Adam Tooze

And very at risk of the AI revolution and now under a hugely politicized attack. And I'm not saying, I'm not predicting that there's going to be kind of a revolutionary upsurge of elementary school teachers, but that would seem to me to be the kind of piece of the puzzle. And the question, of course, is where the Democratic Party is. Why is it not leading? I don't understand.

So that was interesting, Adam.

So that was interesting, Adam.

Yeah, well, good question. Have you noticed?

Yeah, well, good question. Have you noticed?

Adam? I mean, to pick out the big fuck small theme, I think the economist in me says, well, Does big want to fuck all of small all the time? It seems that way. So the question is like, who is it? Who becomes victimized? Well, the question I think is serious. Who is it that's victimized? And at what level can resistance and resilience be built?

Adam? I mean, to pick out the big fuck small theme, I think the economist in me says, well, Does big want to fuck all of small all the time? It seems that way. So the question is like, who is it? Who becomes victimized? Well, the question I think is serious. Who is it that's victimized? And at what level can resistance and resilience be built?

And how far does this also involve middle-sized players predating smaller players? You were describing small town labor relations are some of the most vicious in the United States because the stakes are very high, even though it's a small pool. And I think that's, I mean, it's an aversion of Zahrab's point about democracy.

And how far does this also involve middle-sized players predating smaller players? You were describing small town labor relations are some of the most vicious in the United States because the stakes are very high, even though it's a small pool. And I think that's, I mean, it's an aversion of Zahrab's point about democracy.

That's the content of the kind of democracy that we need to build is a democracy that faces this harsh, brutal, brutally expressed. I think the sexual metaphor is wrong. There is a predatory rapist kind of mentality to this that resists that at every level, both cultural and political.

That's the content of the kind of democracy that we need to build is a democracy that faces this harsh, brutal, brutally expressed. I think the sexual metaphor is wrong. There is a predatory rapist kind of mentality to this that resists that at every level, both cultural and political.

And this is where I think, you know, the agenda of feminism is crucial because it speaks to this experience of power as being fucked.

And this is where I think, you know, the agenda of feminism is crucial because it speaks to this experience of power as being fucked.

Consent. Who is it that plays along? And that is where this sort of countervailing power has to be. And sitting, being employed by a big institution in a formidable city like New York, and you imagine some person like Trump coming along wanting to fuck this town, you try. You might want to, and people have done it, but it's hard.

Consent. Who is it that plays along? And that is where this sort of countervailing power has to be. And sitting, being employed by a big institution in a formidable city like New York, and you imagine some person like Trump coming along wanting to fuck this town, you try. You might want to, and people have done it, but it's hard.

And it's not hard because it's a place full of flaming radicals that are trying to paint us that way. No, it's just a place full of people pursuing their own projects in relatively decent ways, quite bought into the legacies of New Deal institutions, great society institutions which work here, knowing that we need diversity because this is a very diverse place and we can't function without it.

And it's not hard because it's a place full of flaming radicals that are trying to paint us that way. No, it's just a place full of people pursuing their own projects in relatively decent ways, quite bought into the legacies of New Deal institutions, great society institutions which work here, knowing that we need diversity because this is a very diverse place and we can't function without it.

This is not Mar-a-Lago or Palm Beach. We can't pretend the world is different from the way it is and so we need politics appropriate to that. And that's where I have a, that's where I really don't see this spiraling off into disaster. I think of a community like New York City and think it'll take, you know, as Adam Smith would say, there's a lot of ruin in this.

This is not Mar-a-Lago or Palm Beach. We can't pretend the world is different from the way it is and so we need politics appropriate to that. And that's where I have a, that's where I really don't see this spiraling off into disaster. I think of a community like New York City and think it'll take, you know, as Adam Smith would say, there's a lot of ruin in this.

Like, you know, it'll take a lot to really bring this down.