

Downstream: Oligarchs Are Ruining This Country w/ Sam Bright
Sep 4, 2023
Sam Bright, author of Bullingdon Club Britain: The Ransacking of a Nation, joins the speaker to discuss the ruling class and their shift towards extracting wealth from the nation. They explore encounters with privileged backgrounds, foreign ownership in football clubs, contradictions of Brexit, perception of conspiracy theories and corruption in media and government, private corporations and government contracts, corporate manipulation and media distortion, and the analysis of responsibility and objectivity.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Encountering Privileged Backgrounds: Stereotypes vs Reality
01:54 • 24min
Foreign Ownership in Football Clubs: The Case of Newcastle United
26:20 • 4min
The Contradictions of Brexit: Control vs. Sell-off
30:41 • 9min
Perception of Conspiracy Theories and Corruption in Media and Government
40:04 • 18min
Private Corporations and Government Contracts
58:33 • 7min
Corporate Manipulation and Media Distortion
01:05:20 • 8min
Analyzing Responsibility and Objectivity
01:13:25 • 3min