"Moment of Zen"

Wonks vs Proles, Post Liberalism, and Politics as Religious War with Walter Russell Mead

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Sep 16, 2023
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Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead, American academic and author, discusses the shape of the next era after our information age, the polarized nature of American politics, the profound changes in society, the religious nature of the current age, the decline of the Westphalian nation state, the complex history of the 1948 Altilena incident in Israel, polarization in America, and personal experiences with world leaders.
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Nostalgic Politics Limits Progress

  • The American political discourse is dominated by nostalgia for past models that likely won't work moving forward.
  • We should instead focus on possibilities for future social and political models beyond the old industrial era framework.
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Information Revolution's Disruptive Scale

  • The information revolution is disrupting society on an unprecedented scale, comparable to or exceeding the industrial revolution.
  • Our current political and social institutions are not adequately adjusted to handle these rapid changes.
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Balance Drives Anglo-American Capitalism

  • Anglo-American capitalism succeeded by balancing stable institutions with individualism rather than opposing them.
  • Current societal stress challenges this balance but some social changes may encourage a return to it.
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