How Your Job Predicts Your Political Party

If you tell me your occupation, I’ll predict your politics.
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Psychologists study how people differ. It turns out that liberals are more open to experiences, while conservatives are more conscientious.
That shows itself in professional differences:
The vast majority of artists are Democrats, while business owners are usually Republicans.
Most bartenders are Democrats, truck drivers Republicans.
Most psychiatrists are Democrats, soldiers Republicans.
Rob Henderson tries to explain why.

[@josephbeers2256]

There is no tolerance from those who claim to be the most tolerant.

[@republicoftexas3261]

Diversity in everything except thought

[@JohnDoe-xf2ke]

@@republicoftexas3261 They don't actually value real diversity anyway, they just hate Whites & Men.

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

Actually most leftist disavow this notion, they're much more utilitarian in their beliefs, you should take some time to actually learn what they believe even if you disagree, that way we're all at least having the same conversation, I recommend looking into Anarcho Communism which is essential to all leftist ideology

[@andrewwoulfe6579]

and the people crying "racist" the loudest should probably look in the mirror.

[@SilentUnseen]

​@@quatreraberbawinner2628 AnComs are a joke without a punchline.

[@chaosgyro]

I was about to say, "I'm a republican/libertarian bartender!" Then I remembered I've moved into bar ownership...statistics strikes again. You win this round Stossel!

[@Redmanticore]

bar owners dont pay wages and bar workers don't pay taxes. irs could do something about it.

[@sebastianlucas704]

@@Redmanticore What?

[@joelellis7035]

I was an anomaly as a waiter. Conservative because I treated myself as a private contractor. I mostly made money from tips rather than what the restaurant paid me.

[@paulleonard7038]

@@Redmanticore just. Stop.

[@triskaidekathirteen724]

As a College Student - Conservative As an auto shop worker - conservative As a restaurant worker - conservative As a Teacher - Conservative As an NCO in Army - Conservative Every one of my jobs, I was surrounded by a liberal majority 😔

[@endame90]

I grew up surrounded by violence, went homeless in my early 20s and had to quit college (I leaned left back in those days), then I realized that waiting for politicians to help me was a waste of time, so then I learned English by myself and started working as translator and now editor for Spanish translations, working and finding my own way out of my situation was the only thing I could do to help myself, so, because of my experiences I could never lean left again, that is behind me in my days of naivety. Oh I'm honduran by the way and I live in my country, now I'm able to take care of my parents that thanks to God are still with me.

[@_Roik]

The left uses the minorities for votes and once they’re in, the drop the smalls and go make themselves big. Ive seen the left effect people in my own life (specifically this regi- i mean administration) financially. My girl friend (at the time) and her family went homeless due to not being able to keep up with the now constantly rising cost of living as a whole. They had a bunch of unfortunate health issues (a brain tumor) and they are a family of 5 with only 1 adult working making around 60-70k most likely. This administration gave them a stimulus check, and that’s why a lot of people will vote for specific candidates (for the money), and they dont really tend to think about how it will effect them long term. Bottom line, Liberals and Democratics have no cares when it comes to effecting peoples lives long term, we were the only family that let them stay in our home (for over 2 months) until they moved up to stay with extended family. I will never forgive those who harmed such innocent and loving people all because they’re “wAnTiNg cHaNgE.” F the system.

[@brasshouse9822]

Same for me mate. I was a homeless teen. My mother was a drug addict. I didn't have a pot to piss in. Someone offered me a job as a plumbers appren and suddenly after I started working hard I started to get it. Now I have done better than I ever thought was possible for me when I was a Marxist. It all clicked and 8 suddenly understood incentive.

[@endame90]

@TurnedLeftAtTheRockyMountains Late but, thanks!!

[@endame90]

@@brasshouse9822 Yes, once we get up by ourselves and learn the value of our own work, then it becomes difficult to swallow what the marxists preach.

[@darkone12491]

I was once working on a very steep metal roof I was straddling the ridge about 50 feet up without a harness and the thought crossed my mind I could literally die if I made a single mistake and then I thought I don't think its very fair for the government to take half my earnings and give it to people who just don't feel like working.

[@deezynar]

I'm glad you're a conservative, so wear a tether when you're up there, OK?

[@sovietunion7643]

well yeah, but your view changes when you are the person who can't work ,or the work is minimum wage non-fufilling jobs that can MAYBE pay off your rent in a big city you're not wrong, taxes are hell, but everyone has a different view of life and how the government effects them. its quite interesting actually

[@balls7586]

@@sovietunion7643 not being able to work if you disability is understandable but most times peoples decisions lead them to those poor paying jobs, why should I have to give the money I work hard for to someone cleaning up piss in a Wendy's.

[@sovietunion7643]

@@balls7586 in a big city there isn't always many choices like in rural areas. and its not like its cheap (or preferable) to just pack up and move away out of the city where you aren't even guaranteed work anywhere. its tough and i personally don't understand why anyone would want to live in huge cities like that unless you are upper middle class

[@ethanhawley7246]

As a libertarian, I've always been accused of being liberal with my conservative friends , and accused of being conservative with my liberal friends .

[@LordFalconsword]

...and tolerated by neither.

[@aaroncook5928]

I'm never attacked by either side. I have never been accused or insulted.

[@sillasaram9121]

@@aaroncook5928 DemoKKKrats call libertarians racist sexist homophobic xenophobic neo Nazi, cuz liberatarians tolerate them all.

[@tomasgomez9925]

Hahaha true, the struggle is real…

[@supergobgoblin424]

I' m libertarian atheist mgtow minarchist free market supporter i hate taxes and leftist. I dont believe in deities , goverment nor women

[@soppybottomboys1195]

The fact that lady was screaming I want your job. That's crazy

[@h.mandelene3279]

The left have a mentality 'you must do as I want' or else. Many such leaders have resulted in many "injuries" to those who don't agree. That is evident in world history and even with recent history such as how they will not let your state ban abortions or let u own a gun.

[@prettyboyjeremy]

The long term effects she can't see is the more you do this you either create a new underclass or you make Radicalized Rebels Sometimes both.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Ok be at the warehouse at midnite. 1:15 min to load 35000 lbs by hand Then 10 stops 422 miles in 12 to 14 hrs on a continuous clock in a 62 mph governed truck. m.w.f. Tuesday and Thursday are short 10 to 12 hr days Be at the warehouse by 2 am same deal But only a 200 mile route. oh bump the 60 hr rule. Go home pray you make it back to the terminal before that happens. Who wants my job.

[@sovietunion7643]

@@jerrykinnin7941 the weird black lady meant she wanted the conservative teachers job taken away because of disareements i guess? cancel culture is hell

[@dampsok]

I was in college when I voted for Trump. After he won, all my liberal friends took me out to dinner to celebrate my victory... I was the only one in my friends group that did vote for him...

[@YourMom-ro1ig]

That’s really cool of them, they sound like the rare cool liberals. I’m curious, how do they treat you 6 years later?

[@dampsok]

@@YourMom-ro1ig we've all moved on with our lives and careers, but we've always been great friends.

[@sovietunion7643]

i grew up in a weird dynamic of a family. very liberal but still grounded. stepdad was a darwinist in the most base form so i didn't grow up to be one of those SJW types too much thankfully. i am glad to have friends like that which are pretty solid

[@joshdoyle2503]

Hey Damp! Funny running into you here, I watch Cap and you guys all the time! 😂

[@stickofbutter4043]

A few questions… where’d you go to college? What’d you study? And where are you from?

