In this podcast, I reflect on recent events that took place in Charlotteville, Virginia. The discussion inevitably ranges far and wide and covers such issues as the role of violence in politics, the nature of the left-right binary, the question of the moral equivalence that President Trump et al seem to draw between neo-fascists and their anti-fascist detractors, the natures of free speech and propoganda, the significance of history and future thinking for politics, the nature of the symbolic universe inhabited by some activists, and the phenomenon of meme wars. The question of how far we can, and should, extend our sympathies is once again brought to the fore. [Free. 47 minutes.]
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TRAILER FOR ’THE APOCALYPSE & YOU’ LIVE EVENTS
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A SUSPICION - CLIMATE & CULTURE WARS
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INTERESTING TIMES 68 - WHERE IS THE WAR ON WOKE GOING?
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MUSIC - HOMAGE
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SOCRATES & THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
BORIS JOHNSON’S PERFECT POST-TRUTH MOMENT - INTERESTING TIMES 66
AI - THREAT OR PROMISE?
NAT-C OR NAZI? INTERESTING TIMES 65
CLICK BAIT, RAGE BAIT & CALM BAIT
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