John is joined by Joel Kotkin to discuss neo-feudalism and the American middle class’ declining faith in democracy, as well as the burden they’re facing as a collective.
Joel shares his concerns about how American society is becoming more feudalistic, with various inequality crises exemplified through the concentration of wealth and the ascendency of the so-called ‘expertocracy.’
Joel Kotkin is the Roger Hobbes Presidential Fellow in Urban Studies at Chapman University and the author of ‘The Coming of Neo-Feudalism’. He is described by the New York Times as “America’s uber-geographer”, and is internationally recognized as the authority on global, economic and social trends.
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Introducing Joel Kotkin
6:50 Neo-feudalism
15:15 New waves of the concentration of wealth
18:40 Health emergencies and their implications
22:25 Privatization of data
27: 50 How should we think about climate change issues?
33:30 Is science settled?
45:35 On Millennials dropping out, and other crises they face
57:10 Emerging technologies
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Thank you for everything, John.
They are destroying America globalism Is just another world for international economic terrorist.
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The nazi were also globalists.
Socialism always fails us whom have kids don't want socialism.
Liquidate the powerful and use it to bring back education , you can't bring people to replace the residents blaming the middle class for the problems of 7 smucks
The merger of corporation in government is the text book definition of fascism. You will also find many Americans willing to move to Russia because they are more free than us.
Russia is a capitalist country the west set itself on fire. And they destroy their youth by letting fentanyl flood the streets 8 million die every year. Later you don't have an America.
Outstanding conversation!
The digital UBI will bring back the debt slavery of neo-feudalism.
The science is settled. – JB (Jabba) Pritzker
Ftx is a prime example of there being zero justice left to be had. Just hegelianism and false flags. America won't last 10 years more at this rate.
I have children and homes. Your data is very cooked books. Science learned this year that all their science is wrong so this is based off of false data.
I will live how I want to live and you want and no one other then myself will have sway over my life , without freedom we would become like China . Liquidate the billionaires keep the millionaires.
My grandfather tortured nazi and now we are becoming them in a quick hurry.
Joel Kotkins book on Neo Feudalism is a must read for those who are interested in society and culture of western nations. As a father I have taken the information from this book to guide my children into a future where they will be able to avoid the serf class.
are lower birthrates necessarily a problem?
Libertarianism is Not about not caring about other people.. it is about human interaction being based on voluntary agreements between people – and it are libertarians who actually understand that voluntary- non-coercive- non-violent interaction works best when people actually do care about figuring out how to benefit the other person –
So, here's the economic deal of capitalism in America: Forbes Magazine 2017 reports that 3 men have a combined net worth greater than the net worth of the bottom 50% of Americans. Those men are Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Jeff Bezos. Writer Noah Kirsch.
And 60% of the students in the top 20 American universities, had parents in the economic top 1%.
(whatifalthist channel, How the Internet Will Completely Change the World)
So basically America is a caste-based feudal system. Capitalism is the greatest wealth producing system in history. It's also horribly unfair, exploitive and mostly benefits the top 20% of Americans. We all know we can do better, we can have a very solid middle class, where pretty much everyone has a really good, decent life. The elite don't want that. Why? They are horrible people.
Joel Kotkin is a real hero. Exceptional man. Gives me hope, there are still good people around.
This is one of those conversations I will listen to more than once . Deeply thoughtful and coherent conversation – thank you both .
We as elders squandered the benefits of prosperity we inherited.Refused to parent our children. Abandoned manners courtesy and commonsense. Replaced communion with tribal community, personality with identity, modesty with hedonistic instant gratification. We are a slow boiling frog of a species and the water's getting warmer!
Gday from NZ. After several hundreds of hours in study of climate, i wish highly intelligent people whom still discuss co2 as a dangerous,, WOULD STOP IT! IT'S A LIE! Love to all!
The end of democracy? Tell that to half the people in the USA and their 300M guns. Eventually they will take up arms. And the freedom-loving people of the USA will win that war. 🙏🏻
In germany when you inherit a house then you have to pay taxes,. And this tax has been raised recently. They willtake away everything sooner or later.
Shakespeare never met a Jew. Well- I,ll have your pound of flesh!
The West is a Death Star….Why isn’t a leader in USA coming through to comment on these massive carnage damage…is this going to end in Nuclear war as things are not working out..through Big Tech Left Progressive Communists Oligarchs running The West… Great conversation as usual… why aren’t Western leaders listening to individuals like Joel..they need to urgently…the security services of Western Nations need to listen to these informative conversations…Come On we need to wake up…we are going to F….everything..
Ok, never mind The Merchant of Venice, has Kotkin never seen Othello?? So many big wild overgeneralisations. Do keep critical thinking in ‘active’ mode!
Probably the most and useful information/interview in the last years, should be broadcasting this everyday to everyone
If the Chinese government can take away private property at any time is it really private property? More like a licence from the state to use their goods until you contradict their viewpoints.
i can not concede to everything he says
he seems a little bewildered chopping and changing
however
many momentum of clarity
If world trade stopped to a halt, the USA would be one of the countries to suffer it the most as their consumption levels are insane and their reliance on fuel among the highest in the world.
The lifeboat scenario is designed to desensitize students to make decisions on who should live and who should die. I did it as a young teacher. I no longer will do it in classes.
Finally, someone to point out the real root of the problem with populations going down in the developed world.
Joel wears rose tinted glasses when it comes to multicultralism/big immigration. But he's a great bloke, and he always calls it accurately long before it happens
Haha you think these lunatics will allow you to have gas filling stations in California in 2040? You may have the car but they won't let you drive it.
As for the metaverse is this meant to replace real life? In which case what is the point of living? You will end up with a cocked up world if people only engage with other people and the world once in a while. And the whole idea behind lotscof time on the metaverse must be that you don't have to work. At all. A socialist wet dream but ultimately an empty useless and meaningless existence.
after 1 hour and 4 minutes he shows that he has TDS, which is a mental STD.
Great conversation. I just wish these two didn't simply accept that man-made global warming is real. We don't know that.