#1703 The Broligarchy and the Rise of Techno-Feudalism
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 14 April 2025
⏱️ 174 minutes
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Air Date 4/14/2025
Everything, it turns out, is a double-edged sword. Democracy and freedom are great but it also contains the keys to its own destruction. Love is pretty good but it turns out that only love can break your heart. And technology, which has freed people from countless hours of menial labor also has the power to subsume our economy, our politics, and much of our everyday lives. It may even be said to have supplanted capitalism itself.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: The Broligarchy Pt 2: Is this Techno-Fascism? Part 1 - Close All Tabs - Air Date 4-2-25
KP 3: How Technofacism is Rooted in Silicon Valley / Becca Lewis Part 1 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 2-11-25
KP 5: The Rise of Techno-Authoritarianism - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 2-26-24
KP 6: What does Palantir actually do? - Good Work - Air Date 3-28-25
(00:52:52) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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DEEPER DIVES
(01:02:20) SECTION A: FALLOUT
(01:45:41) SECTION B: ORIGINS
(02:10:50) SECTION C: TECH BROS
(02:37:42) SECTION D: APARTHEID
Technofeudalism
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast. Everything, it turns out, is a double-edged sword. Democracy and freedom are great, but they also contain within them the keys to their own destruction. Love is pretty good, but it turns out that only love can break your heart. |
| 0:22.1 | And's technology, which has freed people from countless hours of menial labor, also has the |
| 0:27.2 | power, apparently, to subsume our economy, our politics, and much of our everyday lives. |
| 0:34.1 | It may even be said to have supplanted capitalism itself. |
| 0:38.3 | For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 50 minutes today includes close all tabs, factually with Adam Conover, This is Hell, More Perfect Union, Radio Atlantic, and good work. |
| 0:54.9 | Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in four sections. |
| 0:59.0 | Section A, Fallout, followed by Section B, Origins, Section C, Tech Bros, and Section D, Apartheid. |
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