Samuel Moyn
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 24 Jul
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we have formal laws like apartheid for race that actually privilege older people.
I think that's just and right in many cases.
For example, older people do get more federal benefits, maybe not to the extent they do, which is $6 to $7 they get for every one spent on a child at the federal level.
But
We also have a lot of especially tax protections designed of, by, and for older people, even when they are some of the wealthiest Americans.
If you look across the world at the billionaire class, I'm going to concede we have a younger trillionaire, although he's not that young.
Yeah, he's not that young.
But billionaires, you have 45% are between 50 and 70, and 45% are above 70.
Only 10% of billionaires are under 50.
And so partly we explain that by saying the older you are, the more time you've had to accumulate and hoard.
But we also have to explain it.
by the privileges that that a generation in the right place at the right time has kind of reaped by, you know, gaming the system.
So
Briefly, yes, but a couple of background points before I explain my answer.
First, you know, it's tough to figure out how we're going to build a coalition to face down oligarchy.
And my ultimate view is that we need intergenerational solidarity for the sake of intergenerational equity, just as we need a cross-racial, transracial majority to
in this country to face down the real evildoers.
The question is, how do we analyze the situation properly?
Because, you know, oligarchy has a lot of tools at its disposal.
And actually, most people who've made
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