Mike Cernovich (3:02)
Well, well, I'll give the censored version a part of the conversation so people don't clip it because the uncensored version is too easily clipped out of context. But when, when October 7th happened, I, I said, okay, the, this is again why you have to avoid getting clipped. Because I feel like we're with Kanye's statement. I feel like we're entering a more reasonable discourse on some of these issues and the Clippers are going to want to try to recreate controversy. But the, the lesson of October 7th, I think for a lot of guys who weren't paying attention politically or they were kind of like Norman Democrats, was that the right. We sit around all day and we just think about Jews all day. That's all we do is, oh, oh, what are you up to today? Oh, we're, we're just, you know, we're sitting around and we're making charts of who's Jewish and that's like, what we do. And, and a lot, a lot of people really believed it. And then October 7th happened and you were like, oh, wait a minute. These right wing guys are the ones who thought it was bad. And that obviously doesn't mean we agree with the response or everything Israel does. And the left wing people are posting memes. Black Lives Matter is just posting memes of people flying in a paraglider. And of course, there was an infamous tweet. What did you think resistance meant? Essays, tweets, vibes. And so that was sort of a wake up call where they realized that the, the rowdy right or the new right, however you want to think about it, says a lot of things because we, you know, we believe in open discourse, but we're still fundamentally pro civilization and pro order. So they realized that they were, they were riding maybe with the wrong crowd. So when that happened, I said this was going to be a real problem for the Democrats because they, the, the lefties can't have a reasonable conversation about Israel because they see everything through the, the means of oppressor and the oppressed. And Jews are essentially seen as just evil white people that, that's how they code everything. So that happened. I said, okay, well, with October 7th happening that you don't want to ever Say something. A tragedy is good or bad for somebody. That can be a little. That can be a little glib. But I knew politically that was creating a new sort of constellation on issues. Then, of course, you had the Maha people who were totally neglected, especially during COVID that Trump and them didn't want to lean into, Even though in 2020, I said they should, they didn't want to. They finally, the Maha coalition kind of forms, and that's what delivered primarily the popular vote. I knew we were going to. I didn't know in 2023 we're going to win, but I knew Trump is going to win the primary, But I was still iffy on the election, but I knew that in 2024, I knew we were gonna win the Electoral College. I didn't think we were gonna win the popular vote. I wish I could have called that one. I would be retweeting myself every day. Look how. Look how smart I am. I told you the popular vote. I knew we'd do the Electoral College vote because you had this new alliance of people. And then others realized that all the left, they really are bad. They don't want to debate the issues on Israel the way the right does. The. The. The reason people like me and others would get into, like, quote, unquote, so much trouble is we just view everything as up for debate. So we can sit around and is this real bad? Is it good? What about this? What about that? All day? And it doesn't necessarily mean that we hate them or love them. That's just another thing we talk about. Right? The. That's. That's what we do. And you tried to cover that in your first book. I remember we met in New York. The only reason you met is because we had a mutual friend. Because I thought, man, I don't want to sit down and talk to some guy writing a book about the new right. There's no way anybody can really understand it because it's like a debate, says I just, like, we're debating these shootings. Nobody. I was on the. I was so glad that I was on the. An airplane yesterday with Scott Adams. The celebration of life that we went to. Because I looked around and everybody's talking about the snowstorm in Nashville, weather disruptions, travel disruptions, and the Rams and Seattle. I think we're playing. No. But meanwhile, we're on X furritively. What does the shooting mean for the midterms? What is this? We get. We get sort of spun up because we only touch grass more. And I think touch grass What a lot of people who spend a lot of time on X do. What I always took that to mean is you have to be out in the world. You have to be an evangelist of Source. It doesn't mean touch grass, go to the gym, do your hill sprints, which you should do, mountain bike and all that. But you got to be in