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Couldn't shake this one, had a quick re-listen.

25:37 FF: "Liberalism asserts the universal equal dignity of all human beings."

22:50 FF: "What would've really made me say 'I'm completely wrong about The End of History' is if there was a powerful movement that was based on a different set of principles -- that tried to reassert the need for hierarchy -- in human social affairs, and that that was something that suddenly a lot of people started marching to. And I just haven't seen that since I wrote that article."

WTF?

What about Shariah? Mosques are full. Fertility is up. Marchers march at Mecca as ever. It is the fastest-growing religion in the world.

What about Hindu-nationalism? The largest gathering of people ever was at the Maha Kumbh Mela. Isn't the caste system still practiced in India?

What do Jewish nationals think of gentiles?

I mean, that's just off the top of my head...

I can't tell: are you guys being polite to a guest that you admire? What am I not getting?

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What an absolute sidestep to a great question by Jaime at 27:20. He's basically saying, "We've made the rule of law as so it would be impossible for Donald Trump to carry out the public will." He also did not address the illegality and covertness in the way they were allowed to come in the first place. It was, Frankly (pun intended), pathetic.

I dunno, man. Last time I checked on Frank's Twitter, he had a picture of a Ukrainian drone destined for Russia, with some kind of macabre message on it addressed to Putin. To me, he's an intellectual crusader, using universalist arguments to justify America's wars, violence, and expansion, cut from the same cloth as Napoleon. He creeps me out.

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