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Ep. 8 The Illusion of Democracy (feat. JC) · The Group Chat

• Carson: Hey, what's up guys? That's not up on me. It's like you told me you were going to push the big red button and then I didn't, I didn't heed your warning. was just like, yeah, well, I guess we'll push it and we will do something ⁓ that I missed. Apparently I was staring off into the abyss. ⁓ So JC, welcome back, man. How are you? How's it been? What's, what's, what's the latest? Brandon: Surprise. You There was a countdown. JC: That's good to be back. What's the latest? ⁓ same old, same old, really. ⁓ What's that saying? The scenery never changes if you're not the lead dog. Brandon: Never heard of that one. Carson: I'll take your word for it. I was expecting you to say same shit different day or something, know, a little... But then he opens with the... JC: You guys, ⁓ Brandon: I thought we were that route too, but... JC: you It normally takes people a while to actually get it. like, yeah. You're looking at the ass in front of you all the time. Okay clearly this is going on. Carson: I thought you said lead dog. I thought you said lead dog, not following the lead dog. Brandon: Hahaha! care. JC: If you're not the lead dog, the scenery never changes. So you're running behind another dog. So you're just seeing ass the whole time. Yeah. Carson: I Brandon: Yeah Carson: That's it. JC: I told you in the tag it takes people a while to sort of mentally imagine that but eventually everyone gets it. Carson: Well, everybody, we're going to try that again. Brandon: Welcome to the group chat. ⁓ Carson: Yeah, I think I just my ears. No, I won't. Brandon: No, there's actually like a Spanish commercial. I saw a commercial. can't remember for which company, but it's basically that same concept and it's talking about it. But now that you said that, it came back to me. Yeah. Now I'm going go find it and I'll send it to you. JC: Yeah? Wait, there's a Spanish ad with like, I don't know, what do you call these? Like huskies? These dogs that pull the sleigh? Yeah. Brandon: Yeah, the Huskies. But no, it's not with Huskies, but it's referring to like the same scenery, like when you're always looking ahead of you at the same thing. don't know. I'll find it. I'll send it to you. JC: Exactly. Carson: ⁓ So we were talking about how you wanted to retire in Norway last time. JC: That's all the plan. It hasn't changed yet. ⁓ I've been looking at some other stuff. I kind of feel like I might want to move again soon. I kind of feel like I want to. So that's kind of what I've been working on. What's that? Brandon: Has it changed? Carson: Did you give us some options last time? You're telling us about a few ideas, places you wanted to go, or what are you thinking? JC: I don't know, I want to change careers a little bit, maybe do something where I get to travel as part of the job maybe. ⁓ So nothing definite yet but I've been looking into stuff. ⁓ Because I think if I can incorporate that into my actual lifestyle, That would be good. Like I said, I think I might have said this last week or last week, last time I saw you guys. Has it really been a month? I feel like I've lost a month. This could have been last week. But yeah, I... Carson: It feels like a week, but it's been a month. Brandon: Here Carson: Been a month. Brandon: You Carson: Just got men in black, somebody who's just... JC: Exactly. Exactly. Well, it's just month of the year already. Halfway through. Yeah, yeah, so want to I want to keep moving because I'm only really happy when I'm when I'm on on my way somewhere new. So that's the that's the plan for the future. Although Carson: It feels like that. Brandon: It's fine, bye. Carson: Pretty wild, Well, hope you can get that figured out. See ya. Brandon: Hmm. got something interesting. Last last month, our students participated in a history ball. It's like an international history ball. And so we went to Madrid and we competed with a couple of other schools and the person that was in charge of it. So basically he does this, but he just goes all over, basically all over Europe. By doing these history bowls with different competitions with different schools. So he was he came to Spain. He arrived like the night before. had the history ball on that Saturday and then he was going to spend another day. And then he was going. His next stop was to Switzerland. And he just keeps going from different countries. And then I think the end of this month, he's going to be in Berlin. So it's just nonstop traveling. He told us like, so yeah, it was last month. He's like, up until now, I've already been in seven different countries during the history bowls. So that's something. History Bowl, no bowl, history bowl. JC: History history brawls Brandon: Like a competition, yeah, so. JC: Bowl? Okay. Are you mean like the Super Bowl? Carson: You know, Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, Brandon: Super Bowl, yeah. Super Bowl ⁓ JC: I don't know maybe it's just I've never heard that term used apart from the Super Bowl which I've never watched obviously you guys mention it a lot in your movies and stuff so I think everyone knows the term but very few people actually know what it's about just football that has a few another the other sports have a ⁓ Carson: Must be an American. Brandon: Probably, yeah. Yeah. yep. ⁓ Basically, just competition. Carson: Contest, competition. bowl of cereal. Brandon: You JC: That's kind of what I'm thinking. Brandon: Yeah, that's it. JC: But it's just football, right? It's not like basketball or... Brandon: Yeah, I can't think of anything else. No, no. JC: Basketball bowl. Yeah, it doesn't really roll off the tongue. Brandon: Too many bees. Carson: No, I'm just thinking of skate parks now, bowl haircuts, anything with a bowl. I never had a bowl haircut. I mean, I think I might have had one for a moment before going buzz. It was just like, well, we're going to do it anyway, so let's just have fun. No, that was a mohawk. No, it was a mohawk. We did the mohawk before the buzz, yeah. Yeah, I've never done the bowl. I've never been that cool. Brandon: Right here. JC: Okay. Wait, a bowl haircut? Like a bowl when they cut everything? Brandon: Okay. Those were big. Mid-90s, there were a lot of bald haircuts. Carson: I think I've seen one recently. saw one recently. It's like, yeah, I don't think that was a good choice. Brandon: Very sorry. JC: The 90s are coming back though. Brandon: You JC: Yeah. Carson: One can only dream. JC: Feeling a little nostalgic, are you? I mean, how old were you in the 90s, Carson: Alright. Not. Not old at all. Brandon: you JC: you Brandon: you Carson: Still, still, still olding or younging. I was born in 90. Let's just clear the air here. Brandon: Carson was a toddler. JC: I'm old. Brandon: You're probably already taller than me though. Carson: Yeah, probably. I think I, uh, yeah, my height stopped at like 15. think by 15, I 14, 15. Yeah. was already six, four. I don't know how, how, how this topic is gonna, how we're going to get on topic. we can continue this way. Yeah. I'm six, four. How old are you? JC: You Brandon: Me too. JC: U64 You Brandon: You JC: I... I... Carson: You asked me, you know me, you've seen me. How tall did you think I was? JC: I know, but I know you're taller than I am, but I didn't know... It didn't occur to me that it might have been that much more. I