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#274 — The Future of American Democracy
Making Sense with Sam Harris
How Did Trump Do This?
Incentives work. The average republican office holder would not say that the election was stolen, and would be horrified by many of the things that trump says and does. But there's a combination of opportuney and fear behind their behaviour because they're responding to incentives. As for the party base, there isn't a stable thing called a republican. People go, you know, it isn't get a card isnt that you pay a fee, you go in and out. So you saw millions of people who had voted republican vote for democratic candidates on November 8th. And then they lost. Out of that experience of loss, they gained a differing view about the future of the
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