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Pill Pod 83 - The Idea of Communism - Alain Badiou

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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Is There a Need for New Theorizing About Possible Socialism?

I don't think that there's any reason why we can't theorize about what a possible socialist future is going to look like, and to try to map that out in considerable detail. And I think if we want these events to come about, that's actually something that we should be trying to do by inspiring people to think that the future can look better than the best. But again, yeah, but his general work is philosophical and someone else can do the rest of the stuff.

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