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Pete Buttigieg: The Left's Identity Crisis, Wealth Tax, 2024 Mistakes, Plans for 2028

Oct 30, 2025
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(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Pete Buttigieg

(1:31) Why the Democrats lost tech

(6:40) Taxes: Federal wealth tax, wealth disparity, billionaires, the role of government in the free market

(23:17) Government efficiency: Democratic DOGE, breaking ranks on debt, his plan to control spending

(33:01) Culture Wars: The costly role of democratic identity politics, navigating a primary with moderate views, the two Democratic Parties

(40:07) Immigration: Trump shutting the border, Biden's failure

(47:38) Working in the Biden Admin: good and bad, gatekeepers, cognitive decline, anointing Kamala Harris vs running a short primary

(52:17) Thoughts on moving NASA under the Dept of Transportation

(54:07) AI: self-driving, automation, and job loss

(1:01:19) Running in 2028, Mamdani in NYC

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