[@MamaMOB]

This is fascinating. I switched from being VERY progressive to being right of center when I went from working in customer service to working in security. I was educated as a graphic designer and the further I get from that education the more conservative I get. Interesting!

[@ericp0012]

I had a similar experience. When I worked at summer camp, people were in a mix of progressive, libertarian and conservative. I was a green at the time. When I worked in food service, most people were either progressive or libertarian. I was slowly moving to the right. When I got into manufacturing most people were either conservative or libertarian. I would say that I became more right-wing over time. Based on my education and fascination for history. I would say that I could never go back to the greens.

[@MamaMOB]

@@ericp0012 you and I are very similar. I also worked at a summer camp.

[@zg-it]

IT professional here. One of the most Libertarian field out there. I fear the government getting involved in my profession. They won't let you braid hair without a license yet I'm getting away with managing hundreds of computers without govt permission.

[@gillianmurphy2111]

Shhhh don't say that too loudly.... They'll come for us next.

[@graystoke8229]

Feelings and temper tantrums don't make computers work.

[@kingpolt98]

Getting away with? Don't worry they will come for you guys soon enough.

[@chrimony]

But Big Tech has been taken over by the left.

[@zg-it]

@@graystoke8229 lol, tell that to my users!

[@roberthesse157]

Something that is strange is construction unions push you to vote democrat and most of the members that I worked with vote republican. It really turned when they wanted us to vote for Hillary Clinton and everyone I worked with couldn't stand Hillary Clinton and her anti gun agenda.

[@peternincompoop1823]

Union millwright here, this is absolutely true.

[@roberthesse157]

@@peternincompoop1823 right on brother, union carpenter here, 3 years retired.

[@Redmanticore]

then tell your union so. make noise about it in the union. vote people out inside the union you don't like, and so on.. it's not like you don't have a mouth. unions are what you make of it. you are the union.

[@Joshpower57]

Yea, the unions in CA for teachers are the same. My dad's a republican and they consistently pushed him towards democrat. Even when it hurt teachers

[@tracybarhite1764]

@@Joshpower57 That is true. I'm a retired teacher. I live in the south. The teacher union would push for the Democrat Party even though a lot of teachers voted for Republicans.

[@jeremykraenzlein5975]

Ironically, the time I (a conservative) had the most liberal friends was in college. Political and religious debates were common, civil, and fun. I miss them. But worse is realizing that the current college-age generation is missing out on those civil debates. Colleges were much more open and intellectually stimulating in the early 1990's, than they seem to be today.

[@MeMe-lx2jw]

I was a college instructor for a brief period. It is BONKERS. I tried to switch institutions but was turned down, I later found out, because I'd made a comment on social media stating that showing one's butt in public isn't a sign of self-respect. It is really crazy from top to bottom.

[@Coltonwinters000]

That’s cool that was you’re experience, I’m a liberal and I’m trying to get other left leaning people at my college to be more tolerant of other opinions. It’s gotten too extreme in some instances. It sucks not hearing out the concerns of others, because I want conservatives to be as happy in this country as a liberal is or visa versa, I like seeing Stossels audience comments, so much more reasonable than other left or right spaces.

[@loganaurora]

They don't happen at all if you try they scream and cry or have no idea about the topic no in-between

[@AdmoreMethod]

@@Coltonwinters000 Democrats and RHINOs have never been “tolerant.” The only reason you’re seeing a difference now is because their facade has come off. It’s going to get worse, my friend, not better.

[@sukaenacornelius9285]

I and Iraqi immigrant and a Christian as well as a constitutional conservative as my family chose to move here for the founding documents not the current wokism. Anyways, college friends were non existent. Literally had none and I went for 8 years. Also everyone assumed I was a Muslim, when I told them I was Christian that just went off on rants about how I’m brainwashed but if I were Muslim they would have been praising me. I literally hate western education and the ideology that people are indoctrinated into, it is evil. Luckily I educated myself before I needed college to educate me. After working at a VA clinic as a pharmacist I decided to be a stay at home wife and mother to my husband who does construction and all the friends I had made at the VA said I was throwing away my life. Nope my dream was to be a mother and wife first, I became a pharmacist and despite good money did not like it, not to consider the VA is absolutely horrible to its employees and patients and employees who need to get fired don’t.

[@Bfolks84]

I’m a first generation of Hispanic immigrants, I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I’m an actor.. and I’m a proud conservative!

[@k-ozdragon]

Not shown in this video: tons of studies resulting in conservatives saying they have no problems being friends with a liberal, while the vast majority of left leaning participants said they absolutely would not befriend a conservative. Also, conservatives saying they are fine with differing opinions, while liberals say they have excommunicated family & close friends due to politics. Let's be fair & blame both sides for the divide though 🙄

[@yaksaredabomb]

Spot on! I’m sure there are exceptions but likely a small minority

[@billybeemus3929]

This is 100% true. If you do not completely agree with someone that leans left, they will exclude you from their life and try to silence you.

[@wood_stone_iron]

liberals are more extreme in their views about others

[@vladivanov5500]

Because libs have a monopoly on entertainment. After years of exploiting this advantage to denigrate, shame and sabotage conservatives for their views, actual conservatives are too terrified of being labelled whatever-phobe or -ist of the week to assert their values. The other issue is the fact that conservatives have been cornered into the 'muh small government' trap, believing that any exercise of government power is somehow a betrayal of conservative values and makes us 'just like them', thus when people vote people running on conservative values into government, they refuse to exercise the power they were given by the vote to implement actual conservative policies. It's high-time they realize it's us or them. They have to start actively asserting conservatives values, none of this 'I'm not this-phobic, but...', no 'I'm not saying they shouldn't be allowed to do this, but...' If they refuse to use the powers they were given, the opposition will and they won't be coy about it. They'll legislate you out of existence. 'Tolerance' of evil is subservience to evil.

[@-FreeAlberta-]

Strange because I absolutely cannot be friends with a Liberal. I refuse to go along with the nonsense of identifying them as they/them/he/she. I won't go along with the woke BS. I find Conservatives to be more independent thinking and more well rounded individuals. Not to mention just happier in general.

[@scallywag1716]

The real test if someone is a good person is knowing what they do when no one is watching. Everyone puts on a false front in front of others for their “reputation”. But, integrity is measured from their actions when no one is looking.

[@jonathannadeau6218]

Religion helps with that.

[@AndrewKidd14145]

Yes

[@juancisneros9238]

Yeah but a lot will show you they’re pretty shitty when people ARE watching.

[@Berelore]

Maybe, but if they put the effort into "being good" when in the company of others then who really cares how "bad" they are when their by themselves...

[@stanislausklim7794]

Correct. That's why I secretly stalk people.

