| Title | : | Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #239 |
| Lasting | : | 2.41.14 |
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Here are the timestamps Please check out our sponsors to support this podcastbr0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions:br- The Prisoner Wine Company: theprisonerwinecom/lex to get 20 off & free shippingbr- Stripe: stripecombr- Coinbase: coinbasecom/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoinbr- Four Sigmatic: foursigmaticcom/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60 offbr- Indeed: indeedcom/lex to get $75 creditbr1:34 - University of Austin (UATX)br34:29 - Sam Harrisbr52:56 - Elon Muskbr1:01:15 - Moneybr1:11:10 - Hyperinflationbr1:16:35 - Bitcoinbr1:33:17 - Ethereum and smart contractsbr1:42:04 - Worst disasters in human historybr2:04:02 - How history will remember the current pandemicbr2:17:36 - Hope for the futurebr2:26:06 - Lovebr2:32:44 - Meaning of life Comment from : Lex Fridman |
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I really appreciate how Lex comes back to love at the end of many of these great conversations He truly immerses himself in the pleasure of human connection Comment from : C-note |
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Universities used to be male institutions… Comment from : Luc Jolly |
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Brilliant conversation Comment from : Morgans Historical Echoes |
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Niall, WHEN ARE YOU RELEASING VOLUME 2 of your Henry Kissinger book????? Comment from : Andrew Payne |
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Hard to take anyone seriously who talks sincerely about crypto as a superior alternative to money, either stupid or scammer and I don't really care which Comment from : Drew A |
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We need this I’m over the cancel culture Love this guest … Comment from : Help your cat to drive |
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Bari Weiss, Peter Thiel and papers co-written by the war criminal Henry Kissinger I think i'll give it a miss Serious infomercial though! Comment from : Paul Devaney |
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I like how this guy just sorta speedruns build up and destroy the straw-man Ten bucks the quality turns out mediocre of the study opportunities, because people like Frankie Farmer over here has a desire to stack some money into trusts This guy is supposed to be intellectual? At best he's LARPing as one My kindergarten teacher taught me more about life than this guy could ever descriptively circle around, only to repeat again, and again, and Meanwhile, she, well let's just say that if you were here right now, you would witness with your own eyes, that I can totally tie my shoes Now that, was life changing intel This right here, that's finance stuffing large amounts of money into projects that all promise to be good for society, yet somehow there's only bankers, economists, and fuck-you wealth in the room Put a few actually solid characters like Lex in front of you, who will probably even be excited to take this on, making it look more "active" Anyway, I heard there were these academics a little while back, that would blow your mind Just wanted to, you know, "leave it in the comments" I'm off this interviews dick Peace Comment from : The Ape Machine |
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Niall Ferguson is a fake He is a political hack Comment from : Nicolas Xu |
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Ferguson once wrote that the reason for Chinese growth in the 20th century was the increase in Protestantism and the Protestant work ethic Completely missing that agriculture in the west sees workers basically hibernate for 6 months off the year and in the east, rice patties can produce continually This is such a huge error I’m not sure I’ll believe anything he says again Comment from : Jimmy Draws |
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this guy is awesome Comment from : Khuthalo Mavhunga |
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Liberal Arts andStem that what I want to see here inSherwood,Oregon Comment from : Jim |
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Oh bloody hell I agree, in a really timid and polite way with his ideas about university And my mind us filled with guilt images about what could go wrong Now he is talking what I consider bollards about crypto He just considered the possibility of mortgages taken out in a financial system opaque to government oversight Such a system, I think, would be beyond the reach of courts The man is a fool But I still agree about universities Sh!te Comment from : Alex Hubble |
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The step from far left to far right has always been a very small one Corporatism is a word you rarely hear these days but was an important feature of Fascist regimes that appealed to many in the rural and urban working class who switched for far left to far right in a heartbeat Comment from : Laika |
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I have attempted to meditate many times in my life and prior to this CD the only success I've experienced is with live guided meditation wwwyoutubecom/post/Ugkxzpa8CIfZcihW4Z0F_ja0QF3W9KIatrsq This is the first CD I've used that cuts through my unmedicated ADHD and enables me to truly relax and experience a quiet and energizing interval The instructors voice is very soothing and pleasant to listen to I am easily able to sit successfully through the entire CD, and for quite some time after I cannot adequately express how tremendously helpful this CD has been on my spiritual journey!! Two thumbs up and 10 stars! Comment from : ESProducciones |
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I want a masters in applied history! Comment from : ellison capers |
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But the right is burning African American history books by labeling them “woke” I would say the right is so “anti woke” they are becoming the censorship snow flakes they always complain about Comment from : Joshua Dominguez |
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I'm curious How has this outstanding project gone ? Did it get up ? Comment from : Private Name |
