Samuel Moyn

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165 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 24 Jul

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar · 7/23/26: War Historically Unpopular, AI Hack Meltdown, Old People Debate · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

Or homestead exemptions.

There's a very long list and it's all in the book of all the ways that through their voting power, which is distinctive, and even poor older people vote a lot more than poor younger people.

Older people have privileged themselves as old, not just as wealthy.

And so

My case is, you know, really that we can't just blind ourselves to the way class is being made and live.

Now, you're right.

Absolutely.

And I'm totally with you, Crystal, that we should.

have a return to a social democratic America to the extent there ever was one, because the New Deal left a lot to be desired, especially if you take intersectional oppression seriously.

It didn't do much for blacks, didn't do much for women, especially when they were workers.

And so my view is you're absolutely right.

We need to build an opportunity state for everyone of all generations.

The question is, how do we get there?

And where I might differ slightly is worrying that we can't just blind ourselves to who has power in order to distribute power fairly.

How can we do that?

If we don't know how power is exercised, including in all these diverse domains where older people do have outsized authority, we can't get to where we both want to go.

I, I, I'm a, you know, conspiracy Stan.

So I, I would guess he's been, you know, dead for a while and I love it.

Uh, you know, he's, he's the tip of the iceberg.

But it's been fascinating to see that saga unfold.

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