It felt less like a real interview and more like a pre-arranged/pre-planned "message". > Why do so many even well-educated people think in zero-sum terms if al

It felt less like a real interview and more like a pre-arranged/pre-planned "message". > Why do so many even well-educated people think in zero-sum terms if all they need to do is separate the idea of money from material wealth? Because many well-educated honest people know that wealth = power and power is a zero sum game. It's the well-educated dishonest people who keep insisting everyone focus on the superficial non-zero sum nature of wealth and ignore the zero-sum consequences of wealth in relation to power. If that interview room was the world and PG and the interviewer were the only people in the world and they produced 1 handgun and 1 nerf gun, they increased wealth. But that increased wealth is meaningless isn't it? What's important is who gets the handgun and who gets the nerf gun because it affects the power relation in the room and power is zero sum. If PG gained power, then the interviewer necessarily loses power. And vice versa. Historically, it's always those with wealth/power who insists everyone look at the non-zero sum nature of wealth. A king or a slave owner says to a serf or a slave that increased wealth is good for everyone. Of course the king and slave owner would take greater portion of the wealth which increases their relative power over the serf or the slave. It's the same dynamic in north korea or with a pimp and a prostitute. Even if the greater wealth in north korea slightly benefits the poor, it still leaves them worse off vis-a-vis "dear leader" who takes a greater share of the wealth. Nevermind that if the percentages were reversed ( people get the lions share and "dear leader" gets a smaller slice ), the wealth would still have increased. But PG would probably say that's unfair or confiscation. > Though it’s called a tax, it’s really just confiscation. All taxes are confiscations then. > Interestingly, though, this policy shows how quickly socialism turns into authoritarianism. And there you have it. The agenda. Also, it's not like capitalism hasn't confiscated either? Entire continents of land was confiscated by capitalism. Entire races of people's labor was confiscated by capitalism. Wars have been started, governments overthrown and resources stolen in the name of capitalism. > But on the other hand, I’m one of the few people who can say heterodox things without worrying about getting fired. Or banned. > So if I don’t say these things, who will? Nothing in the interview was "heterodox". What heterodox statements has PG made? > The top idea in my mind right now, to be honest, is Covid-19. Was wondering why there has been a sudden surge of covid-19 posts lately. Frankly, this is why podcast interviews are so popular and tv/mag/etc interviews are not. There is no genuine free-flow exchange of ideas or honesty. It's just pre-arranged robotic soul-less talking points. It's the interview equivalent of the potemkin village. It has the fake facade of an interview, but there is no real interview.