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think that China can self-correct as quickly as the United States can? Like, all of our systems have that quality that we're willing to shoot our own babies. I think that that might be uniquely American, that we're willing to execute our own babies to build a better baby. And we'll do it tomorrow. Like, we're not going to hesitate. So I feel like that's almost a permanent advantage we have. Now,…
← Previous segment →right? Their IQs, you could argue, made a difference before you. You could argue that had something to do with how they got the job in the first place. But once they're there, it's no longer a consideration because they've been working, right?
If somebody got hired with an IQ of 70 but they were the best employee in the company, who cares? I mean, obviously that wouldn't happen, but who cares, right? So their IQ becomes effectively a zero consideration as soon as they've performed. Would you agree with that? That at the time you're getting rid of them, IQ is no longer any kind of a variable.
Now, I will go further. So what you're arguing is that something on the front end, according to your racist view of things — your racist view is that that's what's causing a lower percentage of certain people in some categories — but it's unrelated to what they do when they're downsizing, in my opinion. Unrelated.
And by the way, let me say this in case you haven't heard it before. There are many geniuses who are white, but I don't get credit for that. You get that, right? The fact that other people who have similar melanin to me, if they got a Nobel Prize, they don't share that with me because I'm white. So the fact that other white people have high IQs — I know this is a surprise — has no impact on my IQ. Not at all. It doesn't affect it at all. So it doesn't matter if groups have different IQs because I'm not a group and you're not a group. So, I mean, obviously differences can explain some general differences in society, of course. Again, all right, but it doesn't help you. It's not about you. It's just an interesting sta
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tistic. Senator Tom Cotton continues to be awesome. I guess the CEO of Kroger was talking to Congress recently last week and trying to give support to do a merger. And I guess the Democrats are concerned about them having too much power. Kroger wants to merge with Albertsons, I think. And Tom Cotton said to the CEO of Kroger, quote, "I've cautioned them for years that if they silence conservative…
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