Transcript

This Is How You Fix America

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· 21 min · 3,535 words · 56 timestamped sections

This is the full, timestamped transcript of "This Is How You Fix America", an episode of StevenCrowder published January 13, 2026 (21 min, about 3,535 words). It mentions 12 people, works and ideas, including tribalism, political violence, MAGA movement, Second Amendment, American revolution.

What this episode is about

The discussion emphasizes the necessity of tribalism as a means for conservatives, particularly those aligned with the MAGA movement, to unify against leftist ideologies. It argues that strong in-group loyalty is essential for political effectiveness, while acknowledging the existence of diverging opinions within various groups.

Key takeaways

  • Tribalism isn't just inevitable; it's the glue that binds ideological factions against a common adversary.
  • Diversity of thought is great, until it dilutes our ability to unite against shared threats—cue tribalism.
  • In a world of divisive ideologies, strong tribal loyalty serves as a shield against the chaos of relativism.
  • While nuance matters, a tribal alliance is crucial for confronting the majority consensus of ideological foes.
  • Groups that prioritize tribal unity are better equipped to fight for their values in a polarized society.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: tribalism, Second Amendment, MAGA movement, Renee Mlin Good
  2. – 10:00: tribalism
  3. – 15:00: LWC Gold, True Gold Republic, tribalism, political violence
  4. – 20:00: Minnesota Wild, Mike V
  5. – 21:26: Russia

Notable quotes from "This Is How You Fix America"

  • There are some on the Democrat left who support strong Second Amendment protections. There are some on the right who may be ambivalent. And it's not lost on me, these numbers don't exist in.
    about Second Amendment · at
  • The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support forms of DEI, race or gender-based quotas, hiring practices. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support removal of historical.
    about DEI judge · at
  • You cannot fight one giant unified tribe with smaller unallied factions. You have to form an equally large if ideally larger tribe, a unified tribe.
    about tribalism · at
  • Everything. No one is expected to. It doesn't even mean that you shouldn't disagree and hold those on the political right conservative MAGA America first accountable. You are…
    about MAGA movement · at
  • Know sometimes people will say Hey, hey, you should never support political violence. You've never heard me say that political violence is never appropriate. All right?…
    about political violence · at
  • Minnesota Wild. They're going to have to call that guy.
    about Minnesota Wild · at
  • Any leftists who think they want Civil War watch this reminds me of an old Mike V video. You remember Mike V, the skater.
    about Mike V · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Renee Mlin Good — Person · Referenced example (comparative outrage claim) · 1 mention · first at
    Used as a contrasting case to George Floyd to argue that protest/public reaction is inconsistent across cases.
    Right now there are plenty of black people who supported George Floyd, for example, who believe that the reaction to Renee Good's death is inconsistent because no one would…
  • Mike V — Person · Referenced pop-culture figure (analogy) · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a skater in an old video where he fights multiple attackers, used to compare to the fight clip being discussed.

Companies & orgs

  • Minnesota Wild — Company · Humorous aside / pop-culture reference · 2 mentions · first at
    Referenced jokingly as a hockey team that should recruit the man in the fight clip for his toughness.

Concepts & topics

  • tribalism — Concept · Core topic · 5 mentions · first at
    The speaker argues tribalism is not a vice but a necessary strategy for conservatives to unify against the political left.
  • political violence — Concept · Core topic (norms/justification debate) · 1 mention · first at
    The speaker rejects an absolute ban on political violence, invokes the American Revolution, and frames a street fight clip as 'justified violence' rather than political violence.
  • MAGA movement — Concept · Referenced political identity / in-group · 1 mention · first at
    Used as part of the conservative coalition the speaker wants unified under a single 'tribe' opposing leftists.
  • Second Amendment — Concept · Example issue in left-right split · 2 mentions · first at
    Cited as a major wedge issue where the speaker claims the left supports erosion/stripping of gun rights and the right opposes it.
  • DEI judge — Concept · Example issue in left-right split · 1 mention
    Used as an example of a left-majority policy preference (quotas/hiring practices) that the speaker claims the right opposes.

Places & events

  • American revolution — Event · Historical justification reference · 1 mention · first at
    Invoked to argue that political violence can be appropriate in some circumstances, undermining an absolute pacifist stance.
    Political violence. You've never heard me say that political violence is never appropriate. All right? Otherwise, we wouldn't have an American revolution. that being said…
  • Russia — Place · Setting in anecdote · 1 mention · first at
    Referenced in a story about a 'Russian guy' defending his wife, used as another example of decisive violence/self-defense.
    There was a great video. I couldn't find it of a Russian guy walking with his wife in the park and he's of course looks just like a he's has the tracksuit and he's walking and this one guy just literally backhand smacks his wife as.

