
Richard Hanania Returns: How Status Competition Created the Culture War
From the New World
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The Role of Envy in Politics
I think envy exists at the mass level. Jealousy is like coveting something that you could never earn, right? And envy is looking at Elon Musk and saying "Oh, I could be Elon Musk" So if you're talking about like a journalist for like Bloomberg or the New York Times, I don't think that model is, is the good one. Right-wingers who want to raise taxes on the rich are just as much jealous of their own wealth because they see it in other people's hands. The Bernie Bros sound sort of like the dirt bag left - which also applies to journalists.
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