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What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
J.D. Vance is a political figure and author known for his insights on social issues and personal responsibility. This interview reveals his focus on building trust and stability in communities, as well as his belief in the need for a balanced approach to governance and personal accountability.
“Of course, and the backlash comes in some way or another, right? I mean, one of the most underreported parts of the 2016 political cycle, in my mind, going back to this point about this cultural segregation between those who serve in their communities and those who don't, is that Donald Trump did extremely well in places with high veteran…”
“Yeah, that's definitely true, and that really worries me. And the military in some ways is just at this point a symptom or representation of the fact that we're increasingly fractured, right? And so the military is often set up where people talk about it as if it's just a bunch of poor kids. And that's, of course, not true.”
“Well, thank you. I appreciate that. And I'm making what I want of my life in large measure because she made a lot of sacrifices for me. And I always felt guilty that she was this old woman who couldn't move around very well, was really arthritic, but she was still putting food in front of me and making sure that I had access to some of th…”
“It's a combination and it's interesting the sequencing here really matters, right? So it seems that from the 80s to about the late 90s there actually were a fair number of job losses because of trade. The estimate is 2 to 2.5 million jobs. We're lost to China because of trade primarily in the light manufacturing sector.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 120 - J.D. Vance
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