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I have a lot of respect of Niall in many regards, notwithstanding his pro-BIG pharma position and apparent lack of critical thinking where the CV-19 pandemic is concerned But he apparently doesn't know much about the development of Bitcoin and why it was invented to begin with Satoshi didn't need to be prescient to recognize the pending danger of looming inflation, because history is replete with examples of hyperinflation and it's causes The Austrian school of economics has since it's inception recognized that price inflation is primarily a product of monetary policybrbr"There is nowadays a very reprehensible, even dangerous, semantic confusion that makes it extremely difficult for the non-expert to grasp the true state of affairs Inflation, as this term was always used everywhere and especially in this country [the United States], means increasing the quantity of money and bank notes in circulation and the quantity of bank deposits subject to check But people today use the term "inflation" to refer to the phenomenon that is an inevitable consequence of inflation, that is the tendency of all prices and wage rates to rise The result of this deplorable confusion is that there is no term left to signify the cause of this rise in prices and wages There is no longer any word available to signify the phenomenon that has been, up to now, called inflation It follows that nobody cares about inflation in the traditional sense of the term As you cannot talk about something that has no name, you cannot fight it Those who pretend to fight inflation are in fact only fighting what is the inevitable consequence of inflation, rising prices Their ventures are doomed to failure because they do not attack the root of the evil" br- Ludwig von Mises Comment from : Jamie Peay |
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Get Randall Wray on the podcast Comment from : Empty Cloud |
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I enjoyed sitting in on this conversation 👏 Comment from : Sarah Loffler |
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Good luck with Putin Comment from : JCM Investments |
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1:20:00 I wonder if the speaker still feels the same with Crypto price drop over the past Or if he would view this as reasoning for the US to tether the dollar to it current given the current price of Crypto? Comment from : Will Big Crow |
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“The simulation of life is literature” brbrPowerful stuff Comment from : skabara1 |
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1:39:00 Comment from : nothing is given |
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Excellent insights on why love is a dangerous drug and romantic impulses need to be tamedbrIt is in line with enwikipediaorg/wiki/Sublimation_(psychology) Comment from : Srikanth N |
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My favorite episode so far Wholesome, thoughtful, caring, intelligent and helpful Thank you Comment from : Lorenzo Agnes |
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A very eloquent Scotsman Not bad following the tyranny suffered by his mother(s) Comment from : Andrew Pratt |
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Maximize disaster Comment from : Ashley Goodman |
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Authoritarians never know that they are authoritarians Comment from : Chris Haa |
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what book is Niall talking about at 2:21:56? Comment from : Thomas Cook |
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He speaks like he’s reading a story Comment from : Erv Oro |
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This is the guy 80 years ago eloquently justifieing racism to an all too open crowd Comment from : Imani Willis |
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Bitcoin is a modern Tulip 🌷 without the property of visual beauty Comment from : FideSedQuiVide |
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Money is a token of trust, not by a small group, but by the overwhelming majority of a group, region, state, nation, and even the world, such as usd, gold, silver etc It has to be the least costly transported or transferred Comment from : FideSedQuiVide |
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Lex, I am old (possible? My children are in their twenties) enough to be your mom, and like you I am also an immigrant I escaped from a communist country I am also pretty well educated with post graduate degrees and and I am multilingual too brbrI must tell you that it is a fact that not a day passes in which I didn't make an effort to learn something new, which usually is the highlight of the day, but your interviews are almost always on the top level of delight for my thirsty mind Please keep the good work And thank you for your efforts Comment from : FideSedQuiVide |
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Exactly, I've always regarded wokeism as a disease What liberal in their right mind would call political correctness and being woke as expressions of liberty? Comment from : Maxime Alnajar |
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This whole "oh wow bitcoin digital revolution" shtick didn't really age well Comment from : Paul Trushin |
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When those people scream free speech I can only think faux news, and the way they create their narrative to appease their base, disregard truth altogether Comment from : vertigoz |
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Freedom of thought is anathema to the Wokerati There is no negotiating with them They are a gnostic, Marxist mind virus that must simply be eternally opposed Comment from : Len Cumbow |
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Wow Comment from : Andrew K |
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I won't watch your podcast because of Google stop pushing your sales pitch Comment from : ron raygun |
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Worst events in human history, how about the Bronze age Collapse Comment from : The Think Zone |
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Wow Nei Ferguson love him Comment from : AI Art Relaxation |
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lex is the best! Comment from : nibnob9 |
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2:05:00 - Why assume automatically that this event was not deliberately planned as a depop measure? Historian, go back to 1920s US, which taught Hitler a few things Worth discussing seriously and thoughtfully Comment from : Christine Martin |
