The Median Voter Strikes Back

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Summary

TLDRIn this street interview conducted in the Bronx, various residents share their thoughts on the upcoming mayoral election and the political landscape in New York City. The discussion reveals a mix of support and skepticism towards candidates like Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, and Mandani. Key issues raised include rising rent prices, economic challenges, and a general disappointment with the Democratic Party's focus on cost of living. Voters express a desire for candidates who can effectively address these concerns and bring about positive change in the city. The interviews highlight significant political shifts in the Bronx, particularly in voting patterns from the 2020 to 2024 elections, showcasing a diverse range of opinions and sentiments among the electorate.

Takeaways

  • 🗳️ Voters express mixed feelings about candidates in the Bronx.
  • 💰 Rising rent prices are a major concern for residents.
  • 🤔 Many feel disappointed with the Democratic Party's focus on economic issues.
  • 👥 Andrew Cuomo receives both support and skepticism from voters.
  • 📊 Significant political shifts are noted in voting patterns from 2020 to 2024.
  • 🔍 Voters are looking for candidates who can address affordability and economic challenges.
  • 📉 Disillusionment with politics is prevalent among interviewees.
  • 🗣️ The tone of the interviews reflects frustration with the political system.
  • 🏙️ The Bronx is highlighted as a key area in the upcoming election.
  • 📅 The general election is anticipated to be competitive and contentious.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video begins with a host in the Bronx discussing the upcoming mayoral election in New York City, highlighting the area's political shifts, particularly the significant swing towards Trump in recent elections. The host notes the disappointment among voters with the Democratic Party, focusing on economic issues and the need for change.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The conversation shifts to the candidates for the mayoral election, with some voters expressing support for Andrew Cuomo and others for the new candidate, Mumani. The host reflects on the previous election's voter sentiments and the importance of addressing economic concerns in the upcoming election.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    As the discussion continues, voters express their views on the candidates, with some leaning towards Cuomo due to his experience, while others are skeptical of his past controversies. The need for fresh leadership and a focus on the needs of New Yorkers is emphasized.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The topic of rent hikes and economic challenges is brought up, with voters voicing their frustrations about the cost of living in New York City. The host engages with various opinions on how candidates might address these pressing issues.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Voters share their thoughts on the political landscape, with some expressing disillusionment with both major parties. The conversation touches on the complexities of political allegiance and the impact of individual candidates on local issues.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The host interviews a community activist who shares concerns about the implications of socialism on small businesses. The activist expresses a desire for candidates who understand the needs of small business owners and the importance of economic freedom.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:38:34

    The video concludes with a reflection on the diverse opinions of Bronx residents regarding the mayoral election, highlighting the challenges of engaging with a politically diverse community and the need for candidates to resonate with the electorate's concerns.

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Video Q&A

  • What are the main issues discussed in the video?

    The main issues include rent hikes, economic challenges, and voter disappointment with political candidates.

  • Who are the candidates mentioned in the video?

    Candidates mentioned include Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, and Mandani.

  • What is the general sentiment towards the Democratic Party?

    Many voters express disappointment with the Democratic Party's focus on economic issues and their overall effectiveness.

  • How do voters feel about Andrew Cuomo?

    Opinions on Cuomo are mixed; some support him for his experience, while others are skeptical due to past controversies.

  • What is the significance of the Bronx in the election?

    The Bronx is highlighted as an area with significant political shifts, particularly in voting patterns from the 2020 to 2024 elections.

  • What do voters think about the current mayor, Eric Adams?

    Voters have mixed feelings about Adams, with some expressing disappointment and others acknowledging his efforts.

  • What are voters looking for in a candidate?

    Voters are looking for candidates who can address affordability and economic issues in the city.

  • Is there a consensus on who to vote for?

    No clear consensus emerges; opinions vary widely among voters.

  • What is the overall tone of the interviews?

    The tone is candid and often critical, reflecting frustration with the political system.

  • How do voters perceive the political landscape?

    Voters express a sense of disillusionment with politics, feeling that candidates often fail to represent their interests.

