In America, Truth Officially Died On November 5th. That's Such A Dangerous Thing

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

Joe, Politics, Trump, Wash, Joewalsh, News, Thedaily, Thelincolnproject, Podsaveamerica

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Trump sat down yesterday with NBC for his first media interview since he won. And virtually every word out of his mouth was a lie. Was untrue. But Americans made clear in November, that they don't care that they're being lied to like this. Forget about policy disagreements for a moment, how do we proceed as a people if so many Americans just fundamentally no longer care about the truth? What are the implications?

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0:00.0	America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.
0:07.6	That means being tolerant, being respectful, stay informed, and being engaged.
0:13.6	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh.
0:15.6	Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.0	The social contract, it's on us.
0:35.0	Hey, good morning, good Monday morning.
0:37.4	Hope you all had a good weekend, a relaxing weekend.
0:41.0	I mean that, no matter who you are politically. Hello, TikTok. No matter your politics.
0:47.5	I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I hope you recharged a little bit. Good to be back with you.
0:53.0	Glad you're listening. Everybody on
0:54.5	TikTok, hello. Everybody on Facebook, hello. Everybody on Twitter, hello. Instagram, hello.
1:02.6	Everybody, YouTube. Hello. I'm fascinated by this question.
1:18.9	What happens when a people no longer cares about the truth?
1:22.5	What happens?
1:30.4	What happens when a people no longer cares about being lied to?
1:34.2	What happens to that people?
1:38.1	What happens to the country in which those people live?
1:48.0	What happens when a country gets to a point where people no longer care at all that their politicians lie to them.
1:55.6	What does that mean for us? What does that mean for the country? What is that, what are the policy implications of that? Stop right, right here. What happens when people no longer give a damn about the truth
2:05.9	we ought to wrestle with that because that's where we are right now
2:14.1	I say it at the outset as as a former politician, all politicians lie.
2:20.8	All politicians fudge, hedge, bullshit, and all the rest.
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