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His comments on the vax do not stand the test of time unfortunately Not taking account of risk reward was (and still is) a major error in policy, especially as there is no prevention of transmission Plus there are side effects from these inadequately tested inoculations !! Maybe a historian should have waited a while Comment from : Paul M |
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His expertise starts at 1:01:12 Comment from : Poker Genius Or Donkey |
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" people like us" Niall means privileged, white males who see the status quo changing and are desperate to bring it back Yes, find every possible excuse to say stupid things and not be held accountable " people like me today people aged 18, 19 and 20" So, Niall, you're 18, 19 or 20? Obnoxious undergraduates, those days are gone Niall, hope you enjoyed your day Finally, anybody who identifies as a white, privileged white male better care about what he says because he will be called out and your career will be over more importantly, you resources are gone Get used to it Comment from : Sublime |
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“I am glad I was not around in the mid-fourteenth century when the bubonic plague swept across Eurasia” Me too mate Comment from : Matt Coyte |
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Lost me at “police racism” You are parotting views for that social credit score You know shit Comment from : S Kennedy |
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Don’t go to China Lost out on a three letter career because I went to a Chinese police college for six months Not worth learning the Mandarin Comment from : S Kennedy |
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Niall, I want to eat the forbidden fruit and take the forbidden classes I'm almost eighty and left my beloved forty-three year high school career because of an imbecile woke principal who was six years later kicked upstairs, as administrators are want to do Did I mention that "Little crazy children are jangling the keys the keys of heaven, and common vengeance writes the law!" Two girls who were failing, constantly chatting, did no work, whom I separated went crying to the office saying they did not "feel safe" When class was over they waited until they thought everyone was gone, came back into my room, threatened me I wrote them a two day suspension which the administration would not enforce In fact, the idiot assistant principal walked them back into class I gave him the book I was teaching, got my things and left for my cardiologist who wrote me out for the rest of the year I missed "my kids" fiercely for eight years and, folks, I am not alone Teachers who demand that the kids really read the material, understand it and are able to speak and write about it to demonstrate critical thinking skills are now canon fodder Comment from : lotus star |
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Thank you Comment from : Copper Kettle |
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TITS is a great name for a College I always have trouble with remembering acronyms and this one is easy to remember I spent time in college both young and Rodney Dangerfield style and all I can say is academia sucks What a bunch of suck-ups I don't catch falling knifes Give me a real life problem to solve and watch the grimace on the instructor's face Comment from : Greg Mcpheoge |
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You need to interveiw john mearsheimer And stephen walt Comment from : barumbadum |
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Part I have issues with is his opinions on vaccination for covid which in reality isn’t a vaccination even the definition for vaccines needed to be changed so that it would fit for marketing purposes Comment from : Ron Caldera |
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LEX GET THIEL ON PLEASE Comment from : Jay WaveTouch |
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I'm sorry but I'm going to be a comment hog today this morning I'm never going to say through social media the people's names or the places that happened And that's because nothing's ever happened to me except bad jokes I believe Because I think things like that only happened to bad people not innocent people But I have had some things happen that were borderline unfair And I want to say people, just have a sick twisted way of joking two and at me But the truth be told everywhere I look around everywhere I go I only hear about and witness people belittling others people doing and committing sins against their fellow countrymen So that leads me to consider as much as it goes on in my world that this thing's happening all over Comment from : Curtis Shores |
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No this is not a joke How does a person even begin an idea like that in his head Someone put it there first And periodically throws hints real dark dry humorous jokes dealing with various insitsides Comment from : Curtis Shores |
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Yep it's true I love him Comment from : Curtis Shores |
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What makes you think that people don't want to go to college but the universities? Just for the sense they don't want to learn they're over it? Did anyone ever consider the fact that it's a scary setting for most people now? People's attitude towards people isn't as accepting for people to be themselves and to freely and openly ask ask the questions and ideas because the setting of people's demeanorbrI'm just saying / asking consider questions like that like what possibly has changed cuz the universities gotten bigger and better the teachers have gotten smarter and technology has improved their outreach So if those things have improved you think everything is improved? No the one thing I know that has went absolutely backwards and sideways downward is the overall individuals morale dedication devotion and desire to want to help one another I got a lot more to say on that that's just a a snowflake on an iceberg for me I don't like the way that guy talks anyway Comment from : Curtis Shores |
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The Rothchilds start the wars Comment from : Zachary Goodson |