Carson: are you? We're very similar in height, aren't we? JC: I think I fall I'm 192 centimeters. I don't know how much that is in feet. Carson: Yeah, that's so I always say I'm 195. Yeah. Essentially the same. Yeah. Six three. Brandon: It's about almost 6-3. JC: Where is 6-3? That sounds, I don't know. Nobody uses that anymore. You guys really need to come on board with our metric system. It's about time now. I think the rest of the world has been very, very patient. And you guys need to bite that bullet now, seriously. Carson: Mm-hmm. Brandon: It's not gonna happen JC: ⁓ You both living in Europe, you both know the metric system already. supposed to. You've been living in Europe for a while now. Brandon: It's still struggle. Carson: Look, when students ask me, when people ask me... JC: Yeah. Carson: Yeah, and I tell people almost two meters, 195 centimeters, 1.95 meters, because I'm used to it. But Americans, it's a foot, it's a yard. in 91 kilograms. Brandon: But then. JC: So you're 195 centimeters. A yard? A yard? Brandon: Good. Carson: Three feet, not three feet and four inches, like a meter or whatever it is. JC: you Brandon: craziness. JC: That's what I tell all my students. Like you can either speak English or can speak American. Carson: Americans, speak American, damn it. Speaking of American, what about... Brandon: Yeah. Carson: And obviously you want to speak American because it's the best gosh darned language on the planet. Represent. JC: I always say, well, as we're in Europe, let's speak European English. I mean, I think the people who invented the language should get a say in how it's used. Carson: Why not stand out? Why be just average when you could be cool? ⁓ JC: Well that's just... That's just me. Yeah. Brandon: Hahaha Carson: Well, you know what? All I can say is that most of my students tell me that they understand American English much better than British English. Now that's probably because of Hollywood. That's probably because, you know, they watch more shows, they hear more music, but you know, it is what it is. And they like us more. I'm sorry. you guys, like it's not our fault that everybody loves us. Brandon: Yeah, because of Netflix. It's not our fault. JC: They're trying to make you feel better, Carson. They're sorry for you. That's it. Brandon: Yeah. That could also be very true. JC: Hahaha! Carson: I wouldn't cut deep. I'm gonna go cry now. Well, ⁓ see Americans, Americans do cool things though, like bomb Iran. JC: You Brandon: Uhhh... Speaking of love. Carson: That was a good idea. Said nobody. Yeah, how... I haven't really been in the news cycle recently. Like I haven't clicked on any YouTube videos. I've been a little bit apprehensive, like either consciously or subconsciously, or maybe just because I feel like there's nothing new coming out of this. ⁓ What's going on the way you guys see it? How are things going? JC: you I think that the news cycle, I think has moved on a little from Iran. Same as the Venezuela thing. like it was all the stories and then it just kind of fizzled out. ⁓ And the Ukraine thing, mean, nobody's putting the Ukraine flag on their Instagram profile pictures anymore. ⁓ But that's still going on. Brandon: ⁓ All the stories. JC: But I have no idea what's happening with it. It's just not been... Because I get most of my news from YouTube. And nobody's really talking about it anymore. Carson: Mm. JC: ⁓ What are- Brandon: here in Spain, the Ukraine war to get it, they usually get a mention a little bit. They say, well, Russia bombed a hospital or something, but that's about it. There's nothing else. There's nothing about the talks going on or if there are talks or any other information. So there was a bomb in, so many people died and that was it. And then I move on. Carson: Yeah. JC: Honestly, I thought when when Trump cut the funding, I thought the wall would die. But apparently, there's some diehards that still but I think it's just there's so much pent up hatred. ⁓ needs to blow itself out before it will be over. Carson: What do mean by that? It needs to blow itself up. JC: So I don't have a problem. Yeah, I mean, it needs to run its course. think there's always been hostility in that region. mean, it's I'm kind of speaking on my ass here, ⁓ I don't think I think the war between Russia and Ukraine was inevitable. And when it finally happened, it's just those those Carson: ⁓ like our president. JC: people hate each other with such a passion that it's like a storm. A storm only appears when there's an imbalance in nature and the storm subsides when that imbalance has corrected itself. So think this is kind of what this war is about. is just... Carson: Do you think peace in the Middle East or peace with Iran or an understanding with Iran is even possible? JC: ⁓ they're all- they're a piece of metal yeast. With Iran? Yeah. I think most of the Carson: under the current regime. Brandon: We're gene. JC: I think when the majority of the people retain the rule of the country, I think Iran will probably join the rest of the world. Whereas the group of people currently in control of Iran is very sort of isolationist, as far as I can understand. mean, but also like I'm not an expert. I can only ⁓ repeat what I heard. ⁓ And from what I see, lot of Persian people are very happy about what's happening. ⁓ And I always find it really strange that people seem to... with the Venezuela thing, like... There's all of these scenes from around the world, Venezuelans, like huge populations of Venezuelans and foreign countries and stuff, like absolutely partying, like crying from happiness. And then you get politicians like, ⁓ no, but that shouldn't have happened or we saw like somebody started a war or something. The thing is, everybody keeps on talking about these bad places and bad people and something needs to be done about it. And as soon as somebody does something about it, he's the bad guy. like, I don't know. Like the people of these countries seem happy about it. It's like, why are we criticizing something that the native population is for it? I don't understand. Carson: Yeah, so. Brandon: No. Carson: Brandon, you want to say something? Brandon: I was just going to say that the people seem to be happier. At least that's a story that we hear or we see. don't know. Personally, I haven't spoken to any Venezuelans or any Iranians. I don't think I know any Iranians, but they seem to be happy even though there wasn't a regime change in both of the situations. So, yeah, I guess it's that little bit of hope. JC: But there's a possibility for it. And think that's the most important thing. Yeah. And Trump also said that he's not going to be responsible for regime change. The people need to do it themselves. He's not going to do it for them. So. Carson: Right? No, I mean... Sure. And respect on that because we've seen how well that works. How it doesn't work exactly. Brandon: Exactly. It doesn't work. Carson: But we can all admit and all agree fundamental reality is that nobody wants war. Nobody wants bombs off here and there no matter if it's to eliminate the bad guys. ⁓ we all admit and we all fundamental reality is that nobody wants war. Nobody wants bombs going off and there no matter if it's to eliminate the bad guys. ⁓ You know, it's a situation nobody wants to be in. And it's also, I think, a situation that no country wants to be involved in unless absolutely necessary, which