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The way both talk about Harris is 5 months later exposing how propaganda works. "she is a meme of a meme of a meme" and yet 5 months later people are being fed by propaganda that she's reaching the charismatic level of Obama. Our world is terminal
0ur reality is constantly being manipulated by the owners that own us; it is their right and as they’ve said and shown us many times throughout history. We re just way too easy to distract, disinform and manipulate through our predetermined conditioning (conveniently also by design and established by “our owners”). WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS TRUTH
YES! "Our World" IS terminal! And the US politics is just one symptom of the termination that looms around about one more corner. What has been predicted for millenia... is happening now.
And how about this for propaganda, this week one of the main network news corp is cut and pasting her words so she sounds more coherent. This is the height of propaganda
That's certainly the norm. But how then do kind, well meaning, intelligent people find their ways into leadership positions in government as opposed to these sleazy type B narcissists with personality disorders? Is it possible for good people to get into politics? It appears to be something that needs to change. The world is going to continue to be a nasty place if we're left with the Bidens and Trumps of the world to choose from. RFK jr is a no brainer improvement, but nobody thinks he can win. He is a step in the right direction, no doubt.
Read your Bible and The Lord Jesus will speak to you. Try to prove it wrong if you want, but if you will read it and study you will see. The reason the whole world seems to be crazy is we are in the last days. A whole lot of what is going on now was predicted in the Bible. Do you know about the 5 red heifers without blemish that have been brought from Texas to Israel so they can be sacrificed for the building of the 3rd Temple. The Bible predicted there would be a modern country of Israel and 100 years ago many people thought that was impossible. But I serve The Almighty YAHWEH and nothing is impossible with Him!!!PRAISE THE LORD!!!
I love how he throws questions around to get better engagement. He’s damn good. What I’m not thrilled about is paying for Premium (ad free) but yet still have to listen to ads .
I really appreciate that he speaks at a reasonable pace for our comprehension, and leaves LOTS of silent air between comments so we can THINK about what he has just shared.
Correct you are! Compare him to Ben Shapiro.... difficult to follow without a few replays. As brilliant as Shapiro is, it always seems like his mouth is racing to keep up with his brain.
His talent as an educator/professor is showing… His refusal to ’teach’ (their) propaganda led to him being available to all of us outside the ‘higher education scam’…
All he said is that your elected officials are there for the $$$$$$ !!!! and not for altruism , that they care more about their pocket than about the American citizen , period.
well, that's why they are there, that's what Western Politics is about, its much like Slavic Politics, but in the West, they waste time bullshiting you about all the things they aren't going to do.
Rep. Thomas Massie said the same thing on Timcast recently. That the people no longer control the government, the feedback system is broken and they’re just enriching themselves. All he can do is provide transparency
One of the issues I have with Eric Weinstein is that he will say something completely unclear, and then just sit there and act like you should totally know what he is talking about, and then you have to prod him to get an explanation to some arcane point he is trying to make. American political parties are a -troth- trough (apparently I can't spell) . No explanation, just sits there smugly acting like that sentence makes any sense absent an explanation. He does this all the time, and it bugs the crap out of me, to the point that I can barely stand to watch him in conversation.
It seems that 50% of the time he answers a different question than what is asked and when starts answering the question, you know where he's heading and before he completes his answer he's off on another tangent. I know he's very intelligent, but he doesn't really think about the structure of his answer before he starts rambling.
I was once in dire straits as a young mother newly divorced. I had no idea how difficult it would be to provide for myself and my child. Without a college degree I would never gain employment enough to take care of our basic needs. I tried. I collapsed, and I went on social assistance. After about two months I realized the only way up is to be independent of handouts because NOTHING is free. The assistance I had was a form of slavery. Meaning, once you are in the system they keep you there. Do you hear that? There is no pathway out except for your own blood, sweat and tears. They know it. We know it. People on the dole have no reason to get off, even if they have less. Why? Because they are certain of the daily dose, just for doing nothing. I got up and out and I raised two successful and well educated children with my husband of 25 years. People who will take the free stuff are happy slaves. I will live free or die hard trying.
He warned about taking part in other country's affairs and that's exactly what we've. Mark Twain said that we can't have an empire abroad and a republic at home. He was right, too. We've destroyed our republic decades ago.
George Washington, Mark Twain, Obama, Trudeau, Romney, etc. They all have one thigh in common and nobody knows or cares what that is. So you get played like a bango.
They are loyal to the bureaucratic system, not to any party or friend. You are loyal to your master, the hand that feeds you. For them it's the bureaucracy, without it there is nothing for them in DC. Literally nothing but actual governance which they clearly have no interest in. Make sense?
This is the first time I’ve come across Eric Weinstein, I find him to be a very interesting person, his knowledge and his willingness to speak on topics, others are afraid to talk about is remarkable. I wish him well, and hope he keeps on fighting the good fight!
I have the same feeling. This was the first time listen to Eric Weinstein, well done approach with in a calm manner. Seeing trough the glass window not az easy task with an open eyes.
He told the story of how his brother was robbed of a nobel prize. Great storytelling and technical explanation of the significance of the discovery. He also figured out very early on that Epstein, the CIA and Mossad all appeared to be acting together. And his basis for that conclusion was his own observations of the structure of Epstein's back office in relation to the hedge fund he allegedly ran. Eric is a subject matter expert there and figured out it was obviously a front. It's a brave question to ask as it implicates two nations he presumably cares about. Suggests he cares about the truth more than tribalism.
wait till you find out that he's a fraud who, despite being way more intelligent than you are, is still not someone whom he pretends to be. His pseudoscientific "geometric unity" which has been debunked claimed to be the "theory of everything" (spoiler: it isn't). Eric Weinstein and his brother are two frauds who did nothing remarkable in science and are just spewing out conspiracy theories for folks who want to make a revolution against common sense and basic human rights
There are lots of instances of genuinely good people running for office and not winning because WE THE PEOPLE couldn't be bothered to even spend a half a day once every 2 years to seriously research these candidates and to vote for integrity rather than idle promises and technicolor TV ads.
Eric's point is very similar to what Tucker Carlson said a while back: that both political parties run on platforms that bear almost no correlation at all to what voters say are the issues most important to them.
Ok but Weinstein explicitly said due to entrenched corruption and a system that incentivizes both parties/candidates for that; what reason did Carlson give?
@TheMoodyLoners Tuckems came from FOX the propaganda network who has been sued for almost 1 billion. Another major lawsuit coming. For what lying & trying to destroy Democracy something we should never forget.
@@chad6987 He needs to run for office and use the wisdom he claims politicians don't have. Ironically this is the biggest root problem and no one talks about it.
I don’t want to walk into a hospital with my sick child and see affirmative action DEI hires. Bring back the meritocracy. He’s absolutely right. Nothing feels right right now.
Meritocracy is/was always a scam. It's who is related, who you know and who you blow. The chances of the son/daughter of a doctor becomes an MD is 20X higher then the rest of us. You don't really think they are that much smarter than the other kids do you? When I was younger did 4 years in the Air Force then got out and went to college. The people in college were not in any way smarter then the people I met in the military. Ones Daddy could write a check, the other one could not. But smart enough to join the military and learn about the world beyond the Hayfield or your 'Hood. The smarter kids I met in college were aware of it. Only the upper middle class types thought smart kids go to college.
@@ifithrewmyguitarouttA DEI hire is someone who is either a woman or black etc and who is clearly not up for the job they are hired for. People aren't stupid, they know when they are in the presence of someone like that..Harvard president for example..
I worked as a mental health nurse for many years. There use to be a large distinction between either side of the locked door. That distinction is now gone, everyone has gone mad.
Eric always talks in riddles and answers most questions with questions. That is why some of us say he speaks a great deal of nothing. Sometimes he's on point, but often he's incredibly elusive.
he does it to impress stupid people, and it works. stupid people assume he has a good reason for doing it. smart people know that there is no good reason for doing it.
Eric Weinstein is being as honest as anyone can be. Most of us don't know what to do with ourselves as it pertains to the state of the nation. His introduction about a two party trough was spot on. We have to get rid of the current political class who are bleeding our treasury and dragging our sons and daughters into wars to make donors happy. They have to go.
Look at the results of each party’s trough. GOP gives to those who are buying favor. Dems favor feeding all. Weinstein is a member of the GOP trough and his glorification of SCOTUS and imperial president shows that. He is using the “authority” card to the max.
@@kathiedito1318 Kennedy's economics and foreign policy are only going to pile onto our biggest problems mentioned by the op. Not saying he doesn't have a true passion for improvement of the country but he is completely clueless on some of the most pressing priorities.