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    New clickbait wasteland who we love and
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    support in the Bronx. Probably going to
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    be annoying because it's the Bronx.
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    Hey, today I'm in the Bronx asking
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    people about the mayoral election in New
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    York City. Uh, this is a really
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    interesting area because in the 2024
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    presidential
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    Why is it so hard for Dems to come to
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    grips with the new political reality?
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    Can't just be Apac. It's Apac. I mean,
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    it's it's it's corportocracy, but like
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    Apac being the loudest of those
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    corporate voices. Yeah, for sure. Pretty
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    much just that. I mean there look in a
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    system where basically every politician
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    has to fall in line inevitably just as a
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    natural like selection kind of deal, you
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    will end up having politicians that are
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    entirely useless um griping little
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    bureaucrats whose only job is to accept
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    money from uh corporate interests. like
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    you you you it's it's not as though by
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    having decades and decades and decades
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    of selection towards that kind of
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    corruption, you're then going to have a
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    a base of people who go, "Oh my god,
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    there's a new political zeitgeist and we
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    need to follow it." And it takes all it
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    requires is betraying all of our
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    principles and donors. Not going to
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    happen.
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    Election. Uh there are three different
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    precincts here around this neighborhood.
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    And although all the precincts voted for
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    Kla Harris, uh there were significant
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    swings in votes toward Trump. So in one
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    of the precincts there was a 42 point
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    swing toward Trump between 2020 and
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    2024.
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    In another precinct there was a plus 41
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    swing toward Trump. And in another
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    there's a plus 32 swing toward Trump.
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    Now in the 2025 mayor
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    the three people in this one be crazy.
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    Do you think that by spoiling the
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    contents of the video you're improving
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    the viewing experience? Do you typically
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    do that when watching movies with
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    friends? Do you say like dog the third
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    act twist in this one goes hard. I'm
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    watching the video
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    primary. Two of those precincts voted
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    for Cuomo.
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    Sorry. More significant margin and one
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    by a lesser margin.
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    And then one of the precincts voted for
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    Mumani and he won that area by one vote.
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    So I'm talking to people about the
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    general election. And you may actually
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    recognize this background behind me
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    because after the 2024 presidential
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    election, Zoron came here and he talked
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    to voters about um their
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    That's right. This was one of his first
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    breakout videos. Yeah, that's right. I I
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    remember this. I remember this. I mean,
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    maybe it was like a similar looking one,
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    I guess, but I um Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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    concerns. And a lot of people said that
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    they were just kind of disappointed with
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    the Democratic party that they were more
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    focused on cost of living and economic
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    issues. So, I'm curious to see whether
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    those issues are still resonating with
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    people and what they're thinking about
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    the general election in November.
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    It's not your responsibility to tell
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    people inter how to interact with their
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    friends. Actually, I disagree. I think
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    that mentality is why we're in the ship
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    pit we are now where everyone's
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    antisocial. No one knows how to act in
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    public. Nobody knows how to make
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    friends. It's this um you I got mine.
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    It's not your business to tell me. No, I
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    disagree. Actually, every human being on
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    Earth's lives are my business and vice
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    versa. All right. If you're being a
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    [ __ ] to your friends, that is my
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    business. Okay? There are knock-on
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    effects you can't even begin to
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    perceive. What if the great
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    grandchildren of your friends who are uh
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    uh tainted by the the wretched behavior
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    you exhibit now are annoying to my
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    great-grandchildren? Okay. I I reject
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    this premise. I actually think
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    everything is my business and I will
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    judge you.
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    Are there any candidates who you've
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    heard about who you're leaning toward
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    for the general election?
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    Well, I'm definitely leaning towards the
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    new one, the 33y old, I forget his name.
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    You
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    Yes.
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    He's fresh. He's new. He's energetic.
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    Adams.
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    Yeah. Just with him moving to
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    independent says a lot cuz he knows
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    Democrats are not going to go for him.
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    Not after what he did. So,
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    what did you think about Andrew Cuomo?
