The Dig cover image

A History of Neoliberalism w/ Quinn Slobodian

The Dig

What's the Role of the State in a Democracy?

5min Snip

00:00
Play full episode
In vienna, one question that comes to mind is what role they saw state violence and coercion playing in their vision of a democratic freemarket. They witnessed the state crushing socialist workers in vienna; how did they invision repression in their national and global orders? I should say first that it wasn't often theorized, right? It was terrible what the occupying powers did in places like africa and south asia. But bringing these countries into the world market has actually made it better for the populations of those countries in the long run. Net the practice of imperialism sort of nets out better than than its deficits,. which is primitive accumulation its not pretty, but somebody's got to do

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode