Dennis Prager Show - Don't Give Up, Liberty is not a Universal Value Aired: 2021-01-06 Duration: 06:21 === People Trade Liberty for Instant Care (03:50) === [00:00:00] And there is not a molecule in me that wants to give up. [00:00:05] It's not fair to the Americans who sacrifice for us. [00:00:15] Liberty is not a universal value. [00:00:19] Power is a universal value, apparently. [00:00:21] I never personally gave a hoot about power. [00:00:25] I want influence, but I don't want power. [00:00:29] Anyway, it's pretty close to universal. [00:00:32] Being taken care of is almost universal. [00:00:35] And people will trade in liberty for being taken care of in a nanosecond. [00:00:44] Do we have a shorter unit of time than a nanosecond? [00:00:48] Yes. [00:00:49] Ready? [00:00:51] Half a nanosecond. [00:00:53] That's right. - Bye. [00:01:01] I'm trying to picture half and not a second. [00:01:05] I don't think there's such a thing. [00:01:06] It's like half of infinity. [00:01:08] Be that as it may, people will trade in liberty for anything. [00:01:15] Apparently for anything. [00:01:17] Look at the trade-in today. [00:01:18] Oh, you'll be safe. [00:01:20] Really? [00:01:22] Hotspot. [00:01:22] That's the word I was looking for. [00:01:24] Hotspot. [00:01:25] You gave me epicenter. [00:01:26] And what did I come up with? [00:01:29] I had hot something, I think. [00:01:32] I said hot center? [00:01:34] No. [00:01:36] You did. [00:01:37] When you said to me Epispot. [00:01:40] Exactly. [00:01:42] LA's a hot spot and it's been in lockdown with a brief interlude of eating outdoors. [00:01:52] Where is leadership on this one? [00:01:59] I just wish there was some way to get restaurants to violate this. [00:02:04] If you all did it, and we all went there to eat, it would send a message. [00:02:10] Why can't we do it next door? [00:02:12] In Arizona, somebody told me, you could eat in a restaurant. [00:02:15] We're miles away. [00:02:17] We should drive to Arizona. [00:02:19] It's a long drive, though. [00:02:20] It's about eight hours. [00:02:21] Have you done it? [00:02:23] Yeah? [00:02:25] What's the furthest you've driven? [00:02:28] I drove the furthest... [00:02:30] Oh, you drove with me. [00:02:31] It's probably your furthest trip. [00:02:32] When we drove from L.A. to... [00:02:34] No, no. [00:02:36] Did we drive from L.A. or did we pick up a car? [00:02:39] We picked up a car. [00:02:41] When we drove to the Dakotas and Nebraska from the two conventions, one in Denver and one in, what was it, Minneapolis? [00:02:50] We did drive from L.A.? Maybe. [00:02:52] Anyway, I drove... [00:02:54] The longest I think I drove was New York to Dallas. [00:02:57] In my 20s. [00:02:58] In my Saab. [00:03:00] How many... [00:03:01] You ever hear of a Saab, Sean? [00:03:04] Yeah, it was my sister's favorite car. [00:03:05] Your sister's favorite? [00:03:06] It was my favorite car. [00:03:08] It's like a little tank. [00:03:11] Problem is, it was called a Saab story because they always broke down. [00:03:15] No, convertible, please. [00:03:18] Can you imagine me in a convertible? [00:03:21] Ted Cruz was just speaking in the U.S. Senate when talking now about... [00:03:26] Certifying the results. [00:03:27] And he said, I don't understand why do Democrats not agree to just a commission to investigate? === Betting On Fraud (02:45) === [00:03:36] They certainly wanted a special prosecutor for something that never happened. [00:03:42] I asked last hour, and I'd like you to meditate and ruminate and contemplate this issue. [00:03:51] If you have to bet your house. [00:03:55] Or your spouse. [00:03:57] If you had to bet your spouse, which in some cases people would readily do, I'm sorry to say. [00:04:02] If you had to bet your house, would you bet that there was collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in 2016? [00:04:14] Or that there was fraud in this election? [00:04:20] My view is... [00:04:23] That the circumstantial evidence is very powerful, and I do not claim any proof. [00:04:33] I only began to read to you, I mean, that 19-county one, that gets me. [00:04:40] There are 19 counties that both Democrats and Republicans agree are the bellwether counties. [00:04:46] The way they go is the way the presidential election goes. [00:04:51] And Donald Trump won 18 of the 19 counties. [00:04:56] Donald Trump is the first president in 150 years to have gotten more votes in his re-election campaign than he did in his first election and not win. [00:05:10] You know how many anomalies there are? [00:05:13] What do they say to you who hate Trump? [00:05:16] And are blinded by that hatred. [00:05:18] Nevertheless, what do you say to what I am telling you? [00:05:22] It is all irrelevant? [00:05:25] That's not intellectually honest. [00:05:30] Ohio and Florida. [00:05:32] Overwhelmingly likely to predict the winners of a presidential election. [00:05:36] Both went for Donald Trump. [00:05:39] Donald Trump got way more black votes, way more Hispanic votes than first time. [00:05:45] What happened? [00:05:46] Yes, I know the passion for Biden was overwhelming. [00:05:55] The first man to not campaign for president who was a nominee. [00:06:01] Which was good for him because the more he actually came out, the public, the better. [00:06:06] For him. [00:06:09] Anyway, there's going to be more restrictions of your liberty as soon as the Democrats take over. [00:06:15] There'll be more contempt for Americans who don't wear masks outdoors, outdoors.