Ep. 96: Derek Thompson, Robinhood Populism, Coastal Cities in Trouble, & Governing a Fractured America

The Realignment

Technology, News Commentary, National Security, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, News, Public Policy, Economics, Politics, Saager Enjeti, U.s. Politics, Policy

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins The Realignment to discuss the aftermath of the Robinhood controversy, the effect of remote work on major cities, and technology’s role in the disappearance of a shared American reality. Subscribe to The Realignment Substack: https://therealignment.substack.com/ Check out our Bookshop store: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment

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0:00.0	Marshall and Saga here. Welcome back to the Realignment.
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0:08.4	Pocknism should be about seeking solutions that help the most people. It shouldn't be about
0:15.6	letting your ideology get dragged around by the force of if my enemies feel pain, that's
0:23.0	good enough, right? Like, one hedge fund getting screwed is not like the
0:29.7	triumph of populism.
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0:41.6	Derek Thompson of The Atlantic is one of Saga and my favorite writers. We usually have
0:48.2	shows that are very narratively focused. It's this big idea. Let's talk about it, but Derek's
0:52.8	writing on everything from the future of media to the future of cities, the Democratic party,
0:57.4	the Republican party, political realignment. Everything he's writing is just so close to the
1:02.0	themes we focused on in the show, especially after the 2020 election. We just wanted to have
1:06.8	a wide-ranging episode where we covered pretty much everything he's written about.
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1:10.9	I love talking to Derek. We hit Wall Street bets, GameStop, whether it's a populist thing or not.
1:18.3	What real populism is the rise of cities in the Southwest because of people working remote,
1:25.9	how that's going to change American politics, how that's going to screw likely the future of the
1:30.4	GOP, the future of the Democratic party. You guys got the idea. Literally everything that we talk
1:35.2	about here, every single day. Oh, and we hit tech too. So basically, every single theme of this
1:40.2	podcast was covered in a single episode, which is something that we're particularly proud of
1:45.2	on this one. So make sure that you check out his work at The Atlantic.
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