[@recoveringnewyorker2243]

I grew up a welfare kid in the Bronx and then a low rent trailer park in Florida. I went from inner city Street kid to trailer trash. A lateral move to be sure. I wish I had a $1 for every time “Why should I work when I can get welfare?” was asked. So, I’ve seen it from both sides. Having grown up on the “Wrong side of the tracks” I often heard people in my social circles express nothing but contempt for people with money. And by people with money I mean anyone who had even A LITTLE BIT MORE! It was always assumed that “those people” got their money by lying, cheating, stealing, and standing on the backs of the poor. And if they didn’t, they were just plain lucky and they inherited it. The first election I ever voted in was Reagan versus Carter. Governor Reagan at the time was commenting on the growing phenomenon of women who were divorcing their husbands or not even marrying the men they made children with. Not because they no longer loved them but because they could get welfare as single mothers. Reagan said (Paraphrased) the destruction of the American family could lead to the destruction of America. I told my mother that what Mr. Reagan said made sense and she replied with “IF YOU VOTE FOR REAGAN DON’T BOTHER COMING HOME!” When my family knew I went full on conservative I was told “YOUR FATHER IS ROLLING OVER IN HIS GRAVE!” To which I replied “Yeah? LET HIM SPIN!”

[@kevinh338]

When my dad got out the navy in 78 my mother applied for welfare. She was told by the person taking the application, she wouldn’t get it because she was married and the wrong color. She was told to get a divorce then reapply.

[@recoveringnewyorker2243]

@@kevinh338 Stories, like this, piss me off, no end!

[@vinylpenguin2651]

The harder you work for your money the more you want to keep it. That's what my grandfather told me when we talking about politics way way back before I was 18. The older I get the more I understand it and see that in action every day.

[@michaelmoran4891]

My theory is that if your job depends on economic success of the country you tend to lean right and if economic success of the country doesn't matter to your job, you lean left. For example, teachers, collage professors and government workers lean left. The state of the economy doesn't matter to their job. Small business owners and blue collar workers (now) tend to lean right. There are exceptions, but a good starting point.

[@kgoblin5084]

Just from the video, your rules don't cover either flight attendants or bar tenders. They most certainly don't cover media... Which is highly tied to the economy but notoriously leans hard left (at least for traditional media). You can say those are exceptions, but the exceptions seem to be piling up

[@R3AL-AIM]

People on the Right are typically FORCED to care about their financial standings. People on the Left are more often financially privileged, as social jobs are the leading for source of income...

[@WhyHandleYouTube]

In other words, "they" don't live in real world and are a bunch of ideologues.

[@k-ozdragon]

@@kgoblin5084 How is the media negatively affected by a bad market? In fact, media ratings rise during periods of economic downturn or societal wide issues. It's really quite simple: when nothing is going on, people don't tend to watch the news. When things go bad, people watch the news. There's a reason why CNN's best years for ratings were 2020-2021. The media constantly generate negative news, even when things are going great. They just have more to actually write about when democrats are in charge.

[@spark5558]

@@kgoblin5084 wrong mainstream media is backed by the elites and the government

[@derspeed5796]

Professors read about professions, while professionals work in the professions.

[@TomSidProductions]

I find it interesting that at my college (community college) the professors and instructors of my program either were experienced professionals or currently are professionals. Few were professors from the start. To me, the specialict programs seem to actually have instructors that know their shit and not from books.

[@derspeed5796]

@@TomSidProductions That is typically true at community colleges. In grad school, I had a couple instructors with practical experience. Those were the best courses.

[@Entropic0]

I find it interesting how there are loads of professors who have never worked professionally in the field they teach. That's a big issue in my opinion because the real world is much more complex and messy than the theories are on paper. Someone who has been successful in a field has a much more impressive reputation than someone who has been in academia for the same amount of time. The reason professors can be so open and explore wild ideas is because they aren't concerned about the constraints that exist in the real world. That openness is the issue because their ideas are literally useless if they aren't practical. Ideas that are impractical are less than useful because they can actually be expensive and harmful to try. Practicality is the number one requirement for any idea and yet it's the least important factor to someone who's never had the threat of bankruptcy looming over their plans.

[@YourMom-ro1ig]

Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

I had a machine shop teacher in high school get fired for trying to make our shop a production run style learning environment.(job shop) he found a customer who needed a (non critical) part. Mass produced. Our payment was gonna be a used CNC mill we had no CNC anything in this school shop so WINWIN right Wrong. The school Fired him for some BS child labor law violation Why are non shop teachers the Dumbest among us. We designed the part jigs and fixtures. The people we were doing this for supplies the stuff raw stock hardware We ran the parts to spec on a 2 week production run 200 parts. It was a water manifold block about 4 in not big at all. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUCKS!!!!

[@thomaslitwinski3903]

Many years ago Rush would tell young, college age, conservatives to keep their opinions to themselves, otherwise their grades would suffer. As always Rush was 100% right.

[@johnmoore1495]

In college they make you back up your opinions with actual facts and data, you can’t just spit out Fox News and Daily Wire talking points and expect that to be evidence. They don’t just let stuff slide like it’s thanksgiving dinner with the family. My sociology teacher always had an open floor because the school I went to had a lot of conservative people due to the area. Needless to say tho nobody was ever prepared to actually debate an issue with him. They’d just disagree and fumble through it with no actual substance besides the fact that it’s just how they lean politically. Like you can’t argue a free market healthcare solution is best because capitalism is inherently always best when it’s demonstrably false in that area. If there is profit on the table, that means money will be lost towards profit when it could be spent on care. All you have to do is look across the world to find out single payer systems simply work better.

[@brianmoran3450]

I miss Rush 😢

[@kerbalairforce8802]

And because of that, the universities are taken over without a fight.

[@cornbreadisbetterthanpizza6866]

No that take is wrong. How do you think the Left has run all over wimpy Conservatives in the corporations to make all the major companies go woke? It is because they all trained themselves to keep their mouths shut about Leftism going too far.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Who's Rush?

[@Deknis]

Funny how whenever this topic comes up, everybody ignores the fact that almost all the hate and animosity comes from one side. 😂

[@lle5068]

That’s objectively not true. I can pull up examples of people on both sides committing politically motivated terror attacks. I can pull up examples of horrendous rhetoric from politicians and “journalists” from both sides often attacking ideas rather than people. I live in Wisconsin. I’ve seen far more political ads “x is too extreme for Wisconsin vote y” or “x did this in the past” or I haven’t seen one ad putting out actual policy positions of their candidate let alone things they’ve done. I’ve seen people on both sides, in real life and across the internet (hell in this comment section alone there’s so many prime examples) of people attacking not only the politicians but also people who vote for certain politicians they don’t like. Most politicians are corrupt. They don’t do shit for the country. In their “ideals” they exhibit insane levels of hypocrisy. They have no morals or palatable platforms to stand on anymore so they spread attacks and hate. These attacks and hate trickle down to the media which amplifies it with misleading and downright false claims about “the end of democracy” or “they’re trying to silence you” they continuously play advantageous inflammatory hit pieces and hire partisan hacks to desperately try to keep eyes glued to the screen. The rhetoric from the media and politicians then trickles down to the voters. Now we have lawn sign wars, political terror attacks, disgusting amounts of vandalism and graffiti and distrust and hatred towards anyone who thinks differently. I can bring up stories to back these claims, but anyone following politics closely and is not brainwashed past the point of no return can easily recognize “their guy/gal” doing this.

[@briant7265]

What's odd is, the most liberal person I know not only recognized that radical liberalism wouldn't make sense in our mostly conservative community, she is seriously considering dropping the Democrat party and going independent.

[@caster863]

Aka, actual liberals.

[@shermanngjazz]

Sounds like one of my best friends from high school, he's more of an old-school liberal. He dislikes Trump a lot but he criticizes the Dems as well which is why I can still talk to him.

[@sarahalderman3126]

Yeah I am an old school liberal too. These new “liberals” are more authoritarian than liberal.