Sponsors

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  • LWC Gold — Company · Advertiser / sponsor mentioned in ad read · 2 mentions · first at
    Given as the website (lwcgold.com) and phone number for qualifying for a 'no fees for life' gold IRA.
    Sign up or call today and see if you qualify for a no fees for life IRA.

Full transcript with timestamps

Tribalism. I don't only think it's good. I think it's necessary. I'd like to take a minute here. This is just, I guess, sort of a video oped. I want to take a minute here to make a case to you because we see a lot of infighting on the right and people wondering about the future of the direction of the country. Thinking about it a lot during the break. Look, it comes down to this. You hear the word all the time, tribalism, right? It's often used as a pjorative to denigrate. You'll hear people, you know, sort of extol the notion that uh well, you know, it's those in power, man. They see they just want us waring, man.

Tribalism is to keep us fighting and and not going after those in power, man. You got to stop the tribalism. That's wrong. Uh because the most important thing that those on the right that conservatives, those who support America first, the MAGA movement, the most important thing that all of us can do is oppose leftists as a group, as a tribe. Tribalism means by definition that you have a strong in-group loyalty often combined with a negative view of outsiders. as to the future of this country. Uh tribalism is good. Tribalism is necessary. The only thing that really remains is determining what our tribe is and who is outside of it.

Let me explain why. Um I know you can certainly find disagreements on any notable issue of the day, be it cultural, economic, social. For example, right now there are plenty of black people who supported George Floyd, for example, who believe that the reaction to Renee Good's death is inconsistent because no one would protest if a black person uh was shot by cops who was resisting arrest. Of course, that's wrong. And that's a common theme you'll see with a lot of these smaller groups uh uncommon sort of divergence in opinion. I'll give you some more examples. There are some of those on the Democrat left who support Israel, for example, and there are some of those on the right who don't.

There are some on the Democrat left who support strong Second Amendment protections. There are some on the right who may be ambivalent. And and it's not lost on me, these numbers don't exist in especially small numbers, by the way, but they are not the majority. rarely if ever. These outliers are just that, outliers. But an overwhelming prepoundonderance of data, history, realworld results at this point show us that the major issues of our day break down into overwhelming majorities of two distinct worldviews, left and right, in a way that cannot be seen across any other primary groups, no matter how you divide or categorize people.

So yes, the left will as a majority support extreme forms of abortion. The right as a majority will not. The majority of the left will support erosion of our immigration laws. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will actively oppose deportations of illegal aliens. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will oppose the building, for example, of a border wall. We saw that. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support forms of censorship or hate speech regulation as sometimes or often justified. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support experimental sexuality, gender, including, by the way, transitioning of children. Majority of the left. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support teaching public curriculums that paint America as the villains of history, more guilty than other nations

to have come before us. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support significant erosions and ultimately the stripping of your second amendment rights. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will have favorable views of socialism. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support more government control over children in comparison and in lie of their parents. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will hold negative views of traditional Christianity. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support feminism. More specifically, the upending of traditional gender norms.

The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support forms of DEI, race or gender-based quotas, hiring practices. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support removal of historical American Christian symbolism, including but not limited to monuments, documents, and even wording. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support extreme environmental restrictions on your daily life, including but not limited to what kind of car you can drive, what kind of food you can eat, etc. The majority of the right will not.

The majority of the left will support affirmative action in education. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support increases in almost all significant taxes outside of the poverty income bracket. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support the policy or the idea that those in the poverty uh bracket not be required to contribute anything to taxes and be net drains. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will oppose work requirements for welfare, social safety net benefits. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will support the use of said benefits for sugary soda drinks. The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will oppose voter identification.

The majority of the right will not. The majority of the left will when pled, and I will make all of these results available to you. Check the link in the description. The majority of the left will support use of violence as a means of political resistance or a readily available tool for political change. The majority of the right will not. And all of the above, by the way, all of those issues have polling demonstrating an overwhelming majority split on both sides. Meaning that on all issues, you'll see a majority of leftists and conservatives being for or opposed, respectively. For context, uh, if you look at those polls, check the references, to the tune of about 60 to 90% as far as a majority of the left, majority of the right in support or opposition, respectively. What that means is that if you were to make a bet and you were to attribute an aborant or simply wrong view to any particular

group, if you simply bet leftist every time, you would be correct at least 60 to 90% of the time. This is very important because it helps you understand and identify the enemy. And I'm using my language very thoughtfully and carefully. Yes. Enemy for every issue at which the thread of Americanism very the very core of Americanism is being pulled, yanked, torn, for every person seeking to destroy the very foundation that makes this nation singularly unique and admirable if you believe it. For every instance, 55, 60 to 90% of the time, you will find a leftist pulling at that thread.