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For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do
br- Isaac Watts Comment from : james barry |
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FYIThe reign of straight white man is ending Comment from : james barry |
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in response to 2:10 timestamp -Bc Trump knew the pandemic was to make him lose/distupt the election Follow the money and timing of the man made virus ask bret W ask elon about the censorship as well Comment from : Melissa L |
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Can Niall come to Australia to help guide young minds here? brGawdang, we need some help Comment from : SlapPa |
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Change is the Only Constant, so far with the 13th Generation of Utility Worth, over Intrinsic is Obviously linear ⚠️ ☂️ 5:04 Comment from : FANATIC FORAGER |
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Evidence that we ara living in a crazy times 1,500 comments all of them appreciation brbrI don't know what's going on That is why I am not against Andrew Tatte Comment from : Mohamed Ali |
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Your guest is uninformed or ignores the limitations imposed on American universities by anti-communism in the 1950's, These culture wars are not original to our times Two more points: Hoover is not Stanford; it is an ideological (conservative) think tank, not an open minded university; second, the hundreds of universities in the US are hardly a homogeneous whole, ranging from Hillsdale, Notre Dame, Liberty to Columbia and Berkeley Notice the assertions based on his exposure to a few elite institutions Comment from : Lawrence Chase |
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Thoroughly enjoy this conversation! 😍 Comment from : Joshua |
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Pitiful Comment from : Uey Ustick |
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2023 lex Putin so hype! Comment from : tate pierson |
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I’ve been enjoying your content for around 2 years now Lex, and I gotta say that this guy is right on You have been bringing on VERY powerful guests this year, and I think everyone listening is as grateful as I am for this Comment from : Burke Kelleher |
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So glad you had Niall on Was captivated when I first heard this guy a decade ago Comment from : Arcsprite |
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Means to and end not the end Comment from : Jonathan Jollimore |
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Brilliant guy Thanks for the conversation Comment from : ColouRz |
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Money is the lubricant of life? (This squeaky old wheel could do with some grease) Comment from : what a gronk |
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55:01 LEX when Niall says “Elon won’t be remembered by his tweets” Lmao fast forward a year oh the Irony 😂 Comment from : Luke Cicero |
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@1:17:21 BULLSHIT!!! There isn't any excuse for this one, because Satoshi included an article concerning the Bank of England starting into what ended up being TARP here in America in Bitcoin's fucking Genesis-block! The fucking financial crisis brought on by the excesses in the real estate market was looming WIDE on the horizon! Peter Schiff was going apoplectic every other day, screaming that the market was going to fall off a cliff, and darkness lay ahead! No warning? Far seeing? Give me a fucking break! Peter Schiff started ringing the alarm bell for that bubble back in 2004! Comment from : Frank Dashwood |
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Lex, why did you have this idiot on your show? You think this guy knows something about money? You're living on a global plantation, with the bankers being the "masters", and the rest of us being their slaves Crytpocurrencies like Bitcoin destroy this paradigm, because while they have all of the attributes of "money", you don't need to be a banker in order to develop, and issue one of your own Assclown here still lives in a world where representatives of the sun-god are the only ones who can issue coins/create money Comment from : Frank Dashwood |
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6 reclining bigotry isn't novel or intellectual Simply rationalization by the intellectually weak Comment from : cdreid9999 |
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That Sam Harris but didn’t age well😅😂 Comment from : Hmfirestormz |
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It sucks because 50 years ago you used to be able to say racist shit And now you can't say racist shit anymore brbrThis guy wants to start a new American Racist University Good for him! He should partner up with Jordan Peterson Comment from : Mitch Iarikov |
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I really love this conversation, thank you Concerns discussed are present not only in academia but in government and corporate world as well It is horrible culture, and I am witnessing it at my work more and more I grove up in the communism so can see clear parallels Culture of fear is becoming norm Comment from : Ana Stojanovic |
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for me I feel truly in love no matter what she condition never changes my mindi stand who i am Comment from : adelina quijano |
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Lex Fridman is a subtle leftist virtue signaler and social climber Comment from : Puppy |
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I never finished a degree, but I did complete 120 credit hours between two community colleges and one university Living on campus never seemed like a good idea to me I think a lot of young people entering college, get immersed into an entirely overwhelming social change They are no longer in their home communities or surrounded by their familiar social relationships For some people, this is a great environment, and they can get away from a community that they may not have fit well into For others it’s highly destabilizing and makes them vulnerable to the political indoctrination of the existing faculty and social structure at the University Comment from : Timothy McHugh |
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