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#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is There Something Within the Ideology That Allows for Authoritarianism?
I think that it's not just socialism, any sort of ideology that appeals to the collective and appeals to our long-term destiny can lend itself to authoritarianism. So you can see this in many of the nationalisms of the 20th century. Now, I think that that's really the case for making sure that we have a bedrock of civil rights and democracy. And then on top of that, we could debate different national destinies. We could debate different appeals, different visions of the world. But as long as people have a say in what sacrifices they're being asked to do, and as long as those sacrifices don't take away what's fundamentally ours, which is our life
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