Ross Douthat
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4,896 appearances
23 recordings
5 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 27 Aug
Ross Douthat’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In maintaining those resources, aren't you actually, in the end, reducing certain burdens on your kids, on your middle-aged kids, right?
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That, like, you know, one of the stories of American life before the 1930s, before Social Security, you know, well, what happened to old people when they were injured and couldn't work anymore, right?
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Well, they moved in with their kids.
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Absolutely.
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Right?
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And you had a whole system based on...
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That kind of intergenerational burden sharing that impose really big burdens on, you know, on younger people and workers and so on.
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Right.
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And now we're in an age where people live a long time.
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People need long term care.
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They need all of these things.
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And isn't gerontocracy just, you know, planning for that future?
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Well, I have to speak on behalf of my elders.
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I guess what is the standard of care that you're aspiring towards?
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Right.
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So like right now.
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you know, I observe and I'm sure many people watching and listening have observed the end of life of people who are technically millionaires, right?
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People, they they own a home.
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It's appreciated.
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