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Unf*cking The Republic

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Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer.  Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we… read more

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Capitasociafascilibdemarxism: Exploring ISMs in the Modern Age.

In today’s cure for insomnia episode, we explore the origins of the ISMs the pundit class abuses each and every day. We’re focusing on the big ones. Fascism, Socialism, Communism, Marxism and Capitalism. The show covers the theorists who created these theories, touch on the circumstances that inspired their thinking and how far from these concepts we have moved as a society. Plus, we’ll talk through how most of these theories (except fascism) are more alike than we’ve been led to believe. (99 and Manny note: “Not the most scintillating episode, but Max was so excited we didn’t have the heart to tell him.”) 

Resources

Truthdig: Sheldon Wolin and Inverted Totalitarianism

Book Love

Joseph A. Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx: The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

Karl Marx: Das Kapital

Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations

Pod Love

Pitchfork Economics

American Scandal: The Ice Pick Surgeon

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Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Freddy Engles and distributed by leaflets.

Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’ 

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