The J. Burden Show Chimp Energy w/ Dave Greene: The J. Burden Show Ep. 415
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Jan 28, 2026 Dave Greene, writer and creator of The Distributist, riffs on generational conflict and cultural change. He breaks down creative-job gatekeeping, boomer bargains that traded culture for security, and Zoomer despair and radicalization. He coins "chimp energy," debates nationalist reciprocity, and urges long-term community organizing over performative tactics.
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Generational Dispossession In Institutions
- Institutions shifted to diversify at the expense of younger white men, closing creative and leadership paths.
- Dave Greene links this to administrative practices and a generational dispossession engineered by older cohorts.
Radicalization From Lost Mentorship
- Younger men, especially Zoomers, show deep despair and radicalization due to lack of mentorship and opportunities.
- Greene argues cultural and political narratives must be rebuilt to give them purpose and direction.
Boomer Inversion Of Generational Trust
- Boomers distrust youth in the same way 1960s counterculture distrusted elders, creating a 'don't trust under 40' inversion.
- That generational inversion fragments conservative movements and weakens shared projects.
