Ian Bremmer
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19 recordings
12 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 1 Aug
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And then you have a couple of other things, which is not about the economy, but it's really important, which is the grievance-based nature.
of the US political system, where you increasingly are electing leaders that are saying how much that they are, that you are being taken advantage of by X.
And obviously Trump is the genius, the master at this.
But when I saw Zoran Mamdani go outside Ken Griffin's apartment, and I mean, this isn't some Arab billionaire that doesn't spend any time in New York and doesn't spend any money in New York.
This is one of the guys that actually has spent the most in developing jobs and his company in this city.
And he stands in front of this guy's building and points to the apartment and says, this is the problem.
That's not who America is.
America as a country is supposed to be everybody builds up.
Everyone has an opportunity.
When you don't feel that way, you start demonizing these people.
And another part of the problem is that if I look at the absolute top billionaires in the country right now, I look at Elon.
And I look at Jeff Bezos and I see I look at Mark Zuckerberg and I see the absolute percentage of money that they spend on charity, on public policy related things.
I look at their interest in acting as stewards for humanity as it is today, as opposed to making, you know, Mars safe space.
for humanity in some undefined future.
Like that, that lack of stewardship, that lack of belief in your fellow American, not to mention your fellow human on the planet, is something that I think is driving a lot more anxiety and in some cases hate.
And that's not to disagree with your initial question of, well, isn't America doing great?
Sure it is.
At the macro level.
I'm strongmanning a view.
I have my own views on how America is doing.
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