Tõejärgne poliitika

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• Asjade meelelahutuslik väärtus on nii mõjukas. Tähendab, oli üks debatt, kus Trump, pälvis tohutu naerupahvaka tema repliigi – "Ainult Rosie O'Donnell" - peale. Tõde on see, et me elame poliitilises süsteemis, kus kui sa suudad poliitilise debati ajal suure naerupahvaka esile kutsuda, siis sa võidad. Pole vahet, kes sa oled. Pole vahet, kui väheinformeeritud sa oled, pole oluline, et pool arutelust käis selle üle, mida paganat me peaksime ette võtma tuumasõja ohu või millegi muu puhul. Seega, me oleme ahvid. Ja meile meeldib naerda.
• The entertainment value of things is so influential. I mean, there was that one debate where Trump, you know, got a massive laugh on, you know, his line, you know - "Only Rosie O'Donnell" - right? The truth is, we're living in a political system where if you can get a big laugh during a political debate, you win. It doesn't matter who you are, right? Like that's the level of, you know, it doesn't matter how uninformed you are, it doesn't matter that half the debate was about what the hell we should do about, you know, a threat of nuclear war or anything else. It's, we're monkeys, right? And we like to laugh.
  • Sam Harris, "Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI & UFOs", Lex Fridman Podcast #365, 2:40:38, 14. märts 2023