738 - They Smile In Your Face feat. Corey Robin (6/5/23)
Chapo Trap House
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The Fatalism of Thomas Jefferson
I think there's a kind of, you know, deep sense of fatalism that makes the idea of political politics seem kind of silly. And so what role that played in his shift to the right is an open question. But it's very seductive because it offers you really a out on any moral responsibility for anything. It doesn't necessarily result in people voting Republican by any stretch. I think it's far more like widespread cultural appeal than people realize.
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