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Are We Living in ‘Late Soviet America’? Niall Ferguson and Jonah Goldberg Debate.

Honestly with Bari Weiss

CHAPTER

A Comparison Between the US and the Soviet Union

The chapter delves into the comparison between the declining quality of life and mortality rates in the US with those of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. It explores similarities in social and cultural pathologies while debating the accuracy and implications of likening the American establishment to the Soviet nomenclature. The conversation also examines issues of personal liberty, public health crises, and societal disillusionment in both nations.

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