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"The first time I ever really listened to Kyle Kulinski’s show was in the back of a cab last summer. The driver had his phone hooked up through the stereo and was pumping out an episode through the car speakers - loudly, as if looking to convert a captive audience.
“Do you like Kyle Kulinski?”
The driver, Ahmed, was a recent immigrant and apparently a die-hard fan of Secular Talk, the political talk show that Kulinski broadcasts on KZbin. I told him, yes, in fact. I do like Kulinski, had come across his show several years ago, and, all things considered, he seemed pretty good.
“He understands what we’re up against,” Ahmed said. “Like Bernie.”
But I was surprised to hear Kulinski’s name mentioned in the same breath as Bernie Sanders, particularly with such adoration. Because what I did remember about Kulinski’s show struck me as mostly capital-P “progressive” takes on the news - the left wing of the Netroots crowd more than the democratic socialism Sanders has popularized.
It’s an impression that wasn’t entirely incorrect.
“I have no time for philosophical, airy bullshit,” Kulinski tells me from his home in Westchester, New York. “I don’t want to hear about Lenin. I don’t want to hear about Marx. I just want a super plainspoken, straightforward agenda with a straightforward way of selling it.”
With over 800,000 subscribers and nearly 670 million total views on KZbin, selling a progressive agenda is clearly something Kulinski knows how to do - even Democracy Now, the long-standing flagship of progressive media, cannot match his reach on the platform. Chapo Trap House can certainly boast a wildly devoted fan base (and a not insignificant degree of media influence), but their audience is roughly half the size of Kulinski’s.
While Secular Talk might be more likely to be looped in with the progressive networks around Air America and Pacifica alums like Sam Seder than the more resolutely socialist world, Kulinski’s fiery rhetoric, razor-sharp class instincts, and knack for withering takedowns sets him apart from his peers. Judging by his rhetoric alone, he’s closer to a Eugene Debs than a Chris Hayes.
But unlike Hayes, Amy Goodman, or his friend Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks - who began airing Secular Talk on his web network seven years ago - the thirty-two-year-old Kulinski is virtually invisible in the mainstream media. Despite his enormous fan base, his show has never once been mentioned in the obligatory trend pieces on “the Millennial Left” pumped out by the prestige media. Nor has Kulinski’s name ever popped up at all in the New York Times, Vox, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, or the Washington Post, despite his leading role in cofounding Justice Democrats, the organization widely credited with sweeping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of “the Squad” to power.
Just last week, his Wikipedia page was deleted. The reason? “There is very simply no [reliable source] coverage of this person,” according to one moderator. In new media, he’s king - the Sean Hannity of the Berniecrat left. In old media, he’s nobody.
I suspect there are a few reasons for that. There is nothing “cool” about Kulinski’s show. (As a friend put it, “‘Welcome to Secular Talk’ sounds like something you’d hear on Egyptian radio.”) His no-nonsense social-democratic politics won’t get him much cred with the Full Communism crowd. He records his show not in Brooklyn or Los Angeles, but in a studio he built himself in his modest Westchester home. His hair is too groomed and his taste in clothes too preppy to qualify as “Dirtbag Left.” Nor has he ever attended an n+1 release party. “Not only have I not attended one,” he says, “I have no idea what that means.”
And yet he’s astonishingly plugged-in for a young man in the suburbs. Wondering how Sanders ended up on the Joe Rogan Experience? Kulinski, a frequent guest on Rogan’s wildly popular show, introduced them. “You make the most sense to me,” Rogan told Kulinski on a recent episode. “You’re a normal person.”
Much like Sanders himself, Kulinski’s show has a massive audience that just doesn’t compute with our media’s understanding of “what the kids want” or even “what the left-wing kids want.”
It’s probably for the best - the very woke and very WASP-ish decorum haunting much of the media world is nowhere to be found in Secular Talk. “Corporate Democrats over-focus on identity as a trick to divert you from the issues that unite us all - class issues,” he said on a recent episode.
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[@anzumazaki7798]

Conservatives - we support dictatorship, law and order, bans against abortion, lgbt teachers, and everything else we don't like Also conservatives - did you know that we're the party of freedom?

[@KendallChristiansonYT]

Conservatives have stopped using the "We're for Freedom!" Line for 5 years now. It's not a good snag against them anymore. They're full on authoritarians.

[@David-bh1rn]

They don't actually support law and order lol just the order part

[@nsacockroach4099]

​@@David-bh1rn As kyle said. It's law and order on everything that doesn't matter like a random drug dealers but not f.e. the people who actually employ children in their factories.

[@Lerian_V]

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. Acting in conformity with the moral law is true freedom. A vicious heroine-ingesting porn-watching person is not free. The more virtuous a person is, the more freedom they have.

