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David Friedberg on Zohran Mamdani's Win in NYC: The College Debt Crisis Has Led People to Socialism

June 28, 2025 / 02:57

This episode discusses the impact of debt and government involvement on the American Dream, featuring the case of Zoran's election and its implications for socialism.

The conversation highlights how increasing government roles have inflated education costs, leading to significant student debt for many young Americans. The speaker points out that individuals with negative capital often turn to government solutions, as traditional support systems fail.

Zoran's election victory, where he received 61% of the vote from college-educated young people, is presented as a potential turning point in American politics. The speaker expresses concern about the trend towards socialism as a response to economic struggles.

The discussion emphasizes the historical context of government intervention and its failure to resolve debt cycles, suggesting that more government is not the solution.

Overall, the episode raises questions about the future of American democracy and the shifting political landscape driven by economic hardship.

TL;DR

The episode examines how debt drives young voters towards government solutions and socialism, using Zoran's election as a key example.

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kla Harris is going to look like a
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conservative candidate pretty soon a lot
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of people don't quite recognize and see
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how important the debt and the deficit
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is with respect to how it's ultimately
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going to lead to socialism as it has
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every single time in history when you've
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had a free voting democracy people call
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it left but it's actually quite
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different than just being more
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traditionally left it's really a
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revolution against the system that
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brought them to this moment because the
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promise that we gave in America the
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American dream was if you will go to
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college you will graduate you will have
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income you will have stability you will
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be able to buy a home and what we did is
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we increased the government's role in
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making that dream possible and in doing
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so we created effectively a system where
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we gave unrestricted access to capital
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which inflated the cost of education
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people could go to school like Zoron and
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major in African studies and graduate
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with $200 $300,000 of debt and then
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never get a job the guy has not had a
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real job and this is the truth for 32
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million young Americans they find
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themselves living in places where they
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cannot afford to pay their bills every
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month and they will never get out of the
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debt cycle that they were thrust into
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and believe that they were going to be
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able to graduate from and excel in the
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world and increase they all have what is
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called negative capital they have debt
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and they will never be able to get out
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of that cycle so where do you turn in
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that moment you don't go turn to
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corporations to solve your problems you
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don't go turn to your friends and your
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siblings and your family they're not
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going to bail you out you turn to the
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voting booth and you hear a guy like
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Zoran show up and say "There can be a
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better path forward." The better path
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forward is the government can and should
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do more to help and in doing more to
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help we will increase government we will
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tax the rich we will tax the
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corporations we will take all of that
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capital and we will redistribute it in
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the form of services and checks and
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support for all of the people that find
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themselves unable to take care of
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themselves and this becomes a tipping
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point when the majority of the voter
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base ends up in that situation where
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they're that deeply in need where they
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have negative capital and that is the
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situation America finds itself in today
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there is no easy answer and there is no
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easy solution out of this but I can tell
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you one thing for sure that in
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historical perspective we have seen it
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time and time again across dozens of
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countries that have embraced socialism
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to get out of the debt cycle that
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ultimately absorbs and and swallows up
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the young it swallows up every family it
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swallows up every person in the working
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class with debt they're swaddled with it
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and they all try and get out of it by
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increasing government and embracing
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these socialist concepts and it has
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never ever worked more government is not
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the answer less government is zoran won
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61 to 39 with college educated young
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people voted for him old people did not
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as much white people voted for him
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because they went to college non-white
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people did not as much at the end of the
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day young college educated white people
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elected this guy and that is the
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beginning of a wave that will sweep over
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America and I really do worry about
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where this takes

Episode Highlights

  • The Debt Cycle Dilemma
    Millions of young Americans are trapped in a debt cycle, struggling to make ends meet.
    “They will never get out of the debt cycle that they were thrust into.”
    @ 01m 03s
    June 28, 2025
  • A Shift in Voting Trends
    Young, college-educated voters are increasingly leaning towards candidates promising government support.
    “Young college educated white people elected this guy.”
    @ 02m 49s
    June 28, 2025

Episode Quotes

Key Moments

  • Debt Crisis01:03
  • Government Intervention02:32
  • Voting Trends02:49

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