juicy

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[–] juicy 1 points 6 months ago

Biden is doing this while running ads against Trump's immigration policies. What a hypocrite.

[–] juicy 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So I'm going to interpret your request broadly and recommend a couple podcasts. They aren't necessarily right-wing (honestly, probably center left to center right), but they're probably outside of what you'd normally consume and may challenge or intrigue you.

  1. The New Liberal Podcast New liberalism is a rebranding of neoliberalism. I'd start by listening to a couple mailbag episodes and his past best books of the year episodes.

  2. Conversations with Tyler Tyler Cowen is a conservative economist at the University of Chicago, but you don't actually hear his opinions that often on his podcast which consists of interviews with an eclectic variety of folks from a homeless man to a Calvinist theologian, from music producer Rick Rubin to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. He has a unique interviewing style that consists of a series of disjointed questions. He often poses challenging questions, but he gives them plenty of space to answer and doesn't debate. I would suggest skipping interviews with people you know you're going to hate (e.g., Peter Thiel), but instead look for interviews that pique your interest.

[–] juicy 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I can't imagine having inflation approaching 300%. We peaked at 9% two years ago and we're still coping with the effects. I believe "interest rate" is the term you were looking for.

[–] juicy 1 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Dropping inflation?

[–] juicy 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The guy sucks, but the previous left administration drove the economy into the ground. Poverty rose from around 45% to around 55%, and inflation went from around 25% to 288%.

We on the left need to be economically savvy. That doesn't mean we can't be radical. For example: A hundred different means-tested, bureaucratic welfare programs is progressive but inefficient and demeaning. A universal livable basic income is radical, liberating, and economically savvy. Rent control is another example of a popular leftist policy that is economically irrational. The goal of universal affordable housing is admirable, but the method is madness. It's unfortunate that the left abhors anti-intellectualism everywhere except in economics.

This is not to say that we need to embrace neoliberal corporatist bullshit like charter schools, universal privatization, gutting regulatory agencies, etc, etc. It's just recognizing that radical goals will not be achieved by ignoring hardwon economic knowledge, but by employing economic principles for the benefit of the poor instead of the wealthy.

[–] juicy 1 points 6 months ago

You aren't getting your checks from Moscow? Don't be stupid. It's free money!

[–] juicy 1 points 6 months ago

If it deflates the energy driving the protest movement and prevents momentum from growing any further, it's a huge win for him.

[–] juicy 11 points 6 months ago

I suspect it made the manufacture of consent rather more easy.

[–] juicy -1 points 6 months ago

Are you having a paroxysm over the capitalized 'W' in "White"?

[–] juicy 0 points 6 months ago

I'd rather have a little diversity of opinion. I'm not here to be patted on the back for having the "correct" take.

Looking at their post history, I believe they're being open and honest about their beliefs. If their beliefs are so wrong, we should be able to tell them why instead of just dismissing them as a troll.

[–] juicy 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Reagan held up arms shipments to Israel on multiple occasions.

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