he gets asked whether he’s a socialist. he says “idk what a socialist is but i support medical care for babies, sheltering homeless people, educating the population …”, he goes on for a minute, then the interviewer changes the topic and askes him “carl do you think that time travel is possible?”
Interviewer was just trying to get him to say he’s a socialist so they could demonise him but his answer was so reasonable they had to ask something distracting before the audience had time to rationally evaluate what he said.
Obligatory Carl Sagan is asked if he’s a socialist clip
to anyone too lazy to watch the video:
he gets asked whether he’s a socialist. he says “idk what a socialist is but i support medical care for babies, sheltering homeless people, educating the population …”, he goes on for a minute, then the interviewer changes the topic and askes him “carl do you think that time travel is possible?”
Interviewer was just trying to get him to say he’s a socialist so they could demonise him but his answer was so reasonable they had to ask something distracting before the audience had time to rationally evaluate what he said.