On nuclear exterminism.
To commemorate our 300th episode, we discuss how the world is closer to a nuclear conflict than at any point since the Cold War. After decades of inconsequential 'permawar' (at least inside the Western bubble), the proxy war in Ukraine between NATO and Russia is suddenly very consequential indeed.
How does our situation differ from that of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis? Why might it be more unpredictable? Does today's very different ideological configuration make war more or less likely?
Before that, we reflect on five and half years of Bungacast, how the world has changed over the period, and pick out some of our favourite episode from the past half-decade.
The main discussion begins at 23mins.
Readings:
Excerpt: /335/ AI & the End of the End of History
/334/ Cancellation is Cancelled ft. Norman Finkelstein
Excerpt: /333/ Aufhebonus Bonus (April 2023)
UNLOCKED: /306/ AI Capitalism: Inhuman Power
/331/ The Zone (pt. 1) ft. Quinn Slobodian
Excerpt: /330/ Reading Club: Freedom (2)
/329/ Justice Warriors ft. Matt Bors & Ben Clarkson
Excerpt: /328/ The New Scramble for Africa
/327/ Capitalism on Edge ft. Albena Azmanova
UNLOCKED! /319/ The Dead Left (II) ft. Steve Hall & Simon Winlow
Excerpt: /326/ What Did Capitalism Do Next?
Excerpt: /325/ Reading Club: Freedom (1)
/324/ Reifying Race ft. Kenan Malik
Excerpt: /323/ Tasty Frictionless Convenience
/321/ Covid Dissensus ft. Toby Green & Thomas Fazi
Excerpt: /320/ Aufhebonus Bonus (Feb 2023)
/318/ The Dead Left ft. Steve Hall & Simon Winlow
/316/ From Emergency to Emergency: 2022 Review, ft. Ashley Frawley
/314/ Shallow & Wrongheaded Filmic Squabbles ft. Maren Thom & Alex Dale
/312/ Consolation-Prize Marxism & the Bunga-Bunga State ft. Dylan Riley
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