for me begs the question, was this a necessary war? You know, it's a situation nobody wants to be in. And it's also, I think, a situation that no country wants to be involved in unless absolutely necessary, which for me begs the question, was this a necessary war? ⁓ And ⁓ how do we define necessary? Okay, so what I've discovered, what ⁓ I have determined is that there are probably around 7,000 confirmed deaths from those protests where the Iranian government was suppressing protesters. And of course, some sources say it might be upwards of 20 or 30,000, but bottom line, thousands of people were killed. And I think I could be wrong here, but was even more, tens of thousands were arrested for speaking out. And so obviously, I mean, you can... we can deduce that the people would be happy that somebody's come in and say, hey, you can't just go kill innocent people the world is watching. And who better to do that than the United States? I I do agree that we have a role that we have assumed, and we assumed it a long time ago, and being the world's police. And we have been willing to get involved in conflicts in other countries, other European countries. Our allies have not been willing to support. So was it justified? Was this part of the failed attempt at destroying their enrichment facilities almost a year ago? What's going on there? JC: Well, if you... ⁓ If you're trying to judge a country by its character, just see who they attacked when they couldn't attack the US. So the US and Israel attack Iran and Iran just attacks everyone else. So that kind of tells you what the people are that we're dealing with here. There's nothing strategic about their defense. ⁓ They launched missiles into skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and Qatar and all of these places that have absolutely nothing to do with. And one thing that the Iranians managed to do that no civilization in last 2000 years have done is they've united the Arabs and the Jews against Iran. ⁓ Brandon: Nothing. JC: So because like Saudi, Qatar, and I don't know about Qatar, but some of those Arab states, they actually joined the fight against Iran with Israel. That hasn't happened in thousands of years. So congratulations to the Iranian government for doing something that no one else has been able to Carson: by being the ultimate enemy. Brandon: Yeah. JC: Yes, by literally, it's an Arab proverb that the enemy of the enemy is my friend, something from an Arab prince or something. And that is, that's saying something. So clearly. Yeah. So I hope. Brandon: Yeah. We've seen it. Carson: And it's also their options. Like they don't have the reach to project their power beyond that region. And so they're probably scrambling and saying, well, this is what we can do. What can we do? We can piss these people off. Hey, here's for you guys not supporting us. Where's our autonomy? Where's our ability to operate without the U.S. coming in and bombing us as a much superior power? And so, yeah, it's very, I mean, like you said, we're talking about people who... Brandon: Yeah. JC: Which is... Carson: do things like this. And obviously, you know, they need to be dealt with. I wouldn't disagree with that sentiment. well, not also, right. mean, the funding of terrorist groups, the whole October 10th, seventh, sorry, seventh. JC: Everything from from a lot of the Houthis. Everybody is sponsored by Iran. They spend billions on weapons to fund foreign terrorist organizations with a mission to destroy Israel while letting their own country infrastructure go down like Tehran is going to run out of water. Brandon: Seventh, yeah. JC: ⁓ because of the drought. There is no water and that's a city of millions of people. I don't know exactly how many, but there's millions. It's a huge city. And it's not just that, it's the infrastructure generally around the country is crumbling because they've spent all their money on weapons trying to destroy Israel. ⁓ So yeah, it's, and the majority of the people, as I understand it, I think they have like a 30 % support in Iran. 70 % of the population is completely against the regime. ⁓ And these are the I don't generally trust these figures, but that's just what I've heard people say. ⁓ In terms of ethnically, think 70 % of the population is Persian. ⁓ And then 30 % is made up of ⁓ various other ethnic groups. ⁓ So well, also I speak on the correction, I don't really know that. Carson: Mm. JC: the complete breakdown of the country, the majority of people seem to be against it. Carson: Absolutely. seems like a pretty undesirable situation to experience to live in. So you can't blame them and you can't blame the decision to go in and do something about it. Obviously, it's just has it been the most strategic implementation of a war of a regime change of supporting the innocent people? Are we doing it the right way? So maybe if one could argue that this was inevitable, maybe somebody needed to come and step in. JC: and Brandon: Thanks JC: That's it. Carson: because obviously if these terrorist groups are being backed by Iran, which is being backed by Russia and China, if this grows and spirals out of control, then of course that power, mean, seizing power of the Middle East, and then we have to worry a little bit about India as well, because China, you know, I mean, it's all connected in that sense. So was it inevitable? I kind of see it as being an inevitable. JC: It wasn't sustainable. The government and Iran. mean, obviously they make millions from oil sales and stuff, but you can only oppress a population for so long before people get tired and they want change. So yeah, I hope they get to it. Carson: It's just. Brandon: you Carson: what wasn't sustainable. Right. Brandon: So long. JC: I hope Iran finally rejoins the rest of the world. ⁓ It's been long overdue. ⁓ Brandon: Yeah, because it wasn't what in like the 1970s, like Iran was like one of the up and coming like countries and everything. They were on top of the world. And then I was setting with the regime. Everything changed and they've been struggling for what, 50 years now. JC: Yeah? Yeah, they are one of the oldest continuing civilizations on the planet and that's saying something that needs to be protected. ⁓ Obviously, they're not the only ones and they're not the oldest ones either, but they are an ancient civilization. They've been around for very, long. So I think they deserve to come back bigger and stronger. ⁓ In terms of China and Taiwan, what do you guys think? Carson: I do it, do I think of if, what or when? What exactly is? ⁓ JC: Yeah. Brandon: Just a matter of time. Carson: Yeah, I think timing is everything for China. I think if China wants to have a chance. Well, then they would have to have a weakened America. would have to have ⁓ U.S. pulled from different parts of that region and also across Europe. Because I don't see China acting alone in this. don't see ⁓ Russia really making any big advances on the Ukrainian front or in the European front if he does have larger plans without working together. And I think they are. I think the Chinese variable is a very important one to consider. Because until they get involved, we're not, in my opinion, we couldn't be at a world war. We couldn't be at a Brandon: Yeah, no, everything's on standby. Carson: until they do something. And so if and when they do something is key. I wouldn't say if, I would say when. JC: But... But