Digital Social Hour
Why Corporate Power is the New Bipartisan Enemy | Cenk Uygur DSH #1092
Sun, 12 Jan 2025
Discover why corporate power has become the surprising common enemy across political lines! 🎯 In this eye-opening conversation, we explore how both sides of the aisle are uniting against corporate overreach, from Pentagon spending to Wall Street's housing takeover. Ready for some real talk about the changing political landscape? We're diving deep into how establishment media's influence is declining, why online authenticity matters more than ever, and where unexpected alliances are forming in American politics. Get the inside scoop on: • Why corporate subsidies are facing criticism from all sides • How student debt and education costs affect everyone • The truth about Pentagon spending and government waste • Where right and left actually agree on major issues This candid discussion breaks down the walls between political tribes and reveals surprising common ground. Whether you're conservative, progressive, or somewhere in between, you'll find fascinating insights about the real battle happening in American politics - the people vs corporate power. Want more unfiltered conversations about politics, business, and culture? Subscribe now and join our growing community of independent thinkers! 🔔 #news #donaldtrump #onlinemediachanges #worldnews #politicalmediachanges CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Post-Election Analysis 04:37 - Ineffective Government Actions 10:15 - Student Debt Forgiveness Debate 11:26 - Future Plans for Cenk & TYT 12:14 - Understanding the Populist Pledge APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Cenk Uygur https://x.com/cenkuygur https://www.instagram.com/cenkuygur/ SPONSORS: Prolon: http://prolonlife.com/DSH LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
Chapter 1: What are the implications of corporate power in politics?
Are you a fan of the Doge movement, getting rid of government jobs? Doge is too big in terms of an umbrella word. If you say, am I in favor of Doge cutting Medicare? My answer is hell no. But if you say Doge cutting Pentagon, yeah, let's have a conversation. I don't want to spend my money on foreign governments. I don't want to spend it on corporate subsidies.
Chapter 2: How has the post-election landscape changed?
I don't want to spend it on Pentagon BS.
Chapter 3: What are the concerns about government spending?
That's a fair take. Take it agency by agency, not an overall umbrella.
Chapter 4: What is the debate around student debt forgiveness?
All right, guys, he is back. We're at AmFest. How's it going, man? Post-election. Good, brother. How you been? Yeah. I remember we filmed right before the election and Trump was favored to win and he pulled it off. Yeah, yeah, he did. Has your world changed a lot?
Chapter 5: What future plans does Cenk have for TYT?
It has, actually, in a lot of ways. And so, obviously, I didn't want Trump to win, but... uh, something really positive has come out of the wind. I mean, we'll see if a lot of negative things come out, right. But, um, and I, and, and there's definitely policy things I'm super worried about, but, uh, the good news is like establishment media feels defeated. And, um, And I think that they know it.
Chapter 6: What does the Populist Pledge mean?
And I feel their panic. And I love it. And I drink it up.
Yeah. Well, you see Hot Ones just got acquired by Soros. So he's shifting his efforts to alternative media and podcast.
Yeah. Everybody's shifting because... So look, the right wing is more of a mixed bag. You guys, a lot of the funders, donors, investors, etc. understood the power of online media earlier than the Democrats did. The Democrats, they believed in mainstream media so much. They've
The Uniparty has controlled mainstream media so thoroughly for so long that they got cocky and they didn't believe in online media. And so anytime that you'd even have a conversation about online media, the power brokers would think, Oh, first of all, that's a little thing. It scraps off our table. It's not important. But most importantly, you're going to say what we want you to say, right?
And I'm like, no. A, we're never going to do that. And B, you missed the whole goddamn point. So the power of online media comes in authenticity. So if you don't want authenticity, this is not the place for you. And so they all went away because they don't want authenticity. Yep. They just wanted propaganda. Right.
And what do you got to give Trump credit for and now your credit for is that they embrace the chaos. They knew that they're, Hey, some people are going to disagree. Some people are going to say bad things about you. You can't fully control the message. Right. Yeah. But they rode that wave. Right. And strategically, not policy, but strategically, that was the correct decision.
The Democrats keep making the wrong decision and doubling down on the establishment. And that's why they're getting their asses handed to them. So after the election, the fact that people realize, oh, we're not going to be able to propaganda our way out of this and mainstream media is on its way down. That's great news. Yeah. Have your political views changed?
No, none. They're still the same?
Yeah.
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