 Let's get to this topic. Let's talk about Biden and get it over with because it's not fun. Assuming Biden wins in a landslide and that landslide destroys Trumpism. What can we do to get ready to step into the void created and give people a rational alternative? That's a great question. It assumes a lot of things because I don't think Trumpism is going to go away. I think the Trumpism, which is the real focus on nationalism, on industrial policy, on anti-trade, on anti-immigration, and mixed in with religion is not going away. I see it's big advocates moving forward to be people like Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley, and Tucker Carlson. Kind of a leftist economic agenda with a nationalist right-wing social agenda. That's not going away and the battle over that will continue and we're going to have to be players in that battle to give ammunition to whatever better elements there are within the Republican Party that can fight that off. I think there are going to be two or three other elements within the Republican Party. The Republican Party is basically going to have a massive internal civil war. There are the, quote, more libertarian aspects of the party, supposedly Rand Paul and supposedly Lee from Utah and maybe Massey in the house. Hard to tell where they go. I think most of them gave in completely, bought into Trumpism and lost all credibility. Ted Cruz used to be a part of that group, but Ted Cruz I think has lost all credibility and I don't think Ted Cruz is going to be a force in the Republican Party in the future, certainly not in a, quote, libertarian wing of it. There's another wing of the party which is a relatively free market wing, a kind of a more traditional conservative fusionism wing that wants to collect the libertarians with some religion, with some tough on policy and that would be more the Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley wing of the Republican Party. I'm not sure who else to lump in there, but oh yeah, Sass. I don't know if you saw Sass. Sass came out, Ben Sass came out recently really well after, went after Trump I think yesterday. So Sass I think is part of that wing. I think that's the solid, pretty good, not great compromising, but basically somebody, people we can probably work with, founding fathers, founding fathers ideas and basically economic liberties. So Ben Sass, maybe Allen West, certainly Nikki Haley, people like that. I think they will be the most powerful anti-Trump force within the Republican Party. Then there are the people who basically are nothing Republicans. They don't stand for anything. McConnell, you know, all the other Republicans, they stand for nothing. The Trumpists, when it's Trump's in, you know, they were Bush, neocons, when it was Bush, they would be, that would be anybody to anything, right? They will adapt to complete chameleons. They stand for nothing. They are nothing. And they are going to be the majority probably that will swing with whoever, whoever's going to be ultimately win out. The rhinos, a lot of them are rhinos. I mean, whatever, whatever it is at the time, right? So I, I think the question is going to be who wins out on that battle? What can we do to provide them with intellectual ammunition? And I think that's the key. The key is to get to, try to get to anywhere from anybody who will stand up against the Trumpists within the party. Anybody who will stand for even, even just a lip service to free markets, anybody who's willing to still say, I believe in free market and free trade, and I'm pro-immigration, even if it's, I'm not, you know, opening up the boat, open immigration, but I'm generally pro-immigration. If people, if that wing of the party, what we need to do is try to influence them and get in front of them. And we need to be the advocate of these ideas to give them a sense that they ask somebody out there who supports the better ideas that they have and will challenge them on the bad ideas that they have. But that is, that's going to be very difficult for us to do because we're still so small. But I think you, on your local level, those are the kind of politicians you should be supporting. You should be avoiding the Josh Hawley type and supporting the Ben Sasse type. Even though Ben Sasse is religious and I know he's religious and he's quite religious, right? And avoiding the Rhino type and avoiding the, we'll go along with anybody type. Try to find the ones that are somewhat principled, somewhat, I say, it's hard to be somewhat principled, but they're somewhat principled and who are supporters of the founding fathers. I think that's essential. And, and supporters of free markets. Okay, another election question. I'm going to take the election questions that are $20 or more first. If Trump wins on day one, we can start advocating for Ben Sasse and Nikki Haley or other free market people. I don't think a Trump victory destroys the party completely. We can fight to move it to something better. I don't think so. I mean, I hope you're right. I hope you're right. But I think it's, it's the end of Ben Sasse. I mean, you saw today that even somebody I don't like, but you know, but, but what's his name from Pennsylvania to me from Pennsylvania is leaving the party. Not only do I think that what's going to happen is the Trump is going to lose. I think, I think the Republican party is going to be decimated in this election. And I think people are leaving and you saw what happened to, there was only a senator that stood up to Trump. I mean, Ben Sasse is finished if Trump wins. Ben Sasse will be drummed out of the party. So Ben Sasse, I met Ben Sasse. Ben Sasse is much better than Mitt Romney. Much better than Mitt Romney. Ben Sasse is, is really versed in the founding fathers. He, he has a deep understanding of the role of government. Mitt Romney was a nothing. Mitt Romney was a rhino. He was a businessman, but he had, he didn't have the intellectual stature or the knowledge. I mean, Ben Sasse knows a lot. I mean, again, he's religious and he's problematic in all kinds of ways. But in terms of his knowledge of the founders, his knowledge of ideas is, I think principle stand. He is, he is far better than Mitt Romney. Christian, thank you. Really, really appreciate it. This is on top of the match we already have. So this is taking us well over $1,000. Thank you guys. This is, this is amazing. I really appreciate the support. This is the best super chat show we've had since, you know, early, early September. So I don't think Ben Sasse need to give you a chance. Not only that, I believe that if Trump wins, Trump Jr is going to be groomed for 20, for, for 2024. I think people like Tucker Carlson, Josh Hawley, I think you'll get a whole new group of congressmen and senators who are in that line of Trumpism, who are going to come to dominate, I think they'll purge the party of every last person who stood up to Trump. And it's going to be a very, very, very different political party in, in the future if, if Trump wins. So, and again, you know, I, that's my assessment. I might be wrong. And, and I'm sure you guys will point it out. If I turn out to be wrong, you'll put it out to me. But I just don't see any hope for the Republican party. But look, I, if, if, if Trump wins, and I, and I think that we will have then solidified two clear, statist alternatives of a Republican party that is clearly unequivocally statist, and a Democratic party that we know is statist, that's, that's, that's it, that it's, it's done. Somebody says, you know, Ben Shapiro might run. Ben can't win. Ben can't win. He's a religious Jew. He is too good on economics. He's, he's too free market. There's no way he can win. Yeah. So anyway, you guys can, can hope, you can vote for Trump and hope that the Republican party can still survive in spite of that. But I am, I mean, it will survive, but it will survive as a very different party, very, very different type of party. So, and, and, and not a party that I think would serve our interest long term, not a party that I think serves American interest long term, not a party that can be an opposition party to the Democrats to our galloping into statism, galloping into authoritarianism. That's what I think the consequence of a Trump victory will be. What we need today, what I call the 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, women's or mystic revelations. 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