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30 - Micah Edvenson on Socialism & Democracy


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Micah Edvenson is here to corrupt the youth and spread communist propaganda with me today as we discuss socialism, why the kids are doing it, and much more. We talk about egalitarianism, inequality, the Soviet Union, the skeptical movement, libertarianism, taxation, whether socialists should support open borders, and answer several common anti-socialist canards.

Videos and Articles (in the order they’re mentioned):

On Anarchism - Noam Chomsky [Amazon]

Rob Larson - Philanthropic Giving [Jacobin]

Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) - Elizabeth Anderson [Amazon]

When did everyone become a socialist? [NY Mag]

Defining Capitalism and Socialism - Thomas Metcalf [1000 Word Philosophy]

Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell [Amazon]

George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London [Amazon]

Ownership and Control [Current Affairs]

Requiem for the American Dream - Noam Chomsky [YouTube]

Capitalism vs. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom - Rob Larson [Amazon]

What We Owe Each Other - T. M. Scanlon’s Egalitarian Philosophy (Review from Martin O’Neill) [Boston Review]

What's Wrong with Inequality? - T.M. Scanlon [PhilosophyBites]

What is the Point of Equality? - Elizabeth Anderson [PDF]

Dustin Crummett - In Defense of Socialism [YouTube]

Introduction to the Left and Right - Dustin Crummett (Micah’s favorite paper) [PDF]

Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut [PDF]

Healthcare - Science Vs [Apple Podcasts]

Rubin Report - Peterson, Weinstein, Shapiro [YouTube]

Marx: Overcoming Alienation - Plastic Pills [YouTube]

Ben Burgis - Taxation is Theft? [YouTube]

The Myth of Ownership - Thomas Nagel & Liam Murphy [Amazon]

The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality - Bhaskar Sunkara [Amazon]

Richard Wolff - Democracy at Work [Amazon]

Rutger Bregman - Utopia for Realists [Amazon]

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Clips (in order of appearance):

Business Insider - Billionaires and Coronavirus

Why Millennials Don't Have Any Money - Robert Reich

Richard Wolff & Chapo Trap House

Richard Wolff Defines Socialism and Capitalism

Carl Sagan - “Are you a socialist?”

Trent Horn - Can a Catholic be a socialist?

Bernie Sanders: "Open borders? That's a Koch brothers proposal”

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Crusade Against Ignorance Videos:

Socialism: What it is and isn’t - CAI [YouTube]

Socialism and Economics - CAI [YouTube]

Abortion & Philosophy - CAI [YouTube]

Interview with Graham Oppy - CAI [YouTube]

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