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Conversations with Tyler #208 · April 3, 2024 · 68m
Fareed Zakaria on Books, Media, and the Age of Revolutions
Fareed Zakaria discusses Age of Revolutions, why books remain his most important medium despite hosting CNN's flagship foreign affairs show, and how the current moment of populist upheaval compares to previous revolutionary periods.
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Zakaria argues that the US can't control whether China rises, whether Russia invades, or whether the global order holds. It can control its own preparation: alliances, institutions, economic strength, military readiness.
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Zakaria argues that every revolutionary period follows the same pattern: liberalization, inequality, backlash
Zakaria's thesis: the current populist wave is not unprecedented. Every period of rapid liberalization (economic, cultural, technological) produces inequality, which produces a populist backlash demanding a return to order.