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If you're tired of short sound bites and stereotypical analysis of current trends and seek a more nuanced view, this recent interview with Peter Thiel is a must. It's long but insightful.

His body language, composure, and demeanor, demonstrate deep thinking about the questions. This is a more welcomed response, contrasting with the dogmatic answers of mainstream talking heads.

Here is an incomplete list of discussed topics:
- Election postmortem.
- A collapse of identity politics and elitism on the left.
- Wokeism is dead.
- Trump's victory was even more significant against a demographic backdrop (boomers generally republican leaning, but dying).
- "Ideologically deranged millennial employees" (my favorite quote).
- Tariffs & trade. Thiel correctly understands the dynamics of the current trade regime, and how it deviates from 19th-century ideas of free trade based on competitive advantage. Who benefits and who suffers in the US.Suggests analyzing trade not only via the optics of consumers but with adjustments for producers and geopolitics.
- Zoning laws benefiting boomer homeowners at the expense of the younger generation.
- Deportations.
- Education and federal financing of private universities.
- Student debt crisis and possible solutions.
- J D Vance.
- War in Ukraine and rethinking of neocon foreign policy. Hints at realpolitik and to shift away from idealism.
- Israel and the usual suspects in the Middle East.
- Democracy and populism.
- A balance between skepticism and dogmatism in modern science and culture.
- The role of tech and the Internet in the transparency of politicians and government institutions

Guest correctly identifies numerous issues facing this country and hopes the incoming administration is better positioned to deal with these than the alternative.

#AmericanDynamism
January 2025

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If you're tired of short sound bites and stereotypical analysis of current trends and seek a more nuanced view, this recent interview with Peter Thiel is a must. It's long but insightful.

His body language, composure, and demeanor, demonstrate deep thinking about the questions. This is a more welcomed response, contrasting with the dogmatic answers of mainstream talking heads.

Here is an incomplete list of discussed topics:
- Election postmortem.
- A collapse of identity politics and elitism on the left.
- Wokeism is dead.
- Trump's victory was even more significant against a demographic backdrop (boomers generally republican leaning, but dying).
- "Ideologically deranged millennial employees" (my favorite quote).
- Tariffs & trade. Thiel correctly understands the dynamics of the current trade regime, and how it deviates from 19th-century ideas of free trade based on competitive advantage. Who benefits and who suffers in the US.Suggests analyzing trade not only via the optics of consumers but with adjustments for producers and geopolitics.
- Zoning laws benefiting boomer homeowners at the expense of the younger generation.
- Deportations.
- Education and federal financing of private universities.
- Student debt crisis and possible solutions.
- J D Vance.
- War in Ukraine and rethinking of neocon foreign policy. Hints at realpolitik and to shift away from idealism.
- Israel and the usual suspects in the Middle East.
- Democracy and populism.
- A balance between skepticism and dogmatism in modern science and culture.
- The role of tech and the Internet in the transparency of politicians and government institutions

Guest correctly identifies numerous issues facing this country and hopes the incoming administration is better positioned to deal with these than the alternative.

#AmericanDynamism
January 2025

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