the US is pulling out all the, well, not all of it, but a lot of their troops from Europe already. And Trump is probably going to leave NATO. ⁓ Brandon: Yeah. Carson: which I don't agree with. JC: Well, mean, the US is they don't need the oil from the Middle East. You guys have got like enough supplies. You're not dependent on the Middle East. Europe is. But Europe doesn't want to do anything to protect its own energy supply. ⁓ So I'm not surprised that he pulled out. And all the Europeans are scrambling a little bit because they want to look strong against Trump, but they also don't want the lights to go off at night. So they're all balancing. And your prime minister. I don't know how many elections he's got left, but I don't think he'll make it the next time there's a general election. Brandon: Exactly, yeah. No, next year he'll be gone. JC: Thanks, yeah. Yeah. ⁓ Carson: ⁓ I have to say that sometimes I get the feeling that Trump, Trump's administration doesn't fully understand the impact of globalization and the fact that we can't just pull out of globalization. And the globalization means a degree of cooperation and a degree of pre-planning when embarking on this new conflict that involves a waterway. which is a bit harder to control than we imagined. ⁓ I think there's a bit of lack of foresight there and a little bit more impulsive behavior that I wish. Brandon: He found that out for sure. Carson: I wish you weren't that way. I wish you were. I just, I think. JC: But I get what he's saying, though. It's like, what is the point of NATO if the US is responsible for everything and the Europeans are just sitting back and it's like, ⁓ we need oil, we need oil, but the Americans need to go get it for us. Yeah, that's not right. And all of these liberal politicians in Europe are like, yeah, no, I'm strong against Trump. Brandon: for everything. Carson: Well, yeah, sure. Brandon: Yeah, call big brother. JC: but remember to switch the lights off on your way out. They're feckless, they're spineless. and Macron is on his way out, Stammer is on his way out. ⁓ Even this German Chancellor, he's the most unpopular Chancellor almost in German history. ⁓ So, that's all the big players in Western Europe. ⁓ I'm not even talking about Spain because that... The race of Europe is not happy with your prime minister either ⁓ because he just without any warning or anything he gave amnesty to 500,000 people. ⁓ All right. No wonder a lot of European countries are considering putting the borders back up. Brandon: I wanted to ask you about that. I wanted to ask your opinion because... Carson: I don't know anything about this. Brandon: Alright, so yeah, so... Well, go ahead, JC. JC: No, I was just... How can you not know anything about it, Carson? Brandon: He's busy. JC: The fact that 500, well, they're actually saying 1.3 million people will be getting citizen or residency in Spain. And the prime minister didn't go through parliament like he should have. He just unanimously decided that this was going to happen. And the rest of the Europeans are not happy about it. What's that? Carson: Hmm. Like Trump going into a run. ⁓ ⁓ just like Trump going into Iran, not running it by anybody. JC: ⁓ but he didn't need to. Carson: Another abuse of power. JC: No, I wouldn't say so. Everybody's been talking about it and he's finally done it. There's posts online from most of the US presidents and even Hillary Clinton said something needs to be done about Iran. And as soon as he did something about Iran, then everybody is like, ⁓ he's the bad guy. I'm like, yeah, that's not how that works. Carson: Not saying he's the bad guy, not saying that it was a bad decision to do this, but I'm saying there's a way to do it. Brandon: have to do it correctly. Try to. JC: There's too many, too many, too much bureaucrats. It's like at some point, if something needs to be done, it needs to be done. It's like, you will always find opposition to everything. So I'm not against it. Carson: You were saying about Spain. They want to cut you off, sorry. JC: Yeah. Yeah, Spain just the. Carson: So these people are getting residency, getting citizenship. JC: Yep. Carson: But who are these people? Brandon: Thank you so much. JC: All the people who jumped the border got to Spain on robots. Brandon: Illegal immigrants. Carson: Mmm. JC: Yeah, all the illegals. Carson: What, because they just don't have the manpower to deport them or what? Was it just easier to just give them citizenship or what? Okay. Unbelievable. Brandon: I there. JC: Yeah, pretty much. So yeah, a lot of countries are, I don't know this for certain, I just heard rumors and stuff, but a lot of countries apparently are looking at putting their borders back up. So Schengen is in trouble. The free movement, I mean, between Poland and Germany, there's all of these videos on... on Instagram and YouTube of German police apparently taking illegals, crossing the border into Poland and letting them free. then there's on the border between Poland and Germany, I actually teased some of my students about it, they're from Szczecin. Szczecin is a northern city in Poland on the border with Germany. Brandon: Really? JC: And I asked them about it and they're like, yeah, it's all over the local news. Like there's a lot of local people that actually do the patrolling to catch these illegal immigrants coming across the border from Germany. Brandon: Like in the US, with the border patrol back in the day, like when it first started, it was just like random people who were just patrolling the border. JC: Yeah, and that's that. Carson: You know what? We should just send ICE over to Europe. ⁓ JC: you Carson: Give them something to do. No, I we need them to. We need them to, obviously. We need them to. JC: Uhhh, yeah. Yeah. Anyway. Brandon: Yeah, but what about in Poland? The prime minister, he's very anti-immigration and is very controlled, no, in Poland? JC: The government in Poland is very split. ⁓ The two branches of government, the executive, is like the president is, he doesn't really have any power apart from vetoing whatever the prime minister does. So the prime minister is very pro-EU, but also not in terms of immigration. He tries to fight the immigration stuff, but the So, but the government is very left leaning and the presidency is very right leaning. So the the trouble in Poland now is like nothing's happening because every time the government tries to do something, the president vetoes it. So nothing is moving forward. ⁓ The president is very anti EU and the prime minister is very pro EU. So it's a little bit of a battle, but it's quite interesting. Now, I don't obviously I don't watch Polish news, but I speak to a lot of my students and they tell me because we talk a little politics and stuff and they tell me what's happening in Poland. But it's it's fascinating because other other people love or hate. I think it's same everywhere. But Polish politics are very they don't want to. have happened in Poland, what's been happening in Western Europe, especially in England. They're very, smart. ⁓ So yeah, but the Spaniards are less scared, it seems. Brandon: Yeah. Carson: mass immigration. JC: Yeah. Brandon: because that's something they always compare to. So Poland's been very strict to let people come in and then you have the opposite with ⁓ England, with France, and now the last thing with Spain with ⁓ the 500,000 immigrants