I agree with what @Julian Parks said, but I would add that they also watch the lowest common denominator of crap, for example: the fucking useless Kardashians and their insipide, horrible, socialistically criminal TV shows...!
Lewis is wonderfully honest about the oligarchy but when he mentions we don't hold Wall Street bankers accountable for their "stupidity", he should be saying "criminality".
I know Im randomly asking but does anyone know a tool to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost the password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me
Wow. I respect this man profusely. He sees what I see. Education is the key, and we're seemingly deliberately not using that key even though we hold it in our collective hand. We expect--have expected--our presidents to relinquish power when their time is up, but we don't expect our oligarchs to relinquish the amount of their wealth that they should relinquish voluntarily for the good of the country and even themselves. Bring back the 90% marginal income tax and pay teachers well enough to attract intelligent, capable teachers.
This man's thinking was also part of our history. At 70 I can tell you this was the way we thought, at least the people I was raised around. It is a shame that people not born during that generation and the one after don't know about these things. We've built an Oligarchy made of money and only money. We were much more aware of each other and would spend time thinking and talking and asking questions of each other. I miss that, sorely. Whenever we wanted to know something our parents did not know they would give you the number of someone who did. It was wonderful. Now you whip out a phone and think you have done something, learned something. It is empty and vapid learning. There is no connection amongst the populace. He isn't any more brilliant than his generation. People only say that because they did not live then.
So to summarize, America after enjoying decades of prosperity has forgotten the sacrifices that were made for the present day reality, in which a small oligarchy is squandering the future, leaving nothing for the future generations. That paints a pretty accurate picture of what is going on right now. The new generation has been handed a world in which they can't function at all. They want to blame it on technology, but that isn't it. The last two generations, since the 80s, just dropped the ball on everything. I have been living through every negative consequence of this irresponsibility called the American government, and my life has been very difficult to put it mildly. I don't think there's much hope for the future. We don't have the manpower or the cultural inspiration to save the future. I believe Americans squandered their heritage, and as such, have brought the world down with them. When people lose touch with their roots willfully, they put themselves in danger of losing their identity, and vision for the future, and that is very tragic. Though it has happened through out history, i didn't want to experience this social degradation in my lifetime. Lol but, here I'm watching the fall. It's ugly.
I think it’s our failure and avoidance of the truth that has contributed to our decline. Re-reading history for real understanding (knowing when the War of 1812 took place and knowing why it place is not the same). All of the history of the United States 🇺🇸 can be summarized with ‘Get rich beyond your wildest dreams.’
I was born in 1957..to Electrician and Farm Girl.. In a Township North of a Very Wealth and Military Officer area. The Huge flips I experienced were Teacher's Unions....Feminist .Busing .OPEC .. After OPEC people went Money Mad... Many more Large Changes.. Oh ..I owe you 32 Trillions..
Portland Oregon..Kate Brown.. Real Estate Investment Trusts..= Inflation.. Tower of Babel..Splits on the warp & weave of Society.. Single Mothers yelling for Justice ..
u betcha not "personal". That is the way politics should..I think I noticed personal attacks first, was Newt Gingrich..Seemed to me, more negativity after him.
You think the public education system has failed? Boy you ain't seen nothing yet. And it also seems that the public education system saved your life when you were a young man. Funny that.
Why didn't you follow up with his comment on his desire to consummate a relationship with his girlfriend after recovering from a serious illness? I think he was luring you in, almost hoping you would ask. You let it get away.
@@emzywillrich7243 Respectfully, I don't think he did. It reminds me of a different set of interviews. Charlie Rose interviewed photographer Richard Avedon a few times during the 1990s. Avedon was sensing his mortality and was very willing to divulge much, but Rose didn't pick up on the subtlety. Rose stuck to the script, resolved to asking all his questions in the allotted sixty minutes instead of letting Avedon proceed with a stream of consciousness. An interviewer must be self-aware, picking up on subtleties, knowing when to abandon a stupid list of questions. (Edited for removal of passive voice and poor sentence structure).
