Comments by "Aaron Okeanos" (@AaronOkeanos) on "David Pakman Show" channel.

  1. * You cannot convince them with facts or reason. Don't even try, it's making it worse. * You may be able to connect with emotions but only if they really like or even love you. Show them how you worry for them, how their position is affecting you emotionally. And what might happen to your relation with them when this continues. * If can try to cut off those people from political media for 10 to 14 days ... everything. Maybe a shared holiday or a deal with them (if you shut off your phone and computer for 2 weeks I will xyz) or something. But they need a break and come down from their angry level and eventually even addiction to news and anger which media especially Fox and Co is maintaining. Eventually their anger-level subside enough so that their reasoning sets in again and you can talk with them ... carefully. In best case they reflect and look back and start feeling shame for before. * I don't recommend it, but if you really want to talk to them based on facts, reasoning and logic than don't push it. Explain to them how you got to your personal opinion you now have. Explain/Show/Demonstrate how and from where you got your opinion so they can check this and go the same way if they want. Don't force anything on them, they must come to the conclusion on their own. So make it easier for them to find their way but don't push them or force them or even present them only with the final conclusion without the way there or this fails and may push them even further away because they think you want to manipulate them.
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  2. It depends on how deep it took root already. But usually very messy. It is very rare that it is overcome peacefully once it reached a certain hold over society.
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  3. Infrastructure are all core services of a society, meaning the core basic stuff to live and work for people as well as companies. Water, Water Treatment, Power, Transportation, Communication even Waste Disposal in other words everything which can stop a society to work.
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  4.  @smcdonald9991  The first step to make anything better and/or getting anything done is to acknowledge that there is a problem. A lot of people do anything including lying to others (which is actually lying to yourself) to convince you that there is no problem. And why: Without a problem there is no reason to need to think about it or finding a solution and actually start doing something. So in the end it's a form of lazyness. A wish to stay passive. But nothing will get ever better with this approach and nothing will get ever done. For that you need to have courage and face reality.
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  5. Mr. Police-Commissionaire!? Did you forgot to tell your officer that license-plates can currently be somewhat outdated because they have a months-long queue and that noone should be stopped because of that? What is it now: Your negligence or her incompetence? Or maybe both?
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  6. As long as companies like Apple or Facebook or people like Trump or Bezos paying less money then an average highschool teacher per year the system is not recovering simply because it lacks the money to pay for it. And without the money all the things like free universities, free schools, free healthcare/healthcare for all, improvement of public transportation, high speed rail projects, supporting public infrastructure projects, science and development, subsidizing Green Economy, Startups, Small Bussiness and and and are all lacking funding. And the income inequality will remain the poison for society slowly dragging it down.
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  7. How could you ever allow this man-child to be the most powerful person on the planet?!
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  8. Trump and the GOP effed the veterans multiple times already by not passing certain laws or funding for them ask Jon Steward about it. It cannot be a money-issue the Pentagon gets every year massive new budgets we passing a whopping 885,000 x 1,000,000$ yes that's on it's way to 1 trillion every single year. 60% of the budget disspears in the Pentagon ("cannot be accounted for"). So where is the money? It is not with the military personel or veterans because they can barely live from it and pay their bills.
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  9. Trump is not fully gone yet. And there is this issue with those 73 mio people who voted him. And there are still crazy people like MTG, Cancun Cruz, DeSantis, etc. And the things happening in Florida, Georgia, Arizona let outsiders look more cautious on the US if the return to old values like honesty, decency and integrity with the Biden-Administration holds or not.
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  10. True. Everything which they disagree with is labeled "fake". They lost the ability (or perhaps never had) to distinguish fact from opinion. And noone told them lies are only applicable on facts.
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  11. Indeed. Maga has won. And now for 4 years you will hear the consequences of that and an occassional "we told you so".
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  12. Once you learn to devalue other people you can devalue anyone whenever you feel the need to even people close to you.