are getting nationalized. Well, like you said, it's maybe up to a million because I think there's like 500,000 then it's supposed to there's like another 500,000. JC: Yeah, there's too many. What's that? Carson: stresses the economy a lot, stresses social. Social Security, I we don't have. JC: Because it takes years, takes decades for these people to actually contribute ⁓ constructively. Carson: ⁓ yeah, and some of them end up not contributing. Brandon: See, that's the thing. That's what the government said. Their whole idea with this is that, okay, so these people are here illegally, so they can't work legally. They're in an informal economy. They're not helping. They're not participating. They're not doing anything necessary productive. Exactly. So at least if they're legal citizens now, they can get an actual contract, better working conditions. They're going to start paying for Social Security, more taxes, income tax, things like that. That's what the government says. Carson: Right. We can't track them. Mm. JC: The is these people are not qualified. They're unqualified in addition to being undocumented. it's a little bit, so you have to spend money to train them. So yeah, you're looking at a decade before people can be constructive participants in the economy. Carson: Look, I mean, we've all moved to different country, the three of us, right? We know what it's like. We've, did it the right way, the legal way. and yeah, it's not easy when you don't speak the language. You have to maybe work jobs you don't really love, but jobs that you're qualified for. But we are all fortunate to have gone to college. We went to the university. We have some credibility, right? We're not starting from zero. We're not moving from extremely poor countries where the opportunities just aren't there. So we have, of course, a different perspective. And we can't really see their point of view. We've never been on that boat, literally. So, whoof. JC: But the problem is that won't solve anything. Europe is not a rich continent. Europe's economies have all been in decline for decades. The facade is still very nice, but it's not like that. Yeah, there's a lot of cracks. Brandon: for it. Carson: It's just holding on. Tourism. Brandon: But once you start looking... Yeah. Carson: Agreed. JC: Also, I mean, they're not struggling on the same level as a lot of people coming from third world countries. That's not what I'm saying at all. But it's yeah, it's it's they're trying to maintain something because nothing new is coming out of Europe. Like the only advancement is in the US or in Asia. Europe is not contributing anything anymore. ⁓ These people are just Carson: Sure. Brandon: It's not the Europe of the past. JC: trying to survive, trying to get through the day. ⁓ So it's, I don't know, there's not a lot of money. There is no money, because most of the money is going towards welfare anyway. All of these European countries... Carson: Well, there's clearly no money because salaries haven't changed in, knows how long. ⁓ Cost of living has, of course, gone up. So, I mean, it's still, I think I did a side by side with cost of living, quality of life with Spain versus the United States, for example, it's still slightly better quality of life here, considering all the variables in Spain versus the United States. But I mean, that's also largely subjective. ⁓ But having been here for seven years. JC: It is. Carson: It's laughable the job applications and they list so you're just hope you're just glad that they actually list the salaries You know potential salary you could earn and then it's just it's just laughable like You're telling me I've been yeah what they expect and what they give in return and not just the job like the job you're actually doing but We're talking about time most of these jobs once you 35 40 hours a week. They want you on demand Brandon: what they expense from you. Carson: They want you to be everything under the sun. And then they're not even paying you more than 25, in a lot of cases, not even 30,000 a year. 30,000. That's just, you're kidding me, Brandon: Minimum wage. JC: The biggest problem that I think we haven't really faced yet is ⁓ all of these unskilled laborers coming into Europe. ⁓ But AI is on the verge of taking hundreds, if not millions of jobs. So there will be a lot more competition. In third world countries, that's not maybe as technologically advanced yet, there's more time, there's more need for manual labor. ⁓ Whereas in Europe, there's going to be a limited amount of low skill jobs because AI and computerized systems will start being implemented in Europe. Brandon: more time. JC: ⁓ And then that will create a lot more friction and competition ⁓ for scarce resources. People don't feel it yet, but that is coming. It is coming. Brandon: This is. Okay, Carson, I was just gonna say that's what I've been telling my students, because I know it's hard when you're 16, 17, 18 years old to try to think. For five, six years in the future, about it's like you really need to think about this because there's going to be a lot of changes in the next few years, so it's not going to be worth it if you to go to the university. I want to study this and then knowing that in four years. Carson: Yeah, not to... Go ahead, go ahead. Hmm. Hmm. Brandon: It's basically that you just wasted four years of your time and money doing absolutely nothing because you're to have a degree that's completely useless. It's going to be worth anything because of AI. It's hard. Carson: Well, it's like, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, you make it. That's a beautiful point. You say, what are you, what are you going to study? Do what you want to do. We do what you're good at. Do what you like, but make sure that you know a little bit about AI. No scratch that. Make sure you completely understand every application of AI. And so that before you choose what you do, see what actually might be available or, or try to predict. Brandon: Gotta think about it though. Carson: what jobs might be available and how you need to first learn AI before you actually learn that specialization. Because yeah, like you guys are saying, I I don't think it's going to be as fast and it's not going to be as widespread as people think. Honestly, I think it's going to take longer for until it's like more than half of the jobs are, ⁓ you have to have some AI integration or whatever. ⁓ but what was he going to say before? JC: That's us. That's kind of what I was thinking is governments around the world needs to start legislating and they need to start creating laws that protect human jobs. Because when AI takes over, it's going to be sudden. That's what I'm Yeah, I think it'll pretty much happen overnight. Carson: You think it's gonna be sudden. JC: One week ⁓ you'll still be expected to show up for work and then the next week say, no, my robot's taking your job now. They work. Yeah. Carson: Certain industries for sure, for sure industries. mean, and tech industry, the tech industry is already being hit and it's been getting hit for the last few years. Ever since Chachi Buti came out, tech industry has been taking hits. Software engineers, you name it. Cyber security experts, IT technicians, everything is being affected, but it's going to trickle down in other jobs too. Yeah. You're right. JC: like this video. Have you guys seen that video that somebody