[@bobboberson6664]

@@Charles.Wright the most liberal person I know wants to put kids on puberty blockers and basically making them asexual things until they are 18 and decide their gender. Of course, they also think there are no side effects from jumping on and off very powerful hormones and having surgeries mutilating their bodies......

[@EroticOnion23]

@@shermanngjazz End result is still the same, he votes dem every time and we keep getting "Brandons"...😅

[@getoveritlive]

It's hard to converse with either side when most social media platforms ban what you say.

[@networth00]

Only one side gets banned. It's disgusting.

[@johnnydoe00]

Gab won't ban you, people who disagree just get hard ratio'd, it's like a soft ban

[@kbcamp8767]

I never really thought about it, but I have been investigating crime for the past three decades and most of my colleagues were conservatives. But we did end up talking with a lot of people who were liberals, we were just arresting them at the time.

[@paul_fredrick]

Hard to talk to the other side, when the other side rejects reason. When one side declares that reality is subjective, no conversation is possible. The emergence of phrases like "my truth" and "your truth" have irreparably stopped the conversation. We will only be able to start the conversation again when people finally understand there is only one truth, and it can be objectively known. Until then, society will continue to disintegrate and the descent into chaos and darkness will accelerate.

[@pablofmc]

i work in IT, and from what I can gather between my current and previous jobs, we are 50% right-wingers, 45% libertarians and 5% left-wingers. My 2 best friends are left-wingers and the rest are either libertarian, or hate the socialists and one doesnt care about anything except videogames

[@currentfaves65]

That's probably true at smaller companies. But if you work in the fortune 500 Google, Apple, Twitter, Dropbox, I think being conservative is the new minority.

[@dodgegirl011]

Good to hear. Most I know are lefties.

[@IgorMAssis]

@@currentfaves65 Not at engineering, the vast majority of engineers I know tend to left right and despise wokism in general. The HR, sales and marketing people though - not so much.

[@sillasaram9121]

You must be working in low tier IT. Practically all at Google, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Amazon, ebay, ... are into DemoKKKrat cult.

[@andrewfreeman88]

@@currentfaves65 Conservatives in Big tech have always been the minority and even more within the last 5 years, thus the problem.

[@Mr.Rogers91]

The 12 to 1 in academia I would think is screwed. If I were a professor, I would never admit I was conservative for fear of losing my career. Even on an "anonymous" poll.

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

@Miami Kino cuz them in communications know just how easy it is to leak who said what on an anonymous poll, and they know how fast slander can travel and get out of hand

[@kimberlyschreder2046]

I was a teacher in Baltimore's inner city when I began reading classical liberal thinkers after watching Stossel's interview with Milton Friedman. The ideas encapsulated in those essays and books explained so many of the problems I saw around me. Over the next few years I moved from progressive Democrat to libertarian, and where I've remained for two decades, and wow it's lonely to have my views in this profession (and I teach social studies to boot). There are very few conservative or libertarian teachers who will say anything about their views in or out of the classroom, and it's gotten worse over the past decade.

[@misturfixit45]

I find the surest correlator of your political party is how much you associate hard work with success. If you work construction, or mining, or are in the military, you can directly see the results of hard work and doing things the "right" way, thus be more conservative. When you work as a teacher, a scientist, or an artist the relationship between your work and your success is a little more abstract, so you're less likely to see ther relationship and think of success as more of an arbitrary thing that some people get and others don't, leaning more liberal.

[@KyleReeseCel2029]

People at large don't critically think or research. They just believe what their told or what feels right.

[@wood_stone_iron]

product of government education/Prussian model

[@ADCC-qp2gk]

@@wood_stone_iron we definitely have communistic psyops in our country/ Russia/ China

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

Humans are tribal ... they needed the Tribe to survive in Evolutionary history. They still need the Tribe for psychological reasons. Tribes affiliated with religion have faltered, just as the common Culture of Americans has shattered. So tribes affiliated with politics have grown. This also explains the childlike dedication that adults have for Pro Sports and pro Athletes.

[@YouTookMyAccountName]

because it's easier for someone else to do the "thinking" for them and in modern society, everyone wants what is easy. i've told myself many times that my process of overthinking everything is sometimes a blessing and sometimes a curse...

[@KyleReeseCel2029]

@@reasonablespeculation3893 That's a fake worthless kind of tribalism to me. Not questioning your own beliefs or what others tell you is stupidity. Stupidity doesn't help survival or the tribe longterm.

[@BigBoss15310]

I feel like I’m one of the only conservative leaning teachers in my field. Makes things incredibly lonely during election years when the rest of my colleagues are all in their own echo chambers.

[@bobboberson6664]

Heaven forbid they find out, they will chase you out with torches and pitchforks. I've seen the insanity of public school teachers overall, and my kids will NEVER attend them. Thank you for being a voice in the chaos

[@theburrowrises8549]

You aren't alone. There are more of us than you might think...

[@sciencefaction2646]

At least you recognize what echo chambers are - an extension of our retarded 2 party system that promotes loud extremists instead of good ideas.

[@philipgerry5228]

I’m a Republican retired teacher. The other side is well intended, but misguided.

[@screamtoasigh9984]

I think more people aren't teachers and librarians because of the leftist control. I don't think this factors that in. I think being a librarian would be really fun but I wouldn't do it because I would have to deal with leftist insanity controlling the system, the library association and union are full on Marxist. Look at the sites all the libraries use to recommend books and the ebook providers they use, they are basically indoctrination centers.

[@ChosenPlaysYT]

I can meet someone for a few minutes and know their political lean with 95% or so accuracy. Based on what they do for a living, what they look like, how they talk, etc. The part that gets scary, is you kinda know someone’s political lean simply by if they fly the flag or like the anthem. History shows us that doesn’t tend to end when well when it happens.

[@moushunter]

I was 8 years old in 1967 watching the events that were occurring around me. Unlike most kids I was encouraged to watch the news on tv and read newspapers. My parents were registered as independents through out their lives. They were not fans of the Kennedy family. With the civil rights movement going on and Martin Luther King prominent in the news I was exposed first hand to the different viewpoints. At the dinner table we discussed business, investments, and current events. I never once heard a racial slur in my household...ever! I probably wasn't a typical kid at that time. I wasn't into the Beatles or the Monkees. I chose Star Trek and Batman over Lost in Space. I fell in love with blues and roots music before I was of school age. I took the time to hear who was saying what about the civil rights, the protests, Vietnam, etc. I thought that there was a general sense of hatred toward the people fighting to be equal. As this went on with politics becoming more newsworthy as part of all this the people with the hateful and unbending language and attitudes were all democrats. It seemed they were fighting to keep schools and neighborhoods segregated, and were running campaigns of keeping some people down from being equal. The anger and violence was putting me off. Just as the anger in the democratic party is going today. I knew by my 9th birthday that I had nothing in common with democrats. I've held that sense ever since and doubt I could ever change. I'm not hostile about it. I have friends that are very liberal but I tend to show them the holes in their beliefs. I've been successful in bringing many people into the light...awakening their sense of country and constitution. I firmly believe the best way to help people is to teach them how to help themselves. Education, hard work, family, common sense, and always stay happy. Liberalism seems to stem from hate and anger that spirals down a hole to destruction and despair.

[@CGR89]

As a conservative I have plenty of liberal friends. The trick is to never talk about politics or reveal you’re a conservative or you’ll get ostracized.

