044 - Century of the Self-Internalized Oppression

In the first 10 days, Biden will heal the soul of the nation via The Ludovico Technique as imagined by radical centrists. The cabinet is full of predictably compromised  and nihilistic people.  Dark money flows. The vaccine rollout is fucked. P.S. Happy MLK Day.

General Recommendations

• JD's Recommendation: Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
• JNM's Recommendation: The Century of the Self

Further Reading, Viewing, Listening

• Scientists urge stronger Paris Agreement pledges to curb climate change
• Low-wage workers are suffering from a decline in the real value of the federal minimum wage
• Joe Biden’s Cabinet Is on Loan From Corporate America
• Joe Biden’s Nominees Walk Through the Revolving Door
• The Miseducation of Samantha Power
• Trump visits his border wall on the heels of deadly Capitol Hill riot
• Biden’s top economic advisor demands that “schools open” so parents “can get back to work”
• Biden names conservative appeals court judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
• Democrats deride 'dark' money, but a new analysis shows it helped boost Joe Biden
• The Forgotten Socialist History of Martin Luther King Jr.

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• Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct
• Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com

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