Air Date: 11-10-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
Ch. 1 - “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
Ch. 2 - “Politically correct”
Ch. 3 - “Ethnic cleansing”
Ch. 4 - “Meritocracy”
Ch. 5 - Our current “wealth pump” crisis and how it has been solved throughout history
BACKSTAGE! Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): The best words to articulate the current moment
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REFERENCES
Why The Phrase 'Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps' Is Nonsense - Huffington Post
How Cancel Culture Became Politicized — Just Like Political Correctness - NPR
Manifest Destiny and Zionism, a legacy of ethnic cleansing - Mondo Weiss
What Happens to Language When Authoritarianism Takes Hold - Lucid (Substack)
RSA Minimate: The Tyranny of Merit - Michael Sandel
The Satirical Origins of the Meritocracy - Kottke
Hundreds of societies have been in crises like ours. An expert explains how they got out. - Vox
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