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@Lerian_V Bro read Handmaid's Tale and thought "yes"

[@eddiebax1395]

Conservatives 2003: we have to take out dictators like Saddam and spread democracy. Conservatives 2023: f*ck democracy, we need a dictatorship.

[@jodieholmes8453]

That wasn't even their message in 2003. They were still trying to install themselves as dictators.

[@rollingknuckleball]

Technically they took out Iranian democracy in 1950 by forcibly removing the secular, democratically elected leader. Anyway.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

To the conservatives credit, the liberals were also on the Iraq war bandwagon.

[@nicksawrickshaw537]

​@@TheMilitantMazdakite Neoliberals. Very different than who are called liberals today. A neoliberal is more centrist. Bill Clinton is one

[@MichelleHell]

​@@TheMilitantMazdakiteThe liberals like John Stewart who called bs on the WMD narrative on national television?

[@Hatchbasic]

His argument is “I like democracy as long as people vote the way I want them to”

[@clearboness]

Comment this underneath any conservative reply to this video and watch them go nuts

[@memyselfandi8544]

How is politics working for you so far? Feel like your agenda is being represented by the people you placed into power?

[@dr1flush]

@@memyselfandi8544a dictator will definitely represent the majority 🫡

[@memyselfandi8544]

@@dr1flush Trump isn’t coming back, and even if he survives the election, I’m not touching this wreck. You own it. Good luck. I’m just going to protest the whole lot of you and blame your whole party for the nuclear war that is about to happen.

[@MrDucksBill]

Three people on baby. Two vote to eat the baby. I guess it's ok because you know democracy

[@thesauceman8457]

If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy -David Frum

[@basedgamerguy818]

Man I wish that guy could pick my numbers for the mega millions

[@Kaid10us]

This is a horrific quote. If half the country rejects democracy. Your looking at civil war?

[@mortalitykitten6786]

That would be the point.

[@tonywilson4713]

"The greatest threat to American democracy is the American people!" - Larry Wilkerson.

[@watsonroadster3707]

@@Kaid10us Your looking at the party they support openly turning intro a Fascist party...And the class that owns that party ( all political parties, by the way) embracing Fascism to maintain the class relation in its society through violence and force...

[@morbidsearch]

It's hilarious how Matt wants to destroy everyone else's rights and thinks the people on top would never turn on him. That's ultimate snowflake behaviour.

[@kevonslims7269]

They always turn on them.

[@l3gartha987]

Hitler for make germany great again turned on his followers , Matt is easy bait to turn on when the time comes!

[@uncomfortabletruth5915]

Especially if they are populist, though I am sure Walsh has nothing to worry about..

[@memyselfandi8544]

Matt and Ben Shapiro of the Zionist Church represent the establishment. That’s you guys.

[@UntoTheDepths]

Thats. . . not what the word snowflake means. . .

[@Fusilier7]

Conservatives: The US is a republic not a democracy. also conservatives: We NEED a dictatorship.

[@maxxymrice6200]

a republic is a type of democracy.

[@maximedamour5192]

​@@maxxymrice6200*constitutional republic* is a type of democracy.

[@xEnder515]

All modern day republics are representative democracies

[@alexs1640]

@@maximedamour5192 and we also classify as a Representative Democracy, so we literally are a democracy.

[@user-kl5jn4ew4p]

I have been alive for at least 20 years more than Matt, and it's insulting that he thinks he knows more than I do about politics and what's best for America.

[@52flyingbicycles]

Dictator: can you give up all your freedoms so I can have unlimited power? Conservatives: no way, I love freedom! Dictator: what if I promised to oppress those people you don’t like? Conservatives: you son of a bitch, I’m in!

[@matroid10]

I want this framed on my wall with gold leaf text

[@AnthroposGames]

Exactly!

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

George Lucas once said “Star Wars is about how democracies can turn into dictatorships, and how we can avoid that.” He tried to warn us.

[@trappedinamerica7740]

So this is how liberty dies, With thunderous applause

[@mtrich8113]

​@@trappedinamerica7740didn't Padme say this is how democracy dies? I know Obi Wan Kenobi did.

[@anonymousdontbotheraboutit2895]

In Disney Canon, yes, that is true. In Legends, however, the Jedi Order functions similar to the Catholic Church and the Sith are the heretics and heathens. Star Wars is anti-tyranny, but not all non-democratic systems are tyrannical.

[@Cheateaux]

I think it’s because people like Matt Walsh think Republicans are the Jedi in that scenario lmao

[@jakelong6860]

Trump is the Sith Lord for sure.

[@Mae_Dastardly]

But remember guys, walsh is only joking when he calls himself a fascist

[@ItsAllCulturalMarxism]

Another meaningless internet term. Add to the anyone I don't like is a _____.