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    I love Andrew Cuomo. I feel so bad that
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    uh he didn't I mean, he was there, but
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    he didn't get the prize. So, you know, I
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    think for the general election, this guy
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    is young. He's enter.
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    Listen, okay, it's called vote blue no
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    matter who. You can't be mad at her for
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    being consistent.
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    He gravitates a lot of young people. And
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    that's what Washington needs. They need
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    young blood, new blood, and and people
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    that are aware of what we're going
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    through, you know, the needs of New
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    York.
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    So, um, Andrew Cuomo, it looks like he's
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    still running and maybe could run as an
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    independent between mom and
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    probably vote for him.
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    For Cuomo?
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    Yeah. Because he was governor,
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    so who knows the city better than he
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    does?
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    Ah,
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    a little skeptical. Not about corruption
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    as much, but I'm pretty sure he learns
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    his lesson when it comes to womanizing
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    and stuff like that. Mhm.
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    So I would lean towards him.
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    You know,
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    listen, he's stopped being Italian.
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    Okay. He's learned to no long he's no
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    longer Italian.
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    So as an independent, if that's what
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    he's going to do because I I heard
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    that's what he was going to do, I I I
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    would lean towards him before I lean
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    towards Adams ever.
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    And between Adams and Mumani, you would
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    go
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    I would go with Mandani. Oh, for sure.
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    That's for sure. Um, so what's the top
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    issue to you as a New Yorker?
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    The the the all the hikes, the rent
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    hikes are
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    Oh my god, man.
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    They're just unbelievable. you know, the
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    rents, uh, uh, price gouging, you know,
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    schools, you know, these kids, you know,
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    they they need help, you know, and if if
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    that I know I know Cuomo can do it cuz
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    he's a powerhouse and he's mad
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    experienced.
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    It's cra It's crazy, dude. It's cra
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    I can't No, it is fried. They're
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    chocked. The whole goddamn country, the
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    world, I guess she'll come around. I
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    hope so. I hope so.
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    But the young blood, you got to
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    sometimes give them a break. And if he
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    were to take it, I would be okay with
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    that. I definitely would be disappointed
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    with Adams if he were to take it, which
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    I doubt very much because there are a
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    lot of people that are disappointed with
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    him. If you don't mind sharing, uh, who
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    did you vote for in the 2024
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    presidential election?
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    Well, Harris,
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    for sure.
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    Is there a rhetorical way we can address
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    creeps like Trump and Cuomo? No. Voters
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    don't care if people are rapists. They
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    just don't. It's like this is this has
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    been demonstrated over and over and over
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    and over again. Um, they literally do
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    not care if a person is a rapist. A
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    person, even women will will disbelieve
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    women who accuse them. Voters are pro-
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    rape. If anything, it shows that you've
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    got the gumption. um to to get things
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    moving forward to the to the voter. You
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    know, they do not care.
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    You think I wanted that lunatic in
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    there? We are suffering and it's three
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    more years of his craziness. You know,
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    look at what's h what's happened and he
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    hasn't even been there a full year and
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    he's created such chaos. But those are
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    smoke screens for the illegal things
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    that he's doing that he's not saying
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    anything about because he's not letting
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    anybody know. I'm very aware. I pay very
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    close attention to politics. I'm sure
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    you have to nowadays, you know, because
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    you have to know who's going to be
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    running because that goes
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    I mean, she seems nice, right? Like with
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    this is this is far from the worst. This
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    is far from the worst.
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    That take out of your pocket. And right
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    now he's taking out of our pocket and
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    making the wealthier wealthier. That's
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    the opposite of Robin Hood. You know,
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    take from the rich and give to the poor.
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    He's taking from the poor and giving to
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    the rich. And that just makes no sense.
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    What's your name?
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    My name is Corey with a K. Cory G.
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    Nice to meet you. And do you live in
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    this area?
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    I do. I live in the area. I work in the
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    community shelter.
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    Work as community activist.
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    Okay. So, you're pretty, you know,
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    tapped into the politics of this area. I
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    was curious, who do you support for
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    mayor? Um, and did you vote in the
