As promised in last episode's show notes, we move forward directly off our prior discussion to finally, two years into the podcast, stop just calling common people idiots and actually go in depth on both why they're idiots and through what specific mechanisms this idiocy results in commoners being the basis of society's problems (including the problems they themselves love to lament).

“The worst conspiracies are in plain sight”- Edward Snowden

Mentioned in the episode:

The Real Reason For the 40 Hour Work Week:

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-reason-for-the-40-hour-workweek-2014-6

Which Lives Actually Matter? (my blog post on the emergence of BLM):

https://thewhiteboardpig.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/which-lives-actually-matter/