Ed Zitron
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Podcast Appearances
Basically what he said, when you read these things, it's chilling and makes you think of things you can't say in public.
I'm going to jump in here.
Oh, my bad.
So a lot of people talk about going back in time and killing baby Hitler.
Sure, fine.
I also think baby Reagan should be on the table.
Same goes for that fuckhead Milton Friedman.
Finally, an audience with class.
Because whatever, however you feel about capitalism, the whole growth-focused capitalism started with Milton Friedman and the free market nonsense.
I'm not gonna spend as many angry hours as I need to to get that out of my system.
The flaws of capitalism are obvious, but the real ones, you remove the regulation, once you allowed Reagan and his various judges to pull away regulation and just effectively stop doing antitrust.
When Lina Khan, who was good, was remarkable because she tried.
That was the real, like, Lina Khan is excellent.
I've had her on the show.
I'm going to have her back.
She's fantastic.
But it's like, she was particularly remarkable because she was like, actually knew what she was talking about.
I know, I was surprised.
And also was like, what would stop these companies from doing things?
What would be the incentives?