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    primary?
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    I didn't vote. Um, but I I really wasn't
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    a fond of Mer Adams either. He was cool,
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    but certain things that he did was good
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    and certain things I didn't really like.
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    far as the new guy, Mr. uh Mad Ramy, I
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    don't know how to pronounce
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    Mani. Mani about that. Um
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    I don't really know if that's going to
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    work with the whole socialist thing
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    because some of the ideas as far as like
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    small business owner. I'm also a small
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    business owner. If you want to take it
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    and and have the state control things
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    like that, that won't be good for people
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    who want to have their own small
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    business. So I think that a socialism
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    full out socialism wouldn't work for
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    America in my opin and for this city.
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    Petite Bourgeoa doing what they do best.
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    Mamani is literally like pro small
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    business. You know it's it's up because
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    like a community where you get your
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    commodity needs met through small
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    businesses is almost certainly healthier
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    than one where you get them met through
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    giant like transnational corporations.
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    But small business owners are
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    consistently just as Hitlerite as like
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    like if you if you take small business
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    owners as like a class the petwa and you
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    scale them up to like or or you stack
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    them up against I don't know Silicon
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    Valley like tech workers or something. I
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    don't know. I don't know. It's crazy
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    man. They they're so bad at determining
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    their I I keep going back to I remember
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    this in the neighborhood that I grew up
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    in in Beverly Hills there is a
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    commercial road. I think it's is it
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    Beverly Drive? Is it Robertson? I think
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    it's Robertson. Uh, and it's just it's
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    got a lot of small mom and pop
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    businesses on it, right? And it had
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    trees that ran down the uh the length of
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    the boulevard, provided shade to the
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    parking spots, to the people walking
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    down. And these small business owners
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    who own the businesses that were covered
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    by those trees pushed the city to chop
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    the trees down because they were tired
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    of having to sweep up leaves. And now
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    the entire road is this like barren like
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    LA heat on the concrete like pounding
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    uh unpleasant. It's crazy. They're just
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    so [ __ ] stupid
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    in my opinion. I think that might be
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    something we have to reconsider, you
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    know? It's just kind of just out of
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    nowhere. It's really weird.
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    So when you say like a state controlled
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    business, are you talking about like the
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    grocery store proposal?
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    Yeah. And like the small mom and pop
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    businesses like I grew up in Harlem. you
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    don't have a lot of small and mom and
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    pop business anymore because everything
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    has been taken over by like the big
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    businesses like uh health food and all
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    this other stuff. So, it's not
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    it really doesn't matter who you talk
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    to. It doesn't matter what part of the
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    country you're in. 99% of the time if
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    you ask a person who they support for
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    the um presidency or mayorship or
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    whatever, they'll give their answer and
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    then they'll say essentially because of
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    capitalism. They'll say like, "I'm tired
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    of capitalism so I'm voting for Trump.
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    I'm tired of capitalism so I'm voting
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    for Kla Harris. I'm tired of capitalism,
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    so I'm voting for Cuomo. I'm tired of
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    capitalism, so I'm voting for Eric Adam.
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    Like, it every single time, every state,
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    every city, it doesn't matter who the
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    politician is
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    unfair to a person that's a young upand
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    cominging uh business owner. It's not as
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    It's kind of scary. It's a weird feel
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    like we're living in a weird era.
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    Yeah. One of his proposals is to cut
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    some of the red tape for small
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    businesses. Would you be in favor of
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    something like that or
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    which what is that red tape meaning like
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    to
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    Jesus Christ? What kind of small
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    business do you operate exactly? Is it
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    legal? Do you report it to the IRS?
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    The permitting that you have to go
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    through and all the paperwork. Now
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    that'll be cool, but it's just like I
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    don't want to get taxed crazy, you know,
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    and I don't want want to something my
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    business be controlled and taken over by
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    the state like you were somewhere where
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    everything is controlled by the
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    government and it's that's not fair cuz
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    it kind of it's just it's not
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    encouraging for a person who wants to
  • 00:11:42
    start their own business, you know?
  • 00:11:44
    So, would you vote for the general
  • 00:11:46
    election? Cuomo still seems like he's
  • 00:11:48
    running and then Adams is running again.
