The Unpopularity of Chamath

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Chamath: I think the US is in a time that then your key issue is how much do you think about the prioritization of the fiscal the federal budget. Chamath says he prefers candidates who are able to draw a hard line agitators Nonconformers and has been very anti-establishment. "The idea of Tearing down all these institutions of power gives me glee"

(0:00) Bestie intros!

(0:49) Jason and Sacks intro Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

(3:46) Foreign policy: Ukraine / Russia

(17:17) Foreign policy: Taiwan / China

(18:57) Government spending: Fiscal responsibility, where to cut budget, debt ceiling

(33:22) US Govt Intelligence Agencies: "Deep State," increasing accountability, "agency capture"

(46:04) COVID: mishandling, more "agency capture," vaccine policy

(55:10) Broader thoughts on vaccines in general

(1:05:54) Energy policy: thoughts on nuclear

(1:15:29) Culture wars: trans issues, CRT in schools, public vs charter schools

(1:23:09) Media: declining trust, misaligned incentives, conflict of interest with large advertisers

(1:30:07) Mainstream media coverage, ABC News debacle, evolving with new information, money in politics