Politics in the United States

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i think socialist politics and politics in the left should be something different um Eugene uh Deb's the great american and socialist leader of the late 19th and early 20th century used to say i'm not your moses. I don't have a problem with partnership it's what kind of partnership so i think trump has cultivated like a lot of right populace a relationship with his supporters that doesn't actually enhance people's knowledge of politics and the issues but actually just fall leads them to fall the party line. yeah it's it's interesting what kind of dynamic chaos he's created it probably led to more people being interested in politics well almost guaranteed it led to morepeople being interest in politics

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(00:00) – Introduction
(13:24) – Socialism
(31:54) – Communism
(58:31) – Class struggle
(1:09:33) – Quality of life
(1:17:29) – Unions
(1:29:57) – Corruption
(1:43:15) – Freedom of speech
(1:51:38) – War
(1:59:24) – Karl Marx
(2:13:03) – Socialist vision
(2:18:28) – AI and socialism
(2:23:26) – Socialist policies
(2:48:45) – Billionaires
(2:54:43) – Bernie Sanders
(3:05:10) – AOC
(3:17:11) – 2024 presidential election
(3:22:05) – China
(3:31:06) – Jacobin
(3:38:35) – The Socialist Manifesto
(3:45:55) – Advice for young people
(3:49:28) – Meaning of life