Mark and Carrie dare you to say “everything is great” right now
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.
On this episode:
Trump potentially gets removed from the GOP primary ballot in Colorado, and the risks of involving the courts in a presidential election
How the politics of immigration will affect the 2024 race in the US
Elise Stefanik grills University presidents on Capitol Hill, highlighting the thorny politics of Israel, Gaza, and free speech on college campuses
The political economy of Argentina’s new president Javier Milei
The Fed decides to hold interest rates steady, and the market reacts with…enthusiasm
China’s economic slowdown, and the limits of growth in authoritarian societies
Where the Israeli-Gaza conflict goes from here, and how it might affect US politics going forward
Google’s loss in court to Epic Games, and American’s very mixed record regulating monopolies.
Great take on Israel, Mark, thanks.
If calling for genocide can't be rejected then we're done as a civilization. That has to be the ultimate non-partisan question.
These two, lovely people, always remind me that the middle class aren't nasty or uncaring. They, simply are removed from the reality of the masses.
Had to laugh when Mark put "Trump supporters" and "thinking" into the same sentence.
I mean the "calls for genocide" were referring to chants of "intifada" and "from the river to the sea"... that framing shouldn't be taken at face value by someone serious.....
just a joke bro gassing n stuff
From the river etc can be seen in the Likud party's declaration from the start. Easily googled.
@@svenhanson398 You're almost correct this is the first part of it in context:
'The Right of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel)
a. The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and is linked with the right to security and peace; therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.
b. A plan which relinquishes parts of western Eretz Israel, undermines our right to the country, unavoidably leads to the establishment of a "Palestinian State," jeopardizes the security of the Jewish population, endangers the existence of the State of Israel. and frustrates any prospect of peace.'
Source: jewish virtual library
@@Humannondancer I am not ALMOST correct, just google it. And no, Israel does not have the right to do what it has been up to since 1948. Zionism is a racist supremacist ideology and is mirrored in the actions of the state of Israel. Kahana settlers are a perfect example of that. You talk about security while the whole region is constantly going up in flames and deaths, for both the Jews and others in the region. What kind of security is that. On the contrary. Jewish population you write, is that the Israelis or the 18 million or so Jews in the world that Israel claims to represent. Without asking those who does not live there or want to live there, amidst chaos and killings and repression.
Same on the plane wifi! Also 4 more years, you guys are awesome!
'That's bollocks, you shouldn't be doing it' Well, Mark, except it's protected speech.
Happy Christmas and New Year, heres to surviving the election 🎉
I'm so disappointed in Carrie.
Well the universities have done a poor job in being even handed with enforcement. The example used by some was some shlep who had accepted to Harvard (but was not attending) who made some questionable social media posts and had his acceptance reversed and, in this case, some students who were far more aggressive in Palestinian advocacy.
Now I think private institutions should have standards of conduct, but to disenroll some while claiming the sanctity of First Amendment protected speech in the case of the other, just looks like a sore that conservatives can pick at.
Happy Holidays !
4 more years!
😂
Gimme break the economy has been shit since the 1970's. It used to be you could have a middle class life with a high school education or less working in a factory. Those were union jobs with defined benefit pensions. Those union jobs were offshored to the third world and China; thereby destroying the unions. Those jobs were replaced with service sector jobs with no benefits. The US military and CIA repressed labor organizing in those countries. They overthrew populist political leaders who threatened American imperial interests. And it is just getting worse. Because people cannot refinance their homes to pay off their credit cards or pay for their new car etc. What voodoo economic scheme is going to lower interest rates? We have headlines screaming "Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American." I see empty storefronts everywhere. Businesses that used to be 24/7 like Walmart before 2020 still have not returned to that schedule. Those are lost jobs. There are homeless people everywhere. People see through the gaslighting now. It's not like the 80's when you could have some egghead interviewed on Good Morning America telling people things are good to shape perceptions. Things are bad and public relations and manufacture consent gaslighting no longer work.
