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jfc this guy has to be the result of a lab experiment to see how much of an annoying lib one person can be, it's uncanny
I really hate the guy and I used to be surprised that he's not ratioed all the time. Finally I realized that he knows how package his horrible ideas in just the right way so the concepts seem reasonable to many people.
All you need to do is read between the lines to see how bad his opinions are but he knows the average American can't/won't do that.
he also knows better than to be the host or a frequent guest of a podcast... have you ever heard him speaking? let's just say that his ideas are not the only really annoying thing about him
I never had so I googled. At ~0:53... Matthew Yglesias on the Politics of Micromobility and Being Twitter’s Foremost "Ebike Dad" - YouTube. Yeesh. In movies and in tv series - people who say stuff like "Sweatshops are good actually" are reptilian and repulsive. In realty - they are Matty. The worst centrist pundits have such similar voices. There's a centrist way of speaking. I don't know what to call it so I'll call it a centrist brogue.
It's not a whine but it's getting there. In fact - if I was speaking to a centrist online and I used the word "brogue" - they'd lecture me that I don't know what I'm talking about. And if I really think that centrists have a vaguely similar way of talking - I should google to learn the correct linguistic term. I should not use an incorrect term. Of course - in my head I'd convert the text to speech and I'd hear their brogue.
Ezra Klein's producer filled (fills?) in for him on his podcast. A Hexbear made a joke that they sound exactly the same. I didn't quite believe it so I found the podcast and I had a quick listen. If had skipped the intro where the producer explains that he's filling in - I would have simply thought he was Klein himself. People tend to gravitate towards people who are similar so being roughly similar in appearance or voice is not unusual but that shit was beyond belief. It was so weird. They had the same voice.
I dunno if we're talking about the same thing but I've felt this in my bones for years. I think of it as upper-management speak cuz it reminds me of every corporate suit at every meeting i used to have to attend
I've never been in the corporate world but maybe that's it.
I listened again.
Matty etc definitely have the same vocal pattern of a horrible middle school kid who narcs on the other students. He feels superior to them in every way and they really hate him. As he grow older - he has no regret or doubt. In fact - he gets worse and he's even more superior because minders are needed so people are reminded to follow the rules and do the appropriate thing. It's important.
In a zombie movie such a horrible guy locks people out of a building or a house and they die. His only true interest is himself. And if it's discovered that he killed people by locking them out - he baldly lies and says that he did it for benefit of the rest of the people in his group.
It's funny that he can't even take the bag and just become a right-wing grifter and then retire young. Instead he's gotta keep the lib grindset going, causing just as much damage to society but with none of the money.
Yglesias is just a closet conservative who can't imagine coming out because of the social circles he runs in.