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Anarchy and the Promise of Revolution (V for Vendetta)

The book V for Vendetta posits a battle for the soul of the country between Anarchism and Fascism, freedom and oppression. But what if revolution doesn't happen the way we think it does? Bibliography: https://literatemachine.com/2026/03/24/anarchism-and-the-promise-of-revolution-v-for-vendetta/#bibliography

Superman and the Case for Open Borders

What does Superman tell us about the ethics of closed borders? Support this project on Patreon at https://patreon.com/ericrosenfield Especially since at this moment Warner Brothers did a copyright claim on this video to take all the revenue despite the fact that I only use small clips for the purposes of review and commentary which is definitionally fair use. I've disputed it, and we'll see how it goes, but I've never had such small clips mostly without sound get copyright striked in my videos before. Bibliography: https://literatemachine.com/2026/01/19/superman-and-the-case-for-open-borders/#bibliography  00:00 Superman 2025 and the rightwing backlash 03:26 Superman as an immigrant 06:28 The moral case for open borders 10:40 Immigration and crime 12:42 Immigration and social services 13:59 Immigration and labor 21:35 Immigration and space 23:55 Immigration and history 31:50 Immigration and racism 35:46 Right-wing obsession with birthrates 37:45 They're punking us, right? 45:50 It doesn't have to be this way 51:40 The problem with Superman (2025) 59:23 Politics is something we do, not something done to us

Gaiman/Trump and the New Thought Behind the Abuse

How the New Thought and Positive Thinking movements helped create Neil Gaiman and Donald Trump and undermined our economy and lives Support this project on Patreon at https://patreon.com/ericrosenfield Thanks to all my Patrons!  Full bibliography at: https://literatemachine.com/2025/09/20/gaiman-trump-and-the-new-thought-behind-the-abuse/#bibliography Other formats, text, and more information at https://literatemachine.com

Our Coming Cyberpunk Dictatorship (Snow Crash)

There's a worst case scenario looming here, isn't there? Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Curtis Yarvin, Freedom Cities, "Anarcho-Capitalism", and the Neofeudal Order Still to Come Special thanks to my Patrons Support this project at https://patreon.com/ericrosenfield for exclusive author's notes, deleted material, and other goodies Blog version: https://literatemachine.com/2025/04/13/our-coming-cyberpunk-dictatorship-snow-crash Bibliography: https://literatemachine.com/2025/04/13/our-coming-cyberpunk-dictatorship-snow-crash#bibliography Music: "What Shall We Do Now?" written by Roger Waters, performed by me Lossless audio version now up on Patreon

Gravity's Rainbow Over Palestine

How Jewish Socialists Made an Outhouse for the European Soul Apologies I had a cold through part of the recording of this and you can hear that my voice is hoarse Extra content, ad-free content, early access, exclusive authors notes and more at:    / ericrosenfield   Thanks to my patrons! Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/literatemachine Text of the episode and information about the podcast version: https://literatemachine.com/?p=933 Full Bibliography: https://literatemachine.com/2024/11/1... Including links to cited articles and videos