Why Capitalism and Democracy Don't Mix | DeProgram with Jamarl Thomas and Robby West
About this episode
The episode discusses the incompatibility of capitalism and democracy, exploring various historical and contemporary issues related to war and governance.
"DeProgram" co-hosts Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas host a birthday Q&A that covers capitalism’s inherent incompatibility with democracy due to money in politics, the reasons for Nixon’s gold standard exit in 1973 and inflation as a hidden tax, war lies from Lincoln to Trump, and a lack of consequences for warmongers. They discuss oligarchy versus republic, the need for public consent for wars, the Red Power Movement , post-scarcity utopias versus endless greed, Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Stargate as empire metaphors, Trump’s Canada demands, and Google’s map changes (Lake America) as tacit U.S. policy endorsement.
People in this episode
Hosts: Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas
Guest: Robby West
Topics covered
- capitalism
- democracy
- money in politics
- war
- oligarchy
- public consent
- post-scarcity
Keywords
- capitalism
- democracy
- money in politics
- war lies
- oligarchy
- public consent
- post-scarcity
- Nixon
- Trump
- inflation
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Stargate
Places: Canada, Lake America
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