#441 – Cenk Uygur: Trump vs Harris, Progressive Politics, Communism & Capitalism

Cenk Uygur is a progressive political commentator and host of The Young Turks.

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(14:27) – Progressivism

(20:37) – Communism

(35:24) – Capitalism

(41:27) – Corruption

(46:13) – Money in politics

(1:03:00) – Fixing politics

(1:22:11) – Meritocracy & DEI

(1:33:10) – Far-left vs far-right

(2:07:43) – Donald Trump

(2:28:00) – Joe Biden

(2:46:27) – Bernie Sanders

(2:59:56) – Kamala Harris

(3:07:25) – Harris vs Trump presidential debate

(3:20:55) – RFK Jr

(3:30:37) – The Young Turks

(3:38:49) – Joe Rogan

(3:48:30) – Propaganda

(3:55:46) – Conspiracy theories

(4:03:33) – Israel-Palestine

(4:13:20) – Hope

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