This Machine Kills Episode 283 - Nerds of the Lowest Order (ft. Quinn Slobodian)
This Machine Kills Episode 283 - Nerds of the Lowest Order (ft. Quinn Slobodian)
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We are joined by Quinn Slobodian — author of Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy — to discuss the libertarian extremism that forms the intellectual foundation for right-wing movements. We can see how the fringe beliefs of anarcho-capitalists — like Murray Rothbard (neo-confederate secessionist) and David Friedman (medieval LARPer) — are gaining broader influence, even becoming mainstream. On one hand, they are raving lunatics, ideological zealots, and explicit racists. On the other hand, the utopias they desire can be found manifested in the zones and policies — like gated communities and gutted education systems — that have been surging for decades.
••• Quinn’s book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250753892/crackupcapitalism
••• Quinn’s twitter: https://twitter.com/zeithistoriker
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