made? I don't know who. A fight sequence between Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Completely created by AI and you cannot tell the difference. What's that? Carson: Which one? Brandon: ⁓ yeah. Carson: Looks pretty good. man. You can't tell it's pretty good, huh? Brandon: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. JC: it's it's phenomenal so i mean it's it's even actors Carson: Wow, I've seen some good ones. This is a good one. Yeah. JC: Even actors' jobs are not safe. Brandon: No. JC: I think in the future you'll sell your image ⁓ and then Hollywood will create your digital version and they will make you do whatever they want you to do ⁓ and they'll pay you for your image. What's that? Carson: Well, this. Ha. I think that's optimistic. Sell your image. Brandon: Yeah. Just take it. Carson: They're just going to take it. It's already getting taken, ⁓ JC: probably. But it would be very cool for video games. if you want to play with your favorite actor, ⁓ then yeah. Carson: We were talking about immigrants before immigration and how it's going to affect the economies and social programs and stuff like that. And also it just made me think, and also now we're talking about the workforce AI. Just when people, the biggest danger, the biggest fear, one of the biggest fears I have is that people without purpose cause problems. They cause problems and sometimes they solve problems. But a lot of times shit just gets ugly. Unnecessarily ugly. And a lot of young people and lot of young men. And history repeats itself. Brandon: What? It's gonna be a lot of people without purpose. JC: Yeah, especially when you throw in a little bit of desperation. Carson: So there's that. JC: start getting desperate that's it so by that point I need to be on a very small island some... Lanzarote is a big island though Carson: Come on, we got room for you. Hey, you're not supposed to tell people where I am. It's not a big island. It's not. Trust me. There are probably a hundred people that I've seen but never met, but I keep seeing them everywhere. It's like, I know your face, but I have no idea your name. Must have seen you last weekend at another, you know, locale. Brandon: You JC: You Brandon: At a restaurant. JC: Hey, I've lived on an island too. It's like a big town, really. There's only so many roads on that island. Carson: You know. Yeah. Brandon: Yeah. Carson: Exactly only so many restaurants only so many bars that have this have that JC: Yep. And if it's anything like Poland, like here in Poland, like all the different products that I have, that I use around the house and the food stuff that I like, I can't just go to one big store and get everything. I need to go to 50 different ones to get the stuff that I like. ⁓ Carson: Hmm. Yeah, I've got three or four. For sure. That's super smash. Brandon: Several. That's very Spanish. JC: Yeah, melcarona. That is right. Yeah. Carson: Yeah, yeah, Mercadona, Mercadona. Yeah, I'm kind of boycotting them and their prices got out of control. They're charging, I know for the American listeners, 4.40 for a dozen eggs, 4.40 doesn't sound that bad, for a Spanish salary, it's pretty abusive. 4.40 So I don't know. I go to the local place. It's called Iperdino, Hyperdino. Brandon: Yeah, Macedonia. Nothing. Macadamia has changed. JC: I'm feeling so good right now. Wow. Brandon: Hehehe Carson: fucking hilarious. They have, I could get 20 eggs, higher, well, almost the same quality as in Mercadona. 20 eggs for five, five, 10, five, 15. I eat four eggs a day, so where do you think I'm gonna shop for my eggs? It's just, it's absurd, it's like, I'm not paying that shit, so we buy a few things from there, we buy some, yeah. A few things from here, a few things from there. JC: ⁓ huh. I should have started. Brandon: No. Yeah. Carson: Go get the meat from the butcher, okay? JC: Yeah, I... You at least go to a butcher. I just... Carson: Absolutely, you have to. get the best quality, you have to. Brandon: good quality and the prices are going to be the same or if not better. Carson: Maybe better. better. JC: I haven't eaten red meat in a very long time. I just eat chicken. Just chicken. Chicken for lunch and chicken for dinner. I haven't eaten red meat in a very long time. I just eat chicken. Just chicken. Chicken for lunch and chicken for dinner. Brandon: ⁓ that's a different story. ⁓ that's a different story. Carson: well. well. Chicken. Chicken. Brandon: Mm-hmm. Carson: You're one of those Jim bros, with sweet potatoes and chicken every day, day, three times a day, meal prepping. Brandon: You JC: ⁓ hell no. No dude, no no no no no. Like these last three weeks the amount of chocolates and cookies that I have stuffed in my mouth is ridiculous. No, because I stopped training because I... Carson: Hahaha JC: For the last 10 weeks, I've been pushing it really hard and even if, well, I've been in a calorie deficit for ⁓ those 10 weeks, ⁓ pretty much 500 to 1000 calories per day and I'm still gaining fat. So I had some tests done and apparently I've got way too much stress hormones so my body is constantly in fight or flight mode so it's holding on to the calories. Carson: Yeah, caloric deficit will do that to you if you stay in for too long. JC: No, no, it hasn't been continuous. some weeks it's worse than others. ⁓ But I have been trying to lose weight, but I can't. So I need to... I've been putting my body into too much of a stressful state, ⁓ combining ⁓ mental and... and physical strain. So I'm re-evaluating. That's what I'm starting a new program this week. I'm not lifting quite as much as I used to and I'm taking more rest days to see if I can get my stress hormone levels down. Anyway, that's what I'm starting tomorrow. Carson: There you go. Brandon: Good luck with that. JC: Thanks. Carson: Look at that man. Got to train, prepare for those Russians to invade Poland. Brandon: You JC: Yeah, people keep on saying that for the last two years, but I don't think the Russians have any designs on Poland. They never have. Carson: I mean, they clearly don't have the power alone to do it. I mean, they can't even take it grand. Brandon: They still would fight with Ukraine, JC: Well, Russia is more likely to conquer Spain now than Poland. You guys don't want American protection, right? You've got Bahia. Carson: Yeah. We don't need it, fool. Brandon: It's just... Carson: Spain's military is stronger than a lot of people think, I will tell you that. Spain's got a pretty strong military. It's stronger than most people think. Of course, it's nothing against Russia, course. Alone, nothing. But it's a bit underestimated. Check it out. Check it out. JC: What's that? Brandon: I have to agree with that. JC: I do wonder about if Trump pulls out of NATO and Russia does try... Carson: Check it out. ⁓ he's a big fan of pulling out, isn't he? This can do that. This can do that right. ⁓ Sorry, man, he should be a comedian after this. Like, I will go to his show. ⁓ I will JC: I think he's hilarious. He's the biggest troll on the internet dude. These people just keep on falling for it. It is really funny. It is really funny. Brandon: I don't know, he's hilarious. Carson: Like, I don't know whose idea it was to give him a smartphone ever, but he just, man... JC: What's that? Brandon: He just tweets non-stop. Carson: That's the shit he says man. You just don't know if it's like a senile 80-something year old or if