They are the only ones who can truly destroy the country. They are the only ones who have both the corrosive views of the world and the numbers or means with which to accomplish their goals. And this brings us back to tribalism. You cannot fight one giant unified tribe with smaller unallied factions. You have to form an equally large if ideally larger tribe, a unified tribe. Historically, let me make this clear. Historically, those with no tribe are slaves. Surfs at best. Slaves most of the time. So the question becomes are the remaining 10 to 30% of issues on which you may diverge with some on the right worth willingly handing power over to the left.

If not, then you need to join a tribe as a conservative. Now look, I significantly diverge with the left on serious issues that are foundational to America in a way that cannot be said of any other class by which I may divide or delineate myself. Be it income, class, age, race, uh professional field, degree of education, religion, or even gender. You would not find that consistent disagreement and split with a group that has an overwhelming majority opposed to what I believe than the left. There would be no other way.

No other group. Now, that doesn't mean, just to be clear, doesn't mean that you have to agree with the right on everything. No one is expected to. It doesn't even mean that you shouldn't disagree and hold those on the political right conservative MAGA America first accountable. You are expected to as your duty to operate within and improve the tribe. But you, you, you, everyone here, you, I, we are still precluded from linking arms with today's political left always because of what is at stake. That is also our duty. Because the data, because of the real world history and results, it is our duty to ensure that the political left can gain no foothold in this country whatsoever because we know how that ends. We are guaranteed of how that ends. I may not and I do not agree with those on the right on everything, but I consistently and foundationally disagree with the left more than any other group that's ever existed

throughout mankind and certainly in today's America. And those issues determine the fate, the future of America. They determine the fate for the tribe of America. So tribalism, I don't only think it's good. I think it's necessary. And anyone who wants a bumper sticker saying it's not left versus right, I think you need to wake up. And comment below if you disagree.

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Come on, let me set this up for you, okay? And I know sometimes people will say like, "Hey, hey, uh, you should never support political violence." You've never heard me say that political violence is never appropriate. All right? Otherwise, we wouldn't have an American revolution. Uh that being said, you've not seen me call for political violence. And in the following clip, with the one you're about to see, this is not political violence. This is simply justified violence. It's just good violence. Now, the fact that all of the people clocked, the fact that all the people get ping out cold happen to be leftists who are disrupting, that's just an added bonus. So, this is a clip of a bunch of leftist protesters harassing, assaulting a man and he has finally had enough and it just it warms the soul.

He can't do that. That can pierce your ears. It's grievous bodily injury. There's like warnings on them that say that you can't do that.

Trying to get away, removing himself multiple times. And then he'll be laughing long.

And then he decides that he doesn't need to be assaulted and battered anymore. And then And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are aart. And you decorated my life by painting your love. All over my heart. You decorated my life.

Like a rhyme with no reason in an unfinished song. There was no harmony. Life meant nothing.

Hey guys. Hey. Yeah. Is this what love feels like? It is. It is. A I never thought I'd know it.

He showed me what love is. That's great. It's fantastic. I like the guy in the red comes back.

He comes back. He got embarrassed and then got mad and goes, "Uh-uh, I'm tough."

Yeah. And then he just got folded like a buffalo table. He's the guy He's the guy with the with the megaphone.

Yeah. And I will say this, it looks like the guy has an understanding of the basics because he does wind up with a wild punch. But that's when he knows the guy can't hit him backing. Then he kind of sets his feet when a few guys come in and that guy in red comes right back, hands down like he's not even expecting it. Bing, and he does the stiff timber.

You know what's You know what's great to me is that that guy, he gets knocked out the second time. He has no idea what's happening cuz he's knocked out. He just folds over. He's going to have to watch this back and realize that the guy knocked him out and didn't think about him for a second longer. He was on to the next guy just pounded that dude's face.

Yeah. And that's very clearly self. He's not He's not pounding on a guy on the ground. He's not kicking him stomping. He Bing bing backs up, moves on. They follow him. Bing bing bing. Oh, you coming back for more? Hey, hello, old friend. Bing. And he's going to have to watch himself throw with gusto the umbrella and take off his gloves as he's walking up to get his ass beat again. It's just Sorry. It's just hilarious.

What's uh what's Minnesota's hockey team? Uh is it the Well, it used to be the Minnesota Northstar. It's the Wild.

Minnesota Wild. They're going to have to call that guy. Yes, they are. Yeah. To call him out. It doesn't matter if you can score. It doesn't Can you skate? That's all that matters.

The people you can comment below. You support this, right? People saying like, "Aren't we better than that?" No, no, no, no, no, no, no. The guy is blaring that megaphone in his ear. By the way, I have those. They come with a warning to not put them right up against your ear. That could that could cause permanent hearing loss. He tries to brush it away. He moves away. He kind of pushes with his foot. He's walking away. And then finally, when the He's like, "You know what? All right. I see my opportunity." Bing. And he wants to move on and he gets uh he gets jumped by a bunch of people who apparently had no semblance of an understanding that this may go poorly for them.

