The Jesse Kelly Show

Hour 3: Guarding Against Communism at Home

Nov 4, 2025
Gratitude emerges as the ultimate defense against communism. The discussion highlights how people often disconnect their choices from real outcomes. Jesse examines the political landscape, questioning why communities tolerate crime and elect socialists. He critiques the prevailing economic populism in the GOP and responds to listener mail about fiscal conservatism. The episode also humorously tackles Michelle Obama's complaints and critiques media narratives on climate. In a whirlwind of insights, the importance of personal accountability and understanding ideology remains key.
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INSIGHT

Choices Versus Consequences

  • People routinely separate their political choices from the real-world consequences of those choices.
  • Jesse Kelly argues this cognitive divorce explains why voters blame everything but their own votes for urban decline.
ANECDOTE

Aztecs As A Mirror For Denial

  • Jesse Kelly compares the Aztecs' persistence in human sacrifice to modern people clinging to failing beliefs.
  • He uses the Aztecs' refusal to question their religion after droughts as a parallel to political denial today.
INSIGHT

When Ideology Overrides Evidence

  • Kelly criticizes climate reporting that explains cold snaps as caused by global warming.
  • He frames this as an example of ideological commitment overriding obvious contradictory evidence.
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