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Josh Hawley: “Modern liberalism is basically epicurean, by which I just…”

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And today it's tougher and tougher to support a family on one income in this country, especially blue collar income, that is devastating this country. And we need to reverse that. Modern liberalism is basically epicurean, by which I just mean the self is God. Yes, pleasure is God, self indulgence is God. So they don't really believe in much of anything. They don't believe in eternity, they don't believe in heaven or hell, they don't believe in God, they don't believe in male or female. (07:07–07:13)

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Asserts that modern liberalism is akin to Epicureanism, prioritizing self-indulgence.

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