Rethinking Politics

In this episode we cover several news stories of interest. 1. California’s four day work week bill. 2. China Covid Lockdown’s & Ensuing Economic Issues 3. Disney vs. The State of Florida 4. Twitter & Elon Musk. All of these tie into ongoing themes that we’ve been discussing such as corporate law madness, labor movement stuff, economics, the strange legal framework behind our society, and more.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/business/china-covid-zero-economy.html 
https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/shanghai-residents-scream-at-authorities-amid-covid-lockdown/ 
https://news.yahoo.com/shanghai-installs-metal-barriers-fences-032052304.html 
Florida “Don’t Say Gay Bill” Text
Tracking the Musk Twitter Contract
Elon’s Tweet’s

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Elon is trying to buy Twitter, an Amazon facility in New York unionized, and others might follow suit. In this episode we discuss these two events, and how they reveal an illogical and counterintuitive world that is modern corporate and union law.

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With soaring inflation and rising gas prices, everyone agrees that the rising prices are terrible. One of the common causes that people point to is greedy corporations that are raising prices when they don’t need to. We discuss this theory and the economic principles at play in the price gouging and consider profit vs profiteering.

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In our first interview episode, we get the extraordinary opportunity to speak with author Seth Radwell and discuss his Amazon bestselling book American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing Our Nation. We discuss with Seth why he felt compelled to take a hiatus from a very successful career in business and the lessons we can draw from his reading of philosophy and history. We then dive into how those ideas can be applied today to understand our current situation and to correct the current ailments of our broken political system.

Seth has recently started a campaign on college campuses to "fight unreason with reason" which you can support or join at https://fuwr.org

Buy the book American Schism https://www.amazon.com/American-Schism-Enlightenments-Secret-Healing/dp/1626348618

Follow Seth:
Twitter: @SRadwell
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sradwell
https://www.facebook.com/sethdradwell/

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There's the question, if you want to know our answer just listen to the episode, I'm not going to give it away here. 

         

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Photo: Donald Trump swearing in ceremony: The White House  

 

 

 

It's been two years since Covid arrived and the accompanying lockdowns brought a portion of the US economy to a standstill. Now we take a look at where our economy is today in light of shipping issues, inflation, Fed-interest-rate hikes, gas prices, and more. We also discuss the partisan question: “How much of the good and bad are Biden’s fault.”

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Oil Embargo, Russian Advance, Nuclear War. These are just a few of the topics we discuss as we look at the continued conflict in Ukraine. 

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What is happening? Why is it happening? What will happen going forward? These are the questions that everyone is asking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In this episode, we discuss these questions and the political fallout of the war so far. 

Photo:  Kharkiv Oblast after shelling (State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
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In 2012 there was a mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown Connecticut where one shooter killed 26 people, most of whom were children. Just last week the gun manufacturer Remington settled for 73 million dollars with the families and survivors who sued them almost a decade ago. The question is: what responsibility if any falls on manufacturers for the misuse of their products? In this episode, we discuss the practical details of the lawsuit and the ramifications on both gun control and civil suits. We also get into the question of justice: Am I responsible for what you do wrong with what I make? Are there things I need to do or not do to avoid culpability? And so on.

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As the tension between Russia and Ukraine peaks (again), we attempt to make heads or tails of the current conflict. In addition, we discuss the Olympic drug scandal and how that stems from the politicization of the Olympics. 

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