Pete Buttigieg: The Left's Identity Crisis, Wealth Tax, 2024 Mistakes, Plans for 2028
Published: October 30, 2025
Duration: 1:04:19
(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...