Nellie Bowles is a writer and reporter and the head of strategy at The Free Press, where she writes the TGIF column. Her book is Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Nellie Bowles discuss how she came to chafe against the institutional culture of The New York Times and why she left; how new power hierarchies arose within media and institutions where small groups came to wield outsized power; and how the transformative ideas about power and society that became dominant in 2020 continue to hold great influence.
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The Ezra Klein Show: The Disastrous Relationship Between Israel, Palestinians and the U.N.
The international legal system was created to prevent the atrocities of World War II from happening again. The United Nations partitioned historic Palestine to create the states of Israel and Palestine, but also left Palestinians with decades of false promises. The war in Gaza — and countless other conflicts, including those in Syria, Yemen and Ethiopia — shows how little power the U.N. and international law have to protect civilians in wartime. So what is international law actually for?
The Auron MacIntyre Show: State-Mandated Sex Work?
We discuss Belgium’s new regulations that will punish sex workers for refusing clients and the unhinged leftist backlash against football player Harrison Butker.
The Dishcast w/Andrew Sullivan: Oren Cass On Curbing The Free Market
Oren is a writer and policy advisor. In 2012, he was the domestic policy director for Romney’s presidential campaign, and in 2018 he wrote The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America. In 2020, he founded the think tank American Compass, where he serves as executive director. He’s also a contributing opinion writer for the Financial Times.
Source: Oren Cass On Curbing The Free Market – by Andrew Sullivan
Irregular Warfare Podcast: Lessons from the Eastern Front – Security Force Assistance in Ukraine
Our guests begin by outlining the significance of security force assistance and its pivotal role in Washington’s wider national security strategy. From there, they delve into a detailed analysis of SFA in both Afghanistan and Ukraine, extracting valuable lessons for policymakers and practitioners to inform future SFA policies. Finally, they end with a deep dive into SFA activities in Eastern Europe, shedding light on the socialization and transactional approaches needed to align incentives and enhance the combat capabilities of the United States’ international partners.
Source: Lessons from the Eastern Front: Security Force Assistance in Ukraine – Irregular Warfare Initiative
KunstlerCast Episode 401: Jeff Rubin and A Map of the New Normal
Jeff Rubin is a Canadian economist, an expert on trade and energy, and author of the newly released book, A Map of the New Normal. His previous best-selling books are: Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, The End of Growth, The Carbon Bubble, and The Expendables. His website is jeffrubinssmallerworld dot com
Source: KunstlerCast 401 — Jeff Rubin and A Map of the New Normal – Kunstler
The Z Blog: Majority Minority
There is plenty of talk about the demographic changes happening in America, but not much thought about where it is headed. Some people mention the fact that the country will be majority-minority in a generation, but no one likes to think about that so that is as far as it ever gets. The people in charge seem to think America will be Brazil but without the favellas and kidnapping industry. The fact is the social and political structures that have defined America cannot survive the demographic changes that are coming fast. The main reason for that is the majority population, once it becomes just another minority population, cannot continue to think like a majority population. The majority will no longer be able to swap the good of the whole for the good of their group.
Everything about America is the result of the majority population swapping their interest for the interest of the country. This altruism works only when the interests of the country are seen to align with the interest of the dominant majority, which is a thing that comes naturally when the majority is near ninety percent. Once that majority shrinks down to nearly fifty percent this perception collapses. This is what we see happening all around us. The majority looks around and see nothing but angry minorities, both unhappy with their position in society and totally unwilling to sacrifice anything for the good of the whole. The campus protests, for example, are just another sign that we have reached the tragedy of the commons phase of the demographic collapse of the white majority.
That is the show this week. It is a rumination on how majorities naturally see themselves and how minorities naturally see themselves. Democracy can only work in a majoritarian society. Once a democratic society devolves into a majority-minority society, minoritarianism takes over and democracy is no longer possible. What comes next is from a set of choices most do not relish.
Source: Majority Minority | The Z Blog
McAlvany Weekly Commentary: Gold Is Stupidity Insurance
– Inflation IS The Policy Of The Fed
– Government Uses Inflation To Pay Down Its Debt
– You Are Buying The Government’s Debt Every Day
Source: Gold Is Stupidity Insurance – McAlvany Weekly Commentary
Conversations w/Peter Boghossian: Society’s Issues & How To Fix Them w/Attorney Matt Bilinsky
Matt Bilinsky and Peter Boghossian cover various topical stories such as plagiarism and academic corruption, the downfall of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, self-defense, and more. Matt Bilinsky is a Los Angeles-based media and technology attorney, as well as the host of The Prevailing Narrative podcast where he discusses the political, cultural, and social issues of the day. Matt is a frequent contributor to Fox News, Talk TV UK, and Axios.
Lance’s Legion: Manuever Warfare
– Maneuver Warfare Doctrine
– William S. Lind
– OODA Loop
– Mission-Type Tactics, Schwerpunkt, Surfaces and Gaps
Source: TECHNICA – Lance’s Legion
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