Political Violence, Trump's Goals and How to Fix the Congress ft. Tom Jacobs

Tom Jacobs is a practicing architect in Chicago. A politically minded person and self-described progressive, he and discuss how conservatives and progressives view the world differently in today's America. We have plenty to disagree on and an encouraging amount of agreement as well.

Chapters

• 1:40 Intro
• 2:38 What was different about Charlie Kirk?
• 6:42 Did Charlie lack empathy or does the left have too much empathy?
• 13:05 How has the election changed political demographics
• 18:12 Does the left view the right as enemies?
• 22:43 Is Vaughn uncomfortable with what the Trump admin is doing?
• 30:04 Would Trump and Republicans still be elected today?
• 33:40 Healthcare
• 40:00 Is congress disincentivized to work together?
• 41:40 Communism and Christianity
• 54:10 Trump as a leader
• 1:01:20 ICE's mission
• 1:09:10 Deploying the military to cities
• 1:13:40 Vaughn and Tom have fundamentally different views on Trump
• 1:20:40 Political issues changing sides
• 1:23:30 Solving crime in cities
• 1:26:30 What is Trump's goal?
• 1:29:40 Would Vaughn vote for Trump again?
• 1:30:40 Tom's thoughts on Democrats
• 1:35:40 What about conservatism appeals to Tom?
• 1:38:10 Politician's incentives are broken
• 1:41:00 Consequences for speech
• 1:57:00 It is important to agree/disagree with civility