I mean you are right in that it started in the 70s, but things are much, much worse for the average person now than they were in the 70s
@@JaydedWun I think we agree then. Not only are things much worse the US Ruling Class (unlike the CPC) are ideologically opposed to doing anything to make the lives of the average person better. When they could easily raise millions of Americans out of poverty with social programs. Then when politicians come on the scene advocating for social democracy like Martin Luther King Jr, they assassinate them. The US is a fascist state of might makes right.
Meanwhile all of this deindustrialization has undermined their empire. The US is no longer the "arsenal of democracy." The US has just lost in Ukraine because it cannot manufacture enough artillery shells. October 7th was the coup de grâce showing the US cannot supply both Ukraine and Israel. We seem to be headed for dark times.
And when is the last time a richman missed a dividend? When is the last time a shareholder payed a toll much less lost their investment because of the fraud and/or malfeasance of corporate executives? When is the last time an executive had their pay tied to the actual profit and performance of the corporations they run? When is the last time a bank or corporation paid a fine equal to or greater then the profit made by a proven fraud?
We can't comprehend whats been done to us.
Productivity separated from profit in 1978. The bottom 4 quentiles, 80%, have gained no share of the United States economy in 45 years. top quentile, 20%, 90% has gone to the richest 1%.
But nobody can see it for exactly what it is.
45 years and 80% of Americans have gotten nothing. While the entirety of the economic growth of that 45 years has went exclusively to the top. But we can't figure out what has happened. Why things are the way they are.
45 years. And we can't even use the word theft.
What else is it?
Right......"business"....
Based on FIRE's 2022-2023 college free speech rankings, neither Harvard nor Penn offer free speech. It is understandable that free speech absolutist would demand equal application of existing speech rules while pushing for free speech. Equal application forces all viewpoints to suffer with the bad rules.
Everything is great
Everything is great
Just moral
posturing, as far as I’m concerned.
Sorry, Carrie, lots of people want to call Trump an insurrectionist.
You have to prove it beyond reasonable doubt is the point. Otherwise erode your legal standards which is a nose / face problem.
This fire has a lot of smoke. And another recording of Trump's phone call to election officials suborning them to illegally subvert the ballot in Minnesota, certainly adds fuel to it.
2 Colorado courts have found as a matter of legal fact that Trump is an insurrectionist.
they just aren't on the supreme court
Its not a matter of giving Trump immunity, its a matter of Colorado deciding he's guilty of a crime he's never been charged with, let alone tried and found guilty of.
Have you read the book of Joshua, and the book of Kings, and various others in that Iron Age compendium? The answer is always that that irascible, self-centered 'god' calls for the destruction and rape and expropriation of those opposed to his favored people. It is the testament to the inevitability that the violence will go on forever. Note, this is *after* the part where Moses bakes his clay tablets with the sacred injunction Thou Shalt Not Kill. Twice.
I have noticed it too, it's pretty obvious, every second page more or less. And King David, funny but yesterday I happened to see a documentary about him and he was a really bloodthirsty prick, backstabbing his friends, killing 7 sons of the king before him by crucifixion, Saul. He destroyed 3 nearby tribes, totally obliterating the whole population, execution style. Had no idea.
Difference between economy and the theoretical one. Reality says over 25% inflation last 2 years (shadowstats).. inflation going up less slowly Misses the point. Duh.
18:50 I am sorry but I have to disagree. The economy is doing great. I work in property management and 24/7 365 we have Ubereats, doordash, Walmart and Amazon delivers. The economy can not be that bad if low income people can afford $30 for a cold McDonald's hamburger.
1488 days til Iowa 2028: sounds ominous 😦
Mark: "It just keeps coming" That was funny
The apparent compulsion of the "Hamas is not a faction, Hamas is an idea" crowd to reliable fail to know that a) Hamas is dependent on Iran for funding and b) Hamas is hugely unpopular on the West Bank for being oppressive, kleptocratic and violent is always worth remarking on. Because those two details matter. Ideas can _absolutely_ killed. Monarchy is that kind of dead in the west. The only exceptions, even taken globally, are either novelty monarchies like England or places where overwhelming effortless wealth replaces political dynamism. Otherwise kings and queens are dead and gone.
That I think is a bit of an exaggeration. Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Thailand and a bunch of other countries still got them
@@svenhanson398 "novelty monarchies"