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00:00 – Christian's tweet on how the young right sees the left 04:33 – How the world looked when Nick and Christian turned 20 08:24 – Can conservatives win by playing by the old rules? 15:15 – What older conservatives can still bring to the fight 20:01 – Why Mamdani and El-Sayed couldn't have won 25 years ago 25:57 – How trans ideology spread so fast 32:18 – What the old right and young right need to agree on 36:09 – What the right should do if Democrats pack the Supreme Court 43:54 – Why so many young men on the right are black-pilled 50:09 – How to keep young men on the right from giving up 57:12 – Why young people need a real stake in the country's future 1:02:44 – Why the push for equality is really about flipping the hierarchy 1:10:03 – What the older right can do to turn this around
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