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Jiang says the 1980s brought a revolt of elites, visible in the Reagan Revolution, Thatcherism, neoliberalism, and free-market capitalism, which moved society away from the worker and back toward money.
Jiang says baby boomers enjoyed a uniquely favorable life course: Great Society social supports, Reagan-era wealth opportunities, and unipolar American privilege.
The host says many of Trump's current moves appear designed to emulate Reagan by provoking an arms race that would bankrupt Russia.
Alexander argues that the Reagan analogy is wrong because Reagan did not understand confrontation with Moscow the way present commentators imagine and ultimately wanted negotiated peace agreements with the Soviets.
"okay we all agree they will die in 20 years 30 years who knows but they but there will be drastic political changes before..."
"in the 80s you had the reagan revolution the reagan revolution was opportunity for people with talent with ability to make as much money..."
"...of Trump's moves are are there to to to emulate what Reagan did during the Cold War yes in the belief that this is..."
"by the way a misunderstanding a misjudgment of what Reagan was actually doing as people who worked with Reagan people like Chas Freeman uh..."
"...Happened. In. The. 80s. And. This. What. In. The. States. The. Reagan. Revolution. Okay. The. Reagan. Revolution. The. Beginning. Of. New. Liberalism. Free. Market...."
"...that that incident sunk the Carter presidency. That is what allowed Reagan to defeat Carter in 1980."
"...that he was a mastermind of Iran Conflict. Right? Because Ronald Reagan is an actor. Whereas George H.W. Bush was a deep state operative..."
"...This new neoliberal agenda that was very much part of the Reagan -Bush years. But he had problems implementing them because of all the..."
"...right? And. But, like. So if you go back to Ronald Reagan up until Obama, it's just one clear, I doubt there's no framework..."
"...this is a single household. Okay? But then you got the Reagan Revolution. You had the rise of Margaret Thatcher in Britain and then..."
"So it went all wrong with the Reagan Revolution and the rise of neoliberalism and that's the root of all the issues that we..."
"...a culmination of very troubling trends ever started ever since the Reagan neoliberal era. So the first trend was the move from manufacturing to..."
Jiang frames the Iran war as a structural problem: empires that enter forceful conflicts without strategic reserve burn out, and the current administration is trying to steer around collapse, domestic optics, and a volatile...
Jiang starts with his own formation story: a bullied immigrant reader, Yale disillusionment, depression, poker, game theory, and then a predictive method that treats society as a game played by distinct personalities.
Jiang opens by saying the American empire is no longer even pretending to run a liberal order.
Jiang's argument begins with a simple civilizational scorecard: energy, openness, and cohesion.
Mercouris opens by asking for predictive geopolitics rather than another issue-by-issue panel, and Jiang answers by folding Ukraine, Europe, Iran, China, and domestic American disorder into one machine.
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