No Mercy / No Malice: Art of the Sellout

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Scott Galloway, and this is No Mercy, No Malice. If you aren't at the table, you're on the menu. Last week, at the summit in Beijing, Trump made it clear that Taiwan is on the menu. Art of the sellout, as read by George Hahn.

In Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had a warning for nations that have relied on the US-led world order that provided relative peace and prosperity for eight decades. If we're not at the table, he said, we're on the menu. Heading home after last week's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Trump made clear that whether Taiwan was at the table or on the menu was entirely his call. I don't talk about those things, Trump said, referring to a private conversation in which she asked whether the U.S. would use military force to defend Taiwan.

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