Bitter Lake Presents Soundwaves Ep 17: Coronavirus is our Neoliberalism Wake Up Call

In this episode, well the Wednesday gang is all here! We discuss how market forces have not freed us, but it's only freed capital. Hospitals/Healthcare, housing, water, things that should be viewed as simply human rights have commodified to a point where the average person views that as normal.  Recently a 17 year old child died from complications from coronavirus because he was denied due to lack of insurance.  Our president is holding daily press conferences, that look and sound more like campaign rallies with surrounded by CEO's.  It looks more like a dystopian nightmare where we've given up democracy to let market forces run roughshod over the world.     We of course also discuss, maybe the greatest crime documentary of all time, Tiger King.     Again, thank you guys SO MUCH for checking this out, if you haven't already, IF YOU CAN in these trying times, please become a patron.  We have more fun content, merch from the band, livestreams and MORE! Follow and subscribe to us at the links below AND LET'S GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS SHOW! Patreon   Soundcloud   Facebook   YouTube   Twitter   Instagram   Coronavirus is our Neoliberalism Wake Up Call (essay)   Laurie Garret NYT Book Review from 1994   If We Want a Coronavirus Vaccine the Government and Big Pharma Will Have to Break Old Patterns   Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberalism (Chomsky Interview)