#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism
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🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 146 minutes
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Destiny's X: https://twitter.com/TheOmniLiberal
Destiny's Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/Destiny
Destiny's Website: https://destiny.gg
Destiny's Instragram: https://instagram.com/destiny
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(07:21) - Liberalism vs Conservatism
(12:34) - Education
(28:51) - Trump vs Biden
(49:16) - Foreign policy
(1:02:13) - Israel-Palestine
(1:17:10) - Russia-Ukraine
(1:28:50) - January 6
(1:44:48) - Abuse of power
(1:54:46) - Wokeism
(2:01:27) - Institutional capture
(2:15:21) - Monogamy vs open relationships
(2:20:14) - Rapid fire questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a debate between Ben Shapiro and Destiny, each arguably representing the right and the left of American politics, respectively. |
| 0:09.0 | They are two of the most influential and skilled political debaters in the world. This debate has been a long time coming for many years. |
| 0:17.9 | It's about 2.5 hours and we could have easily gone for many more and I'm sure we will. It is only round one. |
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| 1:19.1 | better health and peak performance. I have to be honest, I ran out of it two days ago. It was one of those moments |
| 1:26.0 | when you realize how big of a part of your life a thing is. You really do realize that when the thing is gone most intensely, most viscerally. |
| 1:37.0 | And it's actually the little things that form the foundation of a peaceful existence, |
| 1:43.2 | those little rituals, those little habits, those little comforts. |
| 1:47.2 | They make life so at once mundane, |
| 1:51.5 | and at the same time just perfect just right. |
| 1:55.0 | Anyway I've recently been doing daily exercise of some sort so it's either grappling, running, or weightlifting, one of those, and at least one hour. |
| 2:07.8 | I think like a lot of things is just easier to do a thing every day than like five times a week. |
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