The System Won’t Dismantle Itself

Hysteria

Society & Culture, Politics, News

4.7 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

After the media storm (and internet thirsting) surrounding the UHC CEO shooting suspect, Erin and Alyssa make sense of the cultural response online and what this says about the rage Americans feel toward the for-profit healthcare industry, and whether we’re entering a new era of class solidarity… or of fame-hungry copycats. Then they discuss the rise of the Manosphere and whether the men of America are okay (spoiler alert: they’re not).

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Hysteria.
0:10.1	I'm Aaron Ryan.
0:11.3	And I am Alyssa Master Monaco.
0:13.5	Alyssa, if you could, with the wave of a wand,
0:17.2	completely erase the existence of one Christmas slash holiday song.
0:21.9	Never have to hear it again.
0:23.2	Which one would you erase?
0:26.7	Rocking around the Christmas tree, God give me strength every time that song comes on.
0:30.8	I hate that song.
0:31.9	You know what else?
0:33.1	All I want, but all I want is you by Mariah Carey is up there also.
0:37.1	I cannot. It's too much. It's too much. It's too much. All I want, but all I want is you by Mariah Carey is up there also. I cannot. It's too much.
0:38.5	It's too much is too much. All I want for Christmas is you. Whatever. Thank you, Caroline. All I
0:44.1	want for Christmas is you. I can't with that one anymore. It's like, it's like, it's like trying to quit
0:48.8	smoking and just smoking three packs of cigarettes at a time. That's what they've done to me with those songs. Oh my God.
0:54.6	What about you?
0:55.4	Last Christmas by Wham.
0:57.0	I'm sorry.
0:57.8	I hate it.
0:58.3	And I also hate simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
1:01.5	I hate it.
1:02.7	Can I ask a question?
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