452 - Sucker-Bait feat. Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner (9/7/20) by Chapo Trap House
soundcloud.com
We’re joined by Foreign Exchanges’ Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner to discuss Trump’s troop-disrespecting, Austrian domination of the Balkans, who the REAL losers and suckers are, and the roll of the military in America’s declining empire. Please subscribe to Foreign Exchanges on substack: https://fx.substack.com/

We’re joined by Foreign Exchanges’ Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner to discuss Trump’s troop-disrespecting, Austrian domination of the Balkans, who the REAL losers and suckers are, and the roll[sic] of the military in America’s declining empire.

Please subscribe to Foreign Exchanges on substack: fx.substack.com/

  • TheUrbanaSquirrel [she/her]
    1·
    4 years ago

    Link , for anyone curious.

    Unfortunately our Chapos are no stranger to the uninformed hot take. In a way their ignorance supports the thesis that our military class is mostly invisible because it's voluntary.

    • emizeko [they/them]
      1·
      4 years ago

      42k in household income is apparently "middle class" according to the Council on Foreign Relations

      • TheUrbanaSquirrel [she/her]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Bear in mind they are defining middle class as the middle of the income brackets. Whether a family can comfortably live on that income is no longer true in many cases. But I think it is interesting that the poorest Americans are underrepresented. There's probably a good reason for that, but I wouldn't rely on the Council on Foreign Relations to identify it.