Back to episode — Episode 776 Scott Adams - Iran, Celebrity Drunk-Tweets, My Conspiracy Theories About it All
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this chart — so it was a chart of cult behaviors — and then add that Trump thinks he's above the law, very cult-leader-like, and then he lies incessantly, also very cult-leader-like, the answer is clear. Trump is acting like a cult leader. Americans are being manipulated. So here's the central claim. I'll read it again. He says Trump thinks he's above the law. So it's a cult expert telling you th…
← Previous segment →s well. Imagine if you will if the press simply reported what Trump says and does without any opinion and let the public form their own opinions based on just well here's what he does, here's what he said. Would there be massive depression and suicide? I believe not. There would not be a chance of that. There isn't the slightest chance that if the news simply said what he does and what he says — here's the tweet, make up your own mind — I don't think the public would even be a little bit concerned. Almost close to a hundred percent I would say of how we feel about it is opinions that have been assigned to us by our preferred media silos. And the press has decided to assign an opinion of great risk and harm and fear and the republic is about to end. None of that comes from Trump.
If you simply reported what Trump says and does it would be Trump saying you know the economy is great. What would be your opinion to that? Suppose you're a person who doesn't know much about the economy and the news simply reports that Trump tweeted that unemployment's at a new record and the stock market's up and wages are up. What would be your opinion? Well I think it would just be positive, right?
But what is your current opinion if you watch CNN or MSNBC? They say well you know these things would have happened anyway, we're probably at the edge of a depression. And then suddenly you think maybe the economy is not so good.
What would you think about the Charlottesville hoax if the media had simply reported what Trump said in Charlottesville with no opinion? What would the public think about it? Well they would have looked at what he said and what he said was I condemn totally the racists, the white nationalists, and the neo-Nazis. He's in trouble. That's what he said. He said it in those direct words. Would the public have interpreted the statement "I condemn them totally" as being supportive of them? Would that have been the public's reaction to that? I don't think so. I think they only have that impression because the news hypnotized them into it.
All right, so we will keep looking at the Iranian situation. The only thing I had to add today if anybody's coming in late is that don't be surprised if Soleimani was the variable that was preventing p
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eace and now he's been removed. And don't be surprised if the Supreme Leader of Iran is not so sad that his greatest domestic rival is gone. So this might turn out positively. But I don't want to get too optimistic about this because there's a high likelihood there'll be more danger before things improve. All right, yeah, why was he in Baghdad? I think everybody believes he was in Baghdad to caus…
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