Rural Progressive Populism: A Brief History with Thomas Frank

[@PMunkS]

Tom Frank is always a delightful and informative speaker.

[@paulsansonetti7410]

57:00 Who could imagine elites not wanting to fix a system they alone benefit from ?

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37:00 Bowling alone was written in 2001 showing hlw Americans were the most atomized and lonely people to have ever existed,and thinhdyhave only gotten 10x worse since then

[@Larkinchance]

Tommy come back!

[@jayhardy6610]

We can organize again with a social media platform for people globally that gives economic benefits not just entertainment

[@paulsansonetti7410]

27:00 "The depression was the calculated ‘shearing’ of the public by the World Money powers, triggered by the planned sudden shortage of supply of call money in the New York money market. The One World Government leaders and their ever close bankers have now acquired full control of the money and credit machinery of the U.S. via the creation of the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank.” Curtis Dall, FDR’s son-in-law as quoted in his book, My Exploited Father-in-Law

[@DougGrinbergs]

Been meaning to update Thomas Frank, populism, fusion voting, related Wikipedia articles

[@DougGrinbergs]

Wondering if RUBI, PDA have reached out to candidates like Marianne Williamson, Cornel West, Jill Stein, Cenk Uygur, Dean Phillips

[@paulsansonetti7410]

23:07

[@billedley795]

1950s Richard Hofstadler...

[@DougGrinbergs]

Intro crackling ☹️👎 Wondering if good AI could automagically fix that

[@paulsansonetti7410]

53:40 You wre once again engaging in sophistry The populists are roughly the same as the M.A.R.s They were leftwing economically sure But were definitely right wing on the cultural issues And very dovish on foreign policy,which was almost slways the conservative position on foreign policy Do better