SOLVED! SAMPLE! #25 - Trump’s “State Capitalism” is Just a Grift, NOT Socialism

Air Date: 10–14-25

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

• Ch. 1 - The cartoonish conservative and libertarian responses to Trump’s state capitalism

• Ch. 2 - Trump’s interest in sovereign wealth funds, and the lie the right sells its supporters about getting money back

• Ch. 3 - The left spectrum of reactions to Trump’s state capitalism

• Ch. 4 - Why Trump is definitely, 100%, not in any way a socialist

• SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm: Ayn Rand’s nearly psychotic opposition to altruism

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REFERENCES:

The Danger of Trump Seizing Private Companies - Time magazine

Trump’s “State Capitalism … a Hybrid Between Socialism and Capitalism” Won’t Make America Great Again - Cato Institute

Trump Is Embracing 'Daddy State' Economics - Reason

Trump's brand of US capitalism faces 'socialist' backlash from conservatives - BBC

Trump, national-capitalism at bay - Heterodox

Don’t Let Trump Define What State Capitalism Can Be - The New Republic

What State Capitalism Can Do—and What It Can’t - The American Prospect

Unfortunately, Donald Trump is Not a Socialist - Current Affairs

EXTRAS

Were the Nazis Socialists? - Britannica

r/AskHistorians: “Is Nazism right wing or left wing?”

Interview with Hitler - Interviews (Anthology 1859-1993)

BACKSTAGE

I’ve spent my entire career studying stress—the No. 1 cure for it might ‘surprise’ you - CNBC

Leonard Peikoff - Wikipedia