[@jayfinn6698]

Get ostracized and go get free thinking friend's my friend.

[@sdcgnojhmr8755]

Well...if that's the case, are they really you're friends, then? I thought with friends you could be who you are regardless. I mean, isnt that the point of being friends?

[@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU]

Hahah.. The trick is not to talk about certain topics with them? Those are some "friends" lol

[@warmachine4785]

You should find new friends at least someone that is not closed minded.

[@TheMaxizinsane]

And if your spouse doesn't like to have certain discussions on specific topics, then she's not really your spouse. Don't compromise on anything! - Some commenter

[@pablofmc]

btw, libertarianism is making big strides in argentina thanks to Javier Milei, he's single handedly winning the cultural battle by making us realize that government spending is out of control, excessive taxation ruins everything and excessive money printing causes inflation. I hope he wins the presidency next year.

[@wood_stone_iron]

hope so too

[@hectorgomez2667]

Me too. What a great man!

[@hectorgomez2667]

Me too. What a great man!

[@xxxBradTxxx]

If you guys had the same economic freedom as the US/Canada/Chile you would be one of the wealthiest nations on earth. Lets fight for a freer Argentina!

[@DianeMerriam]

@@xxxBradTxxx At one point Argentina *was* one of the richest countries on Earth. So was Venezuela.

[@MadebyKourmoulis]

I like the type of person that I can hold deep, meaningful,sometimes controversial conversations with, that can remain rational when things become difficult.

[@TheRealFamespear]

If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it. ~ Mark Twain We’ve all been duped! 🤬

[@RezaQin]

I had to come to Texas to realize I'm one of those "evil far right wingers." I just hate being taxed and having CRT (was Common Core) pushed on kids along with the ATF restricting the 2nd Amendment. Small government, states' rights.

[@bobboberson6664]

Yep, im with you, im evil according to the left, though I want them to have all the rights I have. It's THEM who Want to take rights away.

[@xenn4985]

Libertarian adjacent. Or small l libertarian. The ideological kind, has always been a fringe radical position. Even the founding fathers were radicals.

[@clifffowler2581]

Welcome to maturity 👍

[@MH-eu1dr]

Problem is we tried that. The Articles of Confederation. We tried the other one way, and that lead to the Civil war. No real solution I guess.

[@Fireslingerpirate]

@@MH-eu1dr What led to the Civil War was a fear of the north continuing to expand federal powers and outlaw slavery. The system of strong states rights within our constitutional framework didnt fail - hysteria, propoganda, and expanding federal government caused the civil war.

[@michaelsommers2356]

I suspect that the more your job faces real-life constraints, the more conservative you are. Pilots, for example, have to deal with the atmosphere, gravity, and the engines (among other things), none of which care about your feelings or social justice, while the cabin crew mostly have to deal with people.

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

I'd contest that argument because I know a few physicists, all of who lean left. Of course working in physics means you have to deal with the fundamental forces of nature, none of which you can change and don't care about how you feel. I suspect it has something to do with it but I'm doubtful that it's a big factor.

[@michaelblasius7705]

I suspect these physicists work for the government where your ability to produce results is second to your ability to play politics to advance your career.

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

@@michaelblasius7705 Not the ones I know, in fact one of them has a warrant out for him because he marked some $50 fault injection chips that he had manufactured in China as $0.20 SD Card adapters on the import forms to pay less tax lmao.

[@michaelsommers2356]

@@vrclckd-zz3pv I'll bet those physicists are academics. Being in academia trumps other factors.

[@michaelsommers2356]

@@michaelblasius7705 Lots of government physicists work in the defense sector, and would tend to be more right than left. Those who are left would tend to avoid such positions.

[@mustang607]

Beware of those who do not tolerate different opinions from other people.

[@randabe765]

This drives me crazy at work. I'm in a mostly liberal profession as a libertarian.

[@freeman7296]

I'm conservative and work at a college - it's hard...keeping my mouth shut is all they want.

[@flight2k5]

I’m in the navy and it’s the same way. Most I work with are liberal

[@your_waifu_hates_you]

@@flight2k5 why am i not suprissed its the navy

[@clydedenby1436]

@@flight2k5 it wasn't always like that. I think that if Sailors were able to speak freely you would find that a lot of conservative-minded folks have just be nodding along because they read the room accurately.

[@wood_stone_iron]

- "the liberals have control of the navy" - "NOT THE NAVY!!!"

[@flight2k5]

@@clydedenby1436 it’s like it now. Liberals are not afraid to speak about there politics.

[@JerichoCasio]

Most of my family and friends are democratic but anytime we bring up conversation there is little to no backing on their opinions except for one friend who gets incredibly emotional, sweaty and loud. I have always been independent, thinking that picking a side to represent my beliefs is ridiculous but now the I feel myself shifting to the right more every year. People who constantly preach about inequality daily also seem to be the same ones who place people into buckets based on political affiliation and attempt to shut down conversation as soon as it starts. At least that has been my perspective.

[@mattolivier1835]

Wow, sorry to hear that most of your friends and family are evil, disgusting, idiots. That must be hard for you.

[@Daveyboy28]

I agree 100%

[@wallstreetwolf7681]

.... It’s So True

[@wesjones6370]

I'm in the same boat. I don't side with any side....yet its almost entirely those on the right who are willing to listen and not come after my head.

[@yummyfunnybunny5167]

Me too. My liberal friends are so immature and so emotionally hot about politics that they can't even have real conversation because they can't fathom the idea of people thinking differently from them.

[@ayporras]

Possible one of the best videos I've seen. Thank you John for your work.

[@jaddwooka]

You are definitely a good person John Stossel. Thank you!

[@flightTime123]

It’s funny because I’m a pilot and immediately thought of the pilot vs flight attendant thing. Honestly it’s because most flight attendants have, in the nicest way, a much lower level of education and dedication than the pilots. Pilots had to work infinitely harder to get to that same airplane and therefore have a lot more skin in the game.

[@BeganWithAdam]

But highly educated people can/often lean left. Years and years of schooling and hanging out with the elites have corrupted their thinking.

[@coopandcarter]

Used to be, maybe not now, but most commercial airline pilots got their training by way of the military. Is that the case with you?

[@grantcivyt]

More schooling is typically associated with leaning left.

[@elcheapo5302]

@@coopandcarter Hasn't been that way in decades.

[@semosancus5506]

Most pilots are men who care about things (planes, etc) and most flight attendants are women who care about people. Men also lean more right than women. So that could be the issue too.

[@nicholasrasmussen420]

Social engineering we have been effectively divided and conquered simple as that 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@gordonjohnson1775]

Spot on. People need talk to one another without ascribing evil motive when we disagree.

[@longarmsgiraffe0955]

Thanks for always looking at both sides John! Media needs 100 more people like you

[@ddc163264]

The PhD candidate, contradicted this whole thing and Stossel missed it. Here is the DIG difference. He said it himself. When he was a liberal in the military his conservative buddies, gave him a good-natured ribbing & joked with him about it. But on his college campus the liberal/leftist were hostile! If you listen to both sides you will hear this, the right (not ultra right or the wackos), don't say just because you SAY something that they don't like or disagree with (unless it is defamatory or slanderous) that you should be fired, lose your career, etc. They say that the market will decide if you will succeed. That you actually have to DO something wrong or illegal to even ask for their termination. But not the left, They never learned the old children's saying, of "stick & stones". They say WORDS are violence. I am an independent & am old enough to remember being in the south and having family have to drive 100 miles out of the way to AVOID certain roads because of where you'd be traveling through. Because people were pulled from cars and ACTUALLY beaten. These people don't know from anything and have had the luxury of living in this country without TRUE hardship or threat.

