10,000 mile radius, or having incited an insurrection, or having botched a global pandemic via pandering to the most wilfully ignorant segment of his fanbase, or being on tape practically lusting over his own daughter?
What other presidential candidate in living memory would have been unscrupulous enough to stay in the race, in the face of all that ^ plus a couple of dozen other scandalous things I can't be bothered mentioning here?
No-one. Not even Richard Nixon.
I thought the one grown-up was supposed to be Walter Cronkite.
Very confused by how you can say mass immigration is a serious problem but then also imply Trump is wrong to highlight it.
What he said was that highlighting something incessantly was the problem. He gave an example to the effect of how if the NY Times only ever wrote articles about the murder of someone by an immigrant that it would be wrong to do so regardless of the fact it may be true. Then there is the fact that Trump's incessant highlighting of immigration problems are often not even based on the truth.
@@rickl5596 idk the left seems to have gone gaga. Trumps a horrible person but there’s something systemic in the democrats
Thank you Sam for clearing my taughts.
TDS + Dunning Kruger = Sam Harris.
Spot on
The ratio of name calling to actual content in Sam's monologues is disappointing. Where are the grown-ups indeed...
Nice to see Sam back in full TDS mode.
To any thinking person, claiming that posting on a private company platform is "free speech" is a non-starter.
To any thinking person, claiming that your speech should be subsidized by the government in a "University" is a non-starter.
You don't speak for thinking people
@@payleryder45 Lol what's your suggestion, make college only for people who can afford it? I can see you're a compassionate human being.
@@silas1414 If you wanted to actually talk about the topic, go for it. As of now you're just flapping lips.
@@russellhammond371 You don't think that people you don't like should have access to a "private company platform" to say what they want. To quote someone who once said: "I can see you're a compassionate human being."
Maybe I don't think you should have an appropriation from the Federal and State governments to pay you to say what you want.
A beacon of rationality, I appreciate it
17:08 sam yet again puts what Im feeling so eloquently
Has Sam voiced any concern over Kamala being nominated for president without a single vote being cast for her? Surely any serious person who is worried about threats to democracy would be appalled by something like that.
Nah he's too consumed by his TDS he has a sick disease
He has not because it has nothing whatever to do with the constitution. The party has rules and it followed the rules. If Trump decided to drop out, don't you think the GOP would follow its rules and get another nominee? Perhaps Vance? Biden and Harris were a "ticket" remember. You are a complete F*** (rhymes with tool).
That is an irrelevant point in relation to how much of a nightmare Trump is as a person
@@paulmd7747delusional
She's the VP thats kinda how it works....
SAM HARRIS THE VOICE OF AMERICAN SANITY . 🇺🇲✨️🌿✨️🇺🇲
i wish sam would offer more specifics, more argument building, and less name calling.
He specifically mentioned why Carlson is a fraud. And he even elaborated on how he does it. You couldn't get any more specific.
More specifics than this?
@@PedroJohnston1yeah but it's based on couched premises alot of us don't accept...
for example.... he calls him a fraud for "peddling great replacement theory"
without addressing in the slightest that this admin has unilaterally without so much a a single democratic vote or proposition...imported 3% of the US pop in newcomers, whose offspring will be full citizens.
and then insisted that you, the taxpayer, have to pay for their healthcare, housing, food, clothes, cellphones, pardon their crimes, and in fact pretend they aren't here at all...including ignoring 6 figures worth of missing children. then we've also heard from lawmakers how they should be allowed to Vote, drive, change gender all frictionlessly without any step towards legality beyond signing into the guestbook basically....
so it's easy to call tucker a huckster...but if you want to do it...first you need to explain why exactly that is a "conspiracy theory" when something momentous and troubling is obviously happening in plain sight.
i could write similar things about basically every charge Sam leveled at Tucker. it is aimed at echo chamber ideological nestmates to be swallowed without nuance...doesn't mean it sticks the landing
If you really need a 10 hour breakdown of everything wrong with modern right wing populism, I'd say start at the beginning.
"It was November 1923 in Munich, and the streets buzzed with unrest. The angry mustache model rallied the crowd, promising Germany’s revival."
@@PedroJohnston1 he called him a fraud because of some personal views Tucker held against Trump? or for platforming a conspiracy theorists? more speech not less, debate these conspiracy theorists not shun them from public view and let them grow uncontrollably
Sam, Bluesky has a serious and intact science community. It also has fantastic and responsible moderation and tools to tweak your space for your needs.
I love Sam Harris but I don't want to buy a subscription from a different website. Why can't he make it all for RUclips? There's a join button for a reason.
Apparently, they're in the comments screaming "TDS" as usual...
...and they're 100% correct.
It seems to be mostly bots with 4 numbers on the ends of their names saying vaguely praising things about Sam's calm voice today, actually.
@SaviorMoney-777 you should prove it. Nutjob.