Fareed Zakaria | Full Episode 5.10.24 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Journalist Fareed Zakaria discusses his book, “Age of Revolutions,” and says technological, political, and cultural upheaval may make now the most revolutionary time in history. He urges Biden to change his policies on the border and on Israel.

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[vinkoivomilicdiaz]

That archive from the original PBS files is a reminder of the classic conversation by the legendary Buckley.

[georgemartin]

Excellent, thanks to you both! Going to get Fareed’s book tomorrow. I couldn’t find anything said in this interview that I could disagree with. Especially the part about the need to support Ukraine to the fullest extent. IMO the need to do this is so obvious it boggles the mind to think that there is any contrary view.

[luadiva]

16:02 thank you FZ for concisely summarizing the back&forth my own family is struggling with, in terms of how I grew up regarding Israel, and how my adult children view the region.

[regclayton]

Washington Week, Firing Line, GPS; essential viewing.

[mwpipp]

Margaret asks great questions. Love to see the full version

[ThThinkr]

Predictably great episode when you put these two intelligent and serious people together.

[HarmonDMark]

such a great show and such an intelligent conversation!

[philg]

Stellar Fareed? At Walmart the other day, a pack of Kool-Aid powder was 36c up from 30c . in April 2024. I'm on a fixed income except for measly yearly COLAs

[eddyr]

People are horrible . ...

World need more good samaritans spirits ❤

[owennovenski]

The changes both technical and cultural (they intertwine often) were discussed, written about and reported on in the media for decades. Comparisons to revolutionary times, especially the 19 century industrial ‘revolution’ were consistently referenced as helpful guides. Americans, en mass, tune out, but then tuned in to entertainment, quest for wealth and nearly obscene consumer indulgence while giving little thought and even less material support to the education of their children or themselves. In a country that requires significant education to support a thriving democracy, a legal system and the rationale favouring civic responsibility; any expectation of success would have been delusional. The average American doesn’t even know, let alone honour the fact that there are many forms of capitalism and that the one form they’ve allowed to thrive is most likely to favour the minority of rich and least likely to be sustainable or support their democracy. It was indeed predictable for those paying attention. Did the average American actually think legal status of women and minorities weren’t going to be an issue? That religious zealots constantly bumping heads with the scientific community wasn’t going to cause serious conflict going forward? That the disparity between rich and poor wasn’t going to matter? That an aging population not having access to health care would be their number one issue? That the connectivity of communications throughout the planet would inevitably lead to some form of globalism? One could make the case that it’s surprising America has got this far avoiding complete calamity.

[brucemclennan]

I like and respect Fareed. That being said, can you say ‘nuclear weapons’; Putin has everything to lose if he’s not successful and I am worried. It is a tough decision. You can’t play this like the board game Risk.

[Billchu]

Great quote from the interview:
"There is an identity revolution, the role of women and minorities, and there's a lot of people who feel like this is a lot of disruption... and are willing to hear politicians say, "I'm going to take you back to before this was so crazy."

This epitomizes my issue with both Republican and Democratic platforms- neither is progressive. They are both selling us nostalgia, for the Reagan and Clinton administrations respectively.

This explains why neither party has a policy or platform that realistically handles our 21st Century problems- voters are motivated by a desire to return to the 20th century rather than realistic solutions.

[roughhabit]

Wasn’t this guy on the final Firing Line episode? Henry didn’t seem too pleased about it.

[jolness]

Love fareed but do disagree on intel being “behind” nvidia. The government is interested in physical fabrication not chip design. All of the major players in cutting edge semi design are in the US. Intel has bought 4-5 of the high numerical aperture EUV lithography machines, they have production from ASML locked up through the end of the year. And gelsinger is a good fit, an engineer. I’m not saying intel will succeed but even as someone who isn’t a fan of government picking winners, intel is too important strategically.

[yooujiin]

Farmed needs to go independent and unleash his final level. His moderate liberalism is no longer valued in MSM

[skygreen]

Margaret, calling it a "Trump policy" doesn't get anyone on the left more eager to support sensible change.

[sg]

Instead of following the law and have Congress act, the president should make up any law they want.

[philg]

C'mon Fareed, Intel has heretofore been paying the price for letting MBAs make the big decisions.

[aroundandround]

15:30 “..where we figure out how to be the coalition leader rather than the hegemony”. True words but fat chance coz the US is never going to shed its hegemonistic geopolitics unless it is dethroned as the world’s most powerful country.

[mbqikyq]

Fareed Zakaria's talent and expertise is wasted at CNN