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Well, this is a first for this fully operational podcast: we tackle Socialism, the newly hip, but always old school form of government. To cover both sides of the argument, we call on Washington Post columnist Elizabeth Bruenig and longtime Ricochet member (and Professor of Political Science at Skidmore) Flagg Taylor. Also, Manfort, Cohen, and all that jazz, and finally, what’s the most accurate gauge of a robust economy? Easy, it’s the state of Lileks Oil in Fargo, North Dakota. Spoiler alert: business is great.
Music from this week’s episode: Talkin’ bout A Revolution by Tracy Chapman
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You will!
Rest assured, everyone — Liz will be back on soon:
https://twitter.com/ebruenig/status/1032485267964350464
Rich people – bad.
Unions – good.
Its another example of their double standards, 99% of union donations go to democrats and lefty causes. They seem to think that the donations come from the middle class members not the over-paid executives, who are directly re-paying political debts with union dues. IF the unions where democratically directing their donations as the membership wanted, that would be a different thing.
What about the undue influence of George Soros, Tom Steyer?
What about public institutions and agencies? I think that any charity that takes money from any level government as well as the public should not make political contributions. IF they claim that contributions are bribes, why arent Planned Parenthood’s donations a problem?
I caught that too. It’s a standard line from conservatives that the Left wants to make everyone equal by cutting down the rich, not by lifting the poor. I didn’t think that anyone actually said that, so it was surprising to hear her admit it.
C’mon, Don. Logic is a tool of the soulless Patriarchy to keep the people down.
Thank you for having Flagg on afterward.He took some of the edge off.
Props to Peter Robinson. It was his idea.
Good pitch, Rob. You got me to re-up.
It is worth it. You aren’t just paying for content. You are paying to add good content.
Hey Rob,
Do you actually believe that Christ is an embodiment of the Logos? I always thought that you were an agonistic. It’s fine if you want to change your mind but I would like to know what is going on.
That’s fine with me, but I hope the guys will do a better job of showing why she’s wrong.
Foolish, even.
I couldn’t describe her as “thoughtful,” either. We should try socialism because… why, it has a proven record of success? That’s no more “thoughtful” than we should try socialism because the moon is made of green cheese. (That comparison just fits the situation far too often.)
Not just “Unions.” RICH Unions.
She seems to have bought into the narrative that the unions represent the collective voices of their members, and therefore it’s different. The fact that right to work laws inevitably result in a mass exodus away from the unions, thus indicating that there are a lot of people who would prefer to speak for themselves, doesn’t seem to have registered.
Yeah, the rise of the Politics of Resentment is truly alarming. So, too, is the way people can be so blithe and casual about expressing it. They see nothing wrong with the notion that, “”If I have a lot and you have a lot more, well, you have too much!”
Yeah, many Leftists — buoyed by their numbers — have discarded any pretense of economic fairness. Why bother pretending, right? So the mask has fallen and they have gone full Robespierre.
If so, might I suggest having Ricochet members post questions for her based on her statements from this podcast?
Just for you, we’re going to have her back on to discuss why a Socialist federal government will never finance a manned mission to Mars.
We will absolutely do this.
(emphasis added)
I don’t know what an agonistic is, but it sounds like someone who should want to change his mind.
(Ha)
Given that the public teachers’ unions have ruined primary and high school education in this country, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that so many “learned” people buy the concept that the collective voice is better than a collection of individual voices.
Should Jaime Escalante, the calculus teacher of Stand and Deliver fame, receive the same pay as a second grade teacher of equal seniority? (Ask the socialist “which one could be replaced more easily – the 2d grade teacher or the calculus teacher?” Better yet, ask a second grade teacher if she could teach calculus.) No doubt the National Education Association and American Federated Teachers unions believe that the pay should be based on seniority, not on any measure of competence or specialized skill.
No no no… not good… showing someone to be foolish is not helpful.
(Well, in certain situations, for comedic value…)
This is an opportunity to learn from an insider. Ask questions. Get the lowdown. Draw out information about the mechanisms that make the system work. Correct misconceptions.
The best defense against socialism is to learn more about it.
The DUI was a public record.
A public record that was decades old, yet wasn’t reported until the weekend before the election.
Nothing to see here folks, move along. Public record.
They have to go to Mars in order to tax all the rich people there.
By all means, draw out all that information. THEN show why it’s claptrap. Because if you just leave it hanging, it could seem valid/respectable.
I’m convinced that the bulk of the Democrat party just throws stuff on the wall to see what sticks and they don’t care if it leads to Nordic-style welfare capitalism (which is a pipe dream for the USA for a bunch of reasons) or the full DSA website.
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IMO, her husband, Matt Bruenig, says some pretty out there stuff. These guys want the CPI at 4% yesterday to effect the People’s Revolution and they are the Designated Mandarins in Charge.
If you want to know why people want socialism and Trump, I cannot recommend enough to get a Real Vision pass and watch the “Exchange” series. It’s 90 total minutes. When the government is this centralized and the Fed has been nothing but loose since 1996 or 1971, depending on how you want to look at it, this is all very predictable. Also check out Doug Nolan, Harold Malmgren, and David Stockman.
You guys should interview this guy to see what he thinks of this discussion. Richard Weinstein. He found the Gruber tapes. Great twitter feed.
Here is the other explanation why people want socialism and Trump.
Different article
The #1 enemies of the GOP and libertarians is centralization, central bank discretion, and the Frankfurt School.
A million zillion podcasts and no Austrian economists-ever. You can go through three dozen of them before you get to the scary ones that the RINO’s ridicule. Hell even Thomas Sowell wants to wipe out the Fed. He told that to Peter Robinson on video.