Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedLex Fridman: belief
26 Jun 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #473 – Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East
“I think an American citizen cares primarily about America. That is a fundamental belief for me.”
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- Speaker
- Lex Fridman
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 26 Jun 2025
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…You know what, Lex? I think that you probably would recognize that there are many people who lobby for Israel’s interests in the United States who clearly don’t care that much about what happens to the United States of America in it as a consequence because they care about Israel, which is a different country than America, right? It’s not part of the 50 states. I think an American citizen cares primarily about America. That is a fundamental belief for me. To make an accusation that they don’t requires a very large amount of proof for each individual. I don’t care. Pretend that American and Israel’s interests are the same, requires a tremendous amount of cognitive dissonance by those who support Israel’s interests.…
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