SOLVED! #25 - Trump’s “State Capitalism” is Just a Grift, NOT Socialism
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Air Date: 10–15-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- Ch. 1 - The cartoonish conservative and libertarian responses to Trump’s state capitalism
- Ch. 2 - Trump’s interest in sovereign wealth funds, and the lie the right sells its supporters about getting money back
- Ch. 3 - The left spectrum of reactions to Trump’s state capitalism
- Ch. 4 - Why Trump is definitely, 100%, not in any way a socialist
- SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm: Ayn Rand’s nearly psychotic opposition to altruism
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REFERENCES:
The Danger of Trump Seizing Private Companies - Time magazine
Trump’s “State Capitalism … a Hybrid Between Socialism and Capitalism” Won’t Make America Great Again - Cato Institute
Trump Is Embracing 'Daddy State' Economics - Reason
Trump's brand of US capitalism faces 'socialist' backlash from conservatives - BBC
Trump, national-capitalism at bay - Heterodox
Don’t Let Trump Define What State Capitalism Can Be - The New Republic
What State Capitalism Can Do—and What It Can’t - The American Prospect
Unfortunately, Donald Trump is Not a Socialist - Current Affairs
EXTRAS
Were the Nazis Socialists? - Britannica
r/AskHistorians: “Is Nazism right wing or left wing?”
Interview with Hitler - Interviews (Anthology 1859-1993)
BACKSTAGE
I’ve spent my entire career studying stress—the No. 1 cure for it might ‘surprise’ you - CNBC
Leonard Peikoff - Wikipedia
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