Back to episode — Episode 1360 Scott Adams - Biden Speech, Senator Tim Scott's Rebuttal Through the Persuasion Filter
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autocracy, does it? And even the autocrats have capitalism. They have some form of capitalism, right? So it's an interesting theme to prove that democracy still works because I don't know that it does. I don't know that we really can compete with a qualified autocrat. We could certainly compete with bad autocrats, like just dictators that are destroying their own country. But China's got a really…
← Previous segment →y words that'll get me kicked off. But wouldn't you agree an actual insurrection that involved the most well-armed citizens on the planet, you don't think it would be a little bit louder, if you know what I mean? There'd be a little bit more noise. So look for that. If you're wondering if the conservatives have decided to stage a revolution, it'll be a lot louder. A lot louder.
All right. I had a fascinating and fun time looking at CNN's fact-checking of Biden's speech. And so they did a good job of showing the text and then the fact check for each of the things he claimed. And as you might imagine, they were a little bit generous. But my favorite part was where they just gave up on one of them.
So here's what Biden said, and then I'm going to read you CNN's fact check and see if it doesn't look like they just gave up. All right. So Biden says, my fellow Americans, trickle-down economics has never worked. All right. So trickle-down economics has never worked. Now CNN's going to fact-check that. So if you were going to check the statement "trickle-down economics has never worked," what would that look like? Would it look like, well, here's some studies that say it works or here's some studies that say it doesn't work? That's what you're expecting, right?
If you're going to say trickle-down economics has never worked, what would it sound like? Well, here's what CNN wrote: You hear that, Reagan Republicans? Trickle-down economics, the idea that letting the wealthy and corporations have low taxes and few regulations will unleash so much growth that everyone will benefit, may be on the ropes as inequality grows.
Wait, what? Where's my fact check? The fact check is mocking Reagan Republicans. The fact check didn't even address the fact. It actually ignored the fact and just insulted people who believed the fact. This is their fact check.
Now, why is that? Why is it that CNN doesn't simply say yeah, this trickle-down economics has never worked, all the economists agree? Do you know why they can't fact-check that? Assume because it works. Now, I don't know that to be true because it's sort of hard. It's really hard to really know if it worked in my opinion. But it feels like CNN just didn't want to even address the question. So instead they just mocked people who believed it. That's new.
So Biden talked about changing the gun laws. And he said talk to the most responsible gun owners, most hunters. They'll tell you there's no possible justification for having a hundred rounds. Do you think there's no possible justification for having a hundred rounds? Does anybody think that?
Let me suggest a possible rationalization or reason, really, to have a hundred rounds. Here's my reason. Biden on changing gun laws: talk to most responsible gun owners, most hunters. They'll tell you there's no possible justification for having 100 rounds. That's the justification. That's the justification. The fact that he would say that out loud as president of the United States tells me I need more bullets. Because the government is looking to take away one of your basic rights. If the government is acting to take away one of your basic rights, and this basic right goes right to the heart of freedom, which is not letting the government run roughshod over you, being armed enough that it just wouldn't ever work, I feel like Biden just gave you all the reason you'd ever need to have all the rounds that you could ever buy. He is the justification.
I'm watching the comments. You all agree with this, by the way? Did you think that as soon as you hear
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d it? The moment I heard this, I thought, well, maybe they didn't have justification before, but you certainly just gave it to them. Immediately after seeing Biden say I have no reason to have a hundred rounds, immediately I thought to myself, how can I get more ammo? Did anybody think that? How many of you thought to yourself, my God, how can I get more guns and more weapons because he's talking…
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