THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 104: Stay Alive Surviving Capitalisms Hunger Games w/ Dr. Michael Harris

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The Hunger Games isn’t just the brutally honest name of the annual fight-to-the-death competition organized by the Capitol, the city that dominates Panem. It’s the way that its elite controls the districts. Starvation, scarcity and minimal rewards doled out to subservient districts; the Capitol uses hunger as a weapon against the masses. It’s also a powerful metaphor for the economic system we live under today, so much so that “the Hunger Games” has now become shorthand for any especially brutally competitive environment or economy. -"Stay Alive: Surviving Capitalism's Coming Hunger Games" by Dr. Michael Harris   In this episode we speak with one of my favorite guests and writers, Dr. Michael Harris about his new book, the riot at the capitol, the end of Trump and a return to some good ol fashioned Democratic Party neoliberalism we've come to know and love.  Dr. Harris also takes a deep dive into capitalism and neoliberalisms failures during the pandemic and the fact that our leaders, as he puts it, "...just don't care about people.."   Pre-Order Stay Alive Here: https://www.drmichaeljharrisbooks.com/stayalive   Buy "Welcome to the Rebellion: A New Hope in Radical Politics" Here: https://www.drmichaeljharrisbooks.com/welcometotherebellion     Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out.  We appreciate each and everyone of you.  If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!    Become a patron now : https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!) THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg   Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast   Twitter: @TIRShowOakland   Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland  

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