the world and look around at what everybody's actually talking about before you think, well, this moment in time is pivotal and this is really going to impact 2024, 2026, 2028. You got to zoom out a little bit and realize that really isn't the big issue. The big issue is still Maha. That hasn't changed from 2024. Big Issue is still Israel. And people finding the new equilibrium is is the word I'm looking for. Because they are finding out, oh yeah, these guys, they'll like they should talk Israel, but they don't hate it, right? They don't hate it. They're just saying, why can they do this and we can't do that. Why can you do this? And why? We're. It's just more of a sense making discussion than anything else. Whereas the left is just looney tunes on this stuff. And then you're seeing. And then people on the right who maybe had bigger problems with Israel are seeing the correlation of the anti ice people are all anti Israel people. So I'm. I'm sort of stuck in the middle because I'm not hardcore pro Israel person at all, to put it obviously, sometimes I get people saying, oh, you got to ease up on Israel or whatever. And I think, well, I don't need to ease up on him. I'd have actually one of the funnier conversations I had with the person. He goes, man, you're going hard on Israel. And I said, have you ever seen me talk about Netanyahu the way I talk about Keir Starmer? I think we should send in Delta to take Keir Starmer into custody. But God helped me. I posted, I thought the ambulance shooting was not a good situation and needed to be investigated and everything. So people are realizing that realignment maybe isn't the right word, but I think people on the right are realizing that the, the left is just fully anti civilization. They're anti ice, they're anti borders. That's really why they hate Israel. They don't really hate Israel because Israel is just a uniquely bad place. They just see it as all part of it. So then if you're somebody who was maybe a blackman kind of type, you Realize, oh yeah, they're just gonna line all of us up against the wall. What. What in the world? They're. They. These, the left people really are anti order. They're full agents of chaos. And then I think a lot of the, maybe hardcore pro Israel people are realizing that when you, when you make Israel a live wire, all that does is gets people, all that does is get the worst about it. Because people like me think, oh, do I really want to say anything? I'm. I've been yelled at enough today. I've been yelled at enough. I've hit my quota. So I don't want to defend Israel. I don't really want to attack it. And then that leaves the conversation over for people who are obsessive on either end. So then you have the hardcore pro Israel people who can be quite alienating to the right or people like me, because I think we should be able to talk about anything. And the left is just Israel's evil all the time. And they're hitting it so that. So people are realizing, okay, we got a problem here. And by that I mean people like me are also realizing that I'm like, man, you guys are going to make me a flag waiver. But the anti Israel size about to make me a flag waiver because they're so hateful. It's just a neo Bolshevik kind of movement. So you have that. You have the Maha people who. They're getting some wins with RFK Jr. I don't think they're getting maybe what they deserve. I think they deserve a lot more than what they're getting, but they're at least in the room. And a lot of the Maha people I've been trying to. Because we were right here. I, I was, I knew all the original, quote unquote, crazy anti vax moms. Right? I. I knew all them from Get Go. I would cover their events and talk to them. People forget. This is again why it's hard to look into 2028. And I believe it was either 2022 or 2023. You'd have to check it. RFK Jr got nuked from social. He was really. I forgot about this Instagram bit. Yeah, because our people. Yeah, no, you, you, because I, I heard all this. I would get tweets from the. The Maha moms. And Bobby got banned from everything. Del Big Tree banned from everything. You can check the exact date on that. He was banned from Instagram everywhere else. He was more or less politically nuked. And then Nicole Shanahan backs his campaign. Next thing you Know, he's in the mix. Censorship, culture changes, there's a lot of flux. And what I think the right or the maga movement, Maha Memphis realizing is that you, the left wing, they're full ideologues. You have to be fully committed to the destruction of America. People on the right, you gotta just get used to people not agreeing with you. You gotta realize that the Maha people, I always tell the moms that you're not gonna get everything you want and when you do things, there's gonna be political consequence to it. You have to make trade