Trump's Attempt to Use the Military Would Be Worse

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"The height of what could happen on January 6 is if Donald Trump was much better executive, he could take control of the military," CNN's John Sutter says. "An effective practice authoritarian could roll the tanks out into the city streets to establish order and in so doing pause the process of democracy." The subreddit also told him not to bring up Hitler every other word. 'It's interesting to study that moment in history because it reveals so much about human nature'

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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:42) – Political ideologies
(16:10) – Twitter drama
(31:07) – Biden vs Trump
(38:07) – AOC
(40:47) – Bernie Sanders
(48:55) – Donald Trump: Pros and cons
(1:14:46) – Joe Biden: Pros and cons
(1:21:08) – Hate for politicians
(1:37:29) – RFK Jr
(1:50:48) – Republican voters
(1:57:30) – Conspiracy theories
(2:02:26) – January 6th
(2:11:31) – Hunter Biden’s laptop
(2:15:46) – Tucker Carlson
(2:18:44) – Wokeism and censorship
(2:37:11) – ChatGPT and universities
(2:43:10) – Libertarianism
(2:46:47) – Elon Musk
(2:55:14) – Dealing with attacks
(2:59:56) – Truth
(3:05:47) – Israel and Palestine
(3:09:41) – Ukraine war
(3:17:42) – Books
(3:28:22) – Mortality
(3:30:33) – Advice for young people
(3:32:05) – Hope for the future