[@Mae_Dastardly]

@@ItsAllCulturalMarxism nice argument lmao

[@tofumunch69]

​@@ItsAllCulturalMarxismmatt walsh calls himself one

[@finderskeepers1993]

​@@ItsAllCulturalMarxismwanting a dictator is a literal admission to supporting fascism. We don't even have to claim he's a fascist he told on himself.

[@botanicalitus4194]

@@waltergrace565it objectively is

[@1stpaperdragon740]

any one who argues for less people voting needs to be asked "Who should be allowed to vote" then tell them they shouldn't.

[@noegarcia5246]

This is how it starts. If people wonder how there are countries with dictators, remember that there have always been people in the general public who are want for a dictator and will follow him/her.

[@ItsAllCulturalMarxism]

Look up Franco in Spain.

[@waltergrace565]

In keeping with the irony laden theme of this channel here...... Uh, I could be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure we've installed more dictators around the world in the last century than people have put into power or "wanted for".

[@MrDucksBill]

Hahahaha dude democrats showed us how dictators took over during the nothing burger that was covid

[@KiaStout]

If america ends up with a dictator it will be because neither party delivered for the people and people became desperate for change. This is why voting for the lesser of two evils doesn't work. The country continues to spiral each election worse than the last.

[@CPsWalkThroughs]

​@@MrDucksBill that was not a nothing burger you clown. That pandemic killed millions world wide! Or are you so convinced the entire world was only pretending to suffer for the sake of united stayed politics?

[@karljonson3287]

Walsh loves democracy the same way Palpatine loves democracy

[@killerkraut9179]

Democracie means rule of the National people ! If illeagals Vote isnt democratic! If minors vote isnt smart!

[@leparfumdugrosboss4216]

The beautiful thing being that if you tried to apply MAP Walsh's argument, like by removing elections for school boards and related school boards meeting, or taking away HIS voting rights he would be the first to squeel like a piglet 😂

[@tom-kz9pb]

We need to defend democracy against dictatorship, absolutely no matter what that takes.

[@nakfoor1846]

Well unfortunately most people wont leave the safety of their couch so its pretty much open for the taking.

[@janschulte8434]

"No matter what it takes" also includes dictatorship.

[@Shadow-99x]

In Matt's tiny pea sized brain having less people vote somehow enhances democracy even though that's definitionally anti-democratic.

[@alexs1640]

Nah, he knows exactly what he is doing. Just think that a non incumbent Republican hasn't won the national popular vote since 1988. When you realize that, it explains the intentions of right wingers pretty well.

[@SandraVargas92]

I'm terrified of what America could become.

[@mtrich8113]

Is.

[@k1zer100]

Is becoming**

[@that_heretic]

Yea, our military can't fall into the hands of these people. The left should get more serious about shrinking it. In my opinion.

[@theparodychannel7842]

So vote!

[@Darkstarr-ud2go]

You should be … vote blue… no matter what ..

[@mistercohaagen]

Creating the rules for Society itself, should involve everyone who are then subject to those rules.

[@janeshepard8250]

The Left doesn't even believe in condemning racism so why should anyone take them serious?

[@AdamtheRed-]

Hes right. We shouldnt allow the GQP to vote. Problem solved.

[@ItsAllCulturalMarxism]

I applaud your honesty.

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

Based.

[@montanus5661]

Here's a better solution: We shouldn't allow the Right to vote.

[@AdamtheRed-]

@@montanus5661 that's what i said

[@montanus5661]

@Adam-kr6lt GQP is only a portion of the Right. I mean the ENTIRE right wing spectrum.

[@billybarnett2846]

I'm a veteran and Black. Is this what I signed away six years of my life for? Where did these weak, unpatriotic people come from? If there Republicans like this when Reagan or Nixon was in office, they would be in prison or dead. I was trained to fight dictators and fight for the helpless.

[@enigma9273]

I'm sorry how does your skin color play into this

[@iExploder]

@@enigma9273Look at American history a second time and you'll have your answer. He fought for a country that hates him because he believed in its potential.

[@eric2500]

In those days Republicans and conservatives were actually honest about their authoritarian and paternalist views. But Reagan and Nixon (and their goons) got their power from convincing people they WANTED that, and it has only gotten worse - more absolutist- in the Republican party .

[@borginburkes1819]

@@enigma9273America hates black people. Read a book on American history

[@mikeboyer5463]

@@enigma9273 because white people are disappointing.

[@giovanny72]

I remember the day Mothers Milk punched this dude lights out in the face.

[@thesauceman8457]

Truly a The Boys moment to remember. Tried to indoctrinate his daughter.

[@organicod2438]

😂

[@reidwhitton6248]

The problem isn't that there are too many people voting in our Democratic Republic. Too much money in politics has destroyed it!

