In Episode 18, we sit down with Freddie deBoer, a writer out of Brooklyn, New York, USA. We discuss his classic piece "Planet of Cops" and the culture of constant recrimination and mutual surveillance that has taken hold of the left. We also get into free speech and why leftists should care about it, how to go about dismantling racism as a material, economic process rather than one of inner soul searching and HR trainings, and how to build socialism with freaky options. 

Part of the Talking Shit series.

Show Notes

Freddie deBoer's substack

Planet of Cops by Freddie deBoer

Freddie's website

The Cult of Smart by Freddie deBoer

The Quest for the Offline Left: What If We All Stopped Cancelling Our Friends and Became Eco-Socialists Instead

Poll surveying Black Americans on police presence

That was no typo: The median net worth of black Bostonians really is $8

The Racial Wealth Gap Is About the Upper Classes by Matt Bruenig

Grievance Games by Freddie deBoer

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Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.

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