I’ve always been interested in the difference in vibe between conservative and radical takes on the economy, and under what circumstance either seems appealing

Take conservative libertarian-ish thought, for example. It treats capitalism like a natural weather system - something that just exists and which you have to navigate to the best of your abilities. It will sell business self-help books - how to be the one person out of a thousand who will be successful. How to ride the waves of the storm

Lefty radical stuff, by contrast, imagines capitalism as an artificial system set up to favour the powerful. It will publish angsty critiques and grand plans for how to foil or redesign the system, and how to liberate the 999 people out of thousand that don’t get to be the hero of the libertarian imagination

The choice faced by the proverbial man on the street is whether to go along with shallow libertarian coping strategies that may give them a small temporary edge in the market, or whether to place their hope in epic changes that seem vanishingly far off and, yes, unrealistic

Perhaps then, the holy grail for those who wish to change the system is to create something that looks like self-help, but which - deep down - is intended to crack the dogmas and patters of the system. I don’t really know what that is yet, but right now I do know that charlatans like Andrew Tate are making big headway by selling snake-oil hustler dreams to disorientated young men, and they do need to be stopped

Any tips appreciated