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Happiness Industry Socialism
Everyone knows what the happiness industry is, that vapid misapplication of eastern spiritual practice, adapted to help stave off deaths by despair or convince you that alienated depression is the fault of your brain chemistry and not the crushing weight of capitalism.
As the contemporary left is little more than liberalism turned up to 11, it should surprise no one to learn that there is a "socialist" version of this as well.
We sat down to talk about how it is dumb and bad.
How to pronounce schadenfreude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3_DjiLLDfo
Left-Wing Hypomania
https://thebaffler.com/latest/left-wing-hypomania-chaudhary
Is socialism winning?
https://www.tempestmag.org/2020/12/is-socialism-winning/
National Political Committee newsletter — 85,000 members strong
https://www.dsausa.org/news/npc-newsletter-nov2020/
There Was Actually a Lot of Good News for the Left on Election Day
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/downballot-socialist-elected-election-day-dsa
Music: Cro Mags- Face the Facts
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By Chris, Jason, Kevin, Ben
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Everyone knows what the happiness industry is, that vapid misapplication of eastern spiritual practice, adapted to help stave off deaths by despair or convince you that alienated depression is the fault of your brain chemistry and not the crushing weight of capitalism.
As the contemporary left is little more than liberalism turned up to 11, it should surprise no one to learn that there is a "socialist" version of this as well.
We sat down to talk about how it is dumb and bad.
How to pronounce schadenfreude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3_DjiLLDfo
Left-Wing Hypomania
https://thebaffler.com/latest/left-wing-hypomania-chaudhary
Is socialism winning?
https://www.tempestmag.org/2020/12/is-socialism-winning/
National Political Committee newsletter — 85,000 members strong
https://www.dsausa.org/news/npc-newsletter-nov2020/
There Was Actually a Lot of Good News for the Left on Election Day
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/downballot-socialist-elected-election-day-dsa
Music: Cro Mags- Face the Facts
Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here).
Support the show
Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
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