[@bryanhaycock672]

The “left” has always been intolerant. Libertarians? Yes. The left? No.

[@lastremain7867]

1:02 damn didn't know Recess was low key being woke even in the 90s.

[@JoeBlobA]

I know! What other stuff snuck into my little brain during the golden age of morning cartoons?!

[@kelbycaplinger5367]

Yeah but I think that's a funny joke regardless of what you believe.

[@FLABrowncoat]

ABC has always been leading the race to the bottom.

[@vladivanov5500]

Remember: A large portion of those that wrote your favourite shows back then are still in the industry writing all those modern 'woke' works you know and hate.

[@jackbauer4612]

One of the Smartest journalist. Stossell

[@jasmorris1286]

The only Libertarian in sociology class at uni fun. Having to hear about how wonderful socialism is and how free market was the devil. And when you mentioned about failures the only answer due capitalism was reason it didn't work. Also my marks in these went down when I questioned or had an argument that was different.

[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

My favourite was that any evidence that you possessed that countered their narrative had to be 'sociologically informed'. In other words you could not quote a forensic pathologist to undermine their 'race does not exist biologically, it is solely a social construct' dogma. You had to find a sociologist who agreed with that view, and as the example shown in the video, sociologists are almost all signed up to this viewpoint/agenda. Truth, scientific, biological truth did not matter, only truth delivered by 'one of us'. This also meant that you could not quote an economist to refute their 'Sweden is utopia because it is socialist/progressive' views. This despite Karl Marx being considered a founding and important 'sociologist' which is tendentious.

[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

I am sure Sweden is lovely, by the way, it's just not lovely because it is socialist, nor is that loveliness importable if only we would become socialists.

[@Trahzy]

Sounds like a productive use of time.

[@moushunter]

I told my sociology professor Sociology was a pseudoscience. He asked me why. I answered because you can skew statistics to create any interpretation you desire for any problem you perceive. I passed with a B+.

[@Winterascent]

I used to be a nurse. The older ones were Republican, the younger ones were basically all far left types. C19 basically forced many out who were not Ds.

[@0doublezero0]

Kinda surprising the older ones were republicans. In the US, its obvious most of them even the older ones are far left-leaning.

[@philsaliba3668]

I think Jonathan Haidt's "The Righteous Mind" should be required reading in high school or college. I don't think any book has radically changed the way I see the world more than that book. It's a light, fun read that really puts into perspective how people can arrive at different conclusions even when they share the same basic moral foundation. I no longer get affected emotionally by people with radically different political positions. I'm more curious about trying to learn about how they got to where they are. Since reading that book a few years ago, I find I'm also much more receptive to the possibility of having my mind changed.

[@joshuacarrico9180]

Yes

[@staratmidnight7]

Thanks for the recommendation; just ordered it.

[@erikaoliver2591]

Agree! Throw some Thomas Sowell books in there too.

[@philsaliba3668]

@@erikaoliver2591 Yes! "A Conflict of Visions" is a close #2 for me on this subject. Haidt even references it in The RM. Now any time I listen to a liberal & conservative in a heated conversation about something and they're getting nowhere, it makes perfect sense. I can see exactly why neither is getting through to the other. It almost seems silly that they aren't figuring it out. Another book that really hits on this same subject matter that has really impacted my thinking is Steven Pinker's "The Blank Slate." He also has a whole section using Sowell's book to make a point.

[@philsaliba3668]

@@staratmidnight7 Hell yeah! If you like that, You might also like Thomas Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions." It's a little more challenging of a read, but (like The RM) it totally reframes conflicts around complex social problems. Haidt even references it in The Righteous Mind.

[@vetteluvnh]

Ever the voice of reason & rationality. Thank you, John.

[@Rexmorgan687]

Jonathan Haidt covered this widening divide well in his book, "The Righteous Mind". Def worth a read for anyone wanting to understand a bit why the divide seems to only increase with time.

[@9realitycheck9]

My wife and I own our own businesses in California and hold Libertarian/Classical Liberal views in regards to individual freedoms and small Federal government.... we were forced to register as "No party affiliation" due to the ease of looking up a person's political preferences on the internet. Here in California Libertarians are considered conservative and conservatives aren't welcome. We were afraid that our businesses would be affected.

[@millsrickman7703]

Maybe consider youre wrong and ar more conservative than you want to admit

[@randalmcmurphy9237]

@@millsrickman7703 Libertarians and conservatives hold many opposite views. I think he would know more than you do if he was a conservative....

[@jarroddavid8352]

@@millsrickman7703 Sounds like you don't know much about libertarians or conservatives if you think that. They are VERY different. The problem is the current liberal left has a "you completely agree with us or you're against us" policy now.

[@jackmcslay]

@@randalmcmurphy9237 Liberals don't care, anyone who isn't a far-left lunatic to them if a hatemongering far-right supremacist

[@vladivanov5500]

Libertarians are just liberals that don't want to be called liberals.

[@robdavidson4945]

I once was a lefty Democrat. Then I went to College and met other lefty Democrats. Then I put on a uniform for ROTC then I became a murderous baby killer got spit on and assaulted just trying to get to class. This was 1974. It was also the time I began to see that press for what it was even though I knew most of the big media reporters were Democrat before in 1972 when Nixon won by a landslide the talking heads on live TV said outloud that they didn't know anyone who voted for Republican and were absolutely surprised by the presidential election results. I left College and went enlisted. Been a Republican ever since and still maintain a distrust of the media. Just watch the various news outlets and you can see the divide.

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

I'm not surprised that extremists would do that, but was it really a majority of leftists? Or even enough to make you switch sides? You experienced it and I didn't so I can't really argue that you're wrong but I am surprised that that happened. You yourself were left leaning, would you have done that if you saw someone in the military? The vast majority of people are slightly left or slightly right of center and I don't think they would do that. I'm not old enough to know of the political climate back then though. I'm left wing but I respect the military. I think maybe we shouldn't be spending quite as much as we do on it but I know that the people in it work hard to protect us and they're often clever, you have to be to be tactical. The money we spend on military R&D often ends up trickling down into consumer products too. I'd never dream of spitting on a soldier.

[@jordanandrew2786]

@@vrclckd-zz3pv Colleges have been dominated by leftists (not classical liberals) since the 60's.

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

@@jordanandrew2786 As someone currently enrolled at university I'd disagree. Maybe it's a geographic thing because I'm in the UK and know plenty of right wingers. They're a minority here but they're not insignificant. It's estimate 2 in 3 students are left wing (at my uni).

[@selohcin]

It's deeply ironic that Democrats who push for abortions at any cost would label YOU a "baby killer".

[@jordanandrew2786]

@@vrclckd-zz3pv I'm unaware of how things are at UK universities, but in the US, it is probably around 60-75% leftists. The remaining 35-40% are liberals, classical liberals, and closet conservatives.

[@MCH721]

One of the best, nice video Stossel

[@jrherita]

Great content as always Mr. Stossel!

