Today we continue our discussion of Hans-Hermann Hoppe's book "Democracy, the God that failed" with chapters 7 and 8. The focus of these chapters is on trade and immigration, and ultimately what Hoppe argues for is free trade and restricted immigration.

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Bonus episode b/c we got a bit bogged down about rationalism vs empiricism in the last episode, we decided to do a part 2 to get into more detail on chapter 1 of Hoppe's book "Democracy, the God that failed".

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Today we begin our discussion of Hans-Hermann Hoppe's provocative book "Democracy, the God that failed" with his introduction and chapter 1. We discuss, among many other things, how ultimately he doesn't like monarchy or democracy and is in favor of something more like "ordered anarchy" or "natural order".

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Today we discuss Herbert Marcuse's article called "Repressive Tolerance", which basically calls for discriminating tolerance, or rather intolerance against the rules of behavior, man.

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Today we finish our discussion of Herbert Marcuse's "One-Dimensional Man", with focus on the last section of the book where he summarizes his argument for technical rationality and pacification of existence, among other things. We also talk a lot about consciousness believe it or not.

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Hello, today we begin discussing Herbert Marcuse's "One-Dimensional Man", which you could say offers a critical critique of society in the mid 20th century. He's an avowed neo-marxist and historical materialist, and Antooshka can't quite figure out how to feel about him.

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Today we discuss Benito Mussolini's "The Doctrine of Fascism". Lol, yes, yes we know. We analyze it and discuss how certain fascist elements are seen in some governments that people may not typically think of as "fascist". The title comes from a quote in the book.

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Today we finish "The Communist Manifesto" by Marx and Engels, focusing on sections 3 and 4. Specifically we discuss Marx's breakdown/critique of socialism and his plan for a communist, well you know.

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Today we begin our discussion of "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, focusing on parts 1 and 2. These describe the class struggle thesis and the 10 measures to bring about a communist revolution, among other things.

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Today we finish our discussion of Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" with volume III today, which focuses on the classical/Roman period and how the care of oneself was beginning to take a more mature form.

Referenced articles:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2117556/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15004563/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003193840400352X?via=ihub

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10532528.1999.10559778

https://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/24/4/657.long

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