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  13. This is why the Republicans will in the end drop Trump as soon as they not get too burned by their voters and go with Biden because their capital income will more like increase and taxes will not really change for them as the rich deciding the tax-rules for rich in the Senate not even if Democrats having half of the seats because there are a lot of Wannebe-Republicans in the Senate so called Establishment-Democrats.
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  14. Your assumption is that NATO ever planned to invade Russia. A ridiculous idea for multiple reasons. 1) Western Nations no longer use military conquest to expand territory 2) NATO is defensive only 3) Russia is a Tier 1 military nation 4) Russia is also a Nuclear Power
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  15.  @anonagain  You have to understand Putin. He said himself decades ago that "Ukraine is not a real country". Add to this Putin's regret of the end of the Sovjet Union and his ambitions to revive Russian Imperialism. Than add to this that Ukraine was a Free, Independant, Democracy and more importantly Prospering Democracy right on his front doorstep telling all Russians: "See the gras is greener there" and you have a more realistic picture why Putin needed to do something. All those arguments and lies about NATO and "Denazification" and Buffer-States is bullshit. Cheap excuses for Putin to allow him to justify an invasion and ensure in case it fails that Ukraine never becomes NATO member which makes a later invasion almost impossible for him. Ukraine never asked to be NATO member until Putin invaded and stolen Crimea. And than Donbas and now the rest of it and it will not end there Moldova will be next also not a NATO member.
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  16. I disagree: It is the fault of people in Texas! They voted for the Repulicans in state government/administration. Those people who ruined the electric grid by shouting "free market" and "less regulating" and with that allowed the electric companies to go cheap and unrealiable.
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  17. It's actually dangerous. Human brains are not made to hold contradicting thoughts at the same time. It leads to a condition called cognitive dissonance. It feels like "thinking without keeping a proper footing". Cognitive dissonance is the first step to mental issues. It errodes trust in reality and your own senses and ultimativly clinical insanity. EDIT: This is why most humans naturally try to avoid these and react avoiding, rejecting or even aggressive if facts are presented to them which threatens their choosen idea/view in their heads because it makes them more insecure and unsure again. The alternative is to assume you "might be wrong" and "don't know all". This is what we call "being open minded" or even "humility". It allows you easier to adopt a new view when the facts change or your hear something new or as here ... detecting a contradiction. And exactly THIS is missing with a lot of Right-Winger. They are so sure of themselves and not allow even themselves to challenge them. Or as Shakespear formulated it "This above all: to thine own self be true"
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  18. They are all hypocrites and so selfish they would never not help themselves. Trump got his vaccine even before Biden AND tried to keep it secret because what he says and his actions are completly opposit.
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  19. He is not the only one. Half the Democrat Party thinking they can stick to the status quo and let the donations flow as usual while facing potentially the last period of democracy.
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  20. And the next topic you can talk about is fracking and how much the state subsidize fracking in order to make it financially viable. The US energy production, the wish for energy independance and the wish for cheap gas prizes has a high impact on environment and long term effects for the next 50 years or more. And I don't even talk about climate change here just about water pollution, desertification and such things.
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  21. It's real name is "Fox Opinions".
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  22. Ever noticed that the people not using the word "patriotic" are the real patriots (thats called modesty) and the more often someone needs to use the word the less patriotic they actually are.
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  23. Because capitalists still think lefties are nuts despite evidence for the contrary.
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  24.  @snc0023  You think incumbency is helping? You mean like Trump in 2020?
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  25. Motivate people to vote. The only reason why Republicans often win is because the people who could change that don't go voting because they have been told "it will not make a difference" but this is a trick and a lie. The only real power average people in the country have is doing this little cross every now and than. If you don't vote you allow others to decide over the future.
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  26. So she is campaigning on the promise of beginning political prosecutions and witchhunting like Stalin and Hitler? And I thought she is against this.
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  27. I wonder what Trump will say when Putin takes Trumps Hotel in Moscow.
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  28. May the 4th be with you.
