At a glance
WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Tulsi Gabbard Challenges War Machine, Big Tech, And Party Politics
- Tulsi Gabbard joins Joe Rogan to explain why she’s running for president, centering her campaign on ending regime-change wars, the new Cold War, and the military‑industrial complex’s grip on U.S. policy.
- She argues that trillions wasted on foreign interventions should be redirected to domestic needs like healthcare, infrastructure, education, housing, and environmental protection, and details how war policies actually undermine U.S. security.
- The conversation also covers media smears over her Syria visit, the corruption of campaign finance and lobbying, the dangers of Big Tech’s power over speech and data, and structural economic issues such as automation, wages, taxes, and the opioid crisis.
- Gabbard positions herself as a soldier‑citizen candidate: anti-interventionist, funded only by individuals, critical of both parties’ establishments, and committed to civil discourse in a hyper‑partisan era.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasEnd regime‑change wars to reclaim trillions for domestic priorities.
Gabbard argues Iraq, Libya, Syria, and similar interventions have made target countries more chaotic, strengthened terrorists, and cost the U.S. $6–8 trillion that could instead fund healthcare, infrastructure, education, housing, and environmental protection.
Confront the military‑industrial complex and close the revolving door.
She highlights Eisenhower’s warning and describes how Pentagon officials and defense contractors trade jobs and contracts, insisting on reforms to ban pay‑to‑play, stop arming terrorists, and end contractor capture of policy.
Rebalance foreign policy toward diplomacy and true national security.
Gabbard wants the U.S. to stop acting as ‘world’s police’ and instead pursue diplomacy and reconciliation, arguing that trying to forcibly remake countries—while ignoring allies like Saudi Arabia’s abuses—is hypocritical and dangerous.
Regulate Big Tech like a public utility and break up monopolies.
She warns that a few platforms control what information people see and what speech is allowed, calling for antitrust action (e.g., separating Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), transparency on algorithms and funding, and stronger privacy protections.
Attack systemic corruption: PAC money, lobbyists, and think‑tank influence.
Gabbard’s campaign rejects PAC and lobbyist money; she calls for banning PAC donations to members of Congress, regulating the revolving door with Wall Street and defense firms, and forcing disclosure of foreign funding for ‘expert’ think tanks.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesI’m on a mission… ending these wasteful regime‑change wars and this new Cold War and nuclear arms race.
— Tulsi Gabbard
Take your tinfoil hat off, because the military‑industrial complex is a real thing.
— Tulsi Gabbard
If the best our president can do to help support the creation of jobs is to build weapons that are being dropped on innocent people in Yemen, then we need a new president.
— Tulsi Gabbard
This path of hyper‑partisanship and extreme divisiveness ends in civil war.
— Joe Rogan (paraphrasing his concern about deplatforming and polarization)
Washington continues to underestimate the power of the people.
— Tulsi Gabbard
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