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Classical Liberals Pushed Right and the Politics-Obsessed Bore
from Bay Ridge Boys · #133
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4 minExtended discussion with Giannis about how progressives have pushed classical liberals rightward, how people who take politics too seriously or worship celebrities were shunned growing up, and how politics has become a substitute personality for boring people.
- 6:58Tim prefers performing for right-wing audiences because they actually laugh, while left audiences just want applause breaks.
- 7:24Classical liberals like himself are being pushed rightward as progressives gentrify the left and split it in two.
- 8:00This displacement has pushed religious conservatives out without a home, which Tim sees as a positive development.
- 8:37People obsessed with politics are always the most radical and the most bored—renting, with roommates and temp jobs.
- 8:58Tim's priorities shifted once he bought property and had a daughter; now he wants pedophiles on an island away from him.
- 9:23Growing up in his crew, two things got you kicked out: taking politics too seriously or being impressed by celebrities.
- 9:50The unspoken third rule was that you had to be a regular cocaine user to hang with his crew.