Anand Giridharadas: This Is the World’s Richest Man Marauding with a Chainsaw Authoritarianism

GEIST This brings it ░░░░░░░░ the way back to ░░░░░░░░ we came in the ░░░░░░░░ when you had Harriet ░░░░░░░░ the congressman in Laramie ░░░░░░░░ getting screamed at loudly ░░░░░░░░ with chants of deport ░░░░░░░░ Musk from her Republican ░░░░░░░░ people in that room ░░░░░░░░ s what happens when ░░░░░░░░ cut 20 percent of ░░░░░░░░ VA That s what ░░░░░░░░ when you cut 50 ░░░░░░░░ of the Department of ░░░░░░░░ Anand That s what ░░░░░░░░ when you talk about ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid These are real ░░░░░░░░ that impact real people ░░░░░░░░ lives whether they re ░░░░░░░░ or Republicans And every ░░░░░░░░ we see one of ░░░░░░░░ Republican town halls they ░░░░░░░░ an excuse They say ░░░░░░░░ they re bussing in ░░░░░░░░ to yell at us ░░░░░░░░ some point you can ░░░░░░░░ say that when it ░░░░░░░░ town hall after town ░░░░░░░░ of your voters of ░░░░░░░░ constituents screaming at you ░░░░░░░░ Yeah And you know ░░░░░░░░ just it s March ░░░░░░░░ We re exactly two ░░░░░░░░ into this administration And ░░░░░░░░ actually think from my ░░░░░░░░ of view there s ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH We all think ░░░░░░░░ re only two months ░░░░░░░░ Isn t that crazy ░░░░░░░░ s also the spring ░░░░░░░░ So that s it ░░░░░░░░ All right Go ahead ░░░░░░░░ Two months in SCARBOROUGH ░░░░░░░░ was a body blow ░░░░░░░░ Giridharadas We re two ░░░░░░░░ in but we re ░░░░░░░░ years older It s ░░░░░░░░ weird I had black ░░░░░░░░ in January SCARBOROUGH Where ░░░░░░░░ Rod Sterling This is ░░░░░░░░ zone Giridharadas But two ░░░░░░░░ in I think we ░░░░░░░░ take a little bit ░░░░░░░░ stock And the one ░░░░░░░░ thing because I think ░░░░░░░░ out there need some ░░░░░░░░ of hope is that ░░░░░░░░ could have run a ░░░░░░░░ that we ve seen ░░░░░░░░ history in other countries ░░░░░░░░ a very popular authoritarianism ░░░░░░░░ They could have stuck ░░░░░░░░ the stuff that like ░░░░░░░░ are thirsting for even ░░░░░░░░ it s illegal even ░░░░░░░░ this is not that ░░░░░░░░ are centering a bunch ░░░░░░░░ things that are extremely ░░░░░░░░ This is like layoff ░░░░░░░░ right This is cutting ░░░░░░░░ hospitals authoritarianism This is ░░░░░░░░ the VA authoritarianism So ░░░░░░░░ s a very weird ░░░░░░░░ where there s this ░░░░░░░░ the world s richest ░░░░░░░░ marauding with a chainsaw ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH A chainsaw A ░░░░░░░░ Giridharadas A chainsaw BRZEZINSKI ░░░░░░░░ just gave up that ░░░░░░░░ so crosstalk SCARBOROUGH Again ░░░░░░░░ say again to Democrats ░░░░░░░░ I m a Democratic ░░░░░░░░ I ve already cut ░░░░░░░░ ads BRZEZINSKI Yeah SCARBOROUGH ░░░░░░░░ I m running against ░░░░░░░░ Republican opponent it s ░░░░░░░░ cut But I think ░░░░░░░░ ll find crosstalk BRZEZINSKI ░░░░░░░░ that is not just ░░░░░░░░ chainsaw my mom used ░░░░░░░░ MALE A gold leaf ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH I mean the ░░░░░░░░ and it s slowly ░░░░░░░░ there BRZEZINSKI It s ░░░░░░░░ chainsaw for babies SCARBOROUGH ░░░░░░░░ I know I mean ░░░░░░░░ on The commercial writes ░░░░░░░░ GEIST Itself SCARBOROUGH It ░░░░░░░░ itself Ababad Giridharadas I ░░░░░░░░ I m sure the ░░░░░░░░ will find a way ░░░░░░░░ make that commercial boring ░░░░░░░░ So like don t ░░░░░░░░ t just don t ░░░░░░░░ t just assume anything ░░░░░░░░ is not a place ░░░░░░░░ assumptions SCARBOROUGH The music ░░░░░░░░ will be like oh ░░░░░░░░ Yeah BRZEZINSKI They ll ░░░░░░░░ it in slow motion ░░░░░░░░ We re not here ░░░░░░░░ that chainsaws are bad ░░░░░░░░ Yeah Look chainsaws actually ░░░░░░░░ have two sides So ░░░░░░░░ s two sides to ░░░░░░░░ two sides to every ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH They ve got ░░░░░░░░ 87 billionaires running the ░░░░░░░░ They re guiding the ░░░░░░░░ They re guiding the ░░░░░░░░ of Education Giridharadas We ░░░░░░░░ going to see coming ░░░░░░░░ these midterms If they ░░░░░░░░ t make the most ░░░░░░░░ story this year and ░░░░░░░░ year SCARBOROUGH Yeah Giridharadas ░░░░░░░░ taking back America from ░░░░░░░░ They just they deserve ░░░░░░░░ permanent full retirement And ░░░░░░░░ just we ll just ░░░░░░░░ a whole new group ░░░░░░░░ people SCARBOROUGH Send them ░░░░░░░░ to France I mean ░░░░░░░░ BRZEZINSKI To that point ░░░░░░░░ to go to politics ░░░░░░░░ because we ve got ░░░░░░░░ get to Ukraine with ░░░░░░░░