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Richard Hanania

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
291 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

We need to declare intergenerational warfare and seize our rightful inheritance.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

Maybe I'm wrong about all of this.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

There are different ways to analyse the data.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

For example, Medicare Part D is a genuine expansion of healthcare to the old, albeit one pass at a time when it benefited silent generationers instead of boomers.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

I counted it under, healthcare is getting more expensive, so we need more healthcare programs.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

But maybe I shouldn't have.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

Maybe it's greed.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

And what about Europe?

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

I hear the pension situation is even worse there.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

Maybe the boomers there are greedy, and I'm missing it due to my Americocentrism.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

If that's so, my question becomes, do we really want to do this again?

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

Consider the campaign against property taxes, another purported example of boomer malevolence.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

I couldn't find polling on this, so I didn't include it above.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

If the polls come in, and they prove that it's disproportionately supported by boomers, does this prove their greed and selfishness?

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

After all, boomers own most of the property, so shifting the tax burden elsewhere directly benefits them.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

I'll answer this question with a question.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

Suppose that the polls show that support is concentrated among white people.

Astral Codex Ten Podcast
Against Against Boomers

This is very likely true.