 Um, another question, when is it too late to have a revolution? The society represented 1984 as an example of this. How much of a gap will there be between the time for revolution and the time when all hope is lost? I don't think all hope is ever lost. I think 1984 is a flawed novel in a sense that it depicts the government. It depicts the authoritarians as way too efficacious, way too competent, way too able with way too sophisticated technology. The extent to which in 1984 the human mind is shut down would lead such a culture to deteriorate economically dramatically. People would be poor. There would be no technology. There would be no ability of the government to monitor everything that you do. Indeed, the best example of dystopia in the future is Iron Man's anthem because they're living like human beings lived 3,000 years ago because that's what actually would happen if totalitarianism actually succeeded in the world. We would deteriorate backwards to the Stone Age, not have high sophisticated technology like you see in 1984 and other dystopia novels. And it's one of the things that I say why I don't worry about North Korea, why I don't worry about China. It's because the more authoritarian they become, the weaker they are. The more authoritarian become, the less economic activity, the less wealth, the less sophistication, the less technology, the less ability to confront us. So authoritarianism leads to poverty always. It's why Iron Man was not worried about the Soviet Union. He said they'll collapse. Just a question of time. Don't know when, but they will collapse. And it's the same. Any authoritarian regime will collapse in the end, takes time, but they will collapse because they can't sustain it. It's not possible. They can't feed their own people. The more authoritarian they become, the weaker they become. The more authoritarian become, the weaker internally they become. The more authoritarian become, the more likely it is that they have a revolution internally. I'm enjoying your show inside my greenhouse, planting spring flowers. The people given up on happiness for political drama, the alternative is to many people ignoring the drama and giving them free reign. Yeah, I mean, it's striking the extent to which people are obsessed with politics. And it's a sign of how bad our society is and how far we've come and how big a role government plays in our lives. The bigger the role the government plays in our lives, the more important politics becomes in everybody's lives. You know, the fact that so many people voted in this last election was a record election in terms of the percentage of Americans voted. That's not a good thing. I don't think it's good for a lot of Americans to vote. It's a sign that the government has too much power. The government is involved in too much of our lives. What we need today, what I called a new intellectual would be any man or woman who is willing to think, meaning any man or woman who knows that man's life must be guided by reason, by the intellect, not by feelings, wishes, whims or mystic revelations. Any man or woman who values his life and who does not want to give in to today's cult of despair, cynicism, and impotence and does not intend to give up the world to the dark ages and to the role of the collectivist broads. All right, before we go on, reminder, please like the show. We've got 163 live listeners right now, 30 likes. That should be at least 100. I figure at least 100 of you actually like the show. Maybe they're like 60 of the Matthews out there who hate it. But at least the people who are liking it, I want to see a thumbs up. There you go. Start liking it. I want to see that go to 100. All it takes is a click of a thing, whether you're looking at this. And you know the likes matter. It's not an issue of my ego. It's an issue of the algorithm. The more you like something, the more the algorithm likes it. So, you know, and if you don't like the show, give it a thumbs down. Let's see your actual views being reflected in the likes. But if you like it, don't just sit there. Help get the show promoted. Of course, you should also share. And you can support the show at your own book show. Dot com slash support on Patreon or subscribe star or locals. And show your support for the work, for the value, hopefully you're receiving from this. And of course, don't forget, if you're not a subscriber, even if you just come here to troll, or even if you're here like Matthew to defend Marx, then you should subscribe. Because that way, you'll know when to show up. You'll know what shows are on, when they're on. You'll get notified. So, yes, like, share, subscribe, support. Like, share, subscribe, support. There you go. Easy. Do one or all of those, please.