#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism
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Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2023
⏱️ 216 minutes
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David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dpakman
David's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedavidpakmanshow
David's Instagram: https://instagram.com/david.pakman
David's Website: https://davidpakman.com/
David's Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow/
Books mentioned:
1. The Rebel and the Kingdom: https://amzn.to/3p9pLDt
2. Saving Time: https://amzn.to/3pejiH3
3. Endurance: https://amzn.to/419ez6O
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(06:42) - Political ideologies
(16:10) - Twitter drama
(31:07) - Biden vs Trump
(38:07) - AOC
(40:47) - Bernie Sanders
(48:55) - Donald Trump: Pros and cons
(1:14:46) - Joe Biden: Pros and cons
(1:21:08) - Hate for politicians
(1:37:29) - RFK Jr
(1:50:48) - Republican voters
(1:57:30) - Conspiracy theories
(2:02:26) - January 6th
(2:11:31) - Hunter Biden's laptop
(2:15:46) - Tucker Carlson
(2:18:44) - Wokeism and censorship
(2:37:11) - ChatGPT and universities
(2:43:10) - Libertarianism
(2:46:47) - Elon Musk
(2:55:14) - Dealing with attacks
(2:59:56) - Truth
(3:05:47) - Israel and Palestine
(3:09:41) - Ukraine war
(3:17:42) - Books
(3:28:22) - Mortality
(3:30:33) - Advice for young people
(3:32:05) - Hope for the future
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with David Pakman, a left-wing progressive political commentator |
| 0:04.9 | and host of the David Pakman show. |
| 0:07.7 | I hope to continue to have many conversations on politics with prominent, insightful, and |
| 0:13.3 | sometimes controversial figures across the political spectrum. |
| 0:17.3 | David and I have been planning to speak for a long time and I'm sure we'll speak many |
| 0:21.7 | more times. |
| 0:22.9 | This conversation was challenging, eye-opening, and fun. |
| 0:28.0 | And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. |
| 0:30.4 | Check them out in the description. |
| 0:31.9 | It's the best way to support this podcast. |
| 0:34.4 | We've got eight sleep, four naps, Shopify for e-commerce and ExpressVPN for security and |
| 0:40.4 | privacy on the internet. |
| 0:41.8 | Choose wisely, my friends. |
| 0:43.2 | Also, if you want to work with our team, with our amazing team, we're always hiring. |
| 0:48.4 | Go to lexfreedman.com slash hiring. |
| 0:52.1 | And now onto the full ad rates. |
| 0:54.1 | Never ads in the middle. |
| 0:55.1 | I try to make this interesting, but if you must skip them, please |
| 0:58.0 | still check out our sponsors. |
| 0:59.1 | I enjoy their stuff. |
| 1:00.1 | Maybe you will too. |
| 1:01.6 | This episode is brought to you by eight sleep and it's new pod three mattress. |
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