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Schulz: Domestic criticism undermines a leader's leverage in tariff negotiations
“It's impossible to do these negotiations with any leverage if you have the people within your own country questioning your ability to negotiate in real time.”
Schulz: People only support capitalism when they hold ownership
“Capitalism is bad when you're left behind. When you're invested in capitalism, it's great, baby.”
Andrew Schulz: YouTube forced streaming networks to compete for comedy specials
“I think that what we did is created another marketplace for comedy that the streaming networks had to now compete with. So they were losing comics to YouTube because it was more advantageous to put your comedy up on YouTube and build a following and then go se…”
Schulz: Conspiracy theories thrive because they offer an easy dopamine hit
“There's an obsession with conspiracy, because there's, I mean, that's twofold. One, like, it's the easiest way for dumb people to feel smart, like, when you know something no one else knows, and you get to share with people, like, there's that, like, dopamine …”
Andrew Schulz: Accent comedy succeeds when rooted in authentic cultural knowledge
“If you tap into the culture, like to let them know, hey, I didn't learn this from the Simpsons. And I learned it from my buddy's family. Then I think you'll see people who are like Indian Sri Lankan, they'll be like, oh, he, oh, he got, he's got friends.”