Joe Rogan and Dave Smith on government creating the problems they complain about
2024-11-09 11:51:00 +07:00 by Mark Smith
This segment from a recent Rogan podcast jumped out at me. It was while discussing Trump, the possibility of some people being pardonned, and on the secret services entrapping innocent people [39:42]:
Dave Smith: There’s an old saying, it goes something like "the FBI always get’s their man", because it’s always their man. There’s been dozens of these FBI, what they call, "Sting" operations, which are really entrapment [...] "Oh we thwarted another terrorist attack". No they didn’t thwart another terrorist attack. They planned a terrorist attack, and then thwarted it. It was never going to happen. [...]
Joe Rogan: And then they say they are preventing crime. You are actually making it. You’re making it and then stoping it. And that’s fucking wrong, you’re fucking cheating. You are rigging the pinball game man. And we know that now.
For what it’s worth this isn’t just a problem the US has. It’s everywhere, and not just in government. I see some version of it happening almost every day here in South East Asia. It’s something cultural. Perhaps it’s been around for ever, or maybe it’s the new information and technology landscape. Could be it’s just some narly phase humanity is passing through.
Whatever, I think it’s worth highlighting, even if it’s complicated because we are all somehow caught up in it. It’s important to have empathy, try to see things from different perspectives, rich, poor, old, young, male, female, and the rest. We need to navigate our way through.
It’s a great episode. Dave Smith, standup comic and libertarian commentator, is very eloquant when it comes to the recent elections. He’s obviously thought about all the topics they talk about at length. They cover the recent election and a load of the zeitgeist du jour, with a light touch of conspiracy theories, and some mostly good humour.
If you are left leaning politics-wise this might be somewhat of a triggering episode. On the other hand if you really truely are trying to discover why the left side of politics seems to have lost it’s way, this might be the episode to help you rip off the band aid, and discover what some of the smart and often thoughtful folks from the other side really are saying. #