All Hail the Moscow Supermarket!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.richardhanania.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.richardhanania.com</a><br /><br /><p>I go into three different topics this week. First, I discuss my debate with Curtis Yarvin from Friday on the question of democracy versus monarchy. I share some thoughts on the point of debates, impressions of who “won,” and what it was like meeting online rightists in person. </p><p>The second part of the monologue goes into Tucker’s trip to Moscow, which included his interview with Putin and visits to the <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1757901280830505037" target="_blank">metro</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1758148424611061927" target="_blank">a supermarket.</a> I discuss the ways in which criticism of US foreign policy is often motivated by hostility to American society more generally, and why this is a trap to avoid. For previous takes on the Putin interview, see <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1755750991964913902" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1755758341811523950" target="_blank">here.</a> I talk about how while the subway video arguably had a legitimate point about our urban dysfunction, the supermarket one shows the ways in which anti-Americanism can cloud people’s judgment. I suggest ways in which one can find a healthier balance that involves criticizing America’s flaws while not developing too negative a perspective or romanticizing states like Putin’s Russia. </p><p>Finally, I discuss Edward Luttwak’s <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/israel-winning-gaza" target="_blank">recent piece</a> on why Israel is winning in Gaza, and the split between PR realities and what is happening on the ground. As I <a href="https://www.richardhanania.com/p/wars-of-necessity-and-wars-of-choice?utm_medium=email&#38;utm_content=post" target="_blank">previously predicted</a>, Israel would fight to win, and it’s heartening to see that it is largely ignoring international criticism of the war effort. </p>