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Alt-Right Kids, White Grievance, and 'Average Is Over'
from Many Feathered Bird · #68
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2 minTim discusses well-off alt-right college kids demanding a 'homeland' despite having every advantage, framing it as anxiety over losing an easy path in life rather than any real threat to white hegemony, invoking Thomas Friedman's 'average is over.'
- 31:19Tim argues that the real threat isn't to white hegemony but to the idea that you can fall into a nice life anymore.
- 31:31As Tom Friedman would say, average is over—the world went from interconnected to hyper-connected.
- 31:57Tim criticizes intellectuals and economists for having no accountability, using Thomas Friedman's vague metaphors as an example of a 'great fucking gimmick.'
- 32:10Reagan took the entire Chicago School of Economics and applied it in policy, but no one took away their teaching jobs when it failed.
- 32:25Tim recounts seeing Art Laffer at a Long Island dinner with Lou Ranier, the guy who invented mortgage-backed securities, alongside Giuliani and other figures.
- 32:48Tim decides to play a Tom Friedman clip from Intelligence Squared because nothing cheers you up more than his straightforward, clear ideas.
Thomas FriedmanArt LafferRick LazioLou RaineriRudy Giuliani