Matt Bruenig
Added 2024-11-18 18:33:01 +0000 UTCIn this episode of Bridges, Steven sits down with Matt Bruenig, founder of the People’s Policy Project, to dive deep into socialism and the mechanics of welfare states. Together, they explore how wealth distribution, social safety nets, and progressive policy frameworks can reshape societies. Whether you're an advocate for economic reform or just curious about the Nordic model, this episode provides a compelling look at the intersection of policy and ideology.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattBruenig
People's Policy Project: https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org
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IM ON BLUESKY NOW.
JIM CASTRO
2024-11-20 06:20:12 +0000 UTCUniversalism>>>>> There are whole books written about the de-humanising punitivism and waste of means-testing, that creates an adverserial relationship between 1) those on benefits and those not, and 2) those on benefits and the bureaucracy. A small UBI would be worth it, just for the fact everyone would have one, new, salient thing that's like, 'hey, the government does do this one thing pretty well to be fair!'
ShnRmn
2024-11-19 11:51:33 +0000 UTCFuck yeah. Destiny excels at this interview/shoot the shit style of conversation, and only gets better. He asked all the right questions and Matt gave (to my view) all the right answers. Extremely interesting to get a big picture view of Matt’s ideal welfare state proposal including all the little policy minutiae and responses to reasonable criticisms/concerns. I smiled bigger watching this than watching first Jimmy Timmy power hour as a kid. Biased fan of both of you, but bar none beat episode yet. Good shit.
Corndog
2024-11-19 01:25:46 +0000 UTC