The interviewer should ask Lapham: "Tell me three things you like about each of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Trump." His liberal, Leftist ideology would suddenly reveal itself like a shark.
yes indeed, as Stephen Colbert said during his monumental roast of George W. Bush in 2006: Reality has a well known liberal bias. A nurse shark maybe, probably not what you had in mind
@@davidherz9968 Ah yes, Colbert. The Left-wing insurrectionist of our US capitol (under the guise of what...humor). Let's see if he finds the reality of his prison-cell-for-arrogant-hypocrites funny.
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More than an intellectual he is a thinker more than a thinker he is a lover - a most exemplary intellectual and the best of America.
he is your lover ?
THIS IS A MIND OF GOLD..LEWIS LAPHAM A GREAT MIND ....ONLY 98 LIKES??YOU WONDER WHAT AMERICANS READ,OR LISTEN ??
moon landing?
MSM's lies ,of course paid by the oligarchs
Americans read? Forget about it. Americans listen? Really forget about it. They already have the answers so why read or listen.
I agree with what @Julian Parks said, but I would add that they also watch the lowest common denominator of crap, for example: the fucking useless Kardashians and their insipide, horrible, socialistically criminal TV shows...!
With respect, he is a true intelleutal honest and kind. America still has good people beside evil politicians and corporation government.
Lewis is wonderfully honest about the oligarchy but when he mentions we don't hold Wall Street bankers accountable for their "stupidity", he should be saying "criminality".
Yes, all those Yalies that work there.
Thanks for providing this interview with a man whose contribution to public life has been considerable. Wish I had a full set of Lapham's Quarterly.
I know Im randomly asking but does anyone know a tool to get back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly lost the password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me
moon landing
@@marvinemory6663 phone em.
Brilliance and integrity.
Wow. I respect this man profusely. He sees what I see. Education is the key, and we're seemingly deliberately not using that key even though we hold it in our collective hand. We expect--have expected--our presidents to relinquish power when their time is up, but we don't expect our oligarchs to relinquish the amount of their wealth that they should relinquish voluntarily for the good of the country and even themselves. Bring back the 90% marginal income tax and pay teachers well enough to attract intelligent, capable teachers.
This is a fascinating interview, complete with a look in the rear view mirror historically/culturally.
This man's thinking was also part of our history. At 70 I can tell you this was the way we thought, at least the people I was raised around. It is a shame that people not born during that generation and the one after don't know about these things. We've built an Oligarchy made of money and only money. We were much more aware of each other and would spend time thinking and talking and asking questions of each other. I miss that, sorely. Whenever we wanted to know something our parents did not know they would give you the number of someone who did. It was wonderful. Now you whip out a phone and think you have done something, learned something. It is empty and vapid learning. There is no connection amongst the populace. He isn't any more brilliant than his generation. People only say that because they did not live then.
Yes..Mayoral ..
He reminds me of some of the writings of Thomas Sowell. They're close in age but upbringing are light years apart. Both highly intellectual.
Sowell is an apologist for the ruling class, Lapham is not.
Sowell is a trained apologist for Capitalism, nothing more.
So to summarize, America after enjoying decades of prosperity has forgotten the sacrifices that were made for the present day reality, in which a small oligarchy is squandering the future, leaving nothing for the future generations. That paints a pretty accurate picture of what is going on right now. The new generation has been handed a world in which they can't function at all. They want to blame it on technology, but that isn't it. The last two generations, since the 80s, just dropped the ball on everything. I have been living through every negative consequence of this irresponsibility called the American government, and my life has been very difficult to put it mildly. I don't think there's much hope for the future. We don't have the manpower or the cultural inspiration to save the future. I believe Americans squandered their heritage, and as such, have brought the world down with them. When people lose touch with their roots willfully, they put themselves in danger of losing their identity, and vision for the future, and that is very tragic. Though it has happened through out history, i didn't want to experience this social degradation in my lifetime. Lol but, here I'm watching the fall. It's ugly.
Wow a profound comment which seems true. Thank you
I hope you find many joys in your life.
I think it’s our failure and avoidance of the truth that has contributed to our decline.
