Jasmine Sun

Yeah, I think that's a good diagnosis.

I think that a lot of inequality is a proxy battle for power, right?

I think that's why people are not that excited about certain ideas like a UBI, because it feels like being on permanent welfare and relying on handouts from the people who actually do have all the money and power.

And even if they're keeping you around so that you can pay your rent and pay for food, you don't really have a say because you're still reliant on them, right?

The dependence is that you are dependent on

say, with UBI, like the state for doling out those welfare benefits.

Or, you know, you look at corruption as a top five issue for what voters care about.

And you look at a lot of corruption that's going on with current administration.

You look at the way that Elon Musk got into politics, basically by spending a ton of money

And not only did he spend all that money, but a lot of things that the Trump admin did basically went his way.

He was allowed to do doge like they cared about the issues that Elon wanted to care about.

And he basically spent his way into political power.

And people see that people see that when you have money, you can influence policy, you can influence this physical world, you can buy yourself a lot of freedoms that other people don't have.

And I think that's where the real frustration comes from.

Because like you said,

if people can pay their bills and pay for healthcare and pay for food, which again, not everyone can, but that's a different question.

That's not the same as, oh yeah, what's the point of my vote when Elon Musk can just buy his way into power, right?

Yeah, I mean, oh man, this is the hard question, right?

I should say I'm not a policy wonk and I didn't focus most of my research on policy solutions.

I've talked about them with a lot of people, but it's not something that I feel really confident on my prescriptions for.