it's like a 10 year old. Sometimes you just... JC: I don't think you see now, like he's always been like that though. Always. He doesn't care. Like the first time he was president, like he was trying his best, like even though he failed miserably, but he was at least trying to be civil. Now he's not going for it. He can't do reelection. So he doesn't care. Like he simply doesn't care. And that's what the Democrats did. That's their fault. Carson: I know, well, he just gives no fucks. Brandon: He just doesn't care. Not now. Carson: No. Yeah. I know, you know, it's, it's, it's funny. It is funny. It's also reckless and can, it could be dangerous, but at times it's funny, not in war, but on domestic policy and you know, shit gets a little heated. It's kind of fucking hilarious. JC: He tried to be nice and then I called him and he's like, okay. Brandon: If so, JC: but it's it's a funny that they're like yeah this is the illegal war but obama bombing the the hell out of ⁓ the middle east that was okay with no congressional oversight there either but that was okay trumps Carson: Third point. Third point. Brandon: Yeah, a lot of people forget about that. Everyone loves Obama, but there's there's there are some things. JC: Hello. And he's still deported more people than Trump has. ⁓ And Trump's the bad guy? That doesn't make sense. Yeah. Brandon: And Biden also. Carson: Let's reframe. If Trump's not a bad guy, is he really that different from the other bad guys? Or is he just another one? Is he just another cog in the machine? Is he just another politician? JC: I don't think he's a bad guy. I think people have become so intoxicated with hating him that even the good things that he does gets absolutely no credit. I think it's like American politics is just so full of hysterics and theater. It is some of those politicians are just really kind of Brandon: He's Trump. Carson: Yeah, for sure. No doubt. Agreed. Brandon: So extreme. JC: out there. Which makes it, it's a pretty good reality TV show, I have to admit. Carson: I guess that's what he's going for. JC: What is Trump going to do next? And what will be the reaction? Stay tuned. That's pretty much CNN's spiel, isn't it? It's like they make their money from taping reaction videos to what Trump's done or Trump said. That's pretty much what CNN has come down to. CNN is the highlight reel of Trump's presidency. Carson: you Brandon: Yeah. JC: like blow-by-blow commentary so it's funny it's funny whether you like him or hate him and you can't really like him because he's not a likeable person but he doesn't care if you hate him he loves it when you hate him so really what you should do is love him because he doesn't know what to do with that Brandon: cupid. Carson: He doesn't want you to like him. Brandon: He doesn't care Carson: Yeah. Brandon: He's like, what is this? What is this feeling? JC: you Carson: Let's confuse him. And his heart grew four times, that's four sizes that day. Brandon: You JC: Anyway, he's not any worse than any other major leader in history. I know people will not like me comparing him to leaders in history, but he has dominated politics around the world for over a decade now. So love them or hate them. He's a newsmaker. Brandon: without a doubt. JC: Yeah, he changed the world. ⁓ Carson: Yeah. Yeah, I don't know if that's a good change, but... influential? Yes, absolutely. ⁓ Brandon: Exactly, for good or bad, but yeah. JC: Yeah, I think Carson: I'm just gonna stop there. JC: Are you suffering from TDS aren't you? They haven't made a vaccine yet. But I'm sure you guys will come up with another vaccine that everybody needs to take forcibly. My body, my choice, right? Until it comes to the vaccine. Carson: What's TVS? Trump Derangement Syndrome. Brandon: You Carson: I don't hate Trump. That is a story for another day. New virus, vaccine, new vaccine, new conspiracy theories, new conspiracy theories, more news. JC: Yeah, they're already like have you guys seen that thing about this cruise ship full of full of that virus Carson: Yeah, they're over here. They docked over here just down the way. Brandon: Dude, they're next to Carson. JC: Yes. Stop eating rats, Carson. Carson: Is my tongue purple yet? Brandon: Stay away from the rats. Carson: What? It's in the rags? shit guys. Brandon: You JC: Where have you been? Carson: Sweetie, no more rats. Quit feeding me rats. Brandon: Change of plans for dinner. Carson: My dog likes to play with them, he brings them to the house. He's ⁓ how cute. And I call them ratty and like we have fun. And then he kills them and then I eat him. JC: Yes. Do they glow in the dark? Carson: Not these rats. So I think we're okay. JC: not these are okay. Okay, just if it's if it if it has a little bit of a green shine to it like yes toxic. Carson: ⁓ Thanks a lot, Trump. Brandon: Everything is his fault. JC: Yeah, I guess that's what I was to say. Carson: What I'm sick of is just people asking me, ⁓ you're president. like, I didn't vote for him. No, I don't care. I'm just like. Brandon: You JC: Did you really vote for Kamala? Carson: Mmm. JC: ⁓ camera. Sorry. Carson: Sadly. Sadly. But I still wouldn't have voted for him. I just wouldn't have voted. JC: You did? Brandon: independent. JC: I think you guys dodged the bullet. mean, Trump saved you twice now. mean, first from Hillary Clinton, which is definitely a save, and then from Kamala. Carson: No wait on this last one. ⁓ no, I was, yeah, I was gonna be independent. I was more impressed with the way Trump campaigned and the way she campaigned. I just couldn't bring myself to vote for Trump. I couldn't bring myself to vote for him the first time. I couldn't do it for the second time. My gut told me no. And I'm not the one, I'm not one to be reading all the stories, following all the debates. You know, I can't, I can't stay on. I can't stay up on that, on all that. So I just had to go with my gut on this one. And I really, really, really tried. Actually, I think I tried more than I ever had this last go around in 2024. And I even told myself, I'm going to try to convince myself that he could be a good choice. And I gave him every benefit of the doubt. And it's just, I could not bring myself to do it. And I don't regret not voting for him. Brandon: Yeah. Carson: I don't think I should have voted for Kamala, Koala, camel, camel, camel toe. ⁓ JC: Yeah, I'm kind of scared to say an interview. Brandon: Mrs. Harris. JC: you Carson: She wasn't prepared. She wasn't prepared and she would have been a puppet at best, at best. ⁓ JC: She wasn't prepared for the vice presidency either and she held that job for four years. When they asked her when is she going to the border, she's like, well, I haven't been to Europe either. Carson: What did she do? Well, you are uncultured as they come. Man, they all suck. No, there's gotta be some good ones out there. Talking to you, young people, if you plan on getting into politics, make sure you're not a piece of shit. We've had enough of those already. Brandon: politicians. JC: and Well, that's one job that AI is not going to take. So yeah, maybe politics is a safe bet. Carson: Maybe it should. Maybe we'd be better off. Maybe we should try it out. JC: I think, I mean, technology these days, there should be a lot more referendums that you can vote on your phone. If your phone is connected to your ID, right, if you have your social security number or something on