Eric is speaking purely in riddles, on everything, at this point. And not just riddles, but poetic cinematic riddles-like a character in a tense scene of a psychological thriller. The goal is not to have a point, the goal is to appear unique and interesting. It’s entirely performative. “Eric goes on forever and says nothing.” 9:05
You're not alone in this opinion. I like the general ideas this guy brings up but he comes off as such a conceited "I know things neither you nor anyone else knows" narcissist that I can hardly stand listening to him. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt - maybe he's well meaning but simply can't communicate. Regardless, I don't find him worthy of attention. First and foremost, he is NOT a good communicator and, in fact, comes off as incoherent at best and arrogant at worst. Sure, he has some good ideas and seems to be a contrarian by nature (I am too), and yeah maybe you could argue what he's doing is using "metaphor" but why? Why not simply speak plainly for people to understand. Why be so cryptic? Why be so obtuse? He's speaking this way to be more theatrical or to come off as being "deeper" than he really is. He's not this being who's just so smart he's thinking on a level beyond what us plebians can understand, he's just a guy who can't seem to communicate intelligibly. Many of his sentences are just empty and lacking in genuine content. He simply hints at possible things, gives cryptic responses, or just babbles incoherently. Yes, he makes some interesting points but a lot of it is incoherent rambling and, I'll chance a guess, confabulation. It's not that I or others didn't understand what he might've been trying to say - we're all likely intelligent enough to understand the general picture. But it's the way he goes about it that raises red flags for so many of us. In fact, I would wager serious money that the more intelligent and/or educated one is, the higher the likelihood they would find Eric Weinstein to be an unreliable source of information. I'll also add, as mere testimony, that I've known people like this - if you're seeing something special, I'm sorry to say it's likely smoke and mirrors. Mr. Weinstein: Stop pausing for dramatic effect so much as if we're just hanging on every word you say. You're not the smartest, richest, wisest, sexiest, most educated, most interesting or most accomplished person who's been on this podcast. Again Mr. Weinsein: You're just one of many who may have some interesting perspectives and ideas to present but that's it. Just say what you mean, give your honest opinion without all the theatricality, and have a real, genuine conversation.
what are you talkin aboot? The guy just said exactly what he meant in this clip. let me condense it for you, question: "what are your predictions for the 2024 american election" answer: "i dont know anything can happen, the current people running things on all sides are all pigs in it for themselves." question: "why did you stop podcasting" answer: "I dont like the fame, i cant handle the pressure" there you go
It's really sad. I am German, living in the UK, but I deal with public officials in Europe and the US quite a bit and the one thing that unites them is that they just seem utterly incompetent and useless. I have absolutely 0 trust in any government official or justice system... I don't know how I can when every time they open their mouths or make a decision, it's just so utterly stupid. How can the German chancellor stand there in the second half of 2020 and speak to 84 million Germans on TV and make the statement that vaccine mandates are inhumane and he does not support them and they will not become law... and 6 months later the same man stands in front of the cameras, speaking once again to 84 million Germans and says that he has always been in favor of vaccine mandates and keeps going on about how they are unavoidable and definitely have to become law... how am I supposed to take someone like that seriously? How am I supposed to take a UK prime minister seriously who doesn't know how much the average person earns, how much bread is, how much the average house in London costs? How am I supposed to trust a supreme court in Germany that consists entirely of elected party or former party members of the current leading government party? How am I supposed to trust a court that claims that saying that men cannot be women is hateful speech and people should go prison for expressing it, while forced medical procedures are totally fine by claiming that "you haven't lost your basic liberties, you are just not allowed to practice them (temporarily)"? I just think the public sphere in the Western world is a complete clown show. I struggle to take any public official seriously because they all just strike me as narcisstic a**holes who couldn't give less of a s*it about the population or the country. I want to believe in the institutions, but they are just all doing such a terrible job that I don't know how I am supposed to do that?
It is sad. It is sad that people in power, or institutions, fear telling the truth because they may lose their job or power or whatever the need is that they want met via their chosen path. Meanwhile, I listen and wonder 'what can I do, how can I be different?' Grappling with big problems is not easy. Then there is my inner peace, as I grapple. Thanks for saying what you did.
@@diilouise So what is the way out? I doubt we can vote our way out of this. If we do not want to go down the path of destroying and abandoning all our institutions - what is left? Reforming them? How, if the elected "public servants" are only interested in serving themselves?
@TiGGowich It's a good, big question, so let me get back to you. I am Australian, by the way. However, the spill-over seems to happen here in our smaller (at least, digitally) world today.
@TiGGowich I don't have a way out I have found a way through that works for me. To give some context,I worked with Kenyans (Indigenous, Indian heritage and British heritage) for about 12 years. I travelled there numerous times. I met some marvellous people, but also knew that there were those I found I didn't trust, and all in between - much like anywhere, I suppose. I ended up dedicating 10 years to one particular group, the Kenana Knitters. The lady who founded the group once said to me 'we can't help everyone, but we help who we can'. Her words have stayed with me and help me when I am struggling to find a way through. She started more than 20 years ago with 2 ladies, wool, knitting needles and some simple designs for soft toys. Today, the group is employing and training the 2nd generation of ladies (daughters, cousins, friends) and they export around the world. The patterns are all hand designed, mostly by the founder, on a grid with crosses, as literacy and numeracy can be challenges for these country ladies. This is a story of my experience, not a solution, but it is a reminder that what seems impossible, over time with patience, determination, some elbow grease and those who either cheer us on or join us, or both, is possible. The Kenana Knitter motto is 'changing lives one stitch at a time'. Note to self: Once I decide what needs to be done, do it. Once I decide how I want to be, be it.
It's not just that power corrupts, but that it is MAGNETIC to the corruptible...those that seek out power and will do ANYTHING to have it. And what better place to hold power than government?
The correct quote is "“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.” Lord Acton. Please notice that most references to Lord Acton's quote leave out the word "tend" .
This is exactly why billionaires are evil. Money is power, and power corrupts. Always. And before you call me a communist, just know that I don't have a solution. The only thing we CAN do is appease the billionaires (within reason). Let them run the world. So long as the rest of us get to live comfortably, we shouldn't care if some people own yachts and private jets.
The politicians we get are a reflection of the people that vote for them. If we want to be more educated it’s up to us. Democracy requires vigilance and self growth.
But you can’t convince either side that they have failed. You have one group of people saying Trump is the answer and you have another group saying Biden is the answer. You immediately get labeled as a centrist.
I agree. It's also not accurate. Better to admit that things just keep going, maybe not the way we'd like, but it keeps going. Better to get with the program. Try Taoism, the religion of leaving things alone, letting things be....@@eaglesfan2285
He was wrong. Money is power, and power corrupts. Always. It's naive to think most people would be able to handle being rich without turning into the very thing they swore not to become (some could, I'm sure. But most couldn't).
@@earlekirkwood8436 It's ironic to me that conservatives understand power corrupts, but fail to realize that money is power. Such a blind spot is no doubt a result of decades of red scare propaganda.
@@earlekirkwood8436 It's no surprise he'd reference Rush Limbaugh. It's an Eric Weinstein video. Weinstein is part of the Intellectual Dark Web, a group of supposedly rebellious thinkers and intellectuals who ostensibly champion truth and rationality while defying political correctness. In reality, they're just right wingers.
@@abstract5249 Your dead center on this, Mr. Abstract! Practically all the confusion about politics is due to: • first and foremost, not understanding the reality of human nature; • not understanding the reality of politics and how political endeavors work; and, • to the degree that there is power, that power most certainly will and does corrupt.
"No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems -- of which getting elected and re-elected are No. 1 and No. 2. Whatever is No. 3 is far behind." - Thomas Sowell
It’s a self-enrichment pursuit. It’s the system we have, so one side gets the power to do that. They’re not as devoted to party as they are devoted to the power grab.
“There’s no part of this world at the moment that looks sane to me” such powerful words. It’s how so many people feel at the moment. Just when you think that things can’t get worse, the wealthy, the celebrity, the government officials… they just reach that little bit further.
No. The modern Democrats really are evil, operating openly against the good of the nation. The right offers a better alternatives. Perfection does not exist, but distinctions do.
This is how the world has always been. It's social media that brought it to light, as it brings the news out in real time and I totally agree with him when it comes to invisibility.
All anybody ever needed to do was listen to. These fools talk during election season. What did they do? They're always putting out there. Election campaign ADS and during these campaign ADS. What are they doing trashing and tearing down their person of competition? And then in the end of it all generally. They pad each other on the back. The winner gets, you know, congratulated? The loser fades off into the you know, back burner. I think it's all about who can buy who for all of them. Always promise this and promise that. Just give me your vote. It never mattered it always needed to look like it mattered. Our votes never really truly mattered because if they did the people we actually voted for would have been put into office but even if the person you had voted for got put into office, there was never any guarantee that they were going to do for you. What they said because there was always a balance. So if the republicans got the house, the democrats always got the senate and one of the other parties always had a head chair in the other parties. Congress or senate party? I noticed this when I was even just 14 years old and I didn't know anything about politics. All I did was listen to him during their campaign every election season. Around the age of 18 and above is where I kind of started to actually pay a little more attention but it wasn't until 20:16. That I really started to pay attention but see, I already knew what I knew what I learned in 2016 was really nothing. I already knew that just cemented what I already knew. You see, so. If people had pulled their heads out of their butts and quit paying so much attention to sports and television and this movie star. That movie starred this rock star. That rap star. Everybody just needs to realize all of that. S*** was created all for distraction. That's absolutely nothing to do with entertaining you? Or it does, but only for the means of distraction, not for your actual liking of the entertainment. If that even makes sense but see and still today. There are too many people that are still too embedded into sports and their everyday life. Well, soon none of that's even gonna matter. We've got Putin off. Of you know in in the Cuba area near Florida? Our government's poking the Bear. So to speak, they want us to go to war. People like George Soros and Klaus robs. And you've all worry in all of them nut cases. They want us to go to war. The whole plan is to kill as many people. As possible so, now that a lot of us won't take their poisonous death clock shots. They're putting it enough food. They're spraying it into our air. They're putting it into our water. There's almost quite literally nothing. That hasn't been poisoned. I just heard tonight that they're putting glyphytes in in things like wine and beer, says probably in whiskey's and bourbons as well. And people are still drinking that s*** And you know you can tell your friends and all they can do is get p***** off at you. Because you're telling them some bad news. And there's almost quite literally no way to get away from it. People are losing their ever living minds. When all they really need to be doing is praying for a revelation. Praying for everybody to seek God's face. Yahua seek his face and pray for forgiveness. Because yeah, life is we knew it before. It's never going back to that and I'm not being negative. I'm being realistic and as soon as everybody else chooses to be realistic. You just might be a little better off. And yeah, we need to stop working for our government and working for ourselves. Instead, everybody keeps talking about how the Chinese would never come after our country. Because behind every blade of grass is a gun. That doesn't matter when no one chooses to pick up that gun. And defend their rights that we supposedly thought we had. We've all been slaves all of this time. But it was very well hidden behind our so-called freedoms. Our freedom to move about our freedom to have a job. Our freedom to buy what we want when we want. How we want. Yeah, that kind of freedom, but it's not really freedom when they can choose to take it all away from you and we just sit back and let it. We all believe that the 2020 election was stolen from us. Guess what? There's been more elections stolen from us than even that, but it wasn't until. Trump ran that most people decided to open the rise and see that for what it was now. Sadly, we're in worse shape than we ever have been. And people still wanna sit back and wait for another election. This just gonna be stolen. We've already allowed our constitutional rights to be trampled upon. And in the Constitution, it talks about people having taken an oath to uphold the Constitution against foreign and domestic actors. Terrace. Well, guess what? We have terrorists running our government straight into the ground and we. The people have done nothing but allow this s*** to continue. So I don't believe anything's gonna be done by the people. We've been p**** fied and that's a fact prove me wrong.