[@caribbeanbound8357]

I work in automotive engineering. We have to use sound logic and facts for our work. If we based our work on feelings, cars would barely run and be unsafe. I'm sure you can guess which party most people in my field do not belong to

[@wood_stone_iron]

I think the car feels oppressed, since humans are always driving them around. That's why I support the creation of all-electric self driving cars, to release them from the chains of the white Male patriarchy.

[@deansapp4635]

I was a auto mechanic for 35 years, 25 at a GM dealer. It was rare to meet a liberal mechanic

[@eq2092]

Bingo. I'm an Engineer as well and once I realized that leftist policies, while well intentioned, don't work I switched sides. I did this based off of the objective evidence and results. The same thing I have to do as an Engineer.

[@caribbeanbound8357]

@@eq2092 Same here. I used to be leftie when I was younger and basing my beliefs on feelings with no real in-depth thought on how those feelings would affect reality. It even took me a little while to learn to separate my feelings from reality after I already worked in engineering for a few years.

[@dodgegirl011]

Unfortunately auto workers and other trades are sometimes forced to belong to a union, which sends a good amount of your union dues to represent democrat candidates. I continuously receive phone calls and mailings from my union that promote the democrat candidates.

[@karlostj4683]

"Henderson thinks it's because increasingly the left and right don't mix." Or, it's because one side dominates the positions in academia and is acting like a bunch of emotionally deranged children.

[@davemattia]

EXACTLY!!! They are child-minded. Every triggered liberal I know was messed up long before Donald Trump came along.

[@Redmanticore]

2:37 - 2:47 i guess it is challenging to prove with ironclad science that tax-paid universal healthcare would be really bad for society, people, and business.

[@johnbaker7322]

Yeah there is data on conservatives likely having liberal friends but liberals having a high likelihood of zero conservative friends.

[@karlostj4683]

​@@Redmanticore Nope, it's very easy. Cuba's universal healthcare system is awful. The Soviet Union's healthcare system was awful. Venezuela's healthcare system is awful. The Canadian healthcare system has wealthy Canadians engaging in Medical Tourism and others creating the new sport of Healthcare Queue Jumping. How many real world empirical examples do you need?

[@Pub4si]

@@karlostj4683 Taiwan's health care system is great lmao

[@BradThePitts]

*The car you drive speaks volumes too!* I've never seen *"Fred's Contracting"* on the door of a *Prius* nor have I seen a *Save The Whales* bumper sticker on a lifted *Ford F-150.*

[@littletime8849]

Thank you for sharing. The art of respecting each other even if we disagree.

[@donnar.m.devore3218]

Open all elections to all established parties.

[@flight2k5]

Parties are no where in the constitution

[@noah1535]

I think it's also worth noting that where you live could have a big impact on what political party you likely align with. Take a look at any election map by county instead of state and you will see a lot of red and small pockets of blue. Those high population density blue pockets generally align with the location of the largest 1 or 2 cities in every state. Essentially do you live in a major city or do you not seems to also be a large factor that gets ignored too often in my opinion, as vastly different living conditions of the areas leads to different priorities and needs.

[@johnmoore1495]

Ehh, while it’s true now it has flipped and can easily flip. Rural America used to be very blue and college educated city people tended to be Republican despite the parties still standing for similar priorities in the present day in terms of economics. We’ve just created a culture war over the last 30-40 years, but especially the last 10, that had made the division very stark and somehow rural America ended up republicans and city America ended up with democrats. It wasn’t that long ago that New York City had a Republican mayor.

[@TheTaysoren]

I remember someone saying. "If you live in a crowded place, more people are around that bother you, and you can't do anything about it, so you turn to government to do something. If you live out in the sticks, you just want government out of your business and to leave you and everyone else alone."

[@davidrichardson6749]

Rural urban divide may be one of the biggest factors now. It’s so hard to believe that bush actually won 4/10 of the biggest cities in 2000. That will never happen again. I think trump won 1 city in the top 50! Don’t hold me to that but I believe I read that somewhere. It seems like this trend will continue with the suburbs and smaller cities and towns being the “swing districts”.

[@sovietunion7643]

@@TheTaysoren that perfectly encapsulates the feeling. big city people like government intervention and spending because if things go to hell the only thing they can count on in often dangerous city conditions is government assistance or regulations against guns or unfair business practice, while rural folks hate the taxes and regulations on guns or other things and feel like they get comparably less from the gov they then put in

[@joelleet554]

It's relatively easy to affect state and national elections when you concentrate corrupt practices in high population areas. Look at the "turnout" in Milwaukee in 2020, over 80%: 30% higher than usual there, and 30% higher than pretty much everywhere in the country except for strategic blue counties in swing states. Why bother with representing rural areas when you can just overwhelm them with fake votes in high population areas you control forever with the same local strategy?

[@bryankerr9174]

Excellent video. Thanks for your work John.

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

As a software engineer/computer programmer, my experience has been (for the past 30 years) that people in "theoretical" sciences (what they suspect things might be) tend left, but people in "hard" or "applied" sciences such as computer software, engineering, etc (what actually IS, such as myself) tend to lean conservative.

[@h.mandelene3279]

That is true. with the GW crowd, they keep saying 'but the scientist says in the lab this...' but then I reply - Why have the temps go up and down if CO2 constantly went up? or the like. One said 'but nasa says the Gulf of Mexico rose 3 Inches' but u look at a picture from 1950's of the same beach and the waves are still in the same place on the beach today, etc, etc.

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

@@h.mandelene3279 Yep. And what no one is taking into account is that it is not only the oceans levels that rise and fall, but, astonishingly, the land itself is constantly rising and falling. But you never hear anyone talk about that. There can be, and has been "rising sea levels" when the sea levels have not changed at all, but the LAND HAS.

[@christsciple]

As software engineer (past 20 years) most folks I know in the field are hard left leaning, myself included. This same principle follows with folks the more educated they become. Doctors, scientists, engineers. Most are left leaning that I know but I think this also depends on the geographic area.

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

@@christsciple Yeah, I would agree. My career has spanned: US Navy Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, FL. A space and missile defense agency in Huntsville, AL Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL. Oil and Gas producer, Omaha Nebraska. Law Enforcement (Narcotics) in Oklahoma. And an airline company servicing Department of Defense contracts. You'll notice that all these (possibly excepting Omaha) are in the so called "Bible Belt". Also, those first three all date back 30 years, which is farther back than your 20 years, so there's a decade of change between my early experience, and yours. Add to that that (I am guessing) you've worked in some more liberal states, and probably for more liberal companies or agencies, and that probably accounts for most of the difference between our experiences.

[@HVACSoldier]

The Demopublicans don’t care.

[@prayfortruejustice]

Stossel: bringing us back to reality. Thank you.

[@RJT80]

How is it reality? The two major groups are not totally incompatible. No amount of talking is going to solve the gaps that used to be bridged by the founding libertarian principles. Stay out of my pocket and stay out of my business. While both sides have been openly violating that for over 100 years now the left now openly shuns those ideals as everything from racist to authoritarian. They've totally lost the plot and their minds and the founders would see them as an enemy. So do I. I'm done with these people. You don't get to label every bad word under the sun and then somehow roll that back. We either figure out how to go back to a robust system of States' Rights or we will have a war. One side wants to give power back to states and shrink the size of the federal government and the other wants all power to be with the federal government. Can't have both. Which is ironic considering it was Democrats with sanctuary cities and cannabis laws that told the government to duck off. That's actually the path forward. Live in a state that mirrors your beliefs and where accountable power is closer to home. Not thousands of miles away.

