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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

I could listen to Dr. Zakaria all day everyday. His view is wholistic and he gives me optimism that with many bumps in the road things will evolve to be better

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.

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 .

Inflation is 3%? Really? What are you smoking?

Wages are not outstripping inflation, that is a lie.

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

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

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"

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

Fareed Zakaria knows how to survive in his domain with play of words (or semantics). He likes to come across as a moderate and is worried he could antagonize his audience by aggressively taking a stance. With his mannerism, he had stayed under the radar for too long and had emerged successful. I don't think anyone would want to have him on their team, except perhaps CNN and other so-called journalists -- just so that he can keep increasing his wealth.

With respect to you and your guest, he made some ridiculous absurd remarks. He doesn't understand the perception of street level or, partial and biased received wisdom about the common folk.

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.