And maybe this maybe I'm just feeling patriotic because I hit the pole, you know, and I'm like,

You know, America does have America is a project. It's like a very new

Nation that does have a lot of like interesting energy

Yeah, it's a I mean, it's a great nation. I love America

But and like things can turn around and I mean I didn't really believe I you know

1776 baby we've done it before well

What's the thing logo said on our last episode that you have to be like a

Worldly pessimist but a supernatural optimist

But yeah, I mean when you talk about the triumph of liberalism like when Fuguyama talks about the triumph of liberalism

AK the end of history it all sounds very lofty and high-minded

But it's it's literally just the triumph of globalism, which is just the triumph of Americanism

What is globalism? It's Americanism right? I mean yes

I'm gonna have Nicolau fact check that for me and you know Michael Tracy said earlier today that what people mean when they say democracy is winning is

Democrats are winning on the flip side when people say like democracy is under threat what they really mean is the Democrats are threatened

They feel threatened well, that's what they were saying over and over is like democracy is on the ballot this year

Yeah, I was like great

Well, no the Democrats are on the ballot. Well, I love to cast a vote against democracy. So you'll

But I don't know if I would do it again if you would vote again. I mean listen

I was being a little fissitious when I said um

Elections or fake and polls are even faker, but I was only half joking you think

My vote could could matter because I mean what is a true liberal democracy need it needs

um well-informed civically-minded citizens and we don't really have that anymore no present company

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