Weinstein: I am tired of being famous. I want to stop being famous. Weinstein: ***makes sure to go on a video podcast on a channel with 2.45million subscribers**
I stumbled upon this channel. Even though I am not a so called educated person and I don't always understand the verbage, Eric is so fascinating to listen to. The extent of subjects to which can speak about is amazing. I also admire how each of you are so patient to listen and pause with a response. Love listening you both.
If you care to consider my suggestion, you may like the channel ‘Lex Fridman.’ Lex is a patient polymath, well respected for the conversation style you seem to appreciate. Plus, Lex and Eric are friends.
This is a great point. Lots of people with intelligence, courage, and integrity can point out the corruption in our government, and how we need much higher quality people. But none of them actually run for office, b/c the game is too nasty. Who would want to work or fight with a bunch of corrupt a-holes for a multi year term. Even if a decent person were to get into office, among other mostly lower character people, and tried their best, they would be blamed for what they failed to achieve more than praised for anything they accomplished. And those that opposed them would slander them via the media, like they make RFK Jr out to be a kook, b/c he actually dares to talk about fighting the corrupt system itself. It's a very unappealing life path that does not beckon to good people who don't enjoy conflict.
Eric Weinstein, I hope you see this comment. Until today, I had never heard of Eric Weinstein. We need you now more than ever because you tell the truth, you go deep and you don't sugar coat it. We need the ugly truth. We need the hidden truth. We need people who are willing to say it. ❤️
Well Trump got into office in 2016 because both parties were selling America down the River to China, Ukraine, Russia, etc. You had Cheney getting rich off Iraq and huge contracts - Clinton’s got rich with the Clinton Foundation, the Uranium1 deal, etc etc.
The Portal was among the few interactions I had with the contemporary media and I deeply miss it. Eric is a true polymath and is uniquely situated to cover the diverse array of subject matter that puts the portal at the very forefront of intellectual endeavour - BRING IT BACK ERIC PLEASE!!!
That's just stupid. There are a few good Dems and many excellent GOP-especially the ones who are viciously attacked via the corporate press, so they lose elections because people believe the swill, rather than look at politicians actions, votes, platforms and ethics! There is a Congressional record., same for the states. . You can know this, do a little research for heaven's sake and stop making inane, lazy slogans as predictions.
The thing is we only vote in a very small % of people who are in charge of the government. The vast majority of people in the government are not voted in, they are just there in the shadows pulling levers and they do not care what the “People” want or care about. Yet they are just as responsible for how the government runs as the people we vote in. Even if you vote in a few honest people at the top, it’s like we hand them a paddle and tell them to change the direction of this rotten boat we call our government, but they are standing on the Titanic. Just think trying to change the direction of the Titanic with a few canoe paddles?
The business of America is business. The right is becoming worse than the Taliban in suits/Handmaid's Tale though so I'll stick with corporate Democrats this time. Kamala's economic plan is better than Trump's, according to Goldman Sachs and that's all I need to know
It's because we have allowed the politicians to corrupt the voter by giving them freebies from the treasury and now most voters won't vote for a guy like Eric because he would probably cut fat out of the system and that would hurt if it was your fat.
How do you know we don't? (I would think we probably do). And what does "a person like Eric" actually mean? I imagine if the world were run the way Eric wanted, there would be a lot of unhappy people who think he's an idiot, because that's going to happen no matter who is making the decisions.
That isn't a belief, it's an inevitable consequence of the Citizens United ruling. How many billions do you need these days if you want to field a viable third-way Presidential candidate? Bloomberg in 2020 vaporized $1 billion (very badly) on a 104-day campaign and didn't move the needle (although he didn't use the debates to). Andrew Yang came and went. Bernie 2016 was derailed by the superdelegates setup. All seems like compelling evidence to me.
"there's no part of this world at the moment that looks sane to me." E.W. Thanks for saying that and helping me to feel that I'm NOT crazy because I feel identically.
@@Mistah_Boombastic_BiggieCheesewhy would you want an interpretation of something that was written in a time of such less knowledge than today, scientifically, ethically, morally, culturally...I could go on. Surely it would make more sense to govern by ideals that come from our society today, case in point, let's not own human beings as property.
Eric seems obscure and meandering more than usual, kinda like a stoner slowly drawling around. Can't he just state a point? If he is intentionally vague in order to manipulate people or put on an intellectual air, that's just sociopathic and pompous. Get to the point plainly, immediately, with minimal scrunchy pustulating of the zeitgeist already.
@@kathyhansen2820 that's a very accurate observation. He is also one of the planet's most intelligent people. I don't always agree with his views, but I understand why he has them.
@@snoopyboobs I think that is slightly off. They get butthurt when their warnings and their input are summarily dismissed due to political narrative concerns. Both are not afraid to put the information out there regardless of the politics... because science and education shouldn't be in any way interfered with by a singular political ideology.
Yes, Eric, you don’t need to be an intellectual to see all the problems with humans…. And yes we should be doing something better. No real insights here
There’s nothing wrong with restating and discussing the known problems. Perhaps it could spark “real insights” in someone listening. Be well, good luck.
@@DelayedLaunch - He said he didn't know if America would accept the VP as the president. C'mon man, NEITHER side wants her. She was OPENLY picked as an AA running mate.
Maybe people should stop telling everyone who they are voting for. I remember hearing people saying that who they decide to vote for is their business.
I absolutely love how this guy actually takes the time to think. There's space between his thoughts & words, AS THERE SHOULD BE. It's not just constant, uninterrupted oral/vocal diarrhea.
After reading several comments it seems a considerable portion can't manage to wrap their heads around what he's saying. Sad state of affairs on several levels!
What does a sane world look like? Remember, we are a world of 8 billion, a country(US) of what, 330 million, all with different interests and beliefs. Governing 330 million people is not easy, and democracy is inherently messy, there are 330 million individual viewpoints and ideas, and never a consensus. So again, could you tell me what sane looks like, in that context?
Nobody says that there’s absolutely no difference between the two, but the thought that both parties are incredibly corrupt and care much more about their own wellbeing and their mega-donors’ much more than the average American is absolutely true. You can certainly make the argument that perhaps there is one party that is better at the thing you care about than another then that’s true. But to pretend like there is someone to vote FOR in this election is laughable.
@@BrennanSedivy Exactly! Both ridiculously bad in their own way! We are a joke at this point if these two are the best we have, or that these two idiots are what the bulk of our population is voting for/supporting...
@@vitaly6312IMO, having to make a choice between only these two people again is absolutely insane, a disgrace and an embarrassment for our country…but since a choice must be made, I think it only makes sense to vote for the person who HAS NOT been charged with 91 indictments of fraud against him and found liable for sexual assault and defamation against a woman and ordered to pay her $5M at the first trial and then more than $80M at the second trial. IMO, that is not a good look for the President of the United States.
Eric is utterly in love with himself. I used to watch him for his unique perspective until the last year or so. He bathes in his Arrogance and narcissism while putting others down. I made it through this one but it hurt lol
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 I like the general ideas this guy brings up but he comes off as such a conceited "I know things neither you nor anyone else knows" narcissist that I can hardly stand listening to him. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt - maybe he's well meaning but simply can't communicate. Regardless, I don't find him worthy of attention. First and foremost, he is NOT a good communicator and, in fact, comes off as incoherent at best and arrogant at worst. Sure, he has some good ideas and seems to be a contrarian by nature (I am too), and yeah maybe you could argue what he's doing is using "metaphor" but why? Why not simply speak plainly for people to understand. Why be so cryptic? Why be so obtuse? He's speaking this way to be more theatrical or to come off as being "deeper" than he really is. He's not this being who's just so smart he's thinking on a level beyond what us plebians can understand, he's just a guy who can't seem to communicate intelligibly. Many of his sentences are just empty and lacking in genuine content. He simply hints at possible things, gives cryptic responses, or just babbles incoherently. Yes, he makes some interesting points but a lot of it is incoherent rambling and, I'll chance a guess, confabulation. It's not that I or others didn't understand what he might've been trying to say - we're all likely intelligent enough to understand the general picture. But it's the way he goes about it that raises red flags for so many of us. In fact, I would wager serious money that the more intelligent and/or educated one is, the higher the likelihood they would find Eric Weinstein to be an unreliable source of information. I'll also add, as mere testimony, that I've known people like this - if you're seeing something special, I'm sorry to say it's likely smoke and mirrors. Mr. Weinstein: Stop pausing for dramatic effect so much as if we're just hanging on every word you say. You're not the smartest, richest, wisest, sexiest, most educated, most interesting or most accomplished person who's been on this podcast. Again Mr. Weinsein: You're just one of many who may have some interesting perspectives and ideas to present but that's it. Just say what you mean, give your honest opinion without all the theatricality, and have a real, genuine conversation. I'm not alone in this opinion.
@@antirealist he actually has no clue so he says he has no clue with the implication that he has some hidden knowledge, while hoping that if he said it with enough mystique, people would believe he is just hiding it. When he said he wants to restart his podcast, he's just saying he doesn't have anything to say but still wants the attention. Hence also the random pre justification about him hating attention.
