#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism

David Pakman is a left-wing progressive political commentator and host of The David Pakman Show. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get free trial - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dpakman David's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thedavidpakmanshow David's Instagram: https://instagram.com/david.pakman David's Website: https://davidpakman.com/ David's Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow/ Books mentioned: 1. The Rebel and the Kingdom: https://amzn.to/3p9pLDt 2. Saving Time: https://amzn.to/3pejiH3 3. Endurance: https://amzn.to/419ez6O PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:42) - Political ideologies (16:10) - Twitter drama (31:07) - Biden vs Trump (38:07) - AOC (40:47) - Bernie Sanders (48:55) - Donald Trump: Pros and cons (1:14:46) - Joe Biden: Pros and cons (1:21:08) - Hate for politicians (1:37:29) - RFK Jr (1:50:48) - Republican voters (1:57:30) - Conspiracy theories (2:02:26) - January 6th (2:11:31) - Hunter Biden's laptop (2:15:46) - Tucker Carlson (2:18:44) - Wokeism and censorship (2:37:11) - ChatGPT and universities (2:43:10) - Libertarianism (2:46:47) - Elon Musk (2:55:14) - Dealing with attacks (2:59:56) - Truth (3:05:47) - Israel and Palestine (3:09:41) - Ukraine war (3:17:42) - Books (3:28:22) - Mortality (3:30:33) - Advice for young people (3:32:05) - Hope for the future

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