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Mr Obnoxious

#042 - James Fishback - A New Era for America - Meritocracy, Innovation & Debate

Mr Obnoxious

Peter McCormack

Technology, News, Politics, Money, Investing, Finance, Bitcoin

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

James Fishback is the founder of Incubate Debate, a free speech advocate, and a debate champion, committed to fostering critical thinking and open dialogue among students across the U.S.

In this interview we discuss how political bias and censorship are infiltrating high school debate competitions. They explore the decline of free speech, the impact on young minds, and what it means for the future of education and democracy. This eye-opening conversation delves into the controversial practices shaping today’s debates and why restoring free speech is more critical than ever.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It is not logical to run a business and say we are going to hire people on their race and gender as opposed to their skill and merit.

0:08.3

Natural diversity is a great thing so long as it's natural.

0:12.5

If it's a natural byproduct of meritocracy, it's a good thing.

0:16.2

When you go out there and say that we are going to, as Best Buy does, an American electronics store,

0:26.6

says that one out of three new corporate positions will go to BIPOC, black indigenous people of color. What they're effectively saying, Peter, is that black Americans cannot earn that job

0:32.5

on their own, that they essentially need to have a cheat code, that we need to lower the standards

0:37.2

for them.

0:38.0

That's wrong. That's messed up.

0:41.2

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0:46.3

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0:50.5

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0:53.1

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0:59.6

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1:04.3

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1:11.8

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1:16.5

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1:18.1

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1:22.6

That is iron.com.

1:24.6

James, how you doing?

1:25.2

I can't believe this is your first trip to the UK.

1:27.0

Yeah, I just turned 30.

1:28.3

Bring that in. And I've never been to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

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