[@sillasaram9121]

Divide is entirely from DemoKKKrats. Try saying blacks are not oppressed in this country to DemoKKKrats and see how they call you a racist and cut all ties with you. Say blacks are oppressed to Republican, and see how he goes out of his way to convince you with evidence and logic.

[@buckfiden2988]

Thank you John.

[@jdbnomad]

Cranking out the great content!

[@BobBrittonBespoke]

I have many friends on both sides of the isle, but I'm one of those people that love people just because they are people, and not because of their political views - at least that's what I try to do. Some make it easier than others.

[@bryanutility9609]

All my lib friends betrayed me over Trump. I realized they aren’t serious people. I don’t like anything about them. Mere Consumers

[@bryanutility9609]

Why would you want she/her pronouns, trans kids, & BLM as friends?

[@oldschool0641]

@@bryanutility9609 why would you want to be friends with someone who supports the legalization of child brides?

[@bryanutility9609]

@@oldschool0641 I don’t who does?

[@oldschool0641]

@@bryanutility9609 Tennessee republicans

[@asandman354]

I don’t think most of us are “good people.” We might often make choices to do what we think is “right” or moral, but deep down, the line between good and evil truly does run through the hearts of everyone.

[@SepticFuddy]

Indeed. Most people are really not good. Character must be developed by choosing to do right when it's difficult. Most Americans have experienced little difficulty and STILL choose wrong quite frequently. "Good times make weak men" and all that.

[@aaroncutting]

I'd be very curious to see the political breakdown of engineers and especially mechanical, civil and manufacturing engineers. Even in a fairly liberal college it was not difficult to find conservative engineers. In my professional life; finding an engineer on the left is quite rare.

[@christsciple]

Plenty of us liberal engineers out there!

[@petermathieson5692]

John, you do great work and have done for decades.

[@everydaybodybuilding2282]

Teaching - female dominant - liberal Truck driving - male dominant - conservative This is definitely about gender breakdown

[@octosax1515]

1:01 Seeing Ms. Grotke from Recess in a John Stossel Video caught me off guard but she's the perfect example of someone who is teacher but is DEFINITELY an activist at heart. Makes me wonder if Recess would even be aired today. By the way I looked up that specific episode and it first aired on January 15th 2000. It's interesting that what she says in the show was just little jokes at the time but they have gone full throttle.

[@jlg395]

I grew up in a conservative area but leaned very liberal. Now I live in Los Angeles and lean very conservative. I would like to live somewhere in life where I can be smack dab in the middle.

[@danswim11]

John: keep up the great work!

[@murplesman]

Great video once again! As somebody who's fairly libertarian, I have friends who lean more conservative and ones who lean more liberal. I feel it's important to be able to be civil with those who hold different political beliefs, otherwise the divisiveness of our current politics will only worsen.

[@kyleerickson6022]

I also have friends from all over the political spectrum. I’ve found that most actual heated arguments come from one person tarring the other person/beliefs instead of civilly asking questions or being charitable

[@michaelanderson2881]

Business owners lean right. Artists lean left. Translation: people who think for a living are conservative; people who feel for a living are liberal. That should tell you everything you need to know about how each side uses "evidence" to arrive at their conclusions.

[@colossalbreacker]

However, a lot of sciences and engineering, software especially, lean left. Software development is certainly thinking for a living. Things aren't so simple.

[@billslim9267]

@@colossalbreacker I am in IT but I am a business owner. I think that most software development folks work for a corporation (company) and have never had to write a payroll check. They believe (rightly or wrongly) that the company makes huge profits and that they are not paid enough. This is why they lean left.

[@JeremySharpSMSG]

This was excellent. Thank you

[@braddenton7673]

Right on Point!

[@daniellassander]

I think i was lucky when it came to my friends, we all hold different political opinions and i know they are good people even though i disagree with them on many issues, and they also know i am a good person.

[@steveeab2364]

I'm a little leery on how you phrase this comment...something ain't right in friendship shangri-la

[@shermanngjazz]

I'm starting my career in a sports team (just got a full time job offer with the Utah Jazz) yet I'm probably one of the few libertarian-conservstives in the sports industry especially in the NBA.

[@YourMom-ro1ig]

In Utah? I’ll bet there’s a few more that work for the jazz. Good luck with your new venture.

[@peterharrell7305]

I can't seem to find common ground with either side anymore. Everybody is in a mad dash for power over others. Unfortunately, that makes all of them my enemy.

[@brandonb7496]

When you have direct responsibility, you believe in self responsibility.

[@jojoeb16]

Emotional worker bees with no skin in the game = Democrats People with incomes derived from direct input/output re Sales and Business = Republican Shocker

[@Zetact_]

We really are living in two different worlds. It kinda baffles me how comfortable lefties are at just engaging with relative strangers and letting fly rather controversial takes when a conservative sort of feels obliged to only speak their mind after analyzing and getting to know everyone in the group, and still has to walk on eggshells.

[@chrisgallagher85]

Bravo!

[@dr.lawsonaxeford2105]

Artists learn left - "WELL IMAGINE MY SHOCK"

[@moneymikz]

Just remember if voting mattered they wouldn’t let us participate

[@scottm8579]

I love your non-partisan videos John. Yes, the tribalism is insane.

[@HandleDisliker]

I think it's safe to say that it's gone beyond tribalism at this point and is now a religion or an entirely different reality for one or the other side. Which one is the truth? I'll keep my personal side out of this.

[@Watch-0w1]

Thank for the video. I don't always agree on everything you say but I watch all your video. Yo representation is solid and I away open minded. God bless everyone and be good to your neighbor,

[@ahhro9166]

I worked in Healthcare customer service for the Health Market Place for CT. I lean more right (center right) and I wad a big advocate for our consumers making sure their cases were being worked on and resolved. I always gave compassion to my consumers and handled their cases if I were in their shoes. However, my management was very lefty and gave zero cares. I would escalate a case and it would be denied. Now I'm a lab assistant (which my degree is in Medicinal Chemistry) where people tend to be more open in discussion, libertarians.

[@captainnomekop5056]

I’m personally fed up with picking sides, I can’t stand the fact that if I choose one I there’s so much hate for the other. I’ve got my set of beliefs and I’ll keep an open mind, but stay true to my more cherished values.

[@alaskansummertime]

This is the first time in my life (I'm 51) that I've been able to tell someone's political outlook simply by looking at them. For instance the whole mask thing. Right there you can usually tell just by whether someone is wearing a mask and when. For instance if you see a dummie in the park , walking by himself and he's got a mask on? Brandon fan for sure. Gays always vote democrat. Blue hair take one guess.

[@Pub4si]

Not always for the mask thing

[@Husky-Builds]

It’s pretty rare to see a republican wearing a mask.

[@moushunter]

I disagree. My ex wife is has blue hair and is hardly a democrat. We also have several couples as friends that happen to be gay that are more conservative than even I am.

[@alaskansummertime]

@@moushunter You also enjoy arguing with complete strangers apparently. As such I can safely assume you aren't saying anything worth listening to.

[@Pub4si]

@@moushunter stereotypes my friend. Those people are the outlier

[@richdfrmn]

This guy Rocks, watched him when I was younger, as an adult makes alot of sense and finishes my thoughts.

[@weirdnomad8868]

OMG this is true! I own a business and am in sales and I definitely learn right.