California’s Blue Coup: The 329th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
6/9/20262 hr 5 min
On this, our 329th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we continue to discuss the West. We begin with readings of glorious California—from Stegner to Chandler to Didion—and reminisce about our own time growing up in LA. Then: the elections in California seem rigged, and if your elections are rigged, you don’t have a democracy. Paper polls worked; in-person voting worked; exit polls provided information. Why did our elections change? The system as it stands is an invitation to fraud. A democratic republic is the only viable alternative, and Democrats are destroying the goose that lays the golden eggs, which makes the marvelous life of most people—including the men singing about not taking it anymore--possible. Meanwhile in the state of Washington: the newest Executive Order demonstrates just how spineless, powerless, and in need of replacement, our leaders are. EO 26-01 purports to address menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms; instead, it is a pandering, bureaucratic, gameable, woke, anti-scientific mess. To everyone who still believes the blue team: Stop being foot-soldiers of Goliath.
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Mentioned in this episode (Amazon links receive affiliate commission, thank you for supporting DarkHorse):
Haslam 1992: Many Californias: Literature from the Golden State https://amzn.to/3QwRDPN
Didion 1968: Slouching Towards Bethlehem https://amzn.to/4vEJnw4
Stegner 1971: Angle of Repose https://amzn.to/4olKo9U
Chandler 1939: The Big Sleep https://amzn.to/3RYFVOn
West 1939: The Day of the Locust https://amzn.to/4uqy0a2
Didion 1979: The White Album https://amzn.to/4uKdem5
KTLA: https://ktla.com/news/politics/los-angeles-mayor-primary-election/
Men’s chorus: https://x.com/politibunny/status/2064083824393236818
WA EO on menopause: https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/exe\_order/26-01%20-%20Menopause%20%28tmp%29.pdf
Women’s Commission: https://wswc.wa.gov
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First 90 secondsBret Weinstein· Host0:00
[ on-hold music] Hey, folks. Welcome to the 329th Dark Horse podcast live stream with me, Dr. Brett Weinsten-stein. I don't usually mispronounce that. Dr. Brett Weinstein, and you, Dr. Heather Heying. Uh, to you and to everyone, uh, happy sexual public depravity month.
Heather Heying· Host0:26
Oh, yeah.
Bret Weinstein· Host0:27
Yeah. I mean, you know, it's, uh, it's in, it's in full swing.
Heather Heying· Host0:31
Yeah, we're well on our way.
Bret Weinstein· Host0:32
We are well on our way.
Heather Heying· Host0:33
Yeah. Uh, I just wanted to point out that 329 is not prime.
Bret Weinstein· Host0:35
Of course not.
Heather Heying· Host0:37
Uh, 7 by 47.
Bret Weinstein· Host0:38
Obviously.
Heather Heying· Host0:39
Mm-hmm. Yep. Uh, just for, for those of you who are keeping track at home.
Bret Weinstein· Host0:43
[laughs] Yeah, right. Exactly. I, I imagine there are people who have a big whiteboard and they are keeping track of these things.
Heather Heying· Host0:49
Uh, yeah, I'm not sure you need a whiteboard at this point, uh, but, uh, but something. So today we're gonna talk about extraordinary and glorious California. [whistles] And rigged elections and the nature of democracy, and also an executive order in Washington State that demonstrates just how powerless, spineless, and in need of replacement our leaders are.
Bret Weinstein· Host1:08
Uh, yeah, I know, I mean, how it's... You know, you need, uh, superlatives aplenty to, uh, explain just how in need of replacement they are.
Heather Heying· Host1:18
Yeah, what did I say? Uh, spineless, powerless, and in need of replacement, yeah.
Bret Weinstein· Host1:21
Yes, in need, yes, in need of urgent replacement.
Heather Heying· Host1:24
Yeah.
Bret Weinstein· Host1:24
Yeah.
Heather Heying· Host1:25
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh, so today we are gonna do a Q&A after our live stream. Join us on Locals. You can