your phone, your phone's linked to it, ⁓ you can only register one vote. ⁓ Government needs to ask the people more, like, should we sign this deal with Iran? Yes or no? Brandon: We've had Trump, so why not? Carson: Always my thought. Here's my problem with that. And yes, and I share that idealism that we could actually have something like that. I have, you know, flirted with the idea myself and thinking, what could we do? How could this work? What kind of app could there be? But then how do you qualify people? I think the real problem is how do you qualify people as being like legitimately capable of making an informed decision? And how do you know that they are being informed ⁓ in an unbiased manner? How do you know that? So we can't even manage our own news sources and our own algorithms and our own bias, right? We can't even manage that. So until that is better controlled, what you're saying, something like that, it would never exist. would never be, you couldn't give every citizen of every country an equal vote. mean, what about the people who actually have Brandon: Yeah. Yeah, right. JC: I think... Carson: Like, it's funny because you say that. Funny you say that because just before this, the same thing kind of came to mind and just still thinking about it. So like, maybe you had some, like a program, like you would have to educate people to some extent on the various aspects of history that influence voting and strategy and economy. Like you can't just take the person, the average person who studied in some liberal arts college, a non-related degree has the the very base understanding of world history. mean, what we learned in world history when we were younger, you think we all remember any meaningful percentage of that and how much of that was actually geared towards what they wanted us to learn. they wanted us to focus on our country's history. Of course, we're the best country. did everything right. Well, everybody's hands are dirty. Everybody's, every country's made mistakes. Nobody's perfect. So we've got a real fucking dirty. Brandon: Real dirty. Carson: So yeah, I hear you man, fucking that would be great. how do, like maybe that's what we do. Maybe that's what we do when we lose our jobs. Maybe we can actually all be more informed. Doubt it. JC: Have a Brandon: Yeah, without extra time. JC: They should all, they should pay us all to be more informed. Brandon: but they don't want us to be informed. Carson: But yeah, no, they don't want us. No, they don't want us to be. We want to be in force. JC: No, they don't because smart people don't vote for what they want. ⁓ Brandon: Exactly. Carson: then it's just a stage, the political stage is literally a stage. You act the way you want to act because you want to get the votes you want to get. JC: But isn't that just democracy? Carson: Isn't that just fake? Brandon: How it is. JC: Well, that is the democratic system, I suppose. But these days... Carson: Maybe we need to relook at, have another look at what it means to be a democratic society. JC: I think democracy in its current form needs to change. I don't think and this is coming from somebody who's never voted. I've never cast a ballot for anybody or anything. ⁓ But I think, well, I like politics for the entertainment value. Carson: Never. political atheist. Brandon: you Carson: That's telling, J.C. That is very telling. Not of you, but of the, you know, at large. Brandon: Yeah JC: It is, it is, I mean, but, Brandon: of everything now. JC: Democracy casting your vote is an illusion. It's like what is that super scene from Fight Club where he's sitting in a plane and he's like, this seatbelt is just an illusion of safety. Casting your ballot is an illusion of control. It's like, yes, I have a say in what happens with my government. You don't. You don't. Carson: Dude, that's why we're friends right there, because you're in a quote fight club, bro. Like, I fucking love you, man. Right? Yeah. You're spot on, man. JC: You should, only people who pay tax should vote because they're actually contributing to society. And you should definitely get a license to have children. All right. I I think young men before in like puberty, they should, they should all go for a, for a reversible vasectomy. And they should apply. Carson: Firstly. JC for president, world president JC. Brandon: Got a pesatis. Carson: Step step motherfucker. JC: Yeah, everybody gets the snap and you need to apply for a license to have children. Yeah. Brandon: Hehe. Got to pass the test. Carson: So if everybody gets a snip, then Elon gets two snips. JC: You Carson: Snip your shit bro. Stop having alien babies bro. Brandon: 2-8. already has like 12? Carson: ⁓ 12? I think 1200. JC: with... He doesn't have 1200. Brandon: No 12 kids. Carson: No, but he's got more than 12. I think he's got more than 12. Brandon: Really? It's a lot. ⁓ JC: But I think he financially can probably bear it. Carson: That's a lot already. Brandon: He might be okay. JC: That reminds me, did you guys see that video on YouTube with the guy illustro- like showing ⁓ how much money Jeff Bezos has in rice? Like if each rice kernel is worth a hundred thousand dollars and he shows you physically how much rice that is, you should watch that video on YouTube. It's absolutely brilliant. One of my students sent it to me the other day. It is, three minutes but- Carson: I'm not sure. JC: Just in terms of perspective, it illustrates like he takes a little handful. This is his hundred and thirty five million dollar house. Just a little handful of and then it's still a mountain of rice. Like you can't make a dent. Doesn't matter how much money he spends. ⁓ And Elon's got more. Although. Although like people think they have this money in the bank. Brandon: I love more. JC: No, this is just the accumulated wealth of all their shares and stuff that they are. There's no bank account with all of those zeros in it. That doesn't exist. In order for him to have money to spend, he needs to take credit ⁓ on it. So he gets a loan from the bank and he puts that up as collateral for the loan. Carson: Yeah. Brandon: Definitely not. Yeah, his stock, his ownership, equity, everything. JC: Yeah, so that's how he gets money to spend. So it's not like you can just go and buy everything. ⁓ Anyway, but I would just like a handful of rice kernels. But Jeff Bezos rice. Yeah, no cooking that stuff. Carson: Just enough to make some pie, yeah. Brandon: Yeah, I that Bezos rice JC: for spending, but yeah, it Maybe I'll send it to ⁓ you after. Carson: Send it. Send it, send it. JC: Okay, I can't do it here. I'll do it on. Brandon: Alright, we'll do it later. Carson: Later. JC: Alright. Carson: Well, so. Brandon: Gotta wrap on part two with JC. Carson: ⁓ I think so. All right, JC, it's been a pleasure. Thanks again for joining us. Always good chats. Yeah, Absolutely, you're always welcome. So, yeah, I think we... JC: Thanks. Thanks for having me. ⁓ Brandon: lot of good topics covered today. JC: Yeah, jumped around a little bit. Carson: That's good. That's just how it's got to be, man. Just go with the flow. So I guess now's the time. Thanks for watching, everybody. Please like, share, and subscribe. Check out our last with JC around the world where we about his expat life, his experiences, ⁓ and we'll see you on the next one. Brandon: Good. That's how we are. That's how we roll. JC: Brilliant. All right. Brandon: Adiós!