Me and my buddy Eddie come on the show to talk about some election that happened last week, I think.

Also, we talk about how and why organizing is extremely important, how it can be helpful, what to focus on when organizing, and a lot of other stuff along the way, hope you enjoy!

Eddie:

Website: Midwesternmarx.com 

Instagram: Midwesternmarx

TikTok: Eddieligersmith 

So I was going to do a blog talking about everything going on and how it points out blatant contradictions within our society in comparison to what our society is served up as (ie: a People's Democracy, or at the very least a democratic state) but then my hands hurt so I did a pod and it turned out way better. I talked about a bunch of other stuff too, give it a listen!

We talk about how capitalism, as theorized by people such as Karl Marx, ultimately will lead towards the separation of people through the means of exchange. While commodities are meant to build or continue social relations, the progression of Capitalism is away from that truth, with things like automation, or realistically the segmentation of the production process of anything, will lead us to see a decrease in social relations, due to the separation between those creating a commodity, and those consuming it. This leads to a feeling of alienation that many of us have had exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic of (almost) the last year. 

Can this be stopped? Can these feelings truly be caused by something like Capitalism? How would that work...?

Give it a listen to find out, loser. 

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an old friend of mine from way back when hops on the pod to try to bring me to the side of Capitalism.

If you want an entertaining listen, this is the one for you! (Headphone users beware)

Uh, yeah. Other than that I don't really have much info, uhhhh this is awkward. 

I'm going to go now

good friend of the show Eddie Liger Smith comes on to talk about how fucked we as a country are in this current moment, not just because of COVID or Trump or the economic collapse or a true working class crisis, but you know, all the other horrible shit that's happening. It's a good show, you should listen! 

Also follow Eddie on his social medias 

Instagram: Midwesternmarx

Tiktok: @eddieligersmith

Website: https://www.midwesternmarx.com/ 

I'm currently forcing myself to check my ignorance and ego and begin to learn some more, because at the end of the day I started this podcast to educate myself and those who want to learn along with me, so here's this. We go over two of the very first lessons of Marx, the commodity and use vs exchange value. I think it's a really easy listen and something that many of us should care more to learn! (The Marxist Project on YouTube provided most of the information, so thank you to them!)