What Elites Don’t Understand About America | Rudy Havenstein

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 342 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Rudy Havenstein, the owner and operator of a satirical Twitter account that regularly mocks Western policymakers and politicians for their endless wars, corporate bailouts, and tone-deaf public statements about the economy, American foreign policy, and the state of American democracy.

Demetri asked Rudy on the podcast in order to understand what he feels has gone wrong in America and what it would take for voters like him to feel that the country is moving in the right direction. This conversation is meant to be accessible to anyone, irrespective of your beliefs, preconceptions, or pre-existing knowledge about the subjects that Kofinas and Havenstein explore in this episode.

The first hour is devoted to understanding Rudy’s perspective, how he grew up, his experience of America as a young man in the 1960s and 70s, how the country has changed in the intervening decades, and what his central grievances are against the ruling class and the government in Washington.

In the second hour, Rudy and Demetri discuss how those who care about the future of American and Western democracy can engage constructively in solutions that move the country forward. What is the story that we need to tell ourselves about who we are and what we’re capable of that will help bring this country together during one of the most precarious times in our history?

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Episode Recorded on 12/01/2023

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is the Mitra Kofinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces, a
0:06.2	podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens to challenge consensus narratives and to learn how to think
0:14.8	critically about the systems of power shaping our world. My guest in this
0:19.5	episode of Hidden Forces is Rudy Havenstein, the owner and operator of a satirical
0:24.8	Twitter account that regularly mocks policymakers and politicians for their
0:29.5	endless wars, corporate bailouts, and tone-deaf public statements about the economy, American foreign
0:36.0	policy, and the state of American democracy.
0:39.0	I asked Rudy to come on the podcast because I wanted to understand his perspective on what he
0:44.4	feels has gone wrong in America and what it would take for voters like him to feel
0:49.1	that the country is moving in the right direction. This conversation is meant to be accessible to anyone,
0:55.0	irrespective of your beliefs, preconceptions,
0:58.0	or pre-existing knowledge about the subjects that we explore in today's episode.
1:03.0	One of the biggest challenges we face today is that people aren't listening to one another.
1:08.0	We're trying to understand each other's perspectives.
1:11.0	I devote the first hour of today's conversation to understanding Rudy's perspective, how he grew up, his experience of America as a young man growing up in the 1960s and 70s, how the country has changed in the intervening decades, and what his central
1:25.6	grievances are against the ruling class and the government in Washington.
1:30.2	In the second hour, Rudy and I discuss how those of us who care about the future of American and Western democracy can engage constructively in solutions that move our country forward.
1:41.0	What is the story that we need to tell ourselves about who we are
1:44.8	and what we're capable of that will help bring this country together during what I
1:48.8	believe is one of the most precarious times in our country's history.
1:53.0	You can access that part of the conversation on our premium feed,
1:56.0	which you can listen to on your mobile device,
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