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2024: Year of the Coverup

TK News by Matt Taibbi • 14560 implied HN points • 28 Dec 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Media Coverage Political Events Public Opinion Elite influence Social Issues
  1. In 2024, many real stories got ignored while media focused on flashy but fake news events. This trend was called the 'year of the pseudo-event.'
  2. Media elites tried to cover up their incompetence by crafting unrealistic narratives, but this only highlighted their failures.
  3. Important issues were overshadowed by superficial stories, leading to big questions about trust and transparency being left unanswered.

Marc Andreessen on His Intellectual Journey

Erik Torenberg's Thoughts • 533 implied HN points • 26 Dec 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Political theory Public Policy Political Ideologies Social movements Elite influence
  1. In 2016, major political events made many people, including Marc, rethink how they understand both the left and right sides of politics. It showed that the way people behave in politics can change in surprising ways.
  2. There's a debate about whether people's actions are driven more by their ideas or by their interests. Sometimes people's emotions take charge, and they move in a certain direction, which then influences the ideas that follow.
  3. We need a new understanding of what it means to be part of an elite class. New leaders should focus on results and unite people instead of dividing them along political lines.

Losing Alignment: Why have establishment politics become so destructive, immoderate and self-defeating?

eugyppius: a plague chronicle • 154 implied HN points • 18 Dec 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Election Trends Populism Elite influence
  1. Establishment politics are struggling to manage public discontent. This has led to the rise of populist movements that the elites can't control.
  2. The ruling elite should adapt their policies to keep the public satisfied, but they often don't. This can lead to losing political power and control.
  3. Current political strategies are inflaming opposition instead of calming it down, which is a big problem for governance in Western democracies.

The current crisis era

America in Crisis • 99 implied HN points • 19 Jun 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Elite influence Fascism
  1. Pessimism surrounds the state of the American nation and the West, with concerns about civil strife, economic inequality, and extreme political ideologies on the rise.
  2. Secular cycle theory proposes that the current crisis period, marked by high political stress, is driven by rising inequality and elite competition.
  3. We are also experiencing a creedal passion period, involving cultural instability and radical ideologies, which may impact future political resolutions.

Seven and a half cents

America in Crisis • 19 implied HN points • 27 Sep 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Economic Policy Social Impact Elite influence
  1. The song 'Seven and a half cents' from the 1954 musical 'Pajama Game' humorously portrayed the impact of a pay increase on workers over time, reflecting the changing economic landscape for working class Americans.
  2. After 1973, the 'rising tide' of economic prosperity ended, leading to a shift in economic policy and an increase in the need for upskilling to maintain living standards, impacting different generations in varied ways.
  3. The analysis of marriage prospects and income growth highlights how economic changes have influenced societal trends, showing disparities in income growth and social outcomes in different eras, emphasizing shifts in economic policy and culture.
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