KCAA: Politics by Jake (Sat, 29 Aug, 2026)
Aug 29, 2026 · 1 hr · 11 segments
KCAA: Politics by Jake on Sat, 29 Aug, 2026
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Aug 29, 2026 · 1 hr · 11 segments
KCAA: Politics by Jake on Sat, 29 Aug, 2026
You don't know, for example, what a conservative is.
You don't know really what a liberal is.
Most people couldn't really define either one if they were asked.
And there are definitions.
There are key definitions to these things.
And they're important.
And there are other words.
Capitalist.
What's a capitalist? Could you define that? Socialist, could you define that? How about a communist? Do you know what that is? How about bourgeois? What's the bourgeoisie? Do you know that? Is that just some crazy French word that has a lot of vowels in it? It actually does.
It's like two, four, five, two, four, six, and then there's eight and there's...
There's like eight vowels in it.
Why do I want to know a word like that? So anyway, this is my point.
I belabored that a little bit.
Pardon me.
This is the podcast version so we can do that.
It's not the radio show anymore.
Do you know? Do you know what socialism actually is? Do you know what communism actually is? And I say no.
Most people do not know.
But if we're going to be responsible citizens and if we're going to carry the franchise of the vote and I say, this is the sacred franchise, the sacred franchise of the vote, it behooves us to know and it behooves us to always remember and to never forget because otherwise We're compromised in our ability to carry out the mandate that comes with it.
You cannot govern yourself if the people who you want to govern you are allowed to define every political word according to whatever happens to serve them at the moment.
And one of the things that I want to talk about, preparatory to this conversation that we're going to have about some things like the Democratic Socialists of America, is that Republicans have been hijacked by reactionary elements.
These are reactionaries and fascists, and they're telling you that they're conservatives.
They are not conservatives.
Most of you who call yourself conservative, I'm convinced you don't know what a conservative is either.
You might say, well, conservative, we conserve.
You don't know, for example, what a conservative is.
You don't know really what a liberal is.
Most people couldn't really define either one if they were asked.
And there are definitions.
There are key definitions to these things.
And they're important.
And there are other words.
Capitalist.
What's a capitalist? Could you define that? Socialist, could you define that? How about a communist? Do you know what that is? How about bourgeois? What's the bourgeoisie? Do you know that? Is that just some crazy French word that has a lot of vowels in it? It actually does.
It's like two, four, five, two, four, six, and then there's eight and there's...
There's like eight vowels in it.
Why do I want to know a word like that? So anyway, this is my point.
I belabored that a little bit.
Pardon me.
This is the podcast version so we can do that.
It's not the radio show anymore.
Do you know? Do you know what socialism actually is? Do you know what communism actually is? And I say no.
Most people do not know.
But if we're going to be responsible citizens and if we're going to carry the franchise of the vote and I say, this is the sacred franchise, the sacred franchise of the vote, it behooves us to know and it behooves us to always remember and to never forget because otherwise We're compromised in our ability to carry out the mandate that comes with it.
You cannot govern yourself if the people who you want to govern you are allowed to define every political word according to whatever happens to serve them at the moment.
And one of the things that I want to talk about, preparatory to this conversation that we're going to have about some things like the Democratic Socialists of America, is that Republicans have been hijacked by reactionary elements.
These are reactionaries and fascists, and they're telling you that they're conservatives.
They are not conservatives.
Most of you who call yourself conservative, I'm convinced you don't know what a conservative is either.
You might say, well, conservative, we conserve.
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