Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

•  Bret would be up for a total rethink of the way police operate
  • “I am no fan of this aggressive style of policing” – Bret Weinstein
    • “But the idea that you could withdraw the police first is absolutely insane” 
• “Brutal policing is a feature, not a bug” – Bret Weinstein
• During the Clinton administration, the Democratic party moved away from defending the interests of common people and moved towards defending the interests of big corporations
  • “Regular folks have been getting the shaft ever since, nobody is representing their interests” – Bret Weinstein
    • This is why people have started protesting: They know the system is rigged against them
• “Opportunity has been hoarded, has been concentrated in some zip codes and almost totally excluded from other zip codes” – Bret Weinstein
• “You can’t have a system in which people are choosing between candidates from two corrupt parties both of which are hell-bent on stealing well-being from them and transferring it to their actual constituents” – Bret Weinstein
  • Real change isn’t going to happen for another 4 years because neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden are true leaders 
• The Dark Horse Duo Plan: Find two individuals, one who is center-left and the other who is center-right
  • They would have to be patriotic, courageous, and highly capable
    • Short-term decisions would be made by the President but long-term decisions would be discussed as a team. Then 4 years down the road, they would switch positions.
• Who does Bret propose for this Dark Horse Duo: 
  • William McRaven as the center-right individual
  • Andrew Yang as the center-left individual
• Bret believes there’s a strong chance that COVID-19 was leaked from the lab in Wuhan
  • “The virus itself has several components that suggest that it is actually the result of manipulation in the lab and that it escaped. Probably from the Wuhan Institute of virology.” – Bret Weinstein

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Bret Weinstein was a biology professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. He is now hosting "Bret Weinstein's Dark Horse Podcast" available on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.