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> This seems naive to me. You imagine that Krugman's columns in the NYT, Greenwald's pontifications on whatever platform he's on now, or little Matty Y's rumina
by xyzzyz 5y ago
> This seems naive to me. You imagine that Krugman's columns in the NYT, Greenwald's pontifications on whatever platform he's on now, or little Matty Y's ruminations on substack are actually "dominating the discourse" ?
One could argue one way or another, but the point here is that they unarguably more impact on public discourse and policy than Jimmy John Liautaud has, despite having much less money than he has.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoI don't consider it even close to inarguable. The fact that there are some "big names" that help shape, shift and constrain public discourse does not imply that the same people also shape policy decisions. [ EDIT: I don't know that the JJ founder does anything at all on policy, but he seemed to be playing the role of "stand-in for rich people that potentially push policies but nobody knows who they are". ]