[@BigBoogookie]

"Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth," he says, but he doesn't volunteer to get out of the kitchen, as it were. Getting out of the kitchen is for people who don't agree with him. By all means, Walsh, LEAVE POLITICS if "too many people involved ruins it." Put your money where your mouth is.

[@eric2500]

He wants more money if he retires his mouth!

[@jaredgreathouse3672]

Matt isn't stupid. He knows that by giving people democratic say on abortion and other issues, that it'll win. Even Rick Santorum was thankful that more things weren't directly democratic, since he knows that his system isn't popular and wouldn't be preferable to most Americans

[@jgmediting7770]

It’s always about economics, specifically the economic interests of the minority group aka capitalist ownership. The threat to that elite is working people uniting along class lines. Things like nationalism, culture wars etc are just tools to stop that and protect those economic interests. Capitalism has always been a class war.

[@matroid10]

@@jgmediting7770🗿 take. If this country was actually a democracy then we would not have delegates and electoral colleges (the members of which are purchased by capitalists to fight against popular votes)

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

@@jgmediting7770capitalism is what you get when you apply the operational principals of a dictatorship to an economy

[@jgmediting7770]

@@lyokianhitchhiker true. You can never get democracy from capitalism. You get democracy for capital owners. The whole premise of capitalism is the separation of work from ownership, which guarantees you get concentrated wealth and power.

[@jeromed9750]

Pay your taxes and Matt will vote for who he wants spending it

[@granvillesimmons6033]

What I get a belly laugh from is that Little Matty is arguing that severely stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote. Has he watched ANY of the hundreds and hundreds of interviews done with MAGA Trump supporters? ROTFL.

[@ash12181987]

As another white male, who would never have their voting rights restricted in any way under the status quo that Matt Walsh likes: Yeah. it's very easy to say stuff like this, when you have 0 risk of being impacted; but, were you to be even potentially impacted he'd be howling. This is Matt Walsh, positively effected by affirmative action, declaring how nice affirmative action is.

[@jimbob3030]

There is nobody who wouldn't be negatively impacted by a dictator, they'd all eventually figure out it's not working for them and then realize they victimized themselves, after it's too late to change it.

[@AD-dg3zz]

​@@jimbob3030 1930s Germany moment

[@lilben4184]

​@@AD-dg3zz Exactly, Hitler was so unafraid of assassination that he literally repealed Weimar-era gun ownership legislation, because he knew he had little to fear from a German people that loved him.

[@cserd8734]

Here in Australia it’s mandatory to vote from the age of 18, the actual benefit of this is that both our major political parties are more moderate and removes the risk of any political party having too much power. Granted it’s not perfect but hell we are doing better than you guys are.

[@peterd9698]

One thing people don't understand about "mandatory voting" is that it doesnt actually force you to vote. You could submit a spoiled ballot. Real democracies have secret ballots where the government can never convert them to mandatory loyalty pledges where you would be insane to vote anyone but them. IMO one of the most important results of "mandatory" voting is that it prevents a blatant form of voter suppression we see again and again in the US, where the government simply makes voting so difficult in select districts that people, with jobs and no break, are waiting FIVE HOURS OR LONGER to cast their vote.

[@vante9588]

I mean the bar is pretty low lol but yes.

[@chrisculhane3777]

As an American. They try everything to block us from voting

[@enigma9273]

Keep telling yourself that drongo

[@cserd8734]

@@enigma9273 Mmmmm so what makes me a drongo, back your assertion up…

[@Clouden3]

That Bill Maher impression was spot-on 👌

[@yoked1234]

I love the IQ arguement. Ok, let’s take that to it’s logical conclusion. Only academics can vote 😂. That doesn’t end the way he thinks it does

[@WhatCanSmith]

IQ and knowledge are two different things. Many academics are median IQ

[@chetmanley1885]

​​​@@WhatCanSmithhigh IQ is absolutely worthless if you don't know anything. And it's a mostly worthless measurement anyway.

[@theFminusclub]

Bro Emperor Palpatine said he loved democracy when he was still the chancellor then killed all the Jedi 🤷🏽

[@Kasadoll]

I'd love to say to Matt Walsh that those who are exempt from voting should also be exempt for paying taxes. You know the whole no taxation without representation thing? Kind of the very thing that found at this entire country?

[@peterd9698]

I have thought about that myself.. the government pretends it is difficult to collect your vote but somehow manage to not forget people who neglect to pay taxes. Beware though that governments could happily adopt a system where the poorest do not pay taxes and thus do not vote. They can easily be "taxed" in other ways. You just tax the landowner class who own a monopoly on jobs and property, and let them treat their peasant slaves any way they like.