Yes. Where do you get that confidence? It was great. not being able to fight at all. And that's a lot of confidence.

Well, these people are delusional come from. Did you hear them yelling? They're yelling, "Yeah, nobody likes you incel." It's they're almost quite literally They're just use

It's a weird thing to call someone. You can call somebody an involuntary celibate.

Yeah. Like, but I've had sex. Yeah. And it also Yeah, but you're an incel. And that also means you have the right

I'm still going to have sex tonight. Yeah. That doesn't bother me at all. By the way, when people say that's like, "You're an incel so I have the right to harass you." You you do realize that you're you're basically saying, "Yeah, you're so unattractive that people won't sleep with you, loser. I'm a bully. I'm going to assault a loser. I'm going to assault a nerd, an outcast." You are the bully. You get that, right? When you punch someone or assault them for being an incel, which I doubt this man, this man was probably swimming in snatch after this.

Oh, he is for sure now. Yes, he is. Yeah. He's going to get Minnesota wild later tonight.

Absolutely. I do think he's going to be one of them Vikings. Listen, he's going to get VKD.

YOU NEED MY SEED. I hope I hope they don't press charges, but I think he's going to get in trouble for the first punch. Not that he should, but I think he will.

He might. I was bent over looking away. I support it wholeheartedly. We should start a GoFundMe.

Yeah, exactly. Important to know he didn't kill anybody. That's right. Yeah, he didn't kill anybody. He didn't kill anybody.

He didn't kill anybody. He didn't even follow up and kick anybody on the ground like the jackals who gang beat people.

He insult He assaulted that guy so bad he got up and wanted more. Yes, exactly.

Well, he went to the grass. He's like, I'm about to knock these people out. I don't want them to hit the concrete. Like, I'm going to go to the grass for them for their protection.

That's I think he went to the grass for himself. I think so. I think I think he was like, you know what? This could go that there's going to be a bunch of them coming in. And uh you notice he shortens up his punches when there's a group and then when that red guy comes back up, he's like, no, I have time to this back. Give him a cartoon wine.

Yeah, the petty rubbles. Hilarious. It's almost like he wasn't even looking at him. The guy's coming over here and he's looking over here and he's like, "There you are."

Any leftists who think they want Civil War watch this reminds me of an old Mike V video. You remember Mike V, the skater.

Yeah. Yeah. There's an old video where he was like uh by a couple um you know, semi-truck trailers and these guys surrounded him and he beat the crap out of like three or four guys. It's so good.

It was on a skate video for a long time. There was a great video. I couldn't find it of a a Russian guy walking with his wife in the park and he's of course looks just like a he's has the tracksuit and he's walking and this one guy just literally backhand smacks his wife as they're walking through and there's two of them and he's just bing bing bing bing and he knocks both of them out. They get back up and his wife starts YELLING AT HIM, "NO." LIKE she knows what he's capable of. He just grabs her arm. He's like, "Let's get out of here."

I think that might have been an accident too like ah that was like and No, no, no, it wasn't. It wasn't. He literally and he smacks her. But the point is, do you think after he he he knocked out, he clocked that guy in red and then, you know, he he I would say he definitely rung the bell of the other guys. Do you think that when he turned and saw the guy in red coming back, that's as happy as a human being has ever been?

I mean, I think so. Yeah. He knows his enemy. Yeah. Yeah. It's like a dog watching you pull a Frisbee out.

Yes. Yes. Exactly. His tail started wagging. Yeah. He started jumping up. Anyway, the left is if they didn't expect us. Oh, you're still here and you're still watching this on YouTube. You've probably noticed something is missing by now. I'm not here. That's because the Live Daily Show is now streaming exclusively on Rumble weekdays at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. Tune in there where nothing is censored.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "This Is How You Fix America"?

Steven Crowder (Host), Josh (Guest), Gerald (Guest).

What is "This Is How You Fix America" about?

The discussion emphasizes the necessity of tribalism as a means for conservatives, particularly those aligned with the MAGA movement, to unify against leftist ideologies. It argues that strong in-group loyalty is essential for political effectiveness, while acknowledging the existence of diverging opinions within various groups.

What is mentioned in this StevenCrowder episode?

12 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including tribalism, political violence, MAGA movement, Second Amendment, American revolution, DEI judge. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "This Is How You Fix America"?

The episode runs 21 min; the transcript is about 3,535 words in 56 timestamped sections.

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About this transcript: the episode's spoken words as captioned on YouTube, split into timestamped sections. Reclip.Me locates every person, work and idea in the text, keeps the time it is first named, and quotes the words around it verbatim. Last updated January 24, 2026.