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🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Identity polititics and Russia. How Putin destroys the common ties that bind the people together, causing long-term damage for short-term gain.
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0:13.0 | Do you think's comment out. And welcome to the eastern border. |
0:17.9 | Sorry for making this episode maybe so quickly or something, but I promised to do this sort of thing |
0:24.1 | a while ago for one of our Discord member is Maxnert. |
0:28.8 | He's a really cool dude, but right now it kind of fits into the atmosphere. |
0:34.2 | And, you know, I'd like to remind you all that I have two master's degrees, one in philosophy and one in history, and I specialize in political philosophy. |
0:44.0 | So, before we get into today's news, just let's ask you, how much do you think about identity politics? |
0:51.6 | Not the ones that, you know, maybe some social justice warriors or |
0:56.5 | whether you view them positively or negatively, well, whatever, you view them, push, but |
1:02.0 | really politics about identities. How often do you think about those? Well, they do matter. |
1:09.6 | Because, for example, do you even speak to people on the plane at all? |
1:15.4 | Like random people who tell to you next to a plane. |
1:19.0 | Like, you know, playing with you next to your seats. |
1:21.6 | No. |
1:22.6 | More often than not, you're willing to spend four and a half hours or more, |
1:27.0 | or three hours, or just an hour and a half or |
1:29.0 | whatever the amount of time there is for you to spend without even acknowledging that they exist. |
1:36.4 | Now, if your plane gets delayed, then you get to talk to them. If you're playing gets delayed by like |
1:42.4 | an hour or more, then you get |
1:44.3 | to make friends with them. See, there was this study which showed that actually when |
1:51.9 | massive fires happen and like when massive troubles happen in general, people tend to not |
2:00.1 | act upon their own survival and think instantly. |
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