Air Date: 11-10-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: <ul> <li> Ch. 1 - “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” </li> <li> Ch. 2 - “Politically correct” </li> <li> Ch. 3 - “Ethnic cleansing” </li> <li> Ch. 4 - “Meritocracy” </li> <li> Ch. 5 - Our current “wealth pump” crisis and how it has been solved throughout history </li> <li> BACKSTAGE! Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): The best words to articulate the current moment </li> </ul> FOLLOW US ON: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">YouTube</a> (This full episode premieres on YouTube on Friday - please share!) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bestoftheleft.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bluesky</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bestoftheleft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bestoftheleft@mstdn.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mastadon</a> REFERENCES <a href= "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-nonsense_n_5b1ed024e4b0bbb7a0e037d4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Why The Phrase 'Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps' Is Nonsense</a> - Huffington Post <a href= "https://www.npr.org/2021/07/09/1014744289/cancel-culture-debate-has-early-90s-roots-political-correctness" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How Cancel Culture Became Politicized — Just Like Political Correctness</a> - NPR <a href= "https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/manifest-destiny-and-zionism-a-legacy-of-ethnic-cleansing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Manifest Destiny and Zionism, a legacy of ethnic cleansing</a> - Mondo Weiss <a href= "https://lucid.substack.com/p/what-happens-to-language-when-authoritarianism" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">What Happens to Language When Authoritarianism Takes Hold</a> - Lucid (Substack) <a href="https://youtu.be/dRolGQ3QJPE" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">RSA Minimate: The Tyranny of Merit</a>  - Michael Sandel <a href= "https://kottke.org/17/03/the-satirical-origins-of-the-meritocracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Satirical Origins of the Meritocracy</a> - Kottke <a href= "https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/462226/end-times-crisis-history-lessons-cliodynamics-collase-society" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Hundreds of societies have been in crises like ours. An expert explains how they got out.</a> - Vox TAKE ACTION: <a href="https://freedcproject.org/allies" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Free DC Project: FOR ALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY</a> <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/803953/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">One Million Rising Trainings</a> <a href="https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/ice" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">In a blue state? Help stop ICE overreach</a> Find your <a href="https://indivisible.org/groups" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Indivisible group</a> - or start one <a href="https://discord.gg/AQzYpQEqPy" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Join our Discord Server</a> Reach us via Signal: <a href= "https://signal.me/#eu/62GSpPKEljyYCb0TuYTEUm3D6Nv8G0xSV_GVP8Q13TkQxVeP04lJ8pGOUEqUdHdn" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bestoftheleft.01</a> Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening!

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