Does Joe monitor this site? I know he used to monitor his own, before moving to Spotify 4 years ago.
Could someone tell him that in addition to gunpowder, the Europeans brought the horse to the Americas? He's stated repeatedly that the Comanchees knew to ride horses from centuries of practice. The debate about which changed America more, guns or horses, is standard American knowledge, as the tribes could fire many more arrows per unit of time than a muzzle-loader, and could raid and flee with horses as they'd never been able. This is a very interesting concept; why the 2nd Amendment being a right, versus driving cars/freeways being suggested as a privilege, is relevant.
Also, Joe: FYI cell phone tracking can be done from commercially available data. A decade ago some guys tested this by buying like $20 worth of data, and within 20 minutes could identify the users, their home addresses (the hub of GPS data), etc.
And WWI, WWII, and Korea all had drafts. It did not begin in Vietnam, as you've stated. Not at all. In fact, look at the history of censorship in early 20th century, even speaking out about the war was met with an iron fist. Have Scott Horton on to discuss Wilson's brutality (I don't even know, but he'd be an interesting guest).
It's funny how little distance we as a society moved from "Corporate Media", to Rogan, Lex, et al. Very little. Sure, in ways he's way outside, but that's because the Overton Window is so far from centered, that marginal movement or resistance to the most wacky extreme things, Rogan, are considered novel. Like, if Rogan were in N. Korea, he'd be suggesting that the emperor doesn't poop rainbows, he eats food. But that's where it'd stop.
A few years ago Rogan was like "when did Mr. BiG (Microsoft) become a bad guy?(!)". Uh, just getting the memo in 2020?
And more notably, Rogan never has disagreements. Not, really. Have an "average guy" wildcard guest every once in a while, something outside the menu of mainstream dissidents. I'd be 10X more interesting than any of your current guests, rebooting the same old Rogan Cult Fear [porn] Factor, hyperbole, muscle car porn, ancient alien bigfoot killed JFK, or whatever. Seriously, talk with me.
I give Rogan respect when due. In a "pothead comedian" disclaimer kind of way, he's brilliant. And I have a lot of respect. But I realized at one point, he really takes himself seriously...which I hadn't presumed. I have a joke with a friend when we text #rogansachad. Not the exact use of the term "chad", but you get the idea. At the end of the day, he's another politician. I say Rogan is a very fluid concept. I knew "that kid" all the time growing up; the new kid in school who'd bounced a bunch of times to new schools, and it's hard to incorporate, especially into a group who's known one another they're whole lives, and even moreso if they all expect the new kid is temporary. He'd be friends with everyone, try giving gifts to kids (which nobody else did), maybe tell tall tales, whatever he could do to control his interactions and engineer the relationships. Some saw though it, others didn't, or didn't care. It is what it is, but I've known that guy my whole life. There's probably a solid guy under there, but he'll agree with one guest about how horrible blood-soaked (Dave Smith's common term) mercenary government agents are, how unfair they are, cry about the Innocence Project stories... then have his family to dinner with those very agents, the Texas Governor or whatever, slap his bro ("cop") on the back at the gym, as they absolutely destroy the lives of his supposed friends (pft., specifically watch some Texas Ranger videos on YouTube, roadside "body cavity search of females, by a male, Sandra Bland?)...never saying one word to their faces, when he could confront them.
And that's the hardest, yet most impactful social movements--looking a friend in the eye and telling them they're out of line.
But that's a real friend. To some, anyway.
Let me know, Joe. Let's talk, if not even on the pod.
Take Care
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