No Eric :-( ... I just discovered you, am having the best time of my previously deprived life & you utter the devastating words about perhaps not wanting to continue with your 'podcast' ! ... Please reconsider when your mind will be in a more positive state ... I do enjoy my version of prayer & certainly am enjoying your thought processes, uttered sequential words & have hanged off your every spoken thought which I gleaned in the past half day & into this night here in this dark space, in Australia since not taking the seconds out to switch on the electric lights. Legend Chris! :-)
I search for Eric Weinstein everywhere. He speaks so concisely and when he speaks, he speaks about things that matter. And he makes me feel less crazy because everyone else seems to think what's going on is bloody normal!
Eric is my favorite thinker. Out of all of you online guys, whom i do also appreciate, Eric has the most depth. Every time he opens his mouth he has a lot to say and the only people who won’t notice that are the ones who are looking for someone to hand them all of the answers. Eric doesn’t do that. The depth and thoughtfulness of his answers, especially when Chris keeps trying to nail him down, speaks volumes i wish everyone could hear.
What should we change about our economic system, taxes, housing? What should we change about our foreign policy, more intervention, more isolation? He didn't say anything.
When we talk of the trough though, we must remember how many Americans now rely...their employers rely, on that trough. If you work for any business that gets government contracts or grants or various, specialized tax breaks or subsidies you feed at the trough. People are generaly very concerned about spending at other troughs than their own. They are more concerned with cuts to their trough or even at general cuts that might hit their trough.
This. People wonder why the Dems still get so much support. Well, probably close to 50% of people's wages are indirectly or directly related to government spending. Our entire society is structured on Big Government spending and people do not want that to stop.
that sounds like corporate socialism :D very same problem we have in europe. I bet every western country has this (I dont know asian countries enough to say). This puts that "zero sum game" mentality which we are not supposed to have but this is why we have it and cannibaize, polarize. It is pure survival, not anything luxury. Solution is to lower trough for everyone, but tragedy of the commons looms there, so it is hard(or that nash equilibrium problem).... so it is short term easier to polarize and try to grab power to secure your trough/"benefits" in system. Then follows competition between groups.
8:00 - His tribe destroyed all the Churches and now he says we need those kind of institutions back! Nothing he says is serious. All this is is a description of the havoc he has wrought!
Watching you and Eric talk is the best. Sometimes way over my head but I never feel this amount of brain power from 2 individuals talking, anywhere, ever. I am memorized in a great way by your conversations. Super deep yet very simple. Its hard to explain but damn I hope to see more from you 2 fellas in particular chatting. Its awesome. Big fan!
All podcasts are made to inform and make people think, raise awareness. You'd be surprised how many Americans don't know many things in this world. I've been informed, now I can seek on my own.
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Sadly, all of the false knowledge is also at our fingerprints.
A Brit would get off to saying savage 😂❤
I only looked at this out of the corner of my eye, and thought you said “sausages”. Deeply offended for a millisecond.
Had clock off after a few seconds. What a pompous axx. No thanks.
Deep state will cancel election if trump is going to win.
"I don't know how to react because there is no part of this world that looks sane to me anymore..." nailed it.
Same here
Truth
Well...and his prediction for 2020 was totally backwards lol. I see why he had to filibuster his way out of that with "but reagan" lmao
Exactly.
No, he’s nailing water. Utterly useless comment. Obviously Eric has given up on USA politics and doesn’t even want to understand.
The way both talk about Harris is 5 months later exposing how propaganda works. "she is a meme of a meme of a meme" and yet 5 months later people are being fed by propaganda that she's reaching the charismatic level of Obama. Our world is terminal
0ur reality is constantly being manipulated by the owners that own us; it is their right and as they’ve said and shown us many times throughout history. We re just way too easy to distract, disinform and manipulate through our predetermined conditioning (conveniently also by design and established by “our owners”).
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS TRUTH
YES! "Our World" IS terminal! And the US politics is just one symptom of the termination that looms around about one more corner. What has been predicted for millenia... is happening now.
And how about this for propaganda, this week one of the main network news corp is cut and pasting her words so she sounds more coherent. This is the height of propaganda
In😮😢@@glennbaker106😮
Only fools can keep this illusion going. We all failed to keep our end of the bargan. Mirror never lies.
How is this not being shared everywhere? This clip has aged perfectly
I was thinking the same thing.
We need to get this back to Joe Rogan ASAP !
@@GJS2183orange cult leader is too old and crazy
100% yes
No, it doesn't. Facts are facts.
"Politicians are not born; they are excreted."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
That's certainly the norm. But how then do kind, well meaning, intelligent people find their ways into leadership positions in government as opposed to these sleazy type B narcissists with personality disorders? Is it possible for good people to get into politics? It appears to be something that needs to change. The world is going to continue to be a nasty place if we're left with the Bidens and Trumps of the world to choose from. RFK jr is a no brainer improvement, but nobody thinks he can win. He is a step in the right direction, no doubt.
Based.
Politicians are pooped out like a turd.
he was a politician himself you know
@@milkenjoyer14And a very bad one.
“Theres no part of this world that looks sane to me” THANK GOD someone said that just flat out
They must not look at sunsets or trees or grass or have the ability to close their eyes and see infinity.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." - William J. Casey, CIA Director [81-87]
@@chetsenior7253 Little to do with HUMANITY!!
@@DirtyDovi Our CIA are the COMMUNIST CONTROLLERS!!
@@DirtyDovi "Mission Accomplished Bill" ~~~ Joseph R. Biden 46th President of the United States.
"There's no part of the world, at this moment, that looks sane to me." Eric summed up my thoughts perfectly in that sentence.
and Erik is a staggering example
Australia blew my mind during COVID
Read your Bible and The Lord Jesus will speak to you. Try to prove it wrong if you want, but if you will read it and study you will see. The reason the whole world seems to be crazy is we are in the last days. A whole lot of what is going on now was predicted in the Bible. Do you know about the 5 red heifers without blemish that have been brought from Texas to Israel so they can be sacrificed for the building of the 3rd Temple. The Bible predicted there would be a modern country of Israel and 100 years ago many people thought that was impossible. But I serve The Almighty YAHWEH and nothing is impossible with Him!!!PRAISE THE LORD!!!
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I like how the heading is “his prediction for 2024” and his first response is 🤷🏽
It's a good answer. He's dishing up absurdism.
I love how he throws questions around to get better engagement. He’s damn good. What I’m not thrilled about is paying for Premium (ad free) but yet still have to listen to ads .
Click bait
I didn’t like it. Hardly news. ‘Win as they want to?’ Mr. Weinstein can do better.
@@beth3535 He is a phony.
Politicians are the scum of the earth...seems like more people are finally waking up to this
Not a coincidence the majority of them are trained as lawyers
Not just the politicians, but the bureaucrats as well. All State actors are subhuman.
My theory of Civilization ==>
Everyone in the public eye is an abused child with PTSD and narcissism. Normal people like privacy.
@@jpslaym0936 My theory of Civilization ==>
Everyone in the public eye is an abused child with PTSD and narcissism. Normal people like privacy.
And partisan hacks should be up there with isis the ones who say stuff because is financially great to them
I really appreciate that he speaks at a reasonable pace for our comprehension, and leaves LOTS of silent air between comments so we can THINK about what he has just shared.
Correct you are! Compare him to Ben Shapiro.... difficult to follow without a few replays. As brilliant as Shapiro is, it always seems like his mouth is racing to keep up with his brain.
@@PamelaRoss-qh6jhBen Shapiro isn't brilliant. He talks fast garbage.
@reredrumuoy no he doesnt... Shapiro is actually high intelligent, you started going to Harvard at like 13-14... Highly educated...
I think Eric is the Einstein of his generation
His talent as an educator/professor is showing…
His refusal to ’teach’ (their) propaganda led to him being available to all of us outside the ‘higher education scam’…
All he said is that your elected officials are there for the $$$$$$ !!!! and not for altruism , that they care more about their pocket than about the American citizen , period.
Surprise.
Most people, politicians included, do their job for the money. Very few people do their job for the love of the work.
well, that's why they are there, that's what Western Politics is about, its much like Slavic Politics, but in the West, they waste time bullshiting you about all the things they aren't going to do.
Rep. Thomas Massie said the same thing on Timcast recently. That the people no longer control the government, the feedback system is broken and they’re just enriching themselves. All he can do is provide transparency
he nailed it
Some of us run for elected office in self defense
One of the issues I have with Eric Weinstein is that he will say something completely unclear, and then just sit there and act like you should totally know what he is talking about, and then you have to prod him to get an explanation to some arcane point he is trying to make.
American political parties are a -troth- trough (apparently I can't spell) .
No explanation, just sits there smugly acting like that sentence makes any sense absent an explanation. He does this all the time, and it bugs the crap out of me, to the point that I can barely stand to watch him in conversation.
He does it with Chris Williamson more than anyone else because Chris wants so badly to be thought of as smart.
Trough not troth.
People usually say it of the political system not the parties.
Trough
the troughs that the politicians feed at. Like pigs.
It seems that 50% of the time he answers a different question than what is asked and when starts answering the question, you know where he's heading and before he completes his answer he's off on another tangent. I know he's very intelligent, but he doesn't really think about the structure of his answer before he starts rambling.
I was once in dire straits as a young mother newly divorced. I had no idea how difficult it would be to provide for myself and my child. Without a college degree I would never gain employment enough to take care of our basic needs. I tried. I collapsed, and I went on social assistance. After about two months I realized the only way up is to be independent of handouts because NOTHING is free. The assistance I had was a form of slavery. Meaning, once you are in the system they keep you there. Do you hear that? There is no pathway out except for your own blood, sweat and tears. They know it. We know it. People on the dole have no reason to get off, even if they have less. Why? Because they are certain of the daily dose, just for doing nothing. I got up and out and I raised two successful and well educated children with my husband of 25 years. People who will take the free stuff are happy slaves. I will live free or die hard trying.