  • 00:11:50
    Would you vote for one of those?
  • 00:11:52
    I'd rather go I'd rather go with Adams.
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    I'm sorry. And I don't I'm not really
  • 00:11:57
    fond of him, but I would rather go with
  • 00:11:58
    Adams than go with something like that
  • 00:12:00
    because that's just like I it's just I
  • 00:12:02
    don't it's just a lot coming out of
  • 00:12:04
    nowhere and it's just like this guy just
  • 00:12:06
    flew out of nowhere and then he's saying
  • 00:12:07
    all these things and it's just like hey,
  • 00:12:09
    slow down. I just like I feel like I
  • 00:12:10
    need to get to know this person a little
  • 00:12:11
    bit more.
  • 00:12:12
    Riveting,
  • 00:12:12
    you know? I really like someone with
  • 00:12:14
    like more experience.
  • 00:12:15
    Yes, more experience. More experience in
  • 00:12:18
    politics and you know, I would like to
  • 00:12:20
    see someone who has experience with
  • 00:12:21
    running a city, a budget and all of
  • 00:12:23
    these things. I feel like he may be a
  • 00:12:24
    little more cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Like
  • 00:12:26
    I feel like he smokes like like uh
  • 00:12:29
    psychedelics and stuff. I think he needs
  • 00:12:31
    to be somewhere else opposed to running
  • 00:12:32
    a city, you know?
  • 00:12:34
    Yeah.
  • 00:12:34
    If you don't mind me asking, did you
  • 00:12:35
    vote in the 2024 presidential election?
  • 00:12:37
    I didn't. I'm I'm I voted back for I
  • 00:12:40
    voted for Obama twice. After that, I I
  • 00:12:41
    stopped.
  • 00:12:43
    God damn it. I'm just not beating the
  • 00:12:45
    allegations.
  • 00:12:46
    [Laughter]
  • 00:12:49
    It's vote vote black no matter who.
  • 00:12:51
    Actually,
  • 00:12:52
    stop voting. So, I didn't I didn't vote.
  • 00:12:54
    No, I didn't. No.
  • 00:12:55
    This is an interesting interesting area
  • 00:12:57
    because a lot of areas swung from Biden
  • 00:12:59
    to Trump from 2020.
  • 00:13:01
    Last summer, this city, this
  • 00:13:03
    neighborhood looked different when it
  • 00:13:04
    was Biden. And it's just it's politics.
  • 00:13:06
    This is America. You know, one one year
  • 00:13:08
    it may be this this family ruling, next
  • 00:13:11
    year it may be that. It's just you can't
  • 00:13:13
    I don't I don't put my trust in
  • 00:13:14
    politics. I I put it in the most high,
  • 00:13:16
    you know. Okay.
  • 00:13:17
    It's like a reality show right now in
  • 00:13:18
    America.
  • 00:13:19
    Okay.
  • 00:13:20
    What are your top issue? I'll let you go
  • 00:13:21
    then. Um, what are your top issues as a
  • 00:13:23
    New Yorker?
  • 00:13:23
    As a New Yorker, uh, Rent Rent is
  • 00:13:26
    I'm going to lose it, dude.
  • 00:13:29
    Every time.
  • 00:13:32
    Oh my god.
  • 00:13:35
    There's no escape. There's no escape,
  • 00:13:38
    dude.
  • 00:13:40
    Jesus Christ.
  • 00:13:42
    I hate this country. I hate this
  • 00:13:45
    country. I hate religion. I hate voters.
  • 00:13:48
    I hate politics,
  • 00:13:50
    man.
  • 00:13:51
    the re the the reason there are so many
  • 00:13:53
    evil people in politics is because if
  • 00:13:55
    you have a shred of integrity the just
  • 00:13:58
    sheer the reality of dealing with the
  • 00:14:00
    voting population will sand blast you
  • 00:14:03
    into a Hillary Clinton. I like my I'm of
  • 00:14:06
    the opinion that people like Hillary
  • 00:14:08
    Clinton started out earnest and having
  • 00:14:11
    like a vision for the future because
  • 00:14:13
    every young adult does and some people
  • 00:14:16
    just weather the sand blasting better
  • 00:14:18
    than others, right? And you have people
  • 00:14:20
    with an iron will like Bernie Sanders
  • 00:14:22
    who just stay the same for 80 years. And
  • 00:14:24
    then you have people who eventually just
  • 00:14:26
    become like the like you become the
  • 00:14:28
    spherical corporate Democrat like the
  • 00:14:30
    the frictionless uh zero gravity sphere
  • 00:14:33
    that you know the the mathematically
  • 00:14:35
    precise model
  • 00:14:36
    is really high. I was homeless for 2
  • 00:14:38
    years. I literally just moved out of a
  • 00:14:39
    shelter and got my voucher. So housing
  • 00:14:41
    is a big issue for a lot of people and I
  • 00:14:43
    personally know that. um the prices for
  • 00:14:45
    transportation and things like that and
  • 00:14:47
    food. The these are very important
  • 00:14:49
    things that we should be concerned
  • 00:14:50
    about, you know.
  • 00:14:51
    Great.
  • 00:14:52
    Yeah. Thank you so much. I really
  • 00:14:53
    appreciate your time.
  • 00:14:54
    What are your thoughts on this election?
  • 00:14:56
    Uh
  • 00:14:57
    hello. You have a a distinctive look.
  • 00:14:59
    Uh New York better vote Republican or
  • 00:15:01
    Libertarian like the city depends on it
  • 00:15:03
    because uh one more communist or one
  • 00:15:05
    more criminal and this city's done if
  • 00:15:06
    you haven't seen what they've already
  • 00:15:07
    done to it.
  • 00:15:08
    Okay, so this guy voted for um
  • 00:15:12
    fenthanil.
  • 00:15:13
    You can't do all this. You can't have an
  • 00:15:16
    unlawful city. Especially when they're
  • 00:15:17
    up there like Eric Adams screaming out,
  • 00:15:19
    "This is a black run city. Black, black,
  • 00:15:20
    black, black." All the racism they got
  • 00:15:22
    going on. What does your skin color have
  • 00:15:24
    to do with anything? And I love how they
  • 00:15:27
    push all this racism on the Republicans.
  • 00:15:28
    If anybody read a history book, wasn't
  • 00:15:30
    Abraham Lincoln a Republican?
  • 00:15:32
    Holy [ __ ]
  • 00:15:35
    Is he doing a bit? This guy had I'm
  • 00:15:37
    surprised the woman chose him to to for
  • 00:15:39
    for an interview with the enormous
  • 00:15:42
    planet-sized chip he had in his shoulder
  • 00:15:44
    coming into this. Jesus Christ. He
  • 00:15:46
    didn't take any prompting at all. Like
  • 00:15:47
    this guy put no effort into not like
  • 00:15:50
    pretending to not be crazy
  • 00:15:53
    that not Abraham Lincoln. Yeah. Lincoln
  • 00:15:55
    that freed the slaves from the
  • 00:15:57
    Democrats. Like anybody remember basic
  • 00:15:59
    high school history? And uh we're not a
  • 00:16:01
    democracy. We're a constitutional
  • 00:16:03
    republic. You learn that in grade
  • 00:16:04
    school. What happened to people? When
  • 00:16:06
    did they become so stupid? We live in
  • 00:16:08
    idiocracy. Can we get
  • 00:16:10
    Okay, this guy's actually bit Okay, I
  • 00:16:13
    Fent was a bad call. Is Do you think
  • 00:16:15
    it's meth? There's no way this guy is
  • 00:16:18
    all here right now. It's got to be Yeah,
  • 00:16:20
    it's got to be meth. Fent was like a was
  • 00:16:23
    a bad call. I think he's got to be
  • 00:16:25
    tweaking right now.
  • 00:16:27
    Is it Kamacho?
  • 00:16:28
    So, are you um supporting Slewall then?
  • 00:16:31
    Yeah, like Curtis. My problem with him
  • 00:16:33
    is Curtis, leave the weed alone.
  • 00:16:35
    Oh, yeah. I just saw his teeth. Yeah.
  • 00:16:36
    Okay. Seems pretty likely.
  • 00:16:39
    All right. Because here's the problem.
  • 00:16:40
    Here's what Republicans and Democrats of
  • 00:16:41
    Uni Party do. I'm a libertarian. And you
  • 00:16:44
    know what? They both love to attack. The
  • 00:16:46
    left loves to attack the guns and the
  • 00:16:48
    right likes to attack the drugs. If
  • 00:16:50
    you're not hurting nobody, you're not
  • 00:16:52
    stealing from nobody, and there's no
  • 00:16:53
    victim, what's the crime?
  • 00:16:56
    You should be able to own guns, and you
  • 00:16:58
    should be able to smoke your weed just
  • 00:16:59
    fine if you're not a criminal. I'm
  • 00:17:01
    becoming a Leninist. It's very
  • 00:17:04
    difficult. I Oh man, it you really you
  • 00:17:08
    really begin to appreciate how much
  • 00:17:10
    democracy is aberant and like
  • 00:17:12
    authoritarianism is the norm throughout
  • 00:17:13
    human history. Everyone had an emperor
  • 00:17:16
    or a pharaoh or a king or a queen uh or
  • 00:17:19
    something like that. Just a tiny little
  • 00:17:22
    sliver of time where people are like,
  • 00:17:23
    "What if we let average people make
  • 00:17:25
    decisions?" I don't know. Going to have
  • 00:17:27
    to apologize to all the tankies. At
  • 00:17:29
    least I'm honest with my like negative
  • 00:17:31
    polarization. Okay, a lot of them
  • 00:17:33
    they're do they're they're on their like
  • 00:17:35
    [ __ ] dictatorship of the proletariat
  • 00:17:37
    nonsense while they're jerking off
  • 00:17:39
    Stalin. Like you you don't care about
  • 00:17:40
    democracy.
  • 00:17:42
    It's all control patterns from this uni
  • 00:17:44
    party. Okay? They're not your friends.
  • 00:17:46
    It's never for your safety and they work
  • 00:17:48
    for us. They're public servants. We run
  • 00:17:51
    the show. Ask me why I have to go ask a
  • 00:17:54
    public servant that I have to have
  • 00:17:56
    permission to buy a gun, which is my
  • 00:17:58
    second god-given right.
  • 00:18:01
    What happened to this country? People
  • 00:18:02
    wake up.
  • 00:18:04
    So, do you mind me uh if I ask who did
  • 00:18:06
    you vote for in the 2024 election?
  • 00:18:08
    Who was I for?
  • 00:18:09
    Yeah. Or if you voted.
  • 00:18:10
    Oh, I'm Trump at that time because he
  • 00:18:12
    came to the Libertarian Caucus and
  • 00:18:14
    promised some things he was going to do.
  • 00:18:15
    Bitcoin
  • 00:18:16
    which he did.
  • 00:18:17
    And they murdered John McAfee down in
  • 00:18:19
    Spain on me. Suicide.
  • 00:18:22
    Now, here we are. How many months in,
  • 00:18:24
    and we ain't got no Epstein names? P.
  • 00:18:26
    Diddy's going to walk free.
  • 00:18:29
    They all had the McAfee files. How long
  • 00:18:31
    ago? They know who the criminals are.
