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COVID Lockdowns, Freedom, and the Election
from #221 - Epstein's Favorite Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show · #221
5 min
He riffs on Hasidic Jews resisting NYC lockdowns, blames de Blasio and Cuomo, argues the economy can't be shut down forever, and connects the freedom-vs-lockdown framing to Trump vs Biden.
- Tim compares charedi Jews to secular people who "don't give a fuck" and says everyone's the same regardless of culture.
- Watched the documentary 'One of Us' about Hasidic Jews and found it presented the same problems as any other divorce drama.
- This country is going to hell and the focus on keeping everyone alive ignores the lack of jobs that actually exist.
- Taking away freedom and trapping people in algorithms and apps will make them rebel because that isn't a life.
- Trump is running on freedom while Biden represents maybe more lockdowns; Americans will vote for freedom because they're deeply uncomfortable with federal government stopping them from working.
- The economy cannot be completely decimated to protect a small number of people; herd immunity may be the only option if no vaccine exists.
- Before COVID, people without healthcare dropped dead and soldiers returned from Iraq without mental health care and killed themselves—was that not tragic too?
- Tim tells himself to act like an adult and acknowledge that everything's tragic and life is suffering in hell.
- If you're immunocompromised or don't want the risk, you don't have to come to his shows—in fact, he'd prefer if responsible people bought tickets and didn't show up.
- Tim's fantasy: sell out venues with no one attending, walk on stage alone to say his fans are responsible, then do Instagram live from the Airbnb.