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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Bonus Sample #272 Billionaires Selling the System

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Air Date: 6-17-23
Today, Jay!, Amanda, and Deon discuss:
- Hoopy Froods
- Other people with diarrhea
- The lack of civil engineers to manage the waste water
- Neoliberal pay scales of business professors
- How billionaires became our gurus

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0:00.0

Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast.

0:10.2

This is a sample of our recent bonus episode, usually only available to members.

0:14.3

These episodes are comprised of our crew of researchers, Amanda and myself all getting

0:18.7

together for a roundtable discussion on topics that we find interesting.

0:22.8

So here's a few minutes for free so you can know what all the fuss is about.

0:31.0

I think it was what Harvard, like their business, was it their business or their

0:35.8

science like whoever Zuckerberg donated a ton of money to their building.

0:40.3

And I didn't even make the connection that obviously the teachers in those

0:45.8

buildings are making more than the teachers in the other buildings.

0:49.1

But of course they are, which in my mind doesn't make any sense.

0:53.4

Well they're a teacher at the same school. Of course they should make the same money.

0:56.1

Nope. That's not how it works.

0:59.7

That's stupid, Dion. That was a stupid thought you had.

1:04.6

It really was.

1:08.5

Oh my God.

1:09.6

No, it's a little reflection.

1:11.3

It's like a little microcosm reflection of the real world, right?

1:15.4

We're showing what we value and

1:19.6

and I don't know how much it factors into when for instance you have Mark Zuckerberg

1:24.7

coming and saying here's a truck load of money.

1:27.4

I feel like you would just naturally lean into building up the school where you have

1:31.8

a fund or a donor who's going to come and give you a truck load of money, right?

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