[@iExploder]

They only care about the constitution when it comes to guns and saying the N word.

[@eric2500]

Well it was ONE of the two main things. The other thing was individual freedoms of various kinds, and they have been in conflict ever since.

[@eric2500]

Also, many people do not pay any taxes except sales tax. a. The very poor - *they don't have the money* - and GIVING them money for food, rent and medical (and free education and social security/ Medicare) keeps those things affordable for most everyone else and prevents Dark Ages or Depression Era starving, disease, and low wages. AND b. the very rich, who hide their money in investments and physical wealth, or trust funds, so that nothing much gets paid in the way of Estate taxes. I am all for taxing group b and never taxing group a. *But each of those individuals should get their one vote per person.*

[@MarioEstevez-re1us]

this country was NOT founded on women's right to vote...and since they are exempt from the draft they should probably also be exempt from voting no?

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

Listening to Walsh mansplain the concept of democracy is exhausting, but also hysterical.

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

@@madreese69I think the problem with his argument is that it isn't an argument at all. It's a bunch of nonsense strung together with no ontological awareness. It's gobbledegook.

[@bladudemovies]

“I love democracy.” Senator Palpatine (R)

[@strings2864]

There’s actually pretty simple social science that flies in the face of Walsh’s argument. There is a “wisdom of crowds” effect where a group of people are far better at estimation (like the number of jelly beans in a jar, etc), especially if the group is comprised of people with diverse opinions, etc. The scientific process is also a collective endeavor, given that both peer review and independent confirmation are both crucial.

[@matroid10]

As an anarchist subscribed to Kyle's channel for almost 10 years and somebody who used to be on reddit too much, at this current moment, Kyle's comment section and reddit page are among the best discussion spaces for left wing topics. I sincerely hope this channel continues to get more attraction

[@Roguecjb]

Anarchist are still a thing? 😂 damn, I remember being 14.

[@joebove4]

Funny how these people who believe that too many people have a say in politics never volunteer to take their own voice out of it.

[@gabiausten8774]

Matt Walsh : ,,If u love democracy, you gotta end it!“

[@Dex2R7]

Matt has zero qualifications to tell anyone what to do or how to do it. I have no idea why Ben hired him. All it says on his resume is community college dropout.

[@anathematic5083]

'nothing undermines democracy quite like democracy' - Mac Falsch

[@blitz8702]

If they want dictatorship send them to North Korea. I think preserving freedom and what we have is way better idea then looking for despotism .

[@WhiteFang111]

I think dictatorship is best Americans are mostly dumb maybe with dictatorship they can learn to think and follow orders 😆.

[@geraintwd]

Trump went to NK and met KJU. At this point, I'm convinced that it was to pick up tips on how to run a dictatorship.

[@WhiteFang111]

@@geraintwd good he should apply that on America 😆.

[@gabeasher187]

Trump: I want to be dictator for only one day Matt Walsh: Could you be dictator for life though??

[@marksalmoneussorcerersupreme]

anyone whos anyone knows that a system that excludes anyone from voting for whatever reason is not a democracy. If Women can't vote its not democracy. If ethnic groups can't vote thats not democracy. If people who serve their time or people in US territories can't vote, thats not democracy. Democracy is an aspiration, our country still has to get there.

[@WhiteFang111]

Since when did u had a democracy u been loving in dictatorship masked as a democracy 😆.

[@fatcat1414]

"Democracy is when less people can make decisions for our society" is such a blatantly double-think take.

[@daveglas1972]

These people just do not understand that the very first thing a dictator will do is take away the guns - nuff said.

[@Beeso]

If Matt Walsch was born in some Taliban cave, he would be the same kind of person, just with different cultural identifiers. Different wrapper, same essence. It doesn’t matter which lord’s hand he has to kiss, as long as there is a lord’s hand that need’s to be kissed.

[@robcarl2]

Isn't it amazing in the year 2023 we have to explain to people why and how democracy works.

[@missk1697]

"We want a dictator!" Nero and Caligula: *Hello* "No, not like this!" 🤣

[@aileenpi73]

You need EDUCATION for Democracy to thrive.

[@ethankillion786]

There was a moment in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series that came out last year where they meet this alien named Freck, and they're talking about the Empire and he apparently supports it, saying "Nothing wrong with a little order!" Some folks see draconian measures as just doing what's necessary for security and safety. Especially if you can point to a group of people and say "that's the bad guy, they live among you and they'll destroy you!", you'll have a lot of people screaming "save us from them, whatever it takes!"

[@dalekrenegade2596]

I liked that little bit in a mess of a show. Liked it overall but still a mess.

