"We're not thinking, we're emoting" - John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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John Anderson is an Australian politician and commentator who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and leader of the National Party from 1999-2005. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1989-2007, serving as Minister for Primary Industries and Energy from 1996-1998 and Minister for Transport and Regional Development from 1998-2005 in the Howard government. After politics, Anderson has been a public voice on civic freedoms, global food security, modern slavery and the economy. In 2017 he launched a YouTube channel, Conversations with John Anderson, featuring interviews with public intellectuals. SPONSORED BY: Babbel. Go to https://babbel.com/play/ and use promo code TRIGGER to get an extra 6 months free! SPONSORED BY: AG1. Go to https://drinkAG1.com/triggernometry/ to get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase! Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	I look around and I see a desperate lack of hope. It really, really troubles me.
0:26.0	But I think what we're missing is that when we say our politicians are behaving disgracefully and that's also broken,
0:33.0	they're just reflecting the society that's voting the men. We're missing that.
0:37.0	It's telling us something about our own society.
0:40.0	So if you don't engage respectfully, if you don't think through the issues, if you don't grapple with the facts, rather than the emotions,
0:50.0	there's your civilisation moment. We're not thinking. We're emoting everything.
0:56.0	And that's your classic with social media.
0:59.0	I think there's another aspect. There's the Old Edmund Burke thing.
1:02.0	You know, it takes for evil to prosper. It's good people to remain silent.
1:05.0	So you've got a huge number of people who are disengaged from politics, from public life, from the public square.
1:12.0	And they're frightened of going on social media. And what we actually need is more people of balance from the middle.
1:17.0	Being prepared to say, you know, I don't like all this stuff out there.
1:21.0	And I'm just going to go online and say, hey, there's some karma. Let's think this through.
1:34.0	Hello and welcome to Trigonometry. I'm Francis Foster.
1:38.0	I'm Constantine Kissen.
1:40.0	And this is the show for you if you want honest conversations with fascinating people.
1:45.0	Our terrific guest today is a former deputy prime minister of Australia,
1:48.0	who's now become a YouTuber. How far he has fallen, John Anderson. Welcome to Trigonometry.
1:53.0	It's fantastic to be with you both.
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