0:00.0	Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left Podcast.
0:10.0	This is a sample of our recent bonus episode every couple of weeks or so, our crew of researchers,
0:15.6	Amanda and myself get together for a roundtable discussion.
0:19.6	So here's a few minutes for free so you can see what all the fuss is about.
0:28.2	Which brings me to this idea that I've been kicking around that I still don't think I
0:33.4	have it fully mapped out myself, but come with me on a little bit of a trip.
0:39.3	Let's talk about Downton Abbey and how liberals who watch PBS love a show about aristocracy
0:50.2	and extreme wealth inequality.
0:53.0	It doesn't seem like that would be our bag, but like that show and others like it attract
1:03.9	audiences that on the surface I think should be surprising.
1:09.2	I mean the guy who made Downton Abbey is like very...
1:12.6	I mean he's definitely...
1:14.4	He sounds like a monarchist definitely has talked about that.
1:19.2	Married to a lady in waiting.
1:21.6	Oh, right.
1:24.6	And there are specific examples that can sort of help explain how a show about a horrible
1:32.6	system that no American should ever sign on for the way the show sort of makes itself
1:40.1	palatable.
1:41.5	And so there's an article I think Salon wrote about this years and years ago and they
1:47.3	talked about how the way the class system is talked about, they really emphasize how
1:55.9	not just livelihood but also dignity is sort of obtained or received by the servants by
2:06.7	doing their jobs.
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