[@ShukakuTheCrazy1]

Im a retail cashier so i can kinda empathize with the people are too dumb to deserve democracy takes. However democracy is a good principle to have, so i support it

[@jojomont4713]

Yea but the party that he grifts for always attack education and teachers so it’s hilarious that his side advocates for the dumbing down of society and then he complains that people are too stupid to make decisions. Gee maybe because conservatives have spent decades making their voters stupid because they know that if they were educated they would never be conservative.

[@14104]

How many people entered and left without issue, compared to the number of people that did something rude or 'dumb'?

[@ShukakuTheCrazy1]

@@14104 barely any. They're there every other day and you still have to tell them how to put the card in the machine. And there's folks who've seen coming to the store longer than I've been working there who I still have to tell what button to hit for credit.

[@jojomont4713]

@@14104 explain yourself because that is not a coherent sentence.

[@14104]

@@jojomont4713 How many people. Entered the store. without causing. a problem. Versus the number of people that. did cause. a problem.

[@davidgriffith3938]

That's like saying you can't have justice by treating people equally under the law.

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

This reminds me of an old saying I heard. People don't want a democracy, they want a dictator they agree with.

[@VudrokWolf]

In response to the viewpoint presented in the video about restricting voting rights based on intelligence or educational background, I believe that the essence of democracy is to include all voices, regardless of their intellectual or educational status. The idea that adding more voters decreases the collective IQ is a perspective that overlooks the value of diverse thoughts and experiences in a democratic system. Instead of limiting voting rights, a more constructive and inclusive approach would be to encourage and facilitate political education and awareness among all citizens. Imagine a system where citizens are incentivized to learn about their voting rights, understand policies, get to know candidates, and engage with various governmental approaches. This could be achieved through comprehensive educational programs like 'Learn Politics & Democracy' workshops, accessible to everyone across all demographics and socioeconomic statuses. Such an initiative would not only enhance the political intelligence of the electorate but also reinforce the democratic principle that every voice matters. Restricting voting rights to a certain group based on arbitrary measures like IQ or education level not only undermines the democratic process but also disregards the potential wisdom and insights that come from diverse life experiences. True democracy flourishes when every citizen, regardless of their background, is empowered with knowledge and encouraged to participate actively. It's about elevating the collective understanding of politics and governance, rather than excluding individuals based on certain criteria. Only when a significant portion of the population, say 80% across all demographics, has engaged in such educational initiatives, could we even begin to consider adjustments to the voting system - and even then, with the utmost caution and respect for democratic inclusivity.

[@Urziel99]

Walsh and people like him know their authoritarian ideology would never pass muster and it's actively undermined when direct democracy is used, see Ohio a red state legalizing weed and abortion. via ballot initiative. He needs to weed out anyone who doesn't adhere to his fascistic worldview because it can't win otherwise.

[@ZZSmithReal]

That's classic fascism and it's not even debatable.

[@lilben4184]

As a fascist, I can confirm this. based Matt Walsh.

[@SquidysTents]

I have a really hard time trying to even imagine the kind of person who listens to Matt Walsh and thinks, “Wow, this guy is awesome” 😂

[@jd-tg1ox]

Been saying since 2016 that right wingers actually want the Handmaids Tale

[@kekistani_meme_farmer7242]

You were confidently wrong then too.

[@jd-tg1ox]

@@kekistani_meme_farmer7242 nah. Watch

[@piku5637]

“I violate my kid’s consent all the time” Minor Abusing Predator Walsh.

[@janeshepard8250]

So you'd be cool with children owning guns?

[@Mae_Dastardly]

​@@janeshepard8250they gotta protect themselves from mass shooters somehow!

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

@@Mae_Dastardly UNDER NO PRETEXT, BOOTLICKER!!!!!!!!

[@Mae_Dastardly]

@@TheMilitantMazdakite wait why am i a bootlicker! Im sayin strap up!

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

@@Mae_Dastardly I thought you were sarcasticly defending gun control, and I am a communist.

[@papabird4425]

How come immigrants need to pass a test to become citizens and vote, but Americans dont? What makes Americans so privileged?

[@priyonjoni]

“I love democracy” - Sheeve Palpatine

[@krimmer66]

HAHA, walsh is as logical on voting as he is on everything else he spews. It's in the constitution matt, 1 person one vote... there were no warnings about too many people voting! Worried about stupid people, invest more in schools.. it's a win win matt.

[@sebcw1204]

well, the framers DID exclude slaves and women from voting, so they really did have a fear of the masses. that's why they went with a representative republic instead of direct democracy for so many aspects of our nation.

[@krimmer66]

@@sebcw1204 well yes, a fear of a very specific oppressed masses.. not entirely the same as what matt is hinting at though..