Re-reading history for real understanding (knowing when the War of 1812 took place and knowing why it place is not the same).
All of the history of the United States 🇺🇸 can be summarized with ‘Get rich beyond your wildest dreams.’
I was born in 1957..to Electrician and Farm Girl..
In a Township North of a Very Wealth and Military Officer area.
The Huge flips I experienced
were Teacher's Unions....Feminist .Busing .OPEC .. After OPEC people went Money Mad...
Many more Large Changes..
Oh ..I owe you 32 Trillions..
Portland Oregon..Kate Brown..
Real Estate Investment Trusts..= Inflation..
Tower of Babel..Splits on the warp & weave of Society..
Single Mothers yelling for Justice ..
Thanks..
Excellent Assessments..People Live by Hopes..
What an extraordinary intellectual!
moon landing?
Thank you.
A wonderful interview.
Cheers!
Very interesting interview thankyou both :)
Thank you
Incredible insight
The picture of Mr. Lapham to me, seems to saying "You got to be kidding me".
Maybe his look is the result of digesting a bad potato.
@@zyrrhos moon landing?otto skorzeny
Accurate, and honest!
🕊🕊🌎🕊sharing
u betcha not "personal". That is the way politics should..I think I noticed personal attacks first, was Newt Gingrich..Seemed to me, more negativity after him.
please list Newt Gingrich's positive accomplishments...I'm waiting and ready to listen
Holy smokes is he handsome!
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vanity ...
You think the public education system has failed? Boy you ain't seen nothing yet.
And it also seems that the public education system saved your life when you were a young man. Funny that.
It seems that Public Education has changed between the 1940s and the present day.
Why didn't you follow up with his comment on his desire to consummate a relationship with his girlfriend after recovering from a serious illness? I think he was luring you in, almost hoping you would ask. You let it get away.
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otto skorzeny,moon landing
Never knew when i met him in2007 what he was all about I hope to get back in communication with him spring 2022
He made his point about his objective.
@@emzywillrich7243 Respectfully, I don't think he did. It reminds me of a different set of interviews. Charlie Rose interviewed photographer Richard Avedon a few times during the 1990s. Avedon was sensing his mortality and was very willing to divulge much, but Rose didn't pick up on the subtlety. Rose stuck to the script, resolved to asking all his questions in the allotted sixty minutes instead of letting Avedon proceed with a stream of consciousness. An interviewer must be self-aware, picking up on subtleties, knowing when to abandon a stupid list of questions. (Edited for removal of passive voice and poor sentence structure).
@@CharlesBecket --- Thankfully, Charlie Rose is in oblivion, so there is an up side to the matter.
2015,moon landing??
I DID NOT HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THIS VIDEO AND WAS THE NEXT VIDEO AFTER RING OF FIRE. STOP PAYING TH-cam TO SHOVE YOUR VIDEO DOWN MY THROAT
I care not for
The interviewer should ask Lapham: "Tell me three things you like about each of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Trump." His liberal, Leftist ideology would suddenly reveal itself like a shark.
yes indeed, as Stephen Colbert said during his monumental roast of George W. Bush in 2006: Reality has a well known liberal bias. A nurse shark maybe, probably not what you had in mind
@@davidherz9968 Ah yes, Colbert. The Left-wing insurrectionist of our US capitol (under the guise of what...humor). Let's see if he finds the reality of his prison-cell-for-arrogant-hypocrites funny.
And that is a bad thing? What good is there to be said about Reagan, Bush and Trump? Reagan was the beginning of this current destruction.
@@RiaSwiftHealing Your ignorance is exceeded only by your bigotry.
children of the elite go to private school
I think most people would send their kids to a private school if they could
@@BobJohnson648 In the USA, sure. But many, many other 1st world countries have excellent public schools.
Those who can afford it want more...remember, birds of a feather flock together
Everyone can have a library card.
@@robertdean7950 who decides what books will be in the libraries?
Not a fan of this interviewer
Well the people are inferior. It is not so much that the systems are. Can lay off the talk about privilege.