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November 6, 2025 70 mins

Re-Air Date: 11–6-25

Unless you were a member in January of 2025, this episode of SOLVED! will be brand new to you! We’re slowing down production for a little bit to reorganize our production processes, so enjoy this episode from our archives (and B.Y: before YouTube) where Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

 

  • Ch. 1 - Why people love villains
  • Ch. 2 - How plutocracy kills
  • Ch. 3 - Why the path forward is through membership organizations

 

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REFERENCES

 

The Year Villainy Won - Wired

https://www.wired.com/story/the-year-villainy-won/

 

Plutocracy Kills - The American Prospect

https://prospect.org/2024/12/26/2024-12-26-tkacik-best-of-2024/

 

Democracy Is Not a Customer Loyalty Program - Jacobin

https://jacobin.com/2024/11/political-parties-schumpeter-democracy-liberalism

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