Plausible Deniability AMX

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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Today we continue our discussion of Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" with volume II today, which discusses the Ancient Greek's perspectives on things having to do with sex. For them it was framed in terms of pleasure (aphrodesia) to be moderated (sophrosyne) through self control (enkrateia), rather than as a multiplicity of sexualities, like in modern times.

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Today we discuss Richard Posner's article "The Law & Economics of Intellectual Property" published in Daedalus in 2002. This discusses some of the rational for why we have IP laws and the incentives one needs to be mindful of when constructing them.

Full issue: https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/daedalus/downloads/Daedalus_Sp2002_On-Intellectual-Property.pdf

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Today we discuss Carla Hess's article
"Intellectual property, 700 B.C. - 2000 A.D." published in Daedalus in 2002. This details the history of intellectual property up to the modern era.

Article: https://www.amacad.org/publication/intellectual-property-700-bc-ad-2000

Full issue: https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/daedalus/downloads/Daedalus_Sp2002_On-Intellectual-Property.pdf

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Today we pick up on our discussion of Foucault from ~6months ago by diving into another one of his books, "The History of Sexuality"...how provocative. We start with Volume I today, which discusses the repressive hypothesis, the West's development of Sciencia Sexualis, and how this all relates to power.

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Today we continue our discussion of Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" by talking about the final 3rd of the book (~pages 100-150). This section focuses on the formation of the federal reserve, its real world consequences, and what Rothbard thinks should be done about it.

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Today we continue our discussion of Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" by talking about the second 3rd of the book (~ pages 50-100). This covers the history of central banking in the US and how it ultimately won the day. Listener discretion is advised for this one, because at the end we cover a provacative topic. So 18+ only please....

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