We’re the Law and We Know It ft. Matt Peterson
The American Mind
The Claremont Institute
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The FBI has raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. Are Merrick Garland and the ruling elites at the justice department so convinced of their political invulnerability that they don’t care how this looks? Maybe the Democrats just think they can buy voters off: in a transparent ploy to do so, the Biden administration has promised a $10,000 student loan cancellation plan. Conservatives are sputtering with outrage, but they ought to be thinking “systemically” about how to dismantle the whole college industrial complex. Plus: Alexander Dugin’s daughter, Darya Dugina, was assassinated by car bomb in Moscow. Our editors, joined by New Founding’s Matt Peterson, offer their thoughts.
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on this episode of The Round Table. |
| 0:03.0 | They've so entirely constructed this universe |
| 0:05.9 | in which to even entertain positive thoughts |
| 0:08.9 | about Donald Trump amounts to heresy, |
| 0:12.0 | excommunication, anathema, the scum of the earth. |
| 0:16.1 | And they think that that's an actually compelling way. |
| 0:19.0 | And for a lot of people, of course, |
| 0:20.2 | that is a compelling thought world |
| 0:22.9 | that prevents them from thinking outside their bubble, right? |
| 0:26.1 | Like if I even entertain the possibility |
| 0:28.8 | that maybe Trump is the victim here, |
| 0:31.0 | like I am flirting with authoritarianism and fascism |
| 0:34.2 | and wrong think. |
| 0:35.3 | But there's a whole universe of people, I hope, |
| 0:38.3 | and actually believe who actually aren't persuaded |
| 0:42.4 | by just constantly being brow beaten, |
| 0:44.9 | into not even entering into the possibility |
| 0:49.4 | that maybe Trump has a point or something. |
| 0:51.8 | So yeah, I see why if you were a smart version |
| 0:55.6 | of Merrick Garland, you might be hesitant |
| 0:57.3 | about doing this sort of thing. |
| 0:59.0 | But in the real life version of Merrick Garland, |
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