  • 00:18:35
    Yet, no one's being held accountable
  • 00:18:37
    because no one's above the law. Then, of
  • 00:18:39
    course, if you're a politician or in
  • 00:18:41
    government, if you're a regular old
  • 00:18:43
    citizen and you get caught with a bag of
  • 00:18:44
    weed or a bag of coke or a gun, guess
  • 00:18:47
    where you're going? But all day long
  • 00:18:49
    they're doing drugs, they got guns,
  • 00:18:51
    they're murdering people, they're
  • 00:18:52
    stealing from people. When are we going
  • 00:18:54
    to stand up for ourselves? Our
  • 00:18:56
    forefathers went to civil war over a 6%
  • 00:18:58
    sales tax and them trying to take our
  • 00:19:00
    guns. Well, they done took our guns. And
  • 00:19:02
    what sales what tax are we at now? What?
  • 00:19:04
    65% overall.
  • 00:19:06
    How do you guys feel about labor camps?
  • 00:19:07
    Do you think Do you think it's possible
  • 00:19:09
    to do them, but like woke? I'm just I'm
  • 00:19:11
    just putting out feelers here. Don't boo
  • 00:19:12
    me. me like tilting the dial on the um
  • 00:19:17
    authoritarianism arc and looking back at
  • 00:19:19
    the audience to see if I'm getting
  • 00:19:20
    cheered or booed. I'm just saying, you
  • 00:19:22
    know how RFK Jr. wants to send people
  • 00:19:25
    with ADHD out to like grass fields so
  • 00:19:28
    they can roam and graze peacefully
  • 00:19:29
    without their phone screens or
  • 00:19:31
    something. I just wonder I don't know.
  • 00:19:33
    Is it more than half your income goes to
  • 00:19:36
    this criminal government so they can
  • 00:19:37
    house uh gang members in Manhattan and
  • 00:19:40
    uh high-end luxury rooms while you
  • 00:19:41
    starve? because Democrats care about
  • 00:19:44
    you.
  • 00:19:46
    So if the election came down to Adams
  • 00:19:49
    versus Mum Donnie, which it's kind of
  • 00:19:51
    looking like it will, you need to run.
  • 00:19:53
    Communism is illegal. The the Communism
  • 00:19:56
    Control Act of 1954 already eliminates
  • 00:19:59
    him from that. Number two, our
  • 00:20:01
    Constitution guarantees us a republican
  • 00:20:03
    form of government. And um the thing is,
  • 00:20:06
    if we just start enforcing a law, which
  • 00:20:08
    libertarian by the way. Yeah. Oh, sorry.
  • 00:20:10
    Our government says an ideology is
  • 00:20:12
    illegal because of a law 70 years ago.
  • 00:20:14
    So, actually, no. Listen, okay, all the
  • 00:20:16
    laws about drug ownership, those are
  • 00:20:18
    [ __ ] The laws about gun ownership,
  • 00:20:19
    those are [ __ ] The law from the Red
  • 00:20:21
    Scare, from the McCarthy era, saying
  • 00:20:23
    that you can't be a communist in office.
  • 00:20:25
    That one's good, though.
  • 00:20:26
    Which is the Constitution, we would be
  • 00:20:28
    in a lot better shape. There wouldn't be
  • 00:20:30
    censorship. There wouldn't be gun laws.
  • 00:20:32
    And there sure wouldn't be no goddamn
  • 00:20:34
    communist.
  • 00:20:35
    Now, don't get communism confused with
  • 00:20:38
    social programs. I'm a libertarian. And
  • 00:20:39
    a lot of libertarians don't like social
  • 00:20:40
    programs
  • 00:20:41
    cuz you benefit from the social
  • 00:20:42
    programs, right? You're you're against
  • 00:20:45
    literally any state intervention, but
  • 00:20:47
    you personally probably benefit from a
  • 00:20:48
    bunch of social programs cuz there's no
  • 00:20:51
    way you hold your own income down.
  • 00:20:54
    All same. I'm okay with them. If we're
  • 00:20:56
    the greatest country in the world, we
  • 00:20:58
    don't need homeless and starving. So,
  • 00:21:01
    I'm okay with safety nets. Um, you know,
  • 00:21:04
    it makes me very leftw. I don't care if
  • 00:21:06
    you're gay. I don't care if you're
  • 00:21:07
    black. I don't care. Just don't touch
  • 00:21:09
    kids. God
  • 00:21:10
    Hey, listen. Okay, I'm not a homophobe.
  • 00:21:12
    I don't care if you're gay. Just don't
  • 00:21:14
    kids gays. Just don't Hey, listen gays.
  • 00:21:17
    I'm okay with you as long as you don't
  • 00:21:18
    kids. There's no implicit bias being
  • 00:21:22
    suggested by my my juxosition here. Be
  • 00:21:25
    like if he said, you know, I don't have
  • 00:21:26
    a problem with blacks. Don't just steal
  • 00:21:28
    people's bicycles. You know, like, okay.
  • 00:21:30
    I don't think anyone thought that was
  • 00:21:32
    okay.
  • 00:21:32
    Damn. How hard is it? And leave the kids
  • 00:21:35
    alone. It's their parents' job to talk
  • 00:21:36
    to them about sex. Libertarian, by the
  • 00:21:39
    way.
  • 00:21:40
    You know what I'm saying? Have you ever
  • 00:21:41
    talked to my kid about sex and I catch
  • 00:21:43
    you? What do you think's going to happen
  • 00:21:44
    to you? I'm going to be smiling on my
  • 00:21:46
    murder mug shot just like any older.
  • 00:21:49
    A libertarian, by the way,
  • 00:21:51
    father. You know what I'm saying? It's
  • 00:21:53
    real easy. Don't hurt nobody. Don't
  • 00:21:55
    steal from nobody. Just live your life.
  • 00:21:57
    If we get rid of these victim's crimes
  • 00:21:59
    and these criminal politicians that
  • 00:22:00
    aren't doing anything but living off the
  • 00:22:02
    hardworking backs of men and women,
  • 00:22:03
    maybe we can make a real libertarian
  • 00:22:05
    paradise. Look at
  • 00:22:06
    this guy. This guy really is like a
  • 00:22:08
    phenomenal um case study of
  • 00:22:11
    libertarianism where like the only
  • 00:22:13
    issues on which they personally are
  • 00:22:15
    libertarian are drugs and guns cuz they
  • 00:22:17
    own them and they're okay with social
  • 00:22:19
    programs they benefit from, but on every
  • 00:22:21
    other issue they are as Hitlerite as it
  • 00:22:23
    is possible to be. I don't care about
  • 00:22:25
    gay people, but if like my children are
  • 00:22:27
    taught sexed in class, like every other
  • 00:22:30
    student in every developed country, I'll
  • 00:22:32
    murder you. Okay, fascinating. That
  • 00:22:34
    sounds very libertarian of you. That's
  • 00:22:36
    great. You want to use the state to keep
  • 00:22:38
    people who disagree with you politically
  • 00:22:40
    from running. That's very libertarian of
  • 00:22:41
    you, sir. Very reasonable. Very good.
  • 00:22:43
    Very good.
  • 00:22:44
    El Salvador right now with Bitcoin.
  • 00:22:48
    Um I'm curious. So, how do what do you
  • 00:22:49
    think about this is just about Trump
  • 00:22:51
    like Trump's term so far in terms of
  • 00:22:53
    like supporting libertarian causes? Um
  • 00:22:56
    would you say you're
  • 00:22:57
    like 80% with me right now? Um really
  • 00:22:59
    pissed me off with the bombs dropping in
  • 00:23:01
    Iran. Um, also I want peace over there
  • 00:23:05
    in the Middle East with Israel and Gaza.
  • 00:23:07
    I do not like Netanyahu at all. I think
  • 00:23:10
    he's committing genocide.
  • 00:23:11
    Uhhuh.
  • 00:23:12
    Um, I don't like war. I'm libertarian.
  • 00:23:15
    There's better way to handle things.
  • 00:23:17
    Um, but overall that and I'm not so sure
  • 00:23:20
    I like what he did with the social
  • 00:23:22
    programs recently, but uh, we'll see.
  • 00:23:24
    Incredible. Incredible dude. Guy's like,
  • 00:23:27
    "Well, I think I should get Medicaid."
  • 00:23:30
    See, we'll see. Um, do we have to get
  • 00:23:32
    the illegals out of here? Unfortunately,
  • 00:23:34
    yes.
  • 00:23:35
    Libertarian, by the way.
  • 00:23:37
    Unfortunately, are some of these people
  • 00:23:39
    are they're victims of what the
  • 00:23:40
    Democrats cuz the Democrats told them,
  • 00:23:42
    "How salvageable do you think people
  • 00:23:43
    like this are?" Oh, completely
  • 00:23:44
    unsalvageable. This is this and a lot of
  • 00:23:47
    lefties fall for it because they're
  • 00:23:49
    like, "Oh, see this guy has some issues
  • 00:23:50
    in common." No, he doesn't. This guy's
  • 00:23:52
    animating issues are homophobia, racism,
  • 00:23:55
    and personal convenience. Everything
  • 00:23:56
    else is a legitimizing mechanism. I
  • 00:23:58
    promise you, you would you would
  • 00:23:59
    genuinely have more luck convincing a
  • 00:24:01
    hyperoreia believing 4chan neo-Nazi um
  • 00:24:05
    to be a communist than this guy. Okay? I
  • 00:24:07
    guarantee you. And that's not a joke.
  • 00:24:09
    You you got to understand like there's a
  • 00:24:10
    difference between what people say they
  • 00:24:12
    believe and what their animating issues
  • 00:24:14
    are. And um yeah, it's it's not pretty.
  • 00:24:17
    It's really not. This guy's also lying.
  • 00:24:18
    I don't think he's lying. I just think
  • 00:24:19
    he's kind of crazy. I mean, he's
  • 00:24:21
    obviously not mentally all there, right?
  • 00:24:23
    Is being actually libertarian even
  • 00:24:25
    possible? Sure. They're called
  • 00:24:26
    libertarian socialists. It was the
  • 00:24:28
    original definition of libertarianism
  • 00:24:30
    before it got deliberately hijacked by
  • 00:24:32
    American capitalist libertarians who
  • 00:24:34
    wanted to co-opt the idea of economic
  • 00:24:36
    freedom to mean like what if business
  • 00:24:38
    owners had no regulations and OSHA
  • 00:24:41
    couldn't tell them to not provide fire
  • 00:24:43
    escapes in their factories. It's it's
  • 00:24:45
    it's it's uh it was a very very
  • 00:24:48
    deliberate co-opting of the term
  • 00:24:50
    to come here. The Democrats told them to
  • 00:24:52
    flood the border, right, which made them
  • 00:24:55
    illegally get into the country.
  • 00:24:56
    Uhhuh. I mean, they're v a lot of them
  • 00:24:58
    are victims of what the Democrats did to
  • 00:25:01
    them. But on the other end, remember, a
  • 00:25:03
    lot of countries emptied their prisons
  • 00:25:04
    and psych wards, and where do you think
  • 00:25:06
    they sent their inmates?
  • 00:25:09
