I think your insight on Trump's moment of going into a full blown neurosis is dead on. I think that we are witnessing the revenge of the losers in the right wing movements around the globe. It brings up an ethical question of how to make everyone doing a job feel valid.
Thank you. My worry is how people will feel when they dont have a job at all to feel valid in with AI . We see the thousands already being cut by Microsoft. Very unsettling T
Well that gets us into a whole other massive problem that no one seems to be addressing. My point was that there are many jobs in the U.S. and Canada , where I am writing from , that are thought of as loser's jobs ie waiters, check out people etc. and who are often treated accordingly. Maybe it is an offshoot of what David Brooks calls the consequences of a meritocracy. I am thinking ,by contrast, of France where people in the public sphere are treated with a formal politeness regardless of their job. It is just a germ of an idea that might result in people not feeling humiliated. Politeness does seem to be a thing of the past.
What struck me even more from your conversation with David Frum was the direct parallel with Hitler and Goebbels and the Nazis. Hitler was into a full blown neurosis , not identical but very similar to Trump and he exploited the German people who had been humiliated by both the war and its aftermath. Now I know many people have seen the parallel but not many are talking directly about it when it should be screaming from the headlines of The New York Times. Watching from Canada, every day a totalitarian state to the south of our border becomes closer to a reality and there has been no effective resistance to it , and it is so frightening. You should be out on the streets in the millions before it is too late.
I worked for a two and a half year period in the household of a billionaire. I can say, quite easily, both love and hate emotions abound when dealing with folks of extreme wealth.
My own ego held me apart, especially during moments of extreme frustration, and often I cast myself as above these folk. These remembered moments show me my own hubris. I am embarrassed by my former reactions to this family and their level of power. I don’t know if I would do better now, probably not.
I remember with much fondness, shared humor with the primary billionaire. Smart people can have terrific senses of humor, and those moments are what I remember most, twenty years later.
Of course. I have several very good and fabulous friends in that bracket who manage to stay grounded, but i think those who make gigantic sums too fast are most vulnerable to losing their compass.
So crazy! Tina, to think the Constitution stops you (of all people) from standing for the top job. Surely there’s a way around that. Like nowadays, isn’t where you choose to think you were born just as real as where you were?
I thought the same thing. AOC always gives good quote. But as certain as you are that she will never be president, I feel as certain that she will, if she wants to. She is still at the start of her career. Plenty of time.
Thanks to Tina and David Frum. Getting down to brass tacks on why we are faced with the leaders we have. I appreciate what she said about Yulia Navalny. Thanks for your insights.
I think your insight on Trump's moment of going into a full blown neurosis is dead on. I think that we are witnessing the revenge of the losers in the right wing movements around the globe. It brings up an ethical question of how to make everyone doing a job feel valid.
Thank you. My worry is how people will feel when they dont have a job at all to feel valid in with AI . We see the thousands already being cut by Microsoft. Very unsettling T
Well that gets us into a whole other massive problem that no one seems to be addressing. My point was that there are many jobs in the U.S. and Canada , where I am writing from , that are thought of as loser's jobs ie waiters, check out people etc. and who are often treated accordingly. Maybe it is an offshoot of what David Brooks calls the consequences of a meritocracy. I am thinking ,by contrast, of France where people in the public sphere are treated with a formal politeness regardless of their job. It is just a germ of an idea that might result in people not feeling humiliated. Politeness does seem to be a thing of the past.
What struck me even more from your conversation with David Frum was the direct parallel with Hitler and Goebbels and the Nazis. Hitler was into a full blown neurosis , not identical but very similar to Trump and he exploited the German people who had been humiliated by both the war and its aftermath. Now I know many people have seen the parallel but not many are talking directly about it when it should be screaming from the headlines of The New York Times. Watching from Canada, every day a totalitarian state to the south of our border becomes closer to a reality and there has been no effective resistance to it , and it is so frightening. You should be out on the streets in the millions before it is too late.
I worked for a two and a half year period in the household of a billionaire. I can say, quite easily, both love and hate emotions abound when dealing with folks of extreme wealth.
My own ego held me apart, especially during moments of extreme frustration, and often I cast myself as above these folk. These remembered moments show me my own hubris. I am embarrassed by my former reactions to this family and their level of power. I don’t know if I would do better now, probably not.
I remember with much fondness, shared humor with the primary billionaire. Smart people can have terrific senses of humor, and those moments are what I remember most, twenty years later.
Of course. I have several very good and fabulous friends in that bracket who manage to stay grounded, but i think those who make gigantic sums too fast are most vulnerable to losing their compass.
So crazy! Tina, to think the Constitution stops you (of all people) from standing for the top job. Surely there’s a way around that. Like nowadays, isn’t where you choose to think you were born just as real as where you were?
I think its a rule that should be changed, but given hostility to immigrants right now I don't think it ever will be ! T
While AOC will never be president, she definitely has charisma.
Shes a firecracker and we need her.
I thought the same thing. AOC always gives good quote. But as certain as you are that she will never be president, I feel as certain that she will, if she wants to. She is still at the start of her career. Plenty of time.
I think a distinct possibility if she doesn't decide to run too soon,.
Thanks to Tina and David Frum. Getting down to brass tacks on why we are faced with the leaders we have. I appreciate what she said about Yulia Navalny. Thanks for your insights.
Yulia is my hero. Her bravery and beauty are amazing. Glad you enjoyed T