I hope you run for office some day.
😅 When you said you were once In Dire Straights, I thought you meant the band. 😂😂
Thank you, this is a great story, a great insight, a great lesson. I would love to read your book.
You nailed it God bless you!
This is the best thing I've ever read on the internet. Everything else will be down hill. Please run for President.
George Washington warned about party loyalty
He warned about taking part in other country's affairs and that's exactly what we've. Mark Twain said that we can't have an empire abroad and a republic at home. He was right, too. We've destroyed our republic decades ago.
George Washington, Mark Twain, Obama, Trudeau, Romney, etc. They all have one thigh in common and nobody knows or cares what that is. So you get played like a bango.
hell yah. i’m on George Washington’s side!
Imagine being loyal to the party that fought to keep slavery. Democrats did that, in case any of you were wondering.
@@stephenthomas1492 Who's we?
It does seem like politicians care more about being loyal to their friends in the party than being loyal to the people they're supposed to represent.
They are loyal to the bureaucratic system, not to any party or friend. You are loyal to your master, the hand that feeds you. For them it's the bureaucracy, without it there is nothing for them in DC. Literally nothing but actual governance which they clearly have no interest in. Make sense?
its always been that way.
"..With friends like these.."
- Some dummy, circa last Thursday
DuH how old are you
lol. Must be your first day.
This is the first time I’ve come across Eric Weinstein, I find him to be a very interesting person, his knowledge and his willingness to speak on topics, others are afraid to talk about is remarkable. I wish him well, and hope he keeps on fighting the good fight!
I have the same feeling. This was the first time listen to Eric Weinstein, well done approach with in a calm manner. Seeing trough the glass window not az easy task with an open eyes.
He told the story of how his brother was robbed of a nobel prize. Great storytelling and technical explanation of the significance of the discovery. He also figured out very early on that Epstein, the CIA and Mossad all appeared to be acting together. And his basis for that conclusion was his own observations of the structure of Epstein's back office in relation to the hedge fund he allegedly ran. Eric is a subject matter expert there and figured out it was obviously a front. It's a brave question to ask as it implicates two nations he presumably cares about. Suggests he cares about the truth more than tribalism.
I wanted to say those words 2, but they came out wrong. Lol ty 4 expressing what I could not, correctly anyhoo
wait till you find out that he's a fraud who, despite being way more intelligent than you are, is still not someone whom he pretends to be. His pseudoscientific "geometric unity" which has been debunked claimed to be the "theory of everything" (spoiler: it isn't). Eric Weinstein and his brother are two frauds who did nothing remarkable in science and are just spewing out conspiracy theories for folks who want to make a revolution against common sense and basic human rights
I think he nailed it. What the people want, is NOT what they've be been promised or given. ....and will never be given, so now what?
The French had an idea back in the day.
@@Good_Horseywe can have our own version with wood chippers instead
There are lots of instances of genuinely good people running for office and not winning because WE THE PEOPLE couldn't be bothered to even spend a half a day once every 2 years to seriously research these candidates and to vote for integrity rather than idle promises and technicolor TV ads.
If not given then, we’ll take it
Except he denied not knowing a few things which he's either lying or ignorant.
Eric's point is very similar to what Tucker Carlson said a while back: that both political parties run on platforms that bear almost no correlation at all to what voters say are the issues most important to them.
I don’t know about that seems like conservative people care about abortion and taxes and border security and feeling good about America.
Ok but Weinstein explicitly said due to entrenched corruption and a system that incentivizes both parties/candidates for that; what reason did Carlson give?
@@stephenmcinerney9457 I believe his conclusion was essentially the same - they’re in it not to serve the public, but to serve themselves.
@TheMoodyLoners Tuckems came from FOX the propaganda network who has been sued for almost 1 billion. Another major lawsuit coming. For what lying & trying to destroy Democracy something we should never forget.
Now that is steep, to compare an intellectual to an uneducated (but schooled) average journalist!
We absolutely need more of Eric’s thought provoking commentary in this world. Bring back his podcast full tilt
Weinstein for president
@@chad6987 He needs to run for office and use the wisdom he claims politicians don't have. Ironically this is the biggest root problem and no one talks about it.
6:23 "There's no part of this world that looks sane to me".
Nailed it.
I watched a very sane sunset yesterday.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." - William J. Casey, CIA Director [81-87]
The UAE is doing pretty well.
I don’t want to walk into a hospital with my sick child and see affirmative action DEI hires. Bring back the meritocracy. He’s absolutely right. Nothing feels right right now.
Meritocracy is/was always a scam. It's who is related, who you know and who you blow. The chances of the son/daughter of a doctor becomes an MD is 20X higher then the rest of us. You don't really think they are that much smarter than the other kids do you? When I was younger did 4 years in the Air Force then got out and went to college. The people in college were not in any way smarter then the people I met in the military. Ones Daddy could write a check, the other one could not. But smart enough to join the military and learn about the world beyond the Hayfield or your 'Hood. The smarter kids I met in college were aware of it. Only the upper middle class types thought smart kids go to college.
How would you be able to visually identify a bunch of affirmative action and DEI hires?
@@ifithrewmyguitaroutt He’s just saying in code that he’s a Nazi and doesn’t like people who aren’t white.
@@jaymum23that is not the definition of a nazi, get a book read it.
By Darwin, the use of Nazi is getting inflated to the next degree.
@@ifithrewmyguitarouttA DEI hire is someone who is either a woman or black etc and who is clearly not up for the job they are hired for. People aren't stupid, they know when they are in the presence of someone like that..Harvard president for example..
I worked as a mental health nurse for many years. There use to be a large distinction between either side of the locked door. That distinction is now gone, everyone has gone mad.
Eric always talks in riddles and answers most questions with questions. That is why some of us say he speaks a great deal of nothing. Sometimes he's on point, but often he's incredibly elusive.
I call it self absorption. It’s a form of intellectual narcissism. The sad thing is, I’m not sure he can help himself.
he does it to impress stupid people, and it works. stupid people assume he has a good reason for doing it. smart people know that there is no good reason for doing it.
@@TheHighlanderprimeHe's constantly name-dropping also. He's got a titanic ego that's a byproduct of a titanic insecurity.
It's frustrating! Just be a human!
I think it’s simpler. He talks long enough until he’s reasonably sure you’ve forgotten he hasn’t answered your question. He’s evasive and dishonest.
Eric Weinstein is being as honest as anyone can be. Most of us don't know what to do with ourselves as it pertains to the state of the nation. His introduction about a two party trough was spot on. We have to get rid of the current political class who are bleeding our treasury and dragging our sons and daughters into wars to make donors happy. They have to go.
Agreed that’s the reason I’m voting for Kennedy
Spot on!
Look at the results of each party’s trough. GOP gives to those who are buying favor. Dems favor feeding all. Weinstein is a member of the GOP trough and his glorification of SCOTUS and imperial president shows that. He is using the “authority” card to the max.
Our treasury was already bled dry $30,000,000,000,000 ago. Credit cards in our great, great grandchildren's names are already maxed out.
@@kathiedito1318 Kennedy's economics and foreign policy are only going to pile onto our biggest problems mentioned by the op. Not saying he doesn't have a true passion for improvement of the country but he is completely clueless on some of the most pressing priorities.
Crazy how well this video has aged
Eric is speaking purely in riddles, on everything, at this point. And not just riddles, but poetic cinematic riddles-like a character in a tense scene of a psychological thriller. The goal is not to have a point, the goal is to appear unique and interesting. It’s entirely performative. “Eric goes on forever and says nothing.” 9:05
You're not alone in this opinion.
I like the general ideas this guy brings up but he comes off as such a conceited "I know things neither you nor anyone else knows" narcissist that I can hardly stand listening to him. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt - maybe he's well meaning but simply can't communicate. Regardless, I don't find him worthy of attention.
First and foremost, he is NOT a good communicator and, in fact, comes off as incoherent at best and arrogant at worst. Sure, he has some good ideas and seems to be a contrarian by nature (I am too), and yeah maybe you could argue what he's doing is using "metaphor" but why? Why not simply speak plainly for people to understand. Why be so cryptic? Why be so obtuse?
He's speaking this way to be more theatrical or to come off as being "deeper" than he really is. He's not this being who's just so smart he's thinking on a level beyond what us plebians can understand, he's just a guy who can't seem to communicate intelligibly.
Many of his sentences are just empty and lacking in genuine content. He simply hints at possible things, gives cryptic responses, or just babbles incoherently. Yes, he makes some interesting points but a lot of it is incoherent rambling and, I'll chance a guess, confabulation.
It's not that I or others didn't understand what he might've been trying to say - we're all likely intelligent enough to understand the general picture. But it's the way he goes about it that raises red flags for so many of us.
In fact, I would wager serious money that the more intelligent and/or educated one is, the higher the likelihood they would find Eric Weinstein to be an unreliable source of information.
I'll also add, as mere testimony, that I've known people like this - if you're seeing something special, I'm sorry to say it's likely smoke and mirrors.
Mr. Weinstein: Stop pausing for dramatic effect so much as if we're just hanging on every word you say. You're not the smartest, richest, wisest, sexiest, most educated, most interesting or most accomplished person who's been on this podcast.
Again Mr. Weinsein: You're just one of many who may have some interesting perspectives and ideas to present but that's it. Just say what you mean, give your honest opinion without all the theatricality, and have a real, genuine conversation.
I agree with you completely.
That's because him and his bro are actors
what are you talkin aboot? The guy just said exactly what he meant in this clip.
let me condense it for you, question: "what are your predictions for the 2024 american election"
answer: "i dont know anything can happen, the current people running things on all sides are all pigs in it for themselves."
question: "why did you stop podcasting"
answer: "I dont like the fame, i cant handle the pressure"
there you go
"Eric Weinstein’s Prediction For The 2024 Election" was the video's clickbait. So I watch, only to see him say, "I don't know." LOL Bullsht.
