Episodes
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This is a Q&A where I respond to questions and critiques about episode 12: The ABCâs of Israel/Palestine (https://youtu.be/OLr_VCqnId0) and also go off on a whole bunch of related tangents. TIMESTAMPS BELOW! BIBLIOGRAPHY: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102834580 (no paywall) I purposefully donât monetize... Continue Reading →
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What was supposed to be an informal QnA about the âIsrael/Palestine ABCsâ episode, turned into a What is Politics âliveâ brainstorm session Ă la Matt Christman âgrillstream,â where I discuss my arguments and readings on who and what started the... Continue Reading →
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Episodes manquant?
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When ideas and movements that threaten to overturn established hierarchies of power are absorbed into elite institutions like Ivy League universities and for-profit corporations, they get transformed into ideas that support the status quo, while remaining cloaked in the language... Continue Reading →
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The leaders of the Russian Revolutions of February and October 1917 sought to establish socialism: a deeply democratic economic and political system where the employee/employer relationship is abolished, and where workers control their workplaces, the means of production and the... Continue Reading →
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Why has every communist country so far been a one party dictatorship? Is it something inherent to Socialism or Marxism? Is human nature incompatible with political equality? Has âtrueâ communism never been tried yet? If so, then... Continue Reading →
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Interview with Arnold Schroeder of Fight Like an Animal, a wonderful and endessly fascinating show that looks through 20 years of experience of hardcore climate activism, at why left political movements are so weak and ineffective and how to change... Continue Reading →
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The terms “cancel culture” and “political correctness” are used to delegitimize ideas like gender equality and racial equality by conflating them with toxic dominance behaviour practiced by up-and-coming elites who disguise their power plays in egalitarian social justice language. In... Continue Reading →
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The foundation of âcancel cultureâ and âpolitical correctnessâ is the wage labour employment contract. ARTICLES QUOTED: Corey Robin, Chris Bertram and Alex Gourevitch 2012 – Life at Work, Crooked Timber Amanda Hess 2013 – How Sexy Should A Worker Be?... Continue Reading →
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Why are hierarchy and male dominance so prevalent in human societies? According to anthropologists David Graeber & David Wengrow, itâs because people were âself-consciously experimenting with different social possibilities,â and then we somehow got stuck this way. Meanwhile according to... Continue Reading →
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Everywhere we look, past and present we see hierarchical societies where some people have more wealth, more power, and more rights than others. Was this always the state of the human world? Is hierarchy in our nature? Are egalitarian societies... Continue Reading →
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Politiciansâ dependence on police as a revenue stream, prosecutorsâ dependence on police for convictions, and falling tax cuts on the wealthy combine to give police incredible power. This is a key reason why theyâre rarely punished, even for the most... Continue Reading →
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