The End of Identitarian Spoon Ninjas
The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Conservatism
This chapter explores the transformation of American conservatism and the Republican Party within a changing political context. The speaker introduces their newsletter, 'Boiling Frogs', to analyze populism, GOP dynamics, and the effects of Trump's influence on societal norms and institutions.
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Speaker 3
Yeah, I always feel the folks we bring on our podcast are way smarter
Speaker 2
than us. That's why we bring them on the podcast. This is a secret way to get, you know, it's like a masterclass for us. Yep, yep, exactly. But
Speaker 1
I'm so glad you guys are doing what you're doing. I feel like that nuance is so missing in general rhetoric around US immigration, right? I mean, the worst elements of it is like, oh my god, somehow undocumented asylum seekers are to blame for our, you know, predicament, which I'm like, oh my god, what nonsense. But yeah, even in the places that pretend to be or play, you know, intellectual conversation on TV, you know, some of the arguments are really superficial, you know,
Speaker 2
are you talking about C-SPAN? I'm just kidding. You should hear some of the arguments on immigration. Oh my goodness. That's
Speaker 1
the thing, right? I just feel like people like my own friends in the US, the one thing I do tell them is that a lot of the times you'll hear people say that this is unacceptable, you know, well, it's not, you're accepting it by continuing to stay. So don't think about or spend too much energy on bills and what got introduced in Congress and all that. Like if you want to continue staying in the US, the bills and laws are not going to rescue you figure out a way to do it through EB1 or EB1C. Take two steps backwards to go five steps forward, right? Like move out, come back on L1, try EB1C, like do those things. Don't wait for laws to come rescue you or God help us the next president. Yep,
Speaker 2
exactly. Solid advice to end the episode on yep on that note thanks for coming on the podcast we've been planning this for a while and we finally made it happen and i'm sure we found it very educational and useful so i can only imagine how educational it's going to be for someone who is interested in moving to canada or interested in understanding more about the immigration landscape there so yeah no
Speaker 1
thank you so much. This was super, super fun. Please
Speaker 2
keep coming back. Yes. Oh, I'm
Speaker 1
happy to be a friend of the show. Very happy to be a friend of the show. Great. And since Canadian immigration loves to change every week, I'm sure we'll have lots to talk about also. Yeah. You
Speaker 2
probably need to do it at a regular cadence. Oh,
Speaker 1
for sure. Thank you. I'm
Speaker 2
still trying to calculate how much freedom will be worth.
Speaker 3
We need to set up like a website with a calculator. People can scroll and check.
Speaker 2
CRS calculator, freedom calculator. And then actually
Speaker 3
a solid point. Right? It was great. And I think there's a lot to, I guess, take in with, you know, all the things Sindhu mentioned. Yep. And it's so dynamic. It's changing like this.
Speaker 2
It was very refreshing to hear that perspective because all those details, because these are not things you are exposed to on a regular basis. Like moving to Canada without a few years of experience is a recipe for disaster for students is what I've understood. I wouldn't know this. No, would anyone else? You've got these immigration consultants in India just selling this dream and just getting people into these so-called career colleges that Sindhu's mentioned and they're stuck after that essentially, right? I love the episode. I love the conversation. Yeah,
Speaker 3
it's great. And like, it's the thing, it provides a lot more nuance and like a more ground level understanding of how it's not just, oh, you know what, let's just think about Canada. Like, you know, it's not that simple. Exactly. There's things you need to consider and it keeps changing so frequently.
Speaker 2
And another point that I want to take away is Canada is your alternative to India, not to US. Yep. Sometimes we kind of under the impression that Canada exists to solve all the immigration problems that US has, right? That's a mindset we need to move away from. Exactly. And if you constantly are in that consolation price mindset thinking it's, you know, US tier two, which a lot of us have that you will never be happy. Yeah. So if that pay cut or all those compromises you're going to make is going to weigh you down. She said, maybe Canada is not the right spot for you.
Speaker 3
Yeah. And I hope our listeners feel it was as informative as we felt. And as always, like, you know, whatever feedback that any of you have, we'd love to hear it. if you really enjoyed it we'd love to have you put us a few stars and rate our show on any of the platforms that you listen to and leave us a review as well because that helps us understand and you know cater and design more content on our future episodes and we thrive on that because you know you as a listener you are what makes us and i guess that's it that's a wrap for yep absolutely and just to
Speaker 2
add one more thing sanjay we've now we are out there on youtube we're on youtube music so you've got a lot of requests to be on youtube and we're there we're still working on the video form of these podcasts that should be there real soon we've also started doing periodic live sessions on youtube so we've got one up already feel free to check it out. Like Sanjay said, leave us your comments and your feedback. And if you're someone who uses Apple Podcasts, there's a really cool feature where now you can shoot us a text. As soon as you open it, you'll see a link to shoot us a text. So if you have any ideas for future episodes or you just want to say hi, go on and use the tool and reach out. We'll be extremely happy to you. And yeah, that's it. Yep. That's all, folks. Take care. See you in the next episode. Bye.
At long last, it’s over. The ever-intrepid Jonah remains trapped in the CNN studios, but was granted an hour to return to the sausage making factory for a quick rundown of what happened on Tuesday night. He discusses the potential self-fulfilling prophecy of alleging threats to democracy, the record minority turnout for Donald Trump (and what it means for the Democratic party), and the lessons to be learned from the era of language policing and the term “Latinx.” Later is the show, Jonah explains the importance of a more nationally oriented campaign strategy, the value in a digestible vocabulary of moralism, and reminds us all that despair is never the answer.
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