It's really sad. I am German, living in the UK, but I deal with public officials in Europe and the US quite a bit and the one thing that unites them is that they just seem utterly incompetent and useless. I have absolutely 0 trust in any government official or justice system... I don't know how I can when every time they open their mouths or make a decision, it's just so utterly stupid.
How can the German chancellor stand there in the second half of 2020 and speak to 84 million Germans on TV and make the statement that vaccine mandates are inhumane and he does not support them and they will not become law... and 6 months later the same man stands in front of the cameras, speaking once again to 84 million Germans and says that he has always been in favor of vaccine mandates and keeps going on about how they are unavoidable and definitely have to become law... how am I supposed to take someone like that seriously?
How am I supposed to take a UK prime minister seriously who doesn't know how much the average person earns, how much bread is, how much the average house in London costs?
How am I supposed to trust a supreme court in Germany that consists entirely of elected party or former party members of the current leading government party?
How am I supposed to trust a court that claims that saying that men cannot be women is hateful speech and people should go prison for expressing it, while forced medical procedures are totally fine by claiming that "you haven't lost your basic liberties, you are just not allowed to practice them (temporarily)"?
I just think the public sphere in the Western world is a complete clown show. I struggle to take any public official seriously because they all just strike me as narcisstic a**holes who couldn't give less of a s*it about the population or the country.
I want to believe in the institutions, but they are just all doing such a terrible job that I don't know how I am supposed to do that?
It is sad. It is sad that people in power, or institutions, fear telling the truth because they may lose their job or power or whatever the need is that they want met via their chosen path. Meanwhile, I listen and wonder 'what can I do, how can I be different?' Grappling with big problems is not easy. Then there is my inner peace, as I grapple. Thanks for saying what you did.
@@diilouise So what is the way out? I doubt we can vote our way out of this. If we do not want to go down the path of destroying and abandoning all our institutions - what is left? Reforming them? How, if the elected "public servants" are only interested in serving themselves?
@TiGGowich It's a good, big question, so let me get back to you. I am Australian, by the way. However, the spill-over seems to happen here in our smaller (at least, digitally) world today.
@TiGGowich I don't have a way out I have found a way through that works for me. To give some context,I worked with Kenyans (Indigenous, Indian heritage and British heritage) for about 12 years. I travelled there numerous times. I met some marvellous people, but also knew that there were those I found I didn't trust, and all in between - much like anywhere, I suppose. I ended up dedicating 10 years to one particular group, the Kenana Knitters. The lady who founded the group once said to me 'we can't help everyone, but we help who we can'. Her words have stayed with me and help me when I am struggling to find a way through. She started more than 20 years ago with 2 ladies, wool, knitting needles and some simple designs for soft toys. Today, the group is employing and training the 2nd generation of ladies (daughters, cousins, friends) and they export around the world. The patterns are all hand designed, mostly by the founder, on a grid with crosses, as literacy and numeracy can be challenges for these country ladies. This is a story of my experience, not a solution, but it is a reminder that what seems impossible, over time with patience, determination, some elbow grease and those who either cheer us on or join us, or both, is possible. The Kenana Knitter motto is 'changing lives one stitch at a time'. Note to self: Once I decide what needs to be done, do it. Once I decide how I want to be, be it.
Dude was right about Biden, spot on actually!!!
The problem is
"" Power corrupts... and Absolute Power
Corrupts Absolutely "
It's not just that power corrupts, but that it is MAGNETIC to the corruptible...those that seek out power and will do ANYTHING to have it. And what better place to hold power than government?
The correct quote is "“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.” Lord Acton. Please notice that most references to Lord Acton's quote leave out the word "tend" .
This is exactly why billionaires are evil. Money is power, and power corrupts. Always.
And before you call me a communist, just know that I don't have a solution. The only thing we CAN do is appease the billionaires (within reason). Let them run the world. So long as the rest of us get to live comfortably, we shouldn't care if some people own yachts and private jets.
Trough is just another word for " SWAMP " .
trump gave a trillion dollar tax cut TO MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES in the 2018 Republican Tax Bill... feeding the swamp
I have noticed personally that businesspeople who talk about draining the swamp seem to be always quite....swampy.
Thanks for clarifying the word Trough. According to google trough means a big bowel.
@@jhasemi trough is what pigs eat and drink from... ask any farmer. "The pigs ate slop from the trough"
@@Tamara_W There is definitely a correlation between the 2.
Best quote: "The reason we have DT vs JB is because we have failed."
Sounds like lib centrist bs. Trump would be a good president even during a saner era.
@squibbelsmcjohnsonAre you going to change, or do you think it should be everyone else?
The politicians we get are a reflection of the people that vote for them. If we want to be more educated it’s up to us. Democracy requires vigilance and self growth.
Failed what? Sounds like you have preloaded programming.
But you can’t convince either side that they have failed. You have one group of people saying Trump is the answer and you have another group saying Biden is the answer. You immediately get labeled as a centrist.
"There is no part of this world that looks sane to me anymore". Thank you , those are exactly the words ive been looking for.
Doomsaying is addictive, but not practical.
I agree. No Part anywhere!
I agree. It's also not accurate. Better to admit that things just keep going, maybe not the way we'd like, but it keeps going. Better to get with the program. Try Taoism, the religion of leaving things alone, letting things be....@@eaglesfan2285
Existence and something are not sane thoughts
Rush Limbaugh said most people can handle being rich, but few can handle being famous.
He was wrong. Money is power, and power corrupts. Always. It's naive to think most people would be able to handle being rich without turning into the very thing they swore not to become (some could, I'm sure. But most couldn't).
@@abstract5249Rush is the last person I'd quote...
@@earlekirkwood8436 It's ironic to me that conservatives understand power corrupts, but fail to realize that money is power. Such a blind spot is no doubt a result of decades of red scare propaganda.
@@earlekirkwood8436 It's no surprise he'd reference Rush Limbaugh. It's an Eric Weinstein video. Weinstein is part of the Intellectual Dark Web, a group of supposedly rebellious thinkers and intellectuals who ostensibly champion truth and rationality while defying political correctness. In reality, they're just right wingers.
@@abstract5249
Your dead center on this, Mr. Abstract! Practically all the confusion about politics is due to:
• first and foremost, not understanding the reality of human nature;
• not understanding the reality of politics and how political endeavors work; and,
• to the degree that there is power, that power most certainly will and does corrupt.
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
- Definitely not an Eric Weinstein quote
Lol comment of the day…
Weinstein is the classic example of someone who thinks hes a genius who is pretty fuckin average
Met a thousand people over the years that feel like they're the smartest person in every room..and generally they aren't
He perhaps tries to give an overly smart answer much of the time - but average he is not. Read his bio @@ironsideeve2955
"Simple minds require simple answers"
@@ironsideeve2955 Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems -- of which getting elected and re-elected are No. 1 and No. 2. Whatever is No. 3 is far behind."
- Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell got that in one
It’s a self-enrichment pursuit. It’s the system we have, so one side gets the power to do that. They’re not as devoted to party as they are devoted to the power grab.
so true
“There’s no part of this world at the moment that looks sane to me” such powerful words. It’s how so many people feel at the moment. Just when you think that things can’t get worse, the wealthy, the celebrity, the government officials… they just reach that little bit further.
Voting is like getting to choose which flesh eating bacteria your child contracts.
No. The modern Democrats
really are evil, operating openly against the good of the nation. The right offers a better alternatives. Perfection does not exist, but distinctions do.
This is how the world has always been. It's social media that brought it to light, as it brings the news out in real time and I totally agree with him when it comes to invisibility.
All anybody ever needed to do was listen to. These fools talk during election season. What did they do? They're always putting out there.
Election campaign ADS and during these campaign ADS. What are they doing trashing and tearing down their person of competition? And then in the end of it all generally. They pad each other on the back. The winner gets, you know, congratulated? The loser fades off into the you know, back burner. I think it's all about who can buy who for all of them. Always promise this and promise that. Just give me your vote. It never mattered it always needed to look like it mattered. Our votes never really truly mattered because if they did the people we actually voted for would have been put into office but even if the person you had voted for got put into office, there was never any guarantee that they were going to do for you. What they said because there was always a balance. So if the republicans got the house, the democrats always got the senate and one of the other parties always had a head chair in the other parties. Congress or senate party? I noticed this when I was even just 14 years old and I didn't know anything about politics. All I did was listen to him during their campaign every election season. Around the age of 18 and above is where I kind of started to actually pay a little more attention but it wasn't until 20:16. That I really started to pay attention but see, I already knew what I knew what I learned in 2016 was really nothing. I already knew that just cemented what I already knew. You see, so. If people had pulled their heads out of their butts and quit paying so much attention to sports and television and this movie star. That movie starred this rock star. That rap star. Everybody just needs to realize all of that. S*** was created all for distraction. That's absolutely nothing to do with entertaining you? Or it does, but only for the means of distraction, not for your actual liking of the entertainment. If that even makes sense but see and still today. There are too many people that are still too embedded into sports and their everyday life. Well, soon none of that's even gonna matter. We've got Putin off. Of you know in in the Cuba area near Florida? Our government's poking the Bear. So to speak, they want us to go to war. People like George Soros and Klaus robs. And you've all worry in all of them nut cases. They want us to go to war. The whole plan is to kill as many people. As possible so, now that a lot of us won't take their poisonous death clock shots. They're putting it enough food. They're spraying it into our air. They're putting it into our water. There's almost quite literally nothing. That hasn't been poisoned. I just heard tonight that they're putting glyphytes in in things like wine and beer, says probably in whiskey's and bourbons as well. And people are still drinking that s*** And you know you can tell your friends and all they can do is get p***** off at you. Because you're telling them some bad news. And there's almost quite literally no way to get away from it. People are losing their ever living minds. When all they really need to be doing is praying for a revelation. Praying for everybody to seek God's face. Yahua seek his face and pray for forgiveness. Because yeah, life is we knew it before. It's never going back to that and I'm not being negative. I'm being realistic and as soon as everybody else chooses to be realistic. You just might be a little better off. And yeah, we need to stop working for our government and working for ourselves. Instead, everybody keeps talking about how the Chinese would never come after our country. Because behind every blade of grass is a gun. That doesn't matter when no one chooses to pick up that gun. And defend their rights that we supposedly thought we had. We've all been slaves all of this time. But it was very well hidden behind our so-called freedoms. Our freedom to move about our freedom to have a job. Our freedom to buy what we want when we want. How we want. Yeah, that kind of freedom, but it's not really freedom when they can choose to take it all away from you and we just sit back and let it. We all believe that the 2020 election was stolen from us. Guess what? There's been more elections stolen from us than even that, but it wasn't until. Trump ran that most people decided to open the rise and see that for what it was now. Sadly, we're in worse shape than we ever have been. And people still wanna sit back and wait for another election. This just gonna be stolen. We've already allowed our constitutional rights to be trampled upon. And in the Constitution, it talks about people having taken an oath to uphold the Constitution against foreign and domestic actors. Terrace. Well, guess what? We have terrorists running our government straight into the ground and we. The people have done nothing but allow this s*** to continue. So I don't believe anything's gonna be done by the people. We've been p**** fied and that's a fact prove me wrong.
