#19 - American Labor in a Global Shift
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Release Date: 10/17/2024
#20 - Dead Issues of the 5th Party System
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Whenever there is a political realignment, a new conversation begins, but what happens with the old issues? Well, they die. Jay and Johnny talk about the dead issues we're leaving behind as we move into the 6th American Party System.
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#19 - American Labor in a Global Shift
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Johnny and Jay try to unpack ideas about unions from a long standing right to work perspective.
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#18 - The New Debate of the Next Realignment
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Maybe all this division is a sign of something else happening. What if the Left Right spectrum is missing the bigger picture and its more about the larger coalitions that are formed to answer the debates of they day? What are the debates to come that will shape the new political landscape and how will that affect the future of the two party system?
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#17 - It's the Undecided Voters, Stupid.
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Time and time again, whoever can win over the undecided voters will win the white house. Who does it better? How can they do it better? What makes us qualified to talk about this :)
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#16 - The New Right
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
How the Repulican Party is Reshaping after the Assasination Attempt on Trump and actually taking a more pragmatic route functionally in spite of the rhetoric to addressing the issues that are coming up down the road. Also what's holding together the Democrats during this time of upheaval?
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#15 - The Comeback Presidency - A Historical Review
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Can History be a Guide for Today? Being we live in strange times, is there some nugget of history we can draw on to make parallels with whats going on? Has a President ever lost re-election and then won the next presidental election? Turns out truth is stranger than fiction and there's many similarites that we can use as a guide.
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#14 - 3rd Side of the Demographic Coin
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Will it play out as all the Internet People say? Is China doomed to collapse? Is the advanced world doomed to lose years of progress? Do I always write with questions? Check this episode out and let us know what your thoughts are.
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#13 UBI after Covid Stimulus
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
What lessons in history did the Covid Stimulus show us that could help predict how a UBI would work out. Short answer, don't be too optomistic.
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#12 - De-Urbanization and De-Industrialization
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Demographic Decline in the Micro and Macro A thought experiment on what Demographic breakdowns and Political unrest would look like in a near future concept and some recent events that should be watched. Links in the show:
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#11 - Incel Involution
Functional Nihilism for the 21st Century
Will the Incels unite? Are we at the cusp of the incel revolution, or do we need to look harder at the numbers and start taking in anecdotal evidence from around us. Links used in the show:
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