Back to episode — Episode 1690 Scott Adams - Ukraine Peace Deal Idea, Proof We're In a Simulation, TikTok Manipulation
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e a deal with Russia? The way to not make a deal is to limit the conversation to Ukraine only stuff. We should be saying to Russia, how about never having offensive forces anywhere near the border with another country? Just no offensive forces. And the moment you put any offensive capability we're going to change everything. But as long as you don't have any invasion-looking forces on the border…
← Previous segment →an it's not nearly as bad as totally evil I guess. But I don't have even the slightest belief that we're not guilty of some bad, meaning provoking and creating this situation. To me that looks like it's on the United States. Anybody disagree? Is there anybody now, not excusing Putin. You know Putin is definitely, he's got some evil going on there. But that doesn't mean that the other side is the good guys. There's no white hat black hat thing going on here. There's two black cats fighting for control. And I have to admit I'm not super invested in the outcome as long as I get my wheat and nobody nukes me. I don't really care because I don't know, I just don't. I'm just not invested beyond how it affects us.
All right. It makes me think. So here's the thing. What's the thing? Here's the thing. The thing is that when you see our negotiators apparently not being serious because I don't think we've even engaged in a way that makes us look like we're serious, is the real goal to just degrade Russia's economy for as long as we can? Because the longer we degrade their economy the longer it takes them to build up good military. I feel as if none of this is about peace. I feel as if this has always been about some way to permanently degrade Russia, especially in a military sense. What do you think? Or, oh, somebody says just lining their pockets. So another frame would be the only people who want this are the ones who are going to make money on it and they have enough power to influence everything else. That could be. In fact maybe that's the top frame here.
All right. Rasmussen had a poll and they said are electric cars practical for most drivers? What do you think? Are electric cars practical for most drivers? So you're not answering for yourself. You're saying most drivers. Yeah, it depends how you interpret the question, right? Because I interpret practical as also the low-cost alternative and I don't think it's the low-cost alternative even with higher gas prices because we assume gas will go down at some point. So I'm not sure that the poll was capturing people's opinions so much as how they interpreted the questio
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n. But 52% said no, electric cars are not practical for most drivers. And I would guess that that 52% are not totally up to date because I don't know if you have an electric car but there are charging stations and there is a convenience factor of not going to a regular gas station. I mean if you charge it at home you're probably doing all the driving you need without a charging station. And so I…
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