#365

[@bakothegreat]

One of the best political thinkers of our decade.

[@Stashley78]

Michael Lind is a good writer. He needs a camera and microphone to match.

[@seancidy6008]

Writing is his chosen means of expression. He lacks presentation and delivery, but those things can detract from absorbing the content

[@Stashley78]

@@seancidy6008 I'm a Lind fan. But the fuzzy picture and bad audio detracted from me from absorbing this content. I actually prefer lack of presentation and delivery, which is one of the reasons why I subscribe to The Realignment. But the episodes are best when the guests are clearly seen and heard.

[@2o7o7dragon]

As someone that's watched Stargate more recently than Star Trek, ever since Marshal corrected Michael on the name of the Replicators the whole conversation became immensely more terrifying. For the Sci-Fi nerds that don't know Stargate, the evil A.I. self building space robot villains of the later seasons were named Replicators.

[@Stashley78]

Replicators, the Borg of Stargate SG1, but worse!

[@franklin9400]

​@Mark Ashley Or the Achaians of "Another life"

[@Stashley78]

@@franklin9400 Dunno that one 🤷‍♀

[@Vorgaloth]

I really appreciate this dude's insight but he really needs to get a real mic and audio interface. Was very difficult to listen to at times.

[@elric8885]

Very informative guest.👍

[@indigo4afbry701]

Excellent conversation.

[@archstanton3931]

Coming from the right, I really do vibe with a lot of what this guest is saying. He is wrong though when he says that well led unions won't make demands that'll destroy the business - it's just as true as saying that well led businesses won't bleed their workers dry given the power to do so. Both capital and labor will cook the golden goose given the opportunity and power to do so.

[@BigWhitePerson]

I feel like what you are saying is fair warning, but it is certainly the case that the business class has currently captured both political wings, and the majority of our governing class. Kinda feels like there is only one way for the pendulum of power to swing... If we are talking civil reaction.

[@archstanton3931]

@@BigWhitePerson Could certainly get worse, but I 100% agree that capital holds the power as it stands.

[@tfustudios]

I can't see these 'organized labor organizations' having any effect in a global and technological/ robotic world.

[@kkrenken895]

The low-wage worker loses the freedom that comes with the choice to spend or not to spend their money. They can never save or build wealth. And the rjch get richer

[@modvs1]

I've often wondered why big tech can't design a smart car that so smart, it can intermittently go online and gamble (e.g.: play poker, play the stock market, etc.) and generate enough money to pay itself off. That would make cars essentially free. That's never happening.

[@dcx1169]

Inflation has had a lot to do with this.. but in the last 2/3 years since the pandemic wages have gone up for nearly everyone even though the minimum wage remains simply because employers need workers. Problem is everything else has gone up in lockstep so you aren't really making any more now than you were. Your buying power still sucks. This is the argument of why raising minimums won't work and it played out exactly. Now Mr. President wants to punish hopeful home buyers that pay their bills and worked to make good credit. "Equity".. right.

[@Misuci]

Wrong.

[@marchess286]

Great topic, lousy sound

[@gailclough1665]

Can't hear very well. Such a pity

[@whistlingwind5900]

Micheal's audio is bad. Not only does his voice seem to come through as a muted echo, but he also periodically quiets his voice enough that it sounds like mumbling.

[@lolololololo97]

I also disagree with the idea that “working class conservatives don’t find trans stuff to be a threat”. They absolutely do my family is largely working class former Union Dems now trump people (because he actually talked abort working class issues) and they are absolutely concerned about schools propagandizing their kids into chopping off their genitals and joint the LGBTQ social contagion. Huge blind spot by Lind

[@degui1224]

Unregulated capitalism at it's best

[@tuckerbugeater]

So we regulate it with corrupt politicians?

[@YourMom-cu8yt]

@@tuckerbugeater how about we regulate it with politicians that are not corrupt? Thought of trying that first before we just let corporations enslave all of us?

[@lolololololo97]

Always a huge gap among leftists. Big corpos are one and the same with our government yet they think this leviathan can regulate itself?

[@adtastic1533]

LOL! Unregulated. Half the country 's problems are ridiculous and destructive regulations placed on business that serve no good purpose. Let business make money. That's the entire point of having one. It's the Govt's job to provide for those that can't hack it, not business.

[@degui1224]

@@tuckerbugeater so your argument is do nothing because we have corrupt politicians? How about we also fix that problem? Why does it have to be either?

[@JoeySheehan6]

The whole higher education argument is dumb. As someone with a Master's. Education and skill are two different things. I'm highly educated with what I believe to be a fair understanding of accounting and have some prerequisite skills for the job I have currently have. With that said, college failed me with providing the skills and knowledge that I need to use my job on a day-to-day basis. Millennials and Gen Z are more educated than their forefathers but yet still seem to not possess needed skills to be successful or thrive in todays in economy. Anyone who says the Education System is fine and well and doesn't need to change is just flat out dumb. Burn the Education System to the ground and start from scratch. If I were President, the only thing I would keep and believe that our education system does well is require P.E. and I say that because we are the most obese nation in the world.

[@imtru2me]

So why can't we stop them from doing this? Is there no way to change

[@PraiseJesusChristOurSavior]

Men in America are hopeless; a lot of this is because of feminism. Don’t ever be bitter with men, we have had our futures stolen from us from a few.

[@digaum]

I'd have LOVED this conversation, but over 25 minutes in and only being able to hear half or 2 thirds of what the guest is saying, I'm out. Please, please invest in a half decent mic and bring him in again, this would've been really interesting.

[@rctjacksonville]

Ok, Just because we share the same last name does not mean we have a similar view. What a lead in, right? Your proposal of Gov involvement while quaint, is fatally flawed. The Fed has never and will never do anything that is affective with tax dollars. By that I mean the Gov always spends 10 times more than private would spend and private always had a much more beneficial outcome. But, more importantly, the gov does not have it's hands in the King making process of innovation for profits. Solendra was the best failed example of the Gov involving itself in what private industry has always done, business development. Solendra would never have gotten off the ground and in fact didn't when it sought private cap for start-up. The Obama admin rushed forward and gave them 30 million to start followed by 2nd and 3rd round investments through several back door infusions using other assets. Don't sound the Trumpet for Gov investment into the sector where private lives or we will spend more tax dollars on junk companies where execs sit back and consume million dollar salaries while Rome burns. By the way, what was the last successful company that had to go out and earn a living did you start? I'll wait.....

[@marengoczar5035]

I dont understand what policy he is pushing for.

[@bakothegreat]

He emphasized policies that return power to workers, because specific policies that blanket address working conditions, do not give back to dignity to to worker, or a check on power between workers as a stakeholder in businesses.

[@barbarawernig6347]

Only now you have loans which forces people to take low wage jobs.

[@barbarawernig6347]

Why not have a Federal jobs guarantee that sets the floor for wages and forces wages to rise, if you expect to have workers? Change what work means. Ie community needs.

[@adtastic1533]

Wages used to be set centrally by the federal govt in many countries,up to the 70s and 80s, but all of them ditched it because it caused a wage-price spiral, loads of businesses went broke,and unemployment went thru the roof. The problem is you will always find a politician willing to tell you want you want to hear, not what you need to hear and it's hard to make a case to a worker to take less money.

[@gnice8765]

Where does the federal government get the money to pay these ppl?btw24 million ppl work for the government already. More than 1 in 5.

[@barbarawernig6347]

@@gnice8765 Where does the fed get money to do anything the Congress appropriates it. It’s an investment into the our society. Those working would be paying taxes and our communities would get some much needed attention. I see it as a win win!