[@BoostlessJoe]

Hold on. Expanding democracy isn't necessarily a good thing. You wouldn't want children to vote, for example. i know this isn't his point, but you do need to be aware that there are rules for who can vote and who can't. In general, simply expanding the right to vote wouldn't result in a better democracy - it depends on what you mean by expanding.

[@lilben4184]

Shhhh stop making basic reasonable points, you're supposed to just shut up grab your ankles and uncritically support the Current Thing like a good little lib 😊

[@grimfang4]

If your argument can immediately be used to argue why former slaves should not vote, please know you got something wrong.

[@kingbeef66]

Liberty dies… Republicans give thunderous applause.

[@elijasuiters9932]

I love it when Matt has these mask off fascist moments.

[@lilben4184]

Speaking as a fascist: I love it too.

[@killerkraut9179]

Democracie means rule of the National people ! If illeagals Vote isnt democratic! If minors vote isnt smart!

[@Top_Weeb]

Kyle's Bill Maher impression is on point.

[@timbuckjr9081]

If he feels that there are too many people participating in our democracy here in the US, by all means, he is free to give up his right to participate.

[@Blissy1175]

Too many cooks in the kitchen doesn't even apply in a kitchen - it drives me up a wall whenever I hear someone say that.

[@Yusuf1187]

The issue isn't just about intelligence. It's about whose interests are served. Few people with power doesn't equate to intelligent governance - it just means only their interests will be served, REGARDLESS of how intelligent they are. And even then, oftentimes elites and dictators aren't too intelligent in the way you'd like, because their skills lie in managing exploitation or securing power by force, not in improving the wellbeing of an entire society.

[@danf3201]

"The Rules for Rulers" is the best video explaining the interests and incentive structures behind dictatorships and democracies, it is not good for dictators to benefit their people and raise their standard of living since such people want democracy, they should be kept poor and miserable. A dictator who helps their people will fall. Wanting a dictatorship is wanting most of your countrymen to be worse off, one could say that makes such a person a traitor.

[@kellya9050]

The will end up taking all guns because they will not want the people to have any power! This is true! No dictatorship has ever let their people keep their guns! How ridiculous the GOP minds can be!

[@ChillAssTurtle]

If there was a dictator that gave everyone healthcare and education i'd almost be down lol as long as they were like Mufasa n were chill n righteous but also had bodyguards. He was a good boy :,(

[@TexasGreed]

In theory a benevolent dictator could be a very good option. Unfortunately it's a pipe dream. Plus as soon as your benevolent dictator dies the ones that come after will have the same power. But will they have the same benevolence.

[@anonymousdontbotheraboutit2895]

@@TexasGreed Aristotle distinguished between monarchy and tyranny. Both are autocratic, but they're not the same thing. It is tyranny that is bad, not autocracy itself. Families, schools, and other institutions function as monarchies. That said, the MAGA movement is pro-tyranny since Trump has most of the characteristics of a tyrant.

[@nakfoor1846]

If no one had noticed this guy and given him a studio and millions of dollars, we would just be an incel in a basement typing misogyny and bigotry on some obscure message board.

[@trappedinamerica7740]

At the end of a 90s sports comedy they always learn a lesson in the end. What would the lesson be that the daily wire teaches you? Hate harder?

[@M4A1MA5TER]

If Trumpers had to take a test to be able to vote Trump wouldn't have been a thought.

[@lilben4184]

👀 I have some bad news for you about the 13%...

[@S.D.323]

@@lilben4184 everyone knows who youre talking about so why not just say it

[@lilben4184]

@@S.D.323 Answer the question the OP implicitly asks: are the 🍗🍉🐵👨🏿 disproportionately MORE likely to score low on a test of political knowledge, or are they LESS likely? Do you have any data to support your preferred answer? I would be delighted to show you some...STATISTICS 👀…from reputable sources 🙂

[@S.D.323]

@@lilben4184 I have no idea whether theyre more or less likely to know things about politics but lets say it turns out white people know less about politics would racism towards white people be justified then

[@lilben4184]

@@S.D.323 Your hypothetical scenario is absurd on its face for obvious reasons you and I both know, but I'll entertain it anyway for the sake of argument. Yes, it absolutely would justify it. Incompetent people have no business being involved in making decisions that affect the lives of competent people. To whatever extent that they insist on *inflicting* the fruits of their incompetence on everybody else, they ought to be shamed, belittled, and injured or slain if that's what's required for them to learn their place. Good thing for me then that the data shows that if sub-85-IQ people were barred from voting, Democrats would never win another election until the end of time 😁 Guess which demographic has a statistically-verifiable average IQ of 85?

[@youngwookkwon2492]

In conclusion, Matt Walsh agrees with the Florida Dem leadership who nominated Biden without a primary.

[@jessebanda4953]

There's plenty of cases where I would totally disregard the will of the majority because the majority of people aren't that bright. Wanting to disenfrachise people to put in a far right dictatorship isn't one of those cases.