    Interesting how this guy um claims that
  • 00:25:11
    the Democrats and Republicans are a uni
  • 00:25:13
    party, but he's repeating verbatim
  • 00:25:15
    multiple Republican talking points that
  • 00:25:17
    pretty much entirely came from Trump.
  • 00:25:19
    Like, that one's straight Trump. That's
  • 00:25:21
    not even like a broader right-wing
  • 00:25:23
    talking point. That's just him listening
  • 00:25:25
    to Trump. Um, I'm curious. So, in terms
  • 00:25:27
    of like free speech, uh, you know,
  • 00:25:30
    something that the mayor, uh, like Eric
  • 00:25:32
    Adams just adopted the IH definition of
  • 00:25:35
    anti-semitism, which basically
  • 00:25:36
    it's a violation of the first amendment.
  • 00:25:38
    You do? Okay.
  • 00:25:39
    Yeah. What? You can't criticize Jewish
  • 00:25:41
    people. You
  • 00:25:43
    can criticize anybody. All right. And in
  • 00:25:45
    America, it's your patriotic duty to
  • 00:25:47
    question your government. They work for
  • 00:25:49
    us. That's why the media is supposed to
  • 00:25:51
    report to us so we can tell our
  • 00:25:52
    representatives what we want our
  • 00:25:53
    government to do. We are the only
  • 00:25:55
    country in the world like that. There's
  • 00:25:57
    several other countries in the world
  • 00:25:58
    with communism. There's several other
  • 00:25:59
    countries with other things. Oh, Norway
  • 00:26:01
    and this. Oh, then take your ass there.
  • 00:26:03
    This is America. This is an outlaw
  • 00:26:05
    country. It's the only country in the
  • 00:26:07
    world where freedom stands last because
  • 00:26:09
    it's an outlaw country. But um we have
  • 00:26:11
    to get all the illegals out to it's just
  • 00:26:13
    completely incoherent. There's not
  • 00:26:14
    really a point in responding to it. It's
  • 00:26:15
    incred incredible content for an
  • 00:26:18
    interview channel though, right?
  • 00:26:19
    A bunch of outlaws from other countries
  • 00:26:21
    was like Scotland, Ireland. I don't care
  • 00:26:23
    where you came from. We came here and we
  • 00:26:24
    all said, "No, you ain't controlling us.
  • 00:26:26
    We got guns and we like our weed."
  • 00:26:28
    I feel bad. You really shouldn't cuz
  • 00:26:30
    like And I'm sorry. I I I'm just really
  • 00:26:32
    anti- noble savage myth right now.
  • 00:26:34
    People like this are generally huge
  • 00:26:36
    pieces of [ __ ] Like people like this
  • 00:26:38
    run reigns of terror on everyone in
  • 00:26:40
    their lives. Um he he said he would kill
  • 00:26:43
    people who like gave sex education to
  • 00:26:45
    his kids. Like his teacher would give
  • 00:26:46
    sex education. Okay, you shouldn't feel
  • 00:26:48
    bad for these people at all. You know,
  • 00:26:50
    the RFK earnest grass-fed, no phones
  • 00:26:53
    allowed, everyone eat your acre of
  • 00:26:56
    grassland plat would probably be better
  • 00:26:59
    for him mentally in the long run. But
  • 00:27:01
    no, yeah, it's these these people are
  • 00:27:02
    just generally not good. No,
  • 00:27:05
    we like our alcohol and we like to be
  • 00:27:07
    wild and this is the wild wild west. So
  • 00:27:09
    if you don't like the wild wild west,
  • 00:27:11
    get out. We're not changing it into one
  • 00:27:13
    of your third world country socialism
  • 00:27:15
    countries. We're not doing it. It
  • 00:27:16
    doesn't work. I don't care how many
  • 00:27:18
    times you college kids go, "Well, we
  • 00:27:19
    never tried real communism." Well, it's
  • 00:27:20
    not communism, democratic socialism.
  • 00:27:22
    Well, Marxism, it doesn't matter how
  • 00:27:24
    many times you change the name and try
  • 00:27:26
    to paint up this piece of if it's a
  • 00:27:29
    right. But you call it a brownie and you
  • 00:27:30
    eat it still tastes like
  • 00:27:32
    ragel.
  • 00:27:33
    It's all you understand? It's all
  • 00:27:36
    control. Communism is an authoritarian
  • 00:27:38
    belief system and the only people who do
  • 00:27:40
    good are people at the top.
  • 00:27:41
    Bro, a 4chan neonazi. You He's not even
  • 00:27:43
    remotely 4chan. I don't know why people
  • 00:27:44
    are saying that. This guy is not even
  • 00:27:46
    slightly 4chan coded. Not even like
  • 00:27:48
    remotely.
  • 00:27:50
    This guy's Twitter coded if anything.
  • 00:27:51
    Also 4chan doesn't mean [ __ ] anymore.
  • 00:27:54
    For 4chan is Nazis, dog. Every site is
  • 00:27:56
    Nazis now. The whole country is Nazis.
  • 00:27:58
    You know what is it? Like for 4chan is
  • 00:28:00
    just like the loser ineffectual subset
  • 00:28:02
    of the Nazis, you know? Like all the
  • 00:28:04
    real Nazis are over there on Twitter
  • 00:28:06
    trying to epically red pill the normies
  • 00:28:09
    with their JQ posting. Okay. Why do you
  • 00:28:11
    only see fat commies at the top and the
  • 00:28:13
    rest of the world's skinny and starving
  • 00:28:15
    and breadlines? Yeah, all these poor
  • 00:28:17
    people that run around. Communism would
  • 00:28:18
    be great for us. Look at the BLM
  • 00:28:20
    movement. They had a communist fist on
  • 00:28:22
    the damn flag and they killed more black
  • 00:28:25
    people than anybody.
  • 00:28:27
    Is the It's true. The BLM movement was
  • 00:28:30
    posting pullp pot numbers. They were the
  • 00:28:32
    the they were doing forced marches of
  • 00:28:34
    black people through American uh you
  • 00:28:37
    know urban communities. Corpses bloating
  • 00:28:39
    on the side of the road. BLM uh
  • 00:28:42
    inquisitors with guns. Keep marching.
  • 00:28:45
    Sorry. They'd be blacks. They'd say like
  • 00:28:46
    keep marching nword. See cuz they could
  • 00:28:49
    say it. I can't say it though. They did
  • 00:28:50
    say that to me though cuz I was at the
  • 00:28:52
    marches.
  • 00:28:52
    That movement was horrible for black
  • 00:28:54
    people. I was like what is wrong with
  • 00:28:56
    you people? It's like no one read B.
  • 00:28:59
    People went to college and lost their
  • 00:29:02
    basic high school history
  • 00:29:04
    because we're not a democracy and you
  • 00:29:06
    know democracy democracy democracy. Our
  • 00:29:08
    forefathers didn't want anything to do
  • 00:29:10
    with democracy.
  • 00:29:11
    I don't know if you know anything about
  • 00:29:12
    that but you should probably read the
  • 00:29:14
    constitution. All right.
  • 00:29:16
    Our forefathers guaranteed us that
  • 00:29:18
    second amendment. Why? Why did they
  • 00:29:20
    guarantee us that we can have any weapon
  • 00:29:21
    we want? What did they just do? They
  • 00:29:25
    just threw out the biggest government,
  • 00:29:26
    the most powerful military in the world
  • 00:29:28
    out of here.
  • 00:29:29
    But now now now
  • 00:29:32
    we have to go. This guy is a channel
  • 00:29:34
    interview. So am I allowed to have this
  • 00:29:36
    military grade firepower? What would you
  • 00:29:37
    My dad is exactly like this. He's
  • 00:29:39
    exactly like you say. He pointed a
  • 00:29:40
    shotgun at me for challenging him one
  • 00:29:42
    time. Yeah. These people are like
  • 00:29:44
    violent, abrasive, socially incompetent,
  • 00:29:47
    entitled, crazy, and habitual drug
  • 00:29:50
    users. So they often steal to make the
  • 00:29:52
    like Yeah, these people are like the
  • 00:29:54
    dredges of society for sure. I don't I I
  • 00:29:56
    don't know. I don't know. I'm I'm on I'm
  • 00:29:57
    on like a really big anti- noble seven
  • 00:29:59
    because there's been this discourse on
  • 00:30:01
    social media about like well the
  • 00:30:04
    Appalachian coal miners are are actually
  • 00:30:06
    like the natural ally of the socialists.
  • 00:30:08
    No, they're not. They vote against
  • 00:30:10
    literally everything we care about in
  • 00:30:11
    huge droves. Experiencing the negative
  • 00:30:14
    consequences of capitalism doesn't and
  • 00:30:16
    never has like made people anti-
  • 00:30:18
    capitalist. That's completely made up.
  • 00:30:20
    like the the the what was it something
  • 00:30:22
    Chad said the peasantry in and during
  • 00:30:23
    the French Revolution the
  • 00:30:24
    revolutionaries were the upper middle
  • 00:30:26
    class in the cities the peasantry were
  • 00:30:28
    pro- monarchy like you you you have to
  • 00:30:30
    deal with and Markx wrote about this
  • 00:30:32
    Markx this is the whole lump and pearl
  • 00:30:34
    thing and this is why Markx said you
  • 00:30:35
    needed a proletariat base for revolution
  • 00:30:37
    rather than a peasant base for
  • 00:30:38
    revolution because you like the Markx
  • 00:30:41
    was fully aware of the fact that the
  • 00:30:42
    average country bumpkin was was not like
  • 00:30:45
    a natural ally of this modern
  • 00:30:47
    postenlightenment social movement that
  • 00:30:50
    usually usually requires at least a
  • 00:30:51
    little bit of reading to understand. Of
  • 00:30:52
    course, this guy's obviously not a
  • 00:30:54
    peasant in like a in a traditional
  • 00:30:56
    sense. He might have the brain of one. I
  • 00:30:58
    think I just think we need to be a
  • 00:30:59
    little bit more contemptuous, man. These
  • 00:31:00
    people are so awful to be around.
  • 00:31:03
    They're so like they drain the life of
  • 00:31:05
    everyone around them and sometimes take
  • 00:31:07
    the lives of people around them. It's
  • 00:31:09
    crazy.
  • 00:31:09
    Tell me, duh.
  • 00:31:12
    Wendy, are you from this area?
  • 00:31:13
    Oh, no. I live on Dire Avenue.
  • 00:31:15
    Okay. But you're from the Bronx and all.
  • 00:31:16
    Yes. Um, so what are the top issues for
  • 00:31:19
    you as a New Yorker?
  • 00:31:20
    I work from MTA and the top issues for
  • 00:31:22
    me is like the train system. All that's
  • 00:31:24
    happening in the trains to to the
  • 00:31:26
    workers and stuff, the dangerous thing.
  • 00:31:28
    We don't have enough police on in sight,
  • 00:31:31
