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Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

May 14, 2022

51:48

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Identity Politics

02:18

Is the Democratic Party a Good Example of Constructive Politics?

01:40

The Difference Politics and the Relationship to Elite Capture

02:34

Introduction

2min

How Did You Get Into Philosophy?

3min

Identity Politics and Spaces

2min

Identity Politics - Can You Talk About the Origins of the Terms?

3min

Identity Politics

2min

Who Are the Elites?

3min

What Is a Let Capture?

2min

What Are Your Thoughts on the Elite Capture of Language?

4min

The Difference Politics and the Relationship to Elite Capture

3min

10.

Is This a Racist Attack on Your Identity?

2min

11.

Constructive Politics - A Way Out of the Elite Capture

3min

12.

Social Media Can Change the World

4min

13.

Is the Democratic Party a Good Example of Constructive Politics?

2min

14.

The Black Lives Matter Movement

5min

15.

Are You a Democrat or an Alite?

3min

16.

What Do You Hope to See From the Left in the Coming Years?

2min

17.

The Left Is Doing Its Job

2min

18.

The Only Way to Organize the Community

2min

19.

Oie It, City Streets, Organized Apartment N the City Streets.

3min

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò joins Breht to discuss his book "Elite Capture". Together, they discuss what elite capture is, how the language of social justice has been co-opted by liberal elites, the difference between deference politics and constructive politics, and much more!

Find the book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture

Outro music: Organizing Steadily (ft. Amihan and RAHSELLA) by Power Struggle

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