California’s Blue Coup: The 329th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

About this episode

The episode discusses California's elections, cultural reflections on the state, and concerns about democracy and voting integrity.

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 re...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying

Topics covered

• California elections
• democracy
• voting systems
• cultural reflections
• evolutionary lens

Keywords

• California
• elections
• democracy
• voting
• cultural reflections
• Bret Weinstein
• Heather Heying

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Stegner, Chandler, Didion

Places: California, LA

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