Socialism
topic on 7 shows · 18 statements across 18 episodes
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18 statements about Socialism, every show
Nate Silver: Socialism is significantly more popular among younger Democrats
“I think people who are a little bit older don't realize that like the socialism brand Is much more popular among younger Democrats.”
Charles Koch: A society based on power and pleasure leads to authoritarianism
“So the problem today is when you have a world that is based on power and pleasure, it's a slippery slope to totalitarianism, authoritarianism, and socialism.”
Kamath: The world will invariably move to socialism in cyclical shifts
“You know, the cynic in me, Has kind of resigned to the fate that the world invariably will move to socialism. I believe these are cycles.”
Socialism Is Fundamentally Corrupt While Competitive Capitalism Works Exceedingly Well
“Socialism sucks. It is terrible. The only people who Do well in redistribution of wealth are the ones doing redistribution. Like it's fundamentally corrupt and there's not enough bad things I can say about socialism. So I think capitalism works exceedingly wel…”
Palihapitiya: Fixing student debt and housing shortages would eliminate rising youth socialism
“I suspect that at the core root of socialism are those two very specific things, and if we fix those two things, I suspect most of the people Would say, you know what? The system works for me. And then what's left over are the fringe people that will always wa…”
Liemandt: TikTok brainwashes youth to favor socialism and restrict free speech
“The two things that, you know, TikTok that your generation believes that a bunch of people don't is that socialism is better than capitalism and the rights of the listener are better than free speech. And those, that is what's on TikTok, right? Those are the t…”
Machado: Over 30% of Venezuela's Population Was Intentionally Forced to Flee
“We have over 30% of Venezuelan population that has been forced to flee. That was intentional.”
Friedberg predicts that socialism will eventually sweep over the United States
“Socialism will sweep over this nation, I fear, and I think it's a cancer.”
Socialism and UBI Are Only Viable With 10% GDP Growth
“It doesn't make sense to do socialism in a two percent GDP growth economy. You need to get to 10% GDP growth, and that's like where all the AGI socialists come from, is they say, hey look, yeah, like UBI sounds crazy now, but when we're growing GDP 10%, there'…”
Friedberg: Support for socialism will rise in 2025 if government cuts succeed
“And that's where my theory on, like, I think socialism's gonna be on the rise this year. If they're successful, I think you'll see a big boom.”
Baker predicts wokeism will decline while socialist economic policies gain traction
“Wokeism and progressivism will decouple from socialism. I think wokeism and progressivism You know, we'll be on a declining trend, but socialism in terms of the government.”
Kamath: Socialism Fails At Scale Because Trust Collapses Among Strangers
“I feel like in a family, you can be communist almost, if it's your family. With a group of friends, you can be socialist. But as the group becomes wider, I don't think socialism works because trust factor falls very quickly. We don't trust people inherently th…”
Siddhartha: Socialism was the biggest evil India ever adopted
“I think the biggest evil that India adopted ever was socialism.”
Gerstner: 44% of Americans Aged 18–29 Prefer Socialism Over Capitalism
“Joe, among the age group, 18 to 29, 44% of that group believe socialism is a superior form of organizing government than capitalism.”
Nikhil Kamath: Capitalism is India's fastest path to a $10T economy
“I don't think socialism works at all. And we have more than enough precedent of that. I think capitalism has to be appreciated. And that probably is the most likely scenario in which our country can get lucky and go towards that five trillion, 10 trillion doll…”
Balaji Srinivasan: Wealth heirs adopt socialism to gain status and stifle competition
“A lot of them actually fall into socialism because they didn't work for their money. Right. Their life experience is that every, they were just born rich and other people were born poor. And it's just like a, you know, so then also there's another aspect, whic…”