The Danger Of Idiocracy

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

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News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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On this episode of The Enemies List Rick welcomes Tom Nichols to talk about some of the radical ideas from some of our politicians. Tom is a staff writer at The Atlantic and also a professor emeritus at The U.S. Naval War College. Rick and Tom discuss what is happening with education in Florida and some other crazy ideas being introduced. And Rick looks to this past weeks hearings to find this episode's entry onto The Enemies LIst. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rick-wilsons-the-enemy-list/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My guest today on the enemy's list is Tom Nichols.
0:08.8	Tom is one of the staff writers at the Atlantic and a terrific writer in every regard.
0:14.2	He authors their Peacefield newsletter and the Atlantic Daily newsletter.
0:17.9	Tom is also a professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College.
0:21.1	He taught there for 25 years and also an instructor at the Harvard Extension School.
0:26.2	Tom is a deeply knowledgeable guy about government and the question that is so fundamental
0:32.7	to under all this thing that we are experiencing now, which is expertise.
0:37.7	And the contempt for and the hatred of expertise that now defines an entire section of America's
0:42.6	political culture to our great and tremendous peril.
0:46.5	He is also, by the way, a guy who won jeopardy five times.
0:50.4	Tom is one of the smartest guys I know and I am so looking forward to having him on the
0:53.9	enemy's list today.
0:56.6	There was also maintained what was called an enemy's list.
1:02.6	Democrats want Republicans dead.
1:05.5	I could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody.
1:08.9	The women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about
1:13.1	having abortions.
1:15.2	On January 6th of 2021, you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.
1:20.9	You're the president of the United States.
1:22.6	You can de-classify just by saying it's de-classified.
1:25.6	It's not a right-wing conspiracy theory.
1:27.1	It's not queuing on.
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