Ezra Klein
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I've accepted this in you.
I've accepted this in you.
Derek Thompson.
Derek Thompson.
I will. I will add you to our we're going to bomb Jon Stewart group chat. There you go. You'll be there. I love the thing. You'll be right there. Ezra, a pleasure.
I will. I will add you to our we're going to bomb Jon Stewart group chat. There you go. You'll be there. I love the thing. You'll be right there. Ezra, a pleasure.
Thank you, man. Me too.
Thank you, man. Me too.
One of the things you can see here is if you just look at 18-year-olds, 18-year-old women of color are the only of the four that actually, you know, voted that Harris won. Trump narrowly won, you know, non-white men.
One of the things you can see here is if you just look at 18-year-olds, 18-year-old women of color are the only of the four that actually, you know, voted that Harris won. Trump narrowly won, you know, non-white men.
It is a real shift. This is the thing I am the most shocked by, I think, in the last four years, is that young people have gone from being the most progressive generation since the baby boomers, and maybe in some ways more so, to becoming potentially the most conservative.
It is a real shift. This is the thing I am the most shocked by, I think, in the last four years, is that young people have gone from being the most progressive generation since the baby boomers, and maybe in some ways more so, to becoming potentially the most conservative.
We're starting small here. And maybe contrast them with the American right. Sure. So the thing I should say here is that you can define the left in different ways, right? I think the left has a couple of fundamental views. One is that life is unfair. We are born with different talents. We are born into different nations, right?
We're starting small here. And maybe contrast them with the American right. Sure. So the thing I should say here is that you can define the left in different ways, right? I think the left has a couple of fundamental views. One is that life is unfair. We are born with different talents. We are born into different nations, right?
We're starting small here. And maybe contrast them with the American right. Sure. So the thing I should say here is that you can define the left in different ways, right? I think the left has a couple of fundamental views. One is that life is unfair. We are born with different talents. We are born into different nations, right?
The luck of being born into America is very different than the luck of being born into Venezuela. We are born into different families. We have luck operating as an omnipresence across our entire lives. And as such, the people for whom it works out well, we don't deserve all of that. We got lucky. I mean, we also worked hard and we also had talent and we also applied that talent.
The luck of being born into America is very different than the luck of being born into Venezuela. We are born into different families. We have luck operating as an omnipresence across our entire lives. And as such, the people for whom it works out well, we don't deserve all of that. We got lucky. I mean, we also worked hard and we also had talent and we also applied that talent.
The luck of being born into America is very different than the luck of being born into Venezuela. We are born into different families. We have luck operating as an omnipresence across our entire lives. And as such, the people for whom it works out well, we don't deserve all of that. We got lucky. I mean, we also worked hard and we also had talent and we also applied that talent.
But at a very fundamental level, that we are sitting here is unfair and that so many other people are... in conditions that are much worse, much more precarious, much more exploited is unfair. And one of the fundamental roles of government should not necessarily be to turn that unfairness into perfect equality, but to rectify that unfairness into a kind of universal dignity, right?
But at a very fundamental level, that we are sitting here is unfair and that so many other people are... in conditions that are much worse, much more precarious, much more exploited is unfair. And one of the fundamental roles of government should not necessarily be to turn that unfairness into perfect equality, but to rectify that unfairness into a kind of universal dignity, right?