Fareed Zakaria on revolutions, tribalism and the demise of the West | SpectatorTV

Freddy Gray is joined by Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and columnist for The Washington Post. They discuss liberalism, the state of America, and identity politics.

They also cover Fareed's new book, Age of Revolutions, which asks one central question: what are the causes of the seismic social disruptions we are going through and the political backlashes that have ensued?

Chapters
00:00:59 - 00:02:05 The pattern of progress
00:04:37 - 00:07:17 The rise of populism and identity politics
00:35:39 - 00:39:22 The future of the liberal international order

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[SpectatorTV]

Is the rise of populism a temporary backlash or a long-term shift?

[darbyheavey]

The French Revolution ended poorly for a lot of innocent people.

[briandowney]

Fareed makes a lot of good points. I must say though when he says that "wages have been out stripping the cost of living for years now" that is false and is a sign of his being out of touch with the working class! Try asking the millions of Americans that are systematically being "priced out of affordable rents, home prices, health care, and higher education! I'm one of them! Hell, I was an Inspector for an Affordable Housing Corporation in the San Francisco Bay Area and a One-Bedroom apartment with utilities required over 70% of my monthly income and a studio around 60%. Here in Seattle the same apartment I rented 20 years ago has quadrupled in rent. These economic statistics he quotes are not accurate. I've talked with hundreds of Americans from New York to the West Coast and the majority of the working class is feeling the inequality yet these statistics he quotes do not! This is the result of listening to elites and spending little to no time having conversations with working class folks not to mention not knowing any!

[scott]

I WISH we had “elites”…it implies a level of competence. What we have are mediocre bureaucrats sanctimoniously playing the woke fiddle as Rome is burning.

[standardtrickyness]

Idk how you're measuring inflation but housing prices have risen way more than 3% as has fast food.

[Philiptanzer]

People are not wanting fewer immigrants because the internet exists, saying such an obviously stupid thing means this man must be lying or trying to gaslight us.

[dontarguewithidiots]

He was part of the problem for so, SO, SO many years. But at least I give him credit for going on a conservative leaning (or at least non-woke) news outlet.

[markdelbrooke-jones]

So what is his point.?
'Please dont let the chickens come home to roost'
Sounds like he is worried that the masses are finally going to wake up and call out his rich buddies and himself

[peterforsythe]

Interesting, BUT… was Islam a taboo subject? What of the threat of Islamisation of the west, esp Europe, UK?

[aldrinspeck]

Fareed Zakaria used to sound like Marie Antoniete (you don't have bread? eat cake instead!). Now his penny has dropped!

[glennanderson]

Wages are not outstripping inflation, that is a lie.

[ISpitHotFiyaa]

The whole "international order" was neither international nor order. It was US hegemony.

[supermash]

I think Fareed is sincere in his trying to understand what is happening, but he misses the point that the constant printing of money out of thin air and the borrowing of it into existence while never allowing a corrective recession to occur is creating MASSIVE price escalation in hard assets like housing. Currency creation beyond the organic growth of the economy is the very definition of inflation. This is government policy for God's sake!
In Canada where I live, a generation ago any family with a single steady wage earner - in any occupation - could afford a house. Now that is almost impossible due to the price of housing absolutely skyrocketing. TWO incomes now cannot afford a house. Also, while there is this continuing escalation in prices of housing, the government has let in 1 MILLION newcomers in the last 10 months! Forcing the price of housing HIGHER STILL. All while there is a crisis in health care and infrastructure not remotely able to keep up with the population growth, MILLIONS of people have no family doctor (including myself).
Do you think the "educated elite" might have thought of the COSEQUENCES of their policies? Obviously not. Many MP's in parliament are property investors. Coincidence? I think not. How many MP's don't have a doctor? Probably not one.
"Elite" ? That is laughable. Self serving? Completely - all of them.

[mataform]

You are never going to change tribalism but we can be tolerant and let others live alongside. BUT we are entitled to want to have our identity and feel respected. This has not been happening now with the neo liberals . The Tory party is full of those liberals .

[aimsophie]

When i heard him say "wages have been outstripping the cost of living for years now, and inequality in america has been declining for the last few years" I knew I could stop.

[stefalb]

The issue is that bailouts are not helping the "poor people". Bailouts create constant (asset) inflation and are making "poor people" poorer because they own no assets. The wealth disparity is bigger than ever. Bailouts also create moral hazard and lead to moral bankruptcy! The book could be named: "Living in an Upper Eastside bubble"

[PrayingForMeteors]

So, if I'm interpreting Mr. Zakaria's argument correctly on our present economic model, it's essentially, "Yes, it's kinda shitty. But, we've found a way to keep it just above the level of shitty where large swathes of the population will want to rebel."

Sir, that sounds like a perfected version of serfdom. It certainly does not sound like liberty, nor any other model that I would wish to live under, economically or otherwise.

[nathaniel]

We don’t have ten year long recessions anymore….? Where has he been for the last ten years?

[stormysmurf]

15:21 Pretty much, 80% or more od the people in the US would throttle this man for claiming the US economy is better than it has been in 50 years.

[michaelramzi]

Corporate welfare of many ways, forms and shapes far exceeds social spending of government.