Democracy Was a Mistake
Summary
Democracy was a mistake, according to one rider who thinks voting should require passing a CAPTCHA test. The kind that asks if you've eaten caffeinated beef jerky and then tells you to sit this one out. Kareem pushes back, asking about monarchies and dictatorships, and the rider admits they might work in the right setting. The real problem? We're letting dumb people vote, like the ketamine heads in downtown Manhattan shoving horse medicine up their noses. Information can't be controlled anymore, so people get political facts from UFC guys with podcasts. The solution: no cool guys who've been on TV should run for office. Presidents should be nerds. By the end, Kareem thinks he's fixed democracy entirely, and the rider completely backtracks to agree.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? Democracy was a mistake? Democracy was a mistake. I'm 100% unsure. You could convince me though. I don't think it was like a full-on mistake. I just think like we should have like, you know, there's a capture when you sign into—I think we should have like a capture for voting. Like, have you eaten like caffeinated beef jerky? And then you say yes, and it goes, "All right, why don't you sit this one out?"
Wait, a capture for voting is good? I think we got to figure out a way to make it harder. What about monarchies? Sure. What about dictatorships?
You know what, in the right setting? Yeah. I mean, here's the thing. It just isn't for everybody.
Why don't you think it works out? I think it's fine because we're letting dumb people. Like, there's people that think like horse medicine is better than vaccines. A lot of downtown Manhattan are shoving horse medicines in their noses every night. Yeah, and they're having fun, but they don't need to vote. You don't want the ketam—the ketamine heads to vote. I don't want the ketamine vote. That's not a vote I'm trying to secure.
So I take it you think that democracy doesn't work in America, or do you think it works other places? It's just we can't control information anymore, and so like people just listen to like facts from like a podcast that a guy, you know, who's like a professional on like the UFC is giving them political and health facts. The problem I think that they shouldn't let cool guys who are famous run for office. Okay, if you've been on TV for something other than being president, you should not be allowed to run. Yeah, I agree. I think the President should be a nerd.
Yeah, what about that? Great, I just solved your problem. Now we—democracy works, but you have to vote for people that have never been on TV. All right, well I'm completely backstepping, and I've accepted your system. So you 100% agree with me?
I'm back. I just fixed democracy. Yeah, you did.