Weinstein: I am tired of being famous. I want to stop being famous.
Weinstein: ***makes sure to go on a video podcast on a channel with 2.45million subscribers**
Quoting Tim Dillion, “What does Eric Weinstein actually do?” 🤣
He teaches people stuff?😂
We wish him well.
Well, he used to work for thiel
Guess I missed the prediction of the 2024 election...
he didn’t answer - too busy name dropping with his lispy effeminate voice 🎉🎉
So want to kiss him , got it
But I doubt you missed Weinstein's very bad wig.
He said “I don’t know.”
I stumbled upon this channel. Even though I am not a so called educated person and I don't always understand the verbage, Eric is so fascinating to listen to. The extent of subjects to which can speak about is amazing. I also admire how each of you are so patient to listen and pause with a response. Love listening you both.
If you care to consider my suggestion, you may like the channel ‘Lex Fridman.’ Lex is a patient polymath, well respected for the conversation style you seem to appreciate. Plus, Lex and Eric are friends.
Thanks for the suggestion, will check it out.
Eric’s a legend in his own mind. 😂
How is he wrong?
Both of em are...Bret and his "how dare Elon block me, he must not know who he blocked" crusade is wild
Yet Chris still insist on brining on the whacko
@@jeremymcgrew8684 yeah because he kept emailing elon for customer service 🤣
@@ralphholiman7401 youre right. He’s a regular Tom Cruise ducking paparazzi everywhere he goes. Having to move in storage cases like Taylor swift.
there is a dichotomy with power; those who are the most qualified to lead will not lower themselves or contradict their principles to attain it
This is a great point. Lots of people with intelligence, courage, and integrity can point out the corruption in our government, and how we need much higher quality people. But none of them actually run for office, b/c the game is too nasty. Who would want to work or fight with a bunch of corrupt a-holes for a multi year term.
Even if a decent person were to get into office, among other mostly lower character people, and tried their best, they would be blamed for what they failed to achieve more than praised for anything they accomplished. And those that opposed them would slander them via the media, like they make RFK Jr out to be a kook, b/c he actually dares to talk about fighting the corrupt system itself. It's a very unappealing life path that does not beckon to good people who don't enjoy conflict.
Profound statement
Maybe we should take the money out of politics.
Eric Weinstein, I hope you see this comment. Until today, I had never heard of Eric Weinstein. We need you now more than ever because you tell the truth, you go deep and you don't sugar coat it. We need the ugly truth. We need the hidden truth. We need people who are willing to say it. ❤️
The reason why we ended with Trump vs Joe Biden is because we all failed ! No other way to put it 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Trump was not a failure! I can remember back at least 5 years, unlike all you gaslighters out there insisting it's all the same.
Well Trump got into office in 2016 because both parties were selling America down the River to China, Ukraine, Russia, etc. You had Cheney getting rich off Iraq and huge contracts - Clinton’s got rich with the Clinton Foundation, the Uranium1 deal, etc etc.
Nah, it's just capitalism.
That's right, you had a chance to elect much younger opponents but chose to elect two old toads, why???
Trump doesn't bother me.
The Portal was among the few interactions I had with the contemporary media and I deeply miss it. Eric is a true polymath and is uniquely situated to cover the diverse array of subject matter that puts the portal at the very forefront of intellectual endeavour - BRING IT BACK ERIC PLEASE!!!
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING TO HEAR..NO COMMING BACK TO THE ANSWER.. RIGHT..
I loved Eric’s podcast. I wish it would come back. We need more people in the world who are just saying things that make sense to a large audience.
“Whether voting Republican or Democrat, the result is the same: A corrupt corporate government.”
― Steven Magee
That's just stupid. There are a few good Dems and many excellent GOP-especially the ones who are viciously attacked via the corporate press, so they lose elections because people believe the swill, rather than look at politicians actions, votes, platforms and ethics! There is a Congressional record., same for the states. . You can know this, do a little research for heaven's sake and stop making inane, lazy slogans as predictions.
The thing is we only vote in a very small % of people who are in charge of the government. The vast majority of people in the government are not voted in, they are just there in the shadows pulling levers and they do not care what the “People” want or care about. Yet they are just as responsible for how the government runs as the people we vote in. Even if you vote in a few honest people at the top, it’s like we hand them a paddle and tell them to change the direction of this rotten boat we call our government, but they are standing on the Titanic. Just think trying to change the direction of the Titanic with a few canoe paddles?
The business of America is business.
The right is becoming worse than the Taliban in suits/Handmaid's Tale though so I'll stick with corporate Democrats this time. Kamala's economic plan is better than Trump's, according to Goldman Sachs and that's all I need to know
really.What president can you name besides Trump that took only $1.00 of their $400.00 salary?
Why can't we have people like Eric making decisions
It's because we have allowed the politicians to corrupt the voter by giving them freebies from the treasury and now most voters won't vote for a guy like Eric because he would probably cut fat out of the system and that would hurt if it was your fat.
How do you know we don't? (I would think we probably do). And what does "a person like Eric" actually mean? I imagine if the world were run the way Eric wanted, there would be a lot of unhappy people who think he's an idiot, because that's going to happen no matter who is making the decisions.
I feel the same way as Eric Weinstein. The world has gone completely off the charts insane.
The problem is that the public has been stupefied into believing the status quo will continue no matter what happens in Washington. .
Are we the baddies?
That isn't a belief, it's an inevitable consequence of the Citizens United ruling. How many billions do you need these days if you want to field a viable third-way Presidential candidate? Bloomberg in 2020 vaporized $1 billion (very badly) on a 104-day campaign and didn't move the needle (although he didn't use the debates to). Andrew Yang came and went. Bernie 2016 was derailed by the superdelegates setup. All seems like compelling evidence to me.
Yes, it’s probably the scariest thing.
To me the problem is that neither side will make any meaningful compromise to take steps toward a solution because they are not incentivized to do so.
RESCUE THE PERISHING CARE FOR THE DYING AND LIVE WITHOUT REGRETS.
Mick jagger said something: If you start me up, If you start me up, I'll never stop
And he never stops😂. Love him
Can anyone else see Ryan O'Neil in Eric? Just saying.
Yes, I see it.
Oh, I am so glad someone said it!
"there's no part of this world at the moment that looks sane to me." E.W.
Thanks for saying that and helping me to feel that I'm NOT crazy because I feel identically.
Just govern within the confines of The Constitution.
Oh right. They don't even believe in the Constitution anymore. It's an obstacle to their absolute power.
Who's interpretation?
@@xpicklepiethe 1791 interpretation of the founding fathers. What we’re doing now absolutely violates that in every aspect
@@Mistah_Boombastic_BiggieCheesewhy would you want an interpretation of something that was written in a time of such less knowledge than today, scientifically, ethically, morally, culturally...I could go on. Surely it would make more sense to govern by ideals that come from our society today, case in point, let's not own human beings as property.
@@Mistah_Boombastic_BiggieCheese 14th amendent wants to know your location
Eric seems obscure and meandering more than usual, kinda like a stoner slowly drawling around. Can't he just state a point?
If he is intentionally vague in order to manipulate people or put on an intellectual air, that's just sociopathic and pompous. Get to the point plainly, immediately, with minimal scrunchy pustulating of the zeitgeist already.
So you’re upset he’s not Google.
He made several points. You weren't able to draw any conclusions from what he was saying?
@@bhough410 Re-examine what my point is. Try to focus on that.
I think the older people get the more they enjoy the art of nuanced conversation. He enjoys the dance.
For the record... academia is the same "pigs at the trough" situation. Eric knows that better than most.
People like Eric and Brett are fine with the "trough", they just get butt hurt when they are not recognized as being worthy of being at the trough.
I don't know who this eric guy is but in my opinion is that he enjoys waxing poetic and sure seems to like his own voice.
@@kathyhansen2820 that's a very accurate observation. He is also one of the planet's most intelligent people. I don't always agree with his views, but I understand why he has them.
@@snoopyboobs I think that is slightly off. They get butthurt when their warnings and their input are summarily dismissed due to political narrative concerns. Both are not afraid to put the information out there regardless of the politics... because science and education shouldn't be in any way interfered with by a singular political ideology.
My mother was a Mensa member and brilliant in some regards but when it came to common sense she had a bit of trouble. @@kurt2612
Yes, Eric, you don’t need to be an intellectual to see all the problems with humans….
And yes we should be doing something better.
No real insights here
There’s nothing wrong with restating and discussing the known problems.