offs. The same thing for people like me, the same thing for the hardcore pro Israel people. Everyone's realizing for a coalition to work, you're going to have to be around people that you disagree with. And you can't just nuke everybody. You can't say, okay, I saw this one clip now, so I have to nuke this, I have to nuke this person from orbit. Well, great. Now you've alienated a political ally who agrees with you enough that you can get wins out of it. And you maybe have antagonized someone or you've given people no offroad. So everybody has to grow up. And I think it all ties into my, my ranting and raving against the, the crisis of extended adolescence, right? Which is I lived it too, and to some degree, and it's a little embarrassing. You think, like I used to go to bars, like, why in the world was I ever at a bar? I look back with some kind of shame, right? You'd go to a bar and smoke cigarettes and listen to degenerate music. And when you're younger, that's one thing, maybe necessarily, I don't agree with it, but you think people are just living that life way too long. Go to Austin. It's kind of like Wonderland for kids still. You guys are in your 40s, you're the old guy at the bar. Get out of here, get out of here. Right? And for a political coalition to work, everybody just has to be mature. Guess what? There's 10 of you in the room. You have 11 different point of view. Pick your three issues, help everybody win on their issues. Try to be likable, try to be a good partner in this, and then nobody's going to get 100%. But if everybody can get 70%, 80%, don't become too pushy and more or less grow up, right? So having a parent, I learned more about politics. Because your kids will bicker to the end over a plastic toy, right? They'll be in the back seat to. In the car, and it's some crappy little. My kids one time got in a fight over. It was, you know those plastic Easter eggs you get with little toy in it? They fought over the Easter egg that was empty. But they're at each other's throats. And that's a very childish, childish way. And we judge them as children. But then in politics, you're thinking, why are we fighting tooth and nail over this? Why are we at each other's throats over this? Why don't we just all grow up and relax? So you have. You have. Those forces are coming together in a lot of different ways. It's a very strong coalition. There's always going to be hiccups. You're always going to deal with, why do you like that guy? And I'm like, who cares? Again, that's like a very childish question. Why do you still like, you know, so and so. I'm not going to name names, but why do you like. Why? Are you asking why I like a person? Are we. Are we a little kid now passing notes in class? Do you like Michael Malice? Check yes or check no. And maybe more people. Yeah, right. Maybe. I always tell people, I go, guys, I don't like myself, Okay? I don't even like me. Yeah, I like my kids, I like my wife. I don't like myself. So why are you asking me about other people? I like them. I don't like anybody, man, let alone me, because I'm the. I'm the wrong guy. Even asking. Everybody has to grow up a little bit. And I think. I think people are growing up. So for 2028, we know it's going to be nasty. We know the primary is going to be a nasty thing. And I've been telling everybody, not everybody wants to listen. Why don't we fight in 2027? Why don't we do that? You don't like Tucker. Great. Okay, go after Tucker in 2027. Okay? The mid. The midterms are coming up. Just deal with it. You're going to be right. Like Matt Walsh, I think, has a good perspective on it, which is for now, anyway. The primaries are obviously different, but for now, if you do not want me dead, that is good enough. You might say some dodgy things, you might have some positions that I don't agree with, but you don't want me to end up like Charlie Kirk. For now, that's good. 2027, all bets are off. The knives are going to come out. We almost going to happen. Great. Can we just have a year of solidarity? Try to get the midterms? Try to. It's going to be very hard to win the midterms, primarily because of redistricting and all the drawings of maps the Democrats did. But I'm thinking, can we just calm down this year? Try to do the midterms? And then. So January 26, 2026, what are we. Yeah, we're 2026. Can we do this in 2027? Please? Let's not do this now. Let's all. And that's again, also part of being adult. An adult is you know that you're going to have the negotiation. You know you're going to have the fights coming. You know that's going to happen. But you don't have to fight all the time over everything. So 2026, I'm definitely pessimistic about, but a lot can happen before then. 2028, I'm not pessimistic at all about, but I do know that we're going to, we're going to go through it, so to speak.