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Pill Pod 52 - Libghanistan

Aug 27, 2021

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The Leftists Are the Best Students of Left Wing Theory

01:52

We Need a Forever War

02:52

Liberals Need Not Support Interventionism, Right? Is That Really the Best Thing to Do?

01:26

Introduction

2min

We Don't All Agree, but We Are Friends

2min

We're Not Better Than Anyone Else

2min

What Are the Bad Takes in the US Military?

2min

What's the Main Battle Lines?

2min

The War in Afghanistan Was Never About Nation Building

2min

The Rhetoric of Empire Doesn't Change

2min

Afghan Women and Girls, I Don't Know What to Do With Them, Right?

2min

I Think It's Crucial to Our Fight Against Climate Change

2min

10.

We Don't Lose Mat

4min

11.

We Need a Forever War

3min

12.

I'm a Dick, I Don't Buy That.

2min

13.

The Orcanadian Theorist, Is a Member of the Order of Canada Tuck?

2min

14.

I've Not Heard the Story. You've Met the Guy

4min

15.

How Much This Guy Set the Terms of the Debate?

2min

16.

The Fucky Isn't the Dumbest.

2min

17.

Liberals Need Not Support Interventionism, Right? Is That Really the Best Thing to Do?

1min

18.

The History of Interventionism

4min

19.

What's So Fascinating About This?

2min

20.

I Want Money. I Want to Be the Richest Person in the World

3min

21.

The Leftists Are the Best Students of Left Wing Theory

2min

22.

Liberal Interventionism

3min

23.

Is There a Kind of Cultural Imperialism in Liberalism?

2min

24.

Is There a Realist Vision of What the Real World Is Like?

4min

25.

Afghanistan and Erecta

2min

26.

What I Learned About the Gasa

3min

27.

Is It Possible to Have a Russian Empire?

2min

28.

Is It Idiological?

3min

29.

The Nation Builders to Bet on Are Those Refugee Families Piled Onto the Dusty Roads

2min

30.

I Don't Think It's Possible for an Editor to Go Through That and Be Like, 'Yes, This Is Good'

2min

31.

The Enemy at Home, the Cultural Left

2min

32.

Then if It Doesn't Make Sense, There's Probably a Reason for It

2min

33.

Is There a Material Motivation Behind the War in Afghanistan?

2min

34.

Is Ryerson a Problem?

2min

In memoriam of the coalition state-building adventure in Afghanistan, we look to the inveterate morons who continue to ventriloquize the "humanitarian empire" of the United States, including Canada's own failed philosopher king: Michael Ignatieff. Way back in 2001, Ignatieff painted the picture of the Afghanistan project in the New York Times, which now deserves a second-look. Find the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/28/magazine/nation-building-lite.html As always, all exclusive episodes and other content are available on Patreon at www.patreon.com/plasticpills.