Comments by "Tim Bucks" (@TimBitts649) on "‘The View’s’ Co-Host Can’t Hide Her Laugh During Whoopi Goldberg’s Insane Lie" video.
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Lies and the internet? Dave's friend Jordan Peterson once said 80% of people who comment online, tend to be men, particularly conservative leaning men. That's important.
Combine that with free speech, this will eventually change the culture. Another interesting thing from Jordan Peterson: Silicon Valley people tend to be lefties, because of personality traits. Artists, comedians, entrepreneurs historically tend to be left wing more often, because they are born a bit more creative and open. Conservatives are the opposite personality pattern to lefties.
Elon Musk is a bit of a rarity, he seems in some ways conservative, other ways liberal. Balanced. I'm the same. I once took a personality test for political inclination. My test positioned me, dead set in the middle. Quite liberal on some things, quite conservative on others. My guess is the internet will balance things out in time. The curious thing too, is that 80% of Americans are like me: pretty much in the middle. The dominant voices though, tend to be on the extreme. Domination by a few people is ruining America. Democracy in a Republic is based on the idea of dispersing political power. The internet will help us do that. Give it time.
The internet is a lie detection machine, among other things. That's why free speech is so valuable. It lets us detect lies, so we eventually all evolve a bit more towards the reasonable middle. That's why I listen to this channel. It seems to be the best channel for reason, reasonableness, common ground, the reasonable middle....which is where most people are, really.
I think America is polarized because basically money is hyper-concentrated into a few hands, so a few people dominate the debate, influence government. The Rich Men, North of Richmond. If you look at lists of the richest people in America, 90% are Democrats. Why? Personality patterns. And I think this is what is wrecking America. A lot of conservative types seem to now buy into the idea like I do, that the real danger is hyper-concentrated corporate power That's why I support Republicans. They are changing. Dems, they changed, for the worst. The Dems are more bought and sold, by the elites. And they embrace crazy Woke ideas like DEI and Anti-Semitism....both forms of insanity, in my opinion. It seems to me, one way of balancing the national conversation, is a free exchange of ideas, to get to the reasonable middle.
Including calling out liars. I hope Whoopi subscribes to this channel. I mean, she's a pretty funny talented lady, but the point of comedy is not to become the joke, it's to tell the joke.
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