Perhaps it could spark “real insights” in someone listening.
Be well, good luck.
Lol when he talked about why he stopped talking publicly I said it's cause no one really cares what he has to say 😂
@@DelayedLaunch - He said he didn't know if America would accept the VP as the president. C'mon man, NEITHER side wants her. She was OPENLY picked as an AA running mate.
@@SuperLegendkiller21 Nor should anyone.
Maybe people should stop telling everyone who they are voting for. I remember hearing people saying that who they decide to vote for is their business.
I absolutely love how this guy actually takes the time to think. There's space between his thoughts & words, AS THERE SHOULD BE. It's not just constant, uninterrupted oral/vocal diarrhea.
Canada has a massive trough problem.
The entire developed world has this problem.
Not just west, it is everywhere.
The lack of trust is dangerous,but they had it coming, here in Sweden and obviously also in America! We are sick and tired of it.
ERIC WEINSTEIN: please find a way to come back while protecting your privacy. Your 'take' is sobering, solid and NEEDED.
I thought the video froze at 7:05. Turns out it was just one of Eric's exaggerated pauses.
He doesn't know how to react. It's always looked insane to me
Looked perfectly normal to me. But I'm not born and raised in USA...
“Eric Weisteins predictions for the 2024 election”
“What do you think is going to happen”
“I don’t know”
There it is
😂
I giggled at that too😂
...more importantly...why should we care what EW thinks?
@@steveburke7675 !!! 100%
We Americans will vote for trump. The rest of its history.
I love it: he asked "what do you mean by a trough?" It cut to an ad by Joe Biden.
Ha, ha!
people who need to hear and understand this wont listen.
sadly.
After reading several comments it seems a considerable portion can't manage to wrap their heads around what he's saying. Sad state of affairs on several levels!
3:23 watching this on 11.11.24 feels great to hear this older conversation
“There is no part of this world that looks sane to me at this moment” Quote of the decade, I’m there with you!
What does a sane world look like? Remember, we are a world of 8 billion, a country(US) of what, 330 million, all with different interests and beliefs. Governing 330 million people is not easy, and democracy is inherently messy, there are 330 million individual viewpoints and ideas, and never a consensus. So again, could you tell me what sane looks like, in that context?
I love hearing people talk about how smart they are
3:54 this aged like fine wine 😂 look at us now
The "trough" takes many forms and has gotten progressively larger.
"I don't know." Stopped there, thanks for the warning.
Not sure I would listen to anyone who says they know perfectly what will happen in the future.
Chris laughed at the Kamala scenario! Eric just bullseye the future and was met with a chuckle.
Thanks Chris. The shorts post are great.
My prediction is that things will be very stupid.
if that is all it is, then we will be lucky.
Will be?? We’re far beyond “will be”…
Unsettling listening in Sept.
Good god this idea from such “brilliant minds” like Eric that somehow there is zero difference between Biden and Trump is fucking ludicrous.
Nobody says that there’s absolutely no difference between the two, but the thought that both parties are incredibly corrupt and care much more about their own wellbeing and their mega-donors’ much more than the average American is absolutely true. You can certainly make the argument that perhaps there is one party that is better at the thing you care about than another then that’s true. But to pretend like there is someone to vote FOR in this election is laughable.
What’s ludicrous is this are the options we’ve been given.
@@BrennanSedivy Exactly! Both ridiculously bad in their own way! We are a joke at this point if these two are the best we have, or that these two idiots are what the bulk of our population is voting for/supporting...
I’d appreciate an elucidation of the differences.
@@vitaly6312IMO, having to make a choice between only these two people again is absolutely insane, a disgrace and an embarrassment for our country…but since a choice must be made, I think it only makes sense to vote for the person who HAS NOT been charged with 91 indictments of fraud against him and found liable for sexual assault and defamation against a woman and ordered to pay her $5M at the first trial and then more than $80M at the second trial. IMO, that is not a good look for the President of the United States.
Our government no longer represents the interests of the people. Doesn't the constitution provide guidance?
“A meme of a meme of a meme.” But no, now we’re told Kamala is amazing.
Eric is utterly in love with himself. I used to watch him for his unique perspective until the last year or so. He bathes in his Arrogance and narcissism while putting others down. I made it through this one but it hurt lol
AGREE!!!
I take everything Eric Weinstein says with a grain of salt the size of a brick.
Seriously. He's more concerned with appearing smart than actually being smart.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017why do you say that?
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017"I have been criticized that I talk too much and say nothing - so here is exhibit A"
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 I like the general ideas this guy brings up but he comes off as such a conceited "I know things neither you nor anyone else knows" narcissist that I can hardly stand listening to him. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt - maybe he's well meaning but simply can't communicate. Regardless, I don't find him worthy of attention.
First and foremost, he is NOT a good communicator and, in fact, comes off as incoherent at best and arrogant at worst. Sure, he has some good ideas and seems to be a contrarian by nature (I am too), and yeah maybe you could argue what he's doing is using "metaphor" but why? Why not simply speak plainly for people to understand. Why be so cryptic? Why be so obtuse?
He's speaking this way to be more theatrical or to come off as being "deeper" than he really is. He's not this being who's just so smart he's thinking on a level beyond what us plebians can understand, he's just a guy who can't seem to communicate intelligibly.
Many of his sentences are just empty and lacking in genuine content. He simply hints at possible things, gives cryptic responses, or just babbles incoherently. Yes, he makes some interesting points but a lot of it is incoherent rambling and, I'll chance a guess, confabulation.
It's not that I or others didn't understand what he might've been trying to say - we're all likely intelligent enough to understand the general picture. But it's the way he goes about it that raises red flags for so many of us.
In fact, I would wager serious money that the more intelligent and/or educated one is, the higher the likelihood they would find Eric Weinstein to be an unreliable source of information.
I'll also add, as mere testimony, that I've known people like this - if you're seeing something special, I'm sorry to say it's likely smoke and mirrors.
Mr. Weinstein: Stop pausing for dramatic effect so much as if we're just hanging on every word you say. You're not the smartest, richest, wisest, sexiest, most educated, most interesting or most accomplished person who's been on this podcast.
Again Mr. Weinsein: You're just one of many who may have some interesting perspectives and ideas to present but that's it. Just say what you mean, give your honest opinion without all the theatricality, and have a real, genuine conversation.
I'm not alone in this opinion.
@@antirealist he actually has no clue so he says he has no clue with the implication that he has some hidden knowledge, while hoping that if he said it with enough mystique, people would believe he is just hiding it.
When he said he wants to restart his podcast, he's just saying he doesn't have anything to say but still wants the attention. Hence also the random pre justification about him hating attention.
No Eric :-( ... I just discovered you, am having the best time of my previously deprived life & you utter the devastating words about perhaps not wanting to continue with your 'podcast' ! ... Please reconsider when your mind will be in a more positive state ... I do enjoy my version of prayer & certainly am enjoying your thought processes, uttered sequential words & have hanged off your every spoken thought which I gleaned in the past half day & into this night here in this dark space, in Australia since not taking the seconds out to switch on the electric lights. Legend Chris! :-)
I search for Eric Weinstein everywhere. He speaks so concisely and when he speaks, he speaks about things that matter. And he makes me feel less crazy because everyone else seems to think what's going on is bloody normal!
The paradox of fame: The wish to have and remain private while hoping everyone is tuned in to what you have to say!
Eric is my favorite thinker. Out of all of you online guys, whom i do also appreciate, Eric has the most depth. Every time he opens his mouth he has a lot to say and the only people who won’t notice that are the ones who are looking for someone to hand them all of the answers. Eric doesn’t do that. The depth and thoughtfulness of his answers, especially when Chris keeps trying to nail him down, speaks volumes i wish everyone could hear.
What should we change about our economic system, taxes, housing? What should we change about our foreign policy, more intervention, more isolation?
He didn't say anything.
Eric is absolutely brilliant.. I'd only heard him 1 other time but was called away so didn't hear his 1000% right on words!!!
The trough is irresistibly deep
When we talk of the trough though, we must remember how many Americans now rely...their employers rely, on that trough.
If you work for any business that gets government contracts or grants or various, specialized tax breaks or subsidies you feed at the trough. People are generaly very concerned about spending at other troughs than their own. They are more concerned with cuts to their trough or even at general cuts that might hit their trough.
That's how they control everyone. This is early fascism.
This. People wonder why the Dems still get so much support. Well, probably close to 50% of people's wages are indirectly or directly related to government spending. Our entire society is structured on Big Government spending and people do not want that to stop.
that sounds like corporate socialism :D
very same problem we have in europe. I bet every western country has this (I dont know asian countries enough to say). This puts that "zero sum game" mentality which we are not supposed to have but this is why we have it and cannibaize, polarize. It is pure survival, not anything luxury.
Solution is to lower trough for everyone, but tragedy of the commons looms there, so it is hard(or that nash equilibrium problem).... so it is short term easier to polarize and try to grab power to secure your trough/"benefits" in system. Then follows competition between groups.
8:00 - His tribe destroyed all the Churches and now he says we need those kind of institutions back! Nothing he says is serious. All this is is a description of the havoc he has wrought!
Eric always answers a question with another question.
It is His heritage..
Milton Friedman: we have a government of the people, for the bureaucrats by the bureaucrats
Watching you and Eric talk is the best. Sometimes way over my head but I never feel this amount of brain power from 2 individuals talking, anywhere, ever. I am memorized in a great way by your conversations. Super deep yet very simple. Its hard to explain but damn I hope to see more from you 2 fellas in particular chatting. Its awesome. Big fan!
All podcasts are made to inform and make people think, raise awareness. You'd be surprised how many Americans don't know many things in this world. I've been informed, now I can seek on my own.
Uh yeah, this aged well for Eric. Not so much for Chris
Kamala…lol…how ya feel now, Chrissy😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Lemme save you the grief! Dude never answered.