    so you know, they could take care of us.
  • 00:31:33
    I mean, it's a lot of bad things
  • 00:31:34
    happening here. So,
  • 00:31:35
    you said you work for the MTA actually.
  • 00:31:37
    Um, have you been following the mayor's
  • 00:31:39
    election at all or
  • 00:31:40
    a little bit? A little bit.
  • 00:31:41
    What do you think about the different
  • 00:31:42
    candidates?
  • 00:31:44
    I mean, hopefully they'll do something
  • 00:31:46
    for us. I mean, I see a couple of them
  • 00:31:48
    that are fine and stuff like that, but
  • 00:31:50
    it's like I say, you know, basically for
  • 00:31:52
    me is everything around the areas and
  • 00:31:54
    stuff was happening to us.
  • 00:31:56
    So, which
  • 00:31:56
    that dude is a reminder of how steep the
  • 00:31:58
    uphill battle is. I guess I guess my
  • 00:32:00
    thought is that if we lived in a
  • 00:32:03
    functioning pro-social society, people
  • 00:32:05
    like that wouldn't be allowed to exist
  • 00:32:06
    in that form. They would be socially
  • 00:32:09
    pressured into being different kinds of
  • 00:32:11
    people. like you the because the reason
  • 00:32:13
    stuff like that kind of stuff can exist
  • 00:32:16
    in like really far-flung rural
  • 00:32:17
    environments where nobody's like got an
  • 00:32:19
    eye on you in like the wild west kind of
  • 00:32:21
    stuff that he clearly idealizes and
  • 00:32:23
    people like that can exist in modern
  • 00:32:24
    societies where everyone's kind of
  • 00:32:25
    atomized and alienated but in an
  • 00:32:27
    environment where there's a lot of
  • 00:32:28
    social interconnectivity I feel like
  • 00:32:30
    people like that would just be like
  • 00:32:32
    ostracized to the point of basic like
  • 00:32:34
    social non-functioning you know cuz
  • 00:32:36
    people like that people aren't born like
  • 00:32:39
    that right like it's It's not like he
  • 00:32:42
    was just he was just genetically
  • 00:32:44
    predetermined to be like that. It's
  • 00:32:45
    probably years and years of abuse from
  • 00:32:48
    parental figures. Uh drug abuse later in
  • 00:32:51
    life, like stuff like that, you know,
  • 00:32:52
    like there were a bunch of things like
  • 00:32:53
    like physiological and social that
  • 00:32:56
    contributed to him being like that. And
  • 00:32:58
    I guess like I feel like in a good world
  • 00:33:00
    there wouldn't be many people like that.
  • 00:33:02
    But we we kind of have to address it as
  • 00:33:04
    it is. I just feel like sometimes people
  • 00:33:05
    on the left are so they're so hesitant
  • 00:33:08
    to label a kind of person as a bad kind
  • 00:33:11
    of person to be, you know, because they
  • 00:33:13
    think that that's reactionary. But I
  • 00:33:15
    just disagree. The reactionary does it
  • 00:33:17
    based on like your race or gender or
  • 00:33:18
    some [ __ ] like that. It's stupid,
  • 00:33:20
    right? But like on on basic like moral
  • 00:33:23
    character, you know, I I feel like
  • 00:33:25
    that's fine. I don't know. Especially
  • 00:33:27
    because and this is a consistent issue,
  • 00:33:29
    right? A lot of lefties, especially
  • 00:33:31
    online, are upper middle class urbanite
  • 00:33:33
    intellectuals with a college degree. So,
  • 00:33:35
    they don't actually interact with people
  • 00:33:37
    like that that often. So, in their head,
  • 00:33:38
    they think, "Oh, underlying this guy's
  • 00:33:41
    craziness, there's like an earnest
  • 00:33:42
    desire for socialist liberation." When
  • 00:33:44
    in reality, like, no, they want to do
  • 00:33:45
    drugs and beat people. There are lots of
  • 00:33:47
    people like that. Like, lots and lots of
  • 00:33:49
    people like that. Probably less per
  • 00:33:51
    capita in New York City than in many
  • 00:33:52
    other places, but there are still lots
  • 00:33:54
    of people like that. And I just I we
  • 00:33:56
    have to accept like it's materialism.
  • 00:33:57
    You have to accept reality as it is. Not
  • 00:33:59
    you can't impose your ideological
  • 00:34:01
    preconception of what the noble
  • 00:34:03
    proletariat should be like onto the
  • 00:34:05
    proletariat. You have to just
  • 00:34:06
    acknowledge the fact
  • 00:34:08
    candidates specifically, if any, are you
  • 00:34:10
    like leaning toward?
  • 00:34:11
    No, not really.
  • 00:34:12
    No. Okay. Is there anything else you
  • 00:34:14
    want to add?
  • 00:34:15
    No, that's about it. That's like I said,
  • 00:34:17
    it's just the train system is really
  • 00:34:18
    bad. Hopefully, whoever they choose do
  • 00:34:21
    something about these trains.
  • 00:34:22
    Thank you so much. I was curious, are
  • 00:34:24
    there any candidates who you supported
  • 00:34:27
    in the primary or you're thinking of
  • 00:34:28
    supporting in the general?
  • 00:34:30
    Uh
  • 00:34:31
    for this election, we want the mayor who
  • 00:34:34
    can make the city affordable for
  • 00:34:36
    everybody.
  • 00:34:37
    Affordable.
  • 00:34:38
    Yes. And uh we make our first choice on
  • 00:34:41
    uh Mandani.
  • 00:34:42
    Oh yeah.
  • 00:34:43
    And then we going to be with Mandani
  • 00:34:45
    Cuomo and then uh uh
  • 00:34:51
    Adams. So between the three that you
  • 00:34:54
    mentioned, is there anyone that
  • 00:34:55
    No, that's fine. He's ranking Manny
  • 00:34:56
    first. That's that's fine. That's all
  • 00:34:58
    that matters.
  • 00:34:58
    You, you know, support more than the
  • 00:35:00
    others.
  • 00:35:01
    Yeah, we support Manny.
  • 00:35:02
    Mani? Yes.
  • 00:35:03
    And why is that?
  • 00:35:04
    Yes. Uh because uh he can break uh any
  • 00:35:08
    change to the city. Cuomo did before. So
  • 00:35:11
    we give it the chance to another one. So
  • 00:35:14
    it's better for the city.
  • 00:35:16
    And did you vote in the presidential
  • 00:35:18
    election in 2020?
  • 00:35:19
    More. I vote more than 20 years now. So
  • 00:35:22
    I I keep voting.
  • 00:35:23
    You keep voting.
  • 00:35:24
    Yes.
  • 00:35:24
    Um if you don't mind sharing, who did
  • 00:35:25
    you vote for in the presidential
  • 00:35:27
    election?
  • 00:35:28
    For president election is in my heart. I
  • 00:35:30
    I'll say to anybody, but okay.
  • 00:35:31
    I want a candidate who can make the city
  • 00:35:34
    and the country better to live for
  • 00:35:37
    everybody.
  • 00:35:37
    You're ranking Mani first, not Lander
  • 00:35:38
    second. Lander's not running the
  • 00:35:40
    general. He's talking about people in
  • 00:35:41
    the general. He's saying he wants Mamani
  • 00:35:43
    then Cuomo than Adams. But Mani being
  • 00:35:45
    first is all that matters. It's the He's
  • 00:35:46
    talking about the general ranking.
  • 00:35:49
    No racial, no nothing.
  • 00:35:51
    What do you think about Eric Adams and
  • 00:35:52
    how he's uh done for the city?
  • 00:35:54
    Uh Adams is good. May Adam is still
  • 00:35:58
    good, but uh
  • 00:35:59
    Adams is better than Cuomo would be. I
  • 00:36:01
    do believe that.
  • 00:36:02
    On the day we're going to see who we
  • 00:36:04
    going to vote for.
  • 00:36:07
    Thank you so much. I really appreciate
  • 00:36:09
    it.
  • 00:36:09
    Thank you. I appreciate too.
  • 00:36:10
    Yeah. Have a good day.
  • 00:36:12
    He seems nice. I like his smile. He has
  • 00:36:14
    a really nice smile. That guy. Not this
  • 00:36:16
    one. I haven't seen a smile yet. The the
  • 00:36:18
    previous one.
  • 00:36:25
    Does Vos not talk to people IRL? Why is
  • 00:36:27
    he so surprised about how contra they
  • 00:36:28
    are? I'm not. I'm never surprised by
  • 00:36:30
    that. I expect that. I never expect
  • 00:36:32
    random people to have coherent political
  • 00:36:33
    views. I'm trying to dissuade people in
  • 00:36:35
    my community from being surprised cuz I
  • 00:36:37
    think that's like the big black pill
  • 00:36:39
    that you have to take on politics,
  • 00:36:40
    right? You have to understand that for
  • 00:36:42
    the most part, people are kind of sheep
  • 00:36:43
    you have to pull around a little bit.
  • 00:36:45
    You can do that by convincing them. I
  • 00:36:46
    don't mean lying or or or being mean or
  • 00:36:48
    whatever, but like a lot of people just
  • 00:36:50
    don't like think think of politics the
  • 00:36:52
    same way you would think of any any
  • 00:36:55
    technical issue that you're trying to
  • 00:36:56
    make a prescriptive statement about.
  • 00:36:58
    Okay? Like imagine for example that
  • 00:37:01
    there's some kind of like tech that is
  • 00:37:03
    new and objectively better than a
  • 00:37:05
    previous one and you have to convince
  • 00:37:06
    all your boomer relatives, you know,
  • 00:37:08
    like you kind of have to lead them
  • 00:37:09
    around a little bit like like they're
  • 00:37:10
    they're using like USBA cables or
  • 00:37:13
    something and you're like, "Holy [ __ ]
  • 00:37:14
    dude. Are you kidding me?" And then you
  • 00:37:16
    show them USBC and they're like, "Mine
  • 00:37:17
    have worked just fine for a long time. I
  • 00:37:20
    don't see why I need to change them."
  • 00:37:21
    And you're like, "Please just shut the
  • 00:37:23
    [ __ ] Please just It's literally the
  • 00:37:25
    same thing but better. Like by a mile.
  • 00:37:27
    Please just let me touch your computer
  • 00:37:29
    for a second." No, I don't want you to.
  • 00:37:31
    Like you you have to you you have to
  • 00:37:33
    It's It's not that you hate the people
  • 00:37:35
    you're trying to help. It's just you
  • 00:37:36
    have to understand that like by virtue
  • 00:37:38
    of you having more knowledge than them,
  • 00:37:41
    you you you you can't you you have to
  • 00:37:44
    put yourself in a position of like
  • 00:37:46
    relative authority. I don't know.
  • 00:37:50
    Maybe hate them a little.
  • 00:38:22
    Well, that was nice.
  • 00:38:25
    [Music]
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