#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism Lex Fridman Podcast

David Pakman is a left-wing progressive political commentator and host of The David Pakman Show. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(06:42) - Political ideologies

(16:10) - Twitter drama

(31:07) - Biden vs Trump

(38:07) - AOC

(40:47) - Bernie Sanders

(48:55) - Donald Trump: Pros and cons

(1:14:46) - Joe Biden: Pros and cons

(1:21:08) - Hate for politicians

(1:37:29) - RFK Jr

(1:50:48) - Republican voters

(1:57:30) - Conspiracy theories

(2:02:26) - January 6th

(2:11:31) - Hunter Biden's laptop

(2:15:46) - Tucker Carlson

(2:18:44) - Wokeism and censorship

(2:37:11) - ChatGPT and universities

(2:43:10) - Libertarianism

(2:46:47) - Elon Musk

(2:55:14) - Dealing with attacks

(2:59:56) - Truth

(3:05:47) - Israel and Palestine

(3:09:41) - Ukraine war

(3:17:42) - Books

(3:28:22) - Mortality

(3:30:33) - Advice for young people

(3:32:05) - Hope for the future