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222: Joel Kotkin: The rise and fall of Silicon Valley

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The Dangers of Populism

I think the point about the new corporatist elites undermining the ideals of capitalism is a very important one. I think there's a danger that those kinds of ideas, which are growing in sections of the left, potentially undermine the dynamism that once existed in Marxism. What Chrome would probably be more comfortable on the board of a Silicon Valley company than as president. He has the right personality. You're going to get exactly what you're talking about. The two people who are really speaking to the French middle class and working class are Melanchol and Lebend. They don't see the value of the average person in reality. Their goal is to replace labor with technology and tapping.

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