[@Metal.mike89]

Matt Walsh is the same guy who said cigarettes are good for you

[@andoceans23]

Americans deserve their politicians

[@jamesparson]

I hope you are wrong.

[@ShaithMaster]

That's not profound. You could say that about every country with voters.

[@sebcw1204]

with gerrymandering, it's hard to support the claim that most americans actually do get to choose their politicians.

[@andoceans23]

@@sebcw1204 They should fight harder to protect their rights. If enough Americans organized we wouldn’t be in this situation. Imagine if Americans cared as much about voting rights as they do about football or Pokimane selling cookies.

[@andoceans23]

@@jamesparson Unfortunately I’m not. There is no leadership on the left.

[@bbjj3805]

Vape in hand is a sign of addiction

[@AdamtheRed-]

Judging others for their choice is the sign of a dick.

[@ryryry_25]

Ouch

[@nathanielchieffallo4273]

So vape in table is okay then

[@thefilthelement]

When they say the quiet part REALLY loud

[@timothylopez8572]

"But our shenanigans are cheeky and fun. Their shenanigans are cruel and tragic. Making them not shenanigans at all really. E VI L shenanigans."

[@bisurker]

Wasn't Lady Ballers already made into a movie in the early 00's. I think it was called Jawana Man.

[@blakemeads9225]

It’s disturbing how casually totalitarian this guy is. He literally has no regard for anyone else’s personal freedom.

[@marc882008]

I love Democracy, but we have to limit it to certain people exercising Democracy -Matt Walsh

[@WrecklessEating]

Gotta appreciate that Walsh will choose only voices he agrees with to join in on his "democracy" like that is totally logical. Dude is a clown.

[@robinmc142]

3:29 well I'm glad you said that because an example of a human right is property rights. And taxes directly violate this right, and it should be put off the table whether the people want it or not. Stealing from the rich to give to the poor should be off the table period.

[@Badtown1988]

We will have one starting on January 20th, 2025.

[@aarontalksculture4946]

I love compromising with people, but it's so much easier if people just do what I tell them.

[@matthewwelsh294]

Send the Daily Wire to North Korea, I am sure they would love it there!!

[@AtheistAndMythology]

Who shouldn’t be involved in democracy, who shouldn’t have the right to vote, Mr. Walsh? Might it be anyone who doesn’t share in your brand of theocratic, Christian fascism? No one should EVER forget how Christian fanatics don’t believe in reality, but a biblical based interpretation: creationism. Not only is Walsh anti-democratic, but he’s also a creationist, and truly believes it

[@TheBossBros73]

To conservatives, "freedom" means the freedom for the people at the top to screw over the bottom. For liberals, "freedom" means actual freedom for everyone.

[@ashtonderoy6816]

Palpatine in Star Wars also 'Loved Democracy. " Same with Napolean.

[@mtrich8113]

This is such a mental gymnastics I can't even comment.

[@troymurray9656]

Very simple. We, the people . End of argument.

[@Wildcard120]

Matt Walsh sounds like that Larry David character in the FTX commercial who did not want everyone to vote.

[@Ironcorgi2]

It’s hilarious to me Matt Walsh can try and complain about uneducated masses voting when the guy barely got a high school diploma

[@duckheadbob]

Right? By his rhetoric here, adults that got a high school diploma wouldn't qualify as that's like the bare fucking minimum. I'm college educated, and looking at the poltical leanings of those in college, I'd actually be "fine" with this as a majority of those with high education are left leaning. Walsh is full of shit because you know for a goddamn fact when he says educated, he's not actually talking about higher education. He's talking about people "smart" enough to align with his poltical beliefs. He's just such a piece of shit.

[@bobbun4369]

So your metric of intelligence is based on public schools?

[@Ironcorgi2]

@@bobbun4369 I think if someone with a ton of wealth can’t be bothered to get a degree in something and claims to be an authority on a number of subjects that is a lack of intelligence

[@redwire6315]

I feel like Matt Walsh is addicted to publicly saying the most outrageously fascist bullshit possible, and in every video he makes, he's chasing a greater and greater high.

[@samcloutier4501]

This is what happens when one side realizes their views are facing extinction. It’s their last option.

[@AI_Movie_Critic]

You know, when I woke up this morning, I realized what I need more of in my life is the Jackboot stepping on my neck.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Just what I expected

[@robinmc142]

"the daily wire pretends to be populists" Kyle 2023

[@reyalsregnava]

People don't vote for smart, they vote for like/pretty. What we need is the rules to force representatives to align with best practices and expert recommendations. In short, a hard counter against money needs to be in the governing system. Where choosing the obvious bad to make a profit prohibits that person from holding office again.