So the craft guilds, for example, which sort of forcefully resisted new technologies became weakened by globalization because their political clout didn't extend beyond the city in which they worked. And so as a result of that, the threat from the below was essentially reduced and because governments increasingly realized that their military muscle depended
And those who have some tend to get more. Those who have clout tend to get more clout . Those who have visibility and celebrity tend to get more.
And in fact, I calculated once, in discussing how we're going to do it again maybe someday, that we had to shoot it actually pound-for-pound. We had no clout , Aziz had no clout , I had no clout .
any success that she has had so getting the chance to to meet her and and for her to attach her name to something knowing that it carries so much clout to help out someone that she loves and respects and has been friends with and colleagues with for so many years those are the things of the industry that i love i i love you know the
Catamount, up in Vermont, which was one of the pioneer, one of the my generation of brewers, failed. We now have a significant clout in Washington with the federal government, we're a regulated industry.
Which method do you think is more probable, or is it some other method that I haven't thought of? You're talking about the clout argument. You have one centralized measure of influence, which is completely crap, if you want my opinion, since that's what you asked for.
The good news is that we're now able to go online and get lots and lots of different kinds of contexts around individuals. So whereas I could go to clout and determine whether clout thinks you're really able to influence others, that's not going to tell me anything about your ability as a babysitter. But I can go online and look at your Facebook page, I can look at what you posted on Quora,,
out if my fiance's name was in Bailey's book uh and that it was allegedly in there under the name of clout and her maiden name so uh and this was just stuff that was invented invented by Bailey it was concocted by others and as we went through the tapes and what have
have completely failed to do is to take on the fossil fuel producers now I agree that these are very powerful Lobby groups so they've got less political clout than they had before now that so many of them have been exposed for funding climate change denial networks and investing in Canadian tarand when they said they would do no such thing and the rest of it these are very
And in fact, I calculated once, in discussing how we're going to do it again maybe someday, that we had to shoot it actually pound-for-pound. And for people who don't have your type of clout , how would you recommend getting viewers?
influence among Republicans and the MAGA folks, even though he's criticizing the president right now, they still like him. They He still has clout . Um, he is still drafting off of the Fox News fumes when he was Yeah. Very pro-Trump. He has the MAGA credibility while also kind of creating his own lane.
So, North Korea's growing influence, it's military with nuclear rolled in there, it's nefarious cyber operations, it's political clout via Russia's help to veto sanctions against it, particularly these nuclear sanctions I guess we're alluding to. Has the South being forced into this position where they're having
and mates and things like that. But we are now applying those zero sum intuitions onto currencies and resources like clout and beauty and fame and followers and other resources that aren't so shallow.
Cheeks: Winky face. But yes, those awards carry big clout in Hollywood because those, the showbiz awards, everybody knows them; everybody has them.
You could do it direct to consumer through a website or through a brick and mortar, or you can take the wholesale route. And so if you do wholesale, that offers a lot of brand clout to be at certain doors. There's a certain amount of esteem that comes along with it.
It's exciting. But what it really is, is a moment that is the natural consequence, if you're honest about it, the natural consequence of four decades in this country in which wealth, voice, clout , and opportunity have been concentrating into fewer and fewer hands. And so the overarching narrative in American life right now, that the game is rigged, and that the system is broken, is not without basis.
you know the the whole system of collection right now is not that robust i guess so the one specific part of my questions are do you are you hoping to find yourself in a position where you will have some clout with the product designers of their packaging oh yeah yeah yeah we do we do i mean like we were with fridola yesterday and they're
20 years that's even mentioned the words, because most of them don't have the guts. If I'm elected, it will provide that extra political clout .
at the time, but he had so much intellectual clout .
climate change. And finally, we need a partner with real economic clout .
But what I'm going to ask is, can information, which seems to be a sort of abstract concept, can it actually have physical clout ?
What if I am in a place where I don't have a lot of connections, I don't have a lot of clout ?
This is how you do this and demonstrate to the other organizations that if some are resistant, depends on how much clout you have within your organization
expertise or the lack of status, I mean, look, Google's a great company, but I think the engineers here have status and clout , right? I mean, gosh, they run the company. And maybe
As a local zemindar as we call it, a local chief, a man with complete clout , complete domination of the local population. That's what really gives political dividends in India
Do you have to listen to them, or is it, or do you have enough clout that you can say, 'No, this is what I'm gonna do.' ?