Our Rulers Take So Very Much And Give Us So Very Little

About this episode

The episode discusses the negative impacts of capitalism while contrasting it with trivial consumer news.

Sure capitalism is driving us toward collapse on multiple fronts while everyone gets sicker, poorer, dumber, crazier, and more miserable, but hey look, McDonald's is bringing back the McRib. Reading by Tim Foley.

People in this episode

Hosts: Caitlin Johnstone, Tim Foley

Topics covered

• capitalism
• collapse
• health
• society
• consumerism

Keywords

• capitalism
• collapse
• McRib
• McDonald's
• society
• health
• consumerism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McDonald's

Products: McRib

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