in the chotiner interviewer titled Can Liberalism Be Saved?
Well, the next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about Cambodia or Vietnam, I will definitely drop the Star Wars story to show that people have two sides.
Yeah. And I get those who think you shouldn’t be friends with someone who did terrible things. I hear that. I can just say that he was, as a very large number of people would say, though many fewer would say it publicly, an extraordinarily generous friend.
Professor, thank you so much for doing this.
Great, thanks. If we go light on the Kissinger part, I wouldn’t complain, because it could dwarf everything else.
Interesting insight into how the elite class values friendship here. “Extraordinarily generous”. I.e. he gave me a bunch of money so he’s my friend
Was listening to the first part of the new Shaun video and some chud professor was on the same shit about Epstein
But you could have an opinion on it. You have an opinion on all kinds of things, right?
Well, on him and his role in government, that’s not something I’ve particularly studied, so I don’t know. I know some people who think he was a horrible historic figure. They would say, “Would you be friends with Genghis Khan? Would you be friends with Stalin?” And I wouldn’t be friends with Stalin, so I concede that.
If we’re going to keep the Star Wars analogy going: “I haven’t particularly studied Darth Vader and his role in government, but I wouldn’t be friends with Luke Skywalker”
Lmao the last line
Can Liberalism Be Saved?
“Yes! Please!”credit where it’s due, dude is living up to being a liberal
A good representative of liberalism, at least
Yeah he is a mass murderer, but he just seems like the sort of mass murderer you would love to get a beer with, ya know?
I’m yet to read the article, but is it suggesting that the crime against humanity that Kissinger committed in south east Asia can be excused because he was nice to this one guy about his star wars book?
archive link: https://archive.is/0jHhi
edit: having now read it its still unclear if he means Lucas’s Star Wars or the SDI lol
