506: Wedged, How You Became a Tool of the Partisan Political Establishment & How to Start Thinking for Yourself Again by Erik Fogg - a podcast by Jason Hartman talks to Joe the Plumber, Janice Dean, Bernard Kerik, Senator Byron Dorgan, Daniel Flynn, Susan Crawford, Navy SEAL Team Six, G. Edward Griffin, Craig Hulet, Gerald Celente, Matthew Stein, Steven Greenhut, Charles Goyette, John Perkins, C
from 2019-09-06T02:39:31
Jason Hartman talks with Erik Fogg, author of Wedged: How You Became a Tool of the Partisan Political Establishment & How to Start Thinking for Yourself Again, as well as Chief at ReConsider and co-host of the ReConsider podcast, about the discourse in our society that is causing all of us problems that are being perpetuated by people who deal in fear.
Key Takeaways:
[2:16] Our 2 party system is brought about largely by the way we vote
[5:15] People who are upset or angry are more likely to donate to things like a campaign, vote, or keep watching a TV show
[8:29] Politicians, as a group, can never ultimately win because they're playing a zero sum game
[9:37] What is the Green Fog Curve?
[11:51] The most dangerous thing for us individually is to start letting our emotional response drive our reaction
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