From the New World

Freddie Deboer: The Nihilism of the Left and the Optimism that Must Replace It

Jul 25, 2022

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The Problem With Equality Is That It's Just Vague

01:52

The Story of Decline in State Capacity

05:42

Obama, Barack Obama, 2008 - Is That a Good Idea?

04:31

Introduction

3min

What's One Thing You Learned From Bipolar Disorder?

2min

Bipolar Disorder - How Do You Start Writing About Politics and Psychology?

2min

The Politics of Deference

4min

The Politics of Deference, Right?

3min

The Easiest Victories in Politics

3min

Are We Having the Wind Behind Our Sails?

3min

I'm a Zoomer, I'll Stick Up for the Doomers, Right?

5min

Is This Really Information Poisoning?

2min

10.

What I'm Trying to Say About Revolutionary Change

4min

11.

Is the Filibuster a Good Idea?

3min

12.

State Capacity - I'm Having a Hard Time Attributing That Change to the Senate

3min

13.

The Civil Service Exam Is a Good Place to Launch Off

2min

14.

The Story of Decline in State Capacity

6min

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Is the United States Unique in the Number of Veto Points It's Created?

2min

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IDW Types

5min

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The Problem With Equality Is That It's Just Vague

2min

18.

Is There a Bridging the Gap in Public Infrastructure?

2min

19.

Is There a Difference Between the Right and the Left?

5min

20.

The American Addiction to Process

2min

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Is the Right Process Oriented Right?

3min

22.

We're Stuck in This Problem of the Right Lens

2min

23.

Is There a Revolutionary Response?

2min

24.

The Odds of a New Deal Are Not That High, Right?

2min

25.

Curtis Jervyn: Is It Possible?

6min

26.

Anti Psychiatry

4min

27.

Is There an Over-Prescription Crisis?

4min

28.

Do You Think Psychiatric Medicine and Mental Illnesses Can Hurt People's Brains?

5min

29.

Anti-Vaxxers

5min

30.

The Institutional Critique Is Accepted, Right?

5min

31.

Are We Getting the Worst of Both Worlds?

2min

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What's the Point of All This Symbolism?

3min

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Can Mehmed Oz Win Pennsylvania?

3min

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Politicians Don't Care About Politics, Right?

2min

35.

Is There Any Ability to Look Busy?

3min

36.

Is There a Filibuster in Congress?

2min

37.

You Can Really Get Anger at Democrats About

2min

38.

Do You Think the Democratic Party Really Wants the Pendulum Swing?

2min

39.

What Is Downstream of What, Right?

3min

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Is That What Animates Republicans?

4min

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Are We Just Stuck Where We Are Right Now?

3min

42.

Is There a Natural Successor to This Politics?

2min

43.

Is There a Negative Thing About the Republican Party?

2min

44.

Is Trumpism a Reversion to the Mean?

2min

45.

Foucault-Drian - Is This What Is?

2min

46.

Obama, Barack Obama, 2008 - Is That a Good Idea?

5min

47.

The Elephant in the Brain

4min

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Is It a Good Guy or a Bad President?

3min

49.

Is There a Relationship Between the Electoral College and the Senate?

5min

50.

How to Make Filibuster Reform a Reality?

2min

51.

The Best or This Is the Worst Method Except All the Others

2min

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Is There a Micro Politics Lightning Round or Something Like That?

5min

53.

The Problem Isn't the Media, Right?

3min

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Is MSNBC a Good Candidate?

5min

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The Basis of Left Politics

3min

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Do You Have an Explanation?

3min

57.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Importance, Right?

4min

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The Unabomber and the Industrial Revolution

6min

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How Do Institutions Function?

5min

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What Is Too Much Chaos and Could Use More Chaos?

3min

Freddie Deboer is a writer on substack and a contributor to many publications. He offers a unique perspective, coming from the economic left while seeing through a range of strategic and policy failures. We discuss progressive organizations, doomerism, the politics of recognition, state capacity, patronage systems, civil rights law, housing, monarchy, mental illness, distrust of institutions, and the relationship between the Bernie left and the media.

Freddie on Substack:

Extended bio by Bari Weiss:

Ryan Grim on progressive institutions:

https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-infighting-callout-culture/

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