"We Accept The Reality Of The World With Which We're Presented. It's As Simple As That."

-Ed Harris in “The Truman Show” (1998)

 

In the 1998 film the Truman Show, Jim Carrey plays the title character Truman Burbank (true man) who lives an idyllic life in a quaint coastal town that is a cliche of Americana in the 1950’s. A perfect town free of crime, traffic, or unhappy people. Unbeknownst to Truman the town in the largest movie set in the world where his entire life is filmed and broadcasted 24 hours a day as “The Truman Show”. From the womb to adulthood people have followed the adventures of Truman Burbank. From first steps to first kisses, his parents, wife, and friends are all actors. Every experience, every mundane interaction is curated and sold for public consumption by the svengali of this simulated paradise, the director of the show Christof.

 

Are we now at a point in neoliberal capitalism where unlike Truman we ARE aware that we are indeed the brand to be sold. All our interactions are transactions to be bought and sold. Our only value is a market value. The curated experience isn’t a nightmare, it’s the goal.

 

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We'll talk USFL, what are the 9ers doing with Deebo? The Browns and their Baker problem, NBA playoffs and MORE!!!

Also, I bet no one can guess the QB in the Thumbnail...

 

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Varn and Djene speak with Arbitor Ian about his recent video on taking back Warhammer 40,000 from the far right. What makes Warhammer 40,000 so attractive to elements of the far-right? How did the community receive the video? And to what extent is Warhammer’s far-right problem a problem of Games Workshop’s own making?

Arbitor Ian is a YouTuber who makes videos primarily about Warhammer and other games workshop games and talks about background and lore within the context of gaming culture and history.

 

Check out Arbitor Ian’s YouTube page here:

https://www.youtube.com/c/ArbitorIan

 

Check out his video on Warhammer and the Right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI6aHzfxkFk

 

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It is often said that racism is ingrained in the DNA of America. An unavoidable consequence of a country founded on the notion of White Supremacy. Critical Race Theory architect Derrick Bell spoke of "interest convergence" meaning, the interest of all Black people achieving racial equality will only be accommodated when it converges with the interests of whites." Do shared racial connections outweigh class analysis? Does Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality, and Anti Racism, ignore working class struggles and embrace capitalist reforms?

 

Zine Magubane

As an historical sociologist and an Africanist, my aim has been to show that because the development of sociology has always been so closely connected with the colonization of Africa, sociology has always been ‘global’. It has also, however, produced knowledge in the service of colonial power. The connections between the history of sociology and the practice of colonial rule are, however, not well known. My work aims to change this. Much of my work is oriented around demonstrating that the frustrations that sociologists are currently experiencing about the limited abilities of our theories and methods to meet the challenge of studying global and transnational social processes are the results of this particular aspect of sociology’s disciplinary history having been occluded. The inadequacy of many of the normative presuppositions that underlie sociology’s core interpretive premises are, I have argued, are the logical outcome of the elision of this key aspect of our disciplinary history.

 

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The concept of “artificial intelligence” is aspirational and according to our guest "does not describe any existing or likely to exist computational system. Despite this, the concept is promoted to attract investment capital and customers but also, more critically for my purposes, devalue the power of labor – if not in fact than in perception (which, in turn, becomes fact). For this reason, I assert that ‘AI’, as a concept, is part of a propaganda campaign."

You can read more from Dwayne here:

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Gas prices are ridiculous, food prices are up, housing costs are insane! We're going to discuss inflation with everyone's favorite Marxist economist Dr. Asatar Bair.

 

Asatar Bair

Asatar Bair is a professor of economics and statistics at the City College of San Francisco. His research interests include the economics of crime and punishment, class theory, monetary economics, international trade, and economic philosophy and methodology.

 

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Over a century ago when the crisis of capitalism caused debates immigration, reproductive rights, sexual orientation, and male hierarchy, a reaction named Lothrop Stoddard appeared to protect the institutions most sacred to white male capitalist power. Is Jordan Peterson a 21st reincarnation of that project?

 

Colin Bruce Anthes, M.A.

Artist, educator, activist

Founder, Community Wealth Candidates

Instructor, Brock University, Centennial College, Randolph College

 

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