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J. D. Vance: “Every society worships something.”

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The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy

Published July 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:24

… American elites in 2026, certainly in 20 know, 13, 2014, when I'm sort of struggling with this stuff and thinking about this stuff. So that is all true. But fundamentally Every society worships something. And I think that if you are worshiping the right things, a lot of virtue and a lot of goodness will flow from it. (04:24–04:27)

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“The person who founded the Munich Security Conference was one of the Christians who was involved in the attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.”
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“The Roman Empire in the 4th century that Augustine was surrounded by had become very corrupted.”
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“There's something very corrupt about American elites in 2026.”
The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy | Uploaded July 17, 2026 | 04:10-04:16
“If you are worshiping the right things, a lot of virtue and a lot of goodness will flow from it.”
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“There's a separate kind of ambition that is much more endemic in our society in 2026, especially among our leaders.”
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“Their way of thinking about the world is much more narrow and constrained for this very reason, because their opinions are so based on just…”
The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy | Uploaded July 17, 2026 | 08:13-08:22
“Social media has sort of taken this and supercharged it. It can spread like wildfire.”
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“The virality of social media puts it in front of you at such a quick speed.”
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“If we don't strike the right balance between human dignity and prosperity, between workers and capital owners, that it's going to inevitably…”
The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy | Uploaded July 17, 2026 | 16:35-16:45
“The way to solve the conflict is by cooperating between these different sort of segments of society.”
The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy | Uploaded July 17, 2026 | 17:30-17:38
“If you have destitution on the one hand, and extreme wealth on the other hand, but also not pretend that the solution to that is conflict.”
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“Nations are allowed to control their borders.”
The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy | Uploaded July 17, 2026 | 21:11-21:15
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“The Ukraine conflict is sort of top of mind there in Munich.”
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The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy | Uploaded July 17, 2026 | 54:04-54:12
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