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  29. Having more choice is good. This is what is missing in the US ... more than 2 choices.
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  30. The world is mildly entertained and somewhat confused at Americans caring about "woke" beverages and wondering what Americans prioritize these days.
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  31. In a Democracy the majority decides. 1) Bills are passed in the House with a simple majority 2) Bills are passed in Senate suddenly only with a 60 seat support However 2 only works when the party has either 60 or more seats or when people acting reasonible in the minority and put country before party and actually vote for it. If you don't like this, make better policies so more people vote you. ... Or Change the system of lawmaking meaning the Senate-part which is so obviously undemocratic when a single senator from a single state can block everything.
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  32. Funny I noticed something in the comments. Contrary to all the other video comment sections I saw in the last 5 days they no longer attacking the message but the messenger (Cenk) which means Cenks arguments were pretty good but they try to find a way to dismiss them.
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  33. Trump has one of the richest mans and biggest globalist on the planet next to him and he even put him in government and you really think this will help the average American?
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  34. Trump and his war against wind mills. And all because of a disagreement about view and golf on his resort in Scotland. Since then Trump is doing his own little play called Don Quixote vs. windmills.
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  35. It will fail and backfire. It will fail because the people listening to this are easily bored when everyone is agreeing with them. It will backfire because it will be so terrible in content, that the government is forced to introduce regulation for ALL social media plattforms not only this new plattforms. I could even imagine that some countries on the world ban it completly and/or sue the provider for the content there if they completly go overboard. I actually don't mind, it's time social media gets regulation it was wild west until now. The Scandals regarding misinformation especially facebook and targetted political advertisement also used to manipulate elections by manipulating the voters shown how dangerous this wild wild west for democracies actually can be.
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  36. Callers need to learn what a question is. 2/3 of them just stating opinion and hoped for a confirmation.
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  37. Go to wikipedia and start reading a bit. You embarrass yourself!
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  38. Doing that to themselves in one thing, but making others do it is coersion. And NO this is not a normal protest. They should get a fine for that and when they try again a courtcase. Wearing masks is not taking away any freedoms, besides the freedom of feeling a bit silly maybe it's a measure to be on the safe side. If just one kid gets Covid because of them they should see a prison from the inside for assault.
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  39. Even 74 mio are a minority, when the majority is 80 mio.
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  40. It's not loyalty Trump wants it's devotion (blind love/support). Loyalty would include that you help that person when the person is about to make a mistake, disagreeing once in while maybe even prevent some actions but Trump wants none of that just blind obediance and devotion.
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  41. See this touches the core here because they see bullying as strength.
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  42. Makes scamming and cheating and exploiting easier.
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  43. Fake candidates or bribes (or both). This is criminal and anti-democratic and highly corrupt. She should lose the right to run for officer ever again and immediatly be dispelled.
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  44. The problem are false positives and denunciation.
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  45. There was a fair amount of misinformation from the guy on the right. Why is it Davids jobs to fight them. The host could and should fact-check it and say "no budy not here not now".
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  46. Golf, Youtube, Twitter, Golf, Youtube, Twitter, Golf, etc. I mean it's almost like we have his playlist from yesterday. One Twitter Message each.
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  47. If proven correct with solid evidence this could be the biggest scandal in American history. Especially considering that a hostile takeover and dismantling of the justice system, legislature, law enforcement and government is taking place right now. Would also make a hell of a Hollywood movie.
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  48. Why Do people believe a good footballplayer makes a good politician? If you need surgery would you go to car mechanic? Or would you discuss your financial planning with a doctor? Or let's reverse it: Would you want Trump to play football quarterback? [fascinating material for comedy aka "If Trump would be a quarterback then ..."]
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  49. Can't stand Miller. He looks like an upside-down walking half male ball. And he is a d*ck personally involved with Fascists and Anti-Muslim groups since his time at the Duke University.
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  50. Let's just wait and see shall we. And I hope you change your mind about Trump Maga and the GOP over the next 4 years. Try to keep an open mind please.
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