3 Comments
Aug 16, 2021Liked by Robert Wright

I found it really insightful when your podcast guest, Adam Weinstein, said that in an unequal society with an all-volunteer army, the burden of sending troops to stabilize countries is not equally shared by all, but rather the brunt is borne by a certain socioeconomic class.

Expand full comment
Aug 17, 2021Liked by Robert Wright

"There seems to be something about a cold war that messes up your thinking."

It is the "metaphysics", our basic building blocks of reality, that are messed up. You give a great example of this:

"We just didn’t understand that the force opposing us in Vietnam was less the puppet of a Communist superpower than an indigenous reaction against colonial rule."

I found this very insightful ... thanks.

Expand full comment
Aug 16, 2021Liked by Robert Wright

Our optimism is pathological and our arrogance is blinding. Without the realistic view of karma and the necessity of morality, we are begging for the apocalypse.

Expand full comment