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Karen Williams's avatar

Wonderful conversation, thx

M Whitehead's avatar

Excellent, educational conversation offering hope through the fog! Thank you to each of you. Great questions. Thoughtful answers.

JG's avatar

Two of my favorite guys. I admire your intelligence and expertise.

Bets's avatar

Wow Super Educational 4.6k listeners 👍awesome great content ✌️&🫶

Prudence Tippins's avatar

I appreciate Paul's use of the personal ("erratic and abusive") because it offers a distinction between the normal operations of nation-states and what the U.S.'s figurehead is doing, which is going rogue and ignoring the structure of his own country. The adjectives obviously apply to his behavior to U.S. citizens, as well.

I also appreciate Anand's question about what other countries, particularly European countries, could do to help the U.S. not descend further into fascism. It's not simply a question of charity but also of self-interest. Is the rest of the world ready to discount all US citizens because we (sort of) elected someone with a bullying personality and a disregard for any rule or law that does not give him supreme authority? Then again, maybe they need to see that we are willing to shoulder the hard work ourselves first. Perhaps, in this and in many ways, Minneapolis is sowing the seeds.

Just a note of thanks for all the hard work going into these interviews, Anand (and team).

Kirsten L. Held's avatar

Fabulous conversation! Thanks to you both.

Upstart Raven's avatar

The abject cruelty & racism

Kari Hull in Rio Rico AZ's avatar

I think that is what making people wake up is the two state sanctioned assassinations we all witnessed. AND the blatant LIES that followed only minute after the horrific videos were posted.

Bren's avatar

more of us than there are of them💙

Carol A's avatar

Fabulous! Both give us hope!

Bren's avatar

two of my favorite thinkers!

Michael Brisson's avatar

When Anand questioned the reluctance of other democracies to offer more tangible support to the resistance in America, I think about how slow the US was to come to the aid of Britain and the rest of Europe before our entry into WWII. Read Erik Larson’s The Splendid And The Vile about Britain enduring The Blitz to feel some comparison.

JaKsaa's avatar

Many thanks to both Paul Krugman & Anand! And speaking of Authoritarianism-

Thank you Sen Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) for bringing your expertise and strength to congress. #shorts

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUD_ufHAvVZ/?igsh=cDNibWMxaGh4bnYy

Taking Authoritarian Control of our Government. Stand Up!

Upstart Raven's avatar

Epstein files & the refusal to release shows women we don’t matter too

Regina Islas's avatar

M movie on Mystery Science Theater 3000-oh I freakin' loved that! GUFFAW

MAE's avatar

Lets not forget that Canada has gone along with the kind of Western style vulture capitalism that the US has promoted around the globe because it benefits the elites, like Carney, and hasn’t taken a stand against it before because Carney and other elites were okay with it as long as it looked like that were rules and an order. being followed. Now that