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Mao's cultural revolution and wokeness Jan 08, 2021

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P&C drink and review a Mexican stout, then discuss Mao's cultural revolution. They review some of the basic history, and then explore whether there are similarities between the cultural revolution and modern wokeness. And in fact ... there are.

Weaponizing students.

Standards that are so vague and ever-changing that you can never know if you're in or out.

Overthrowing everything that seems outdated with no idea what you're going to replace it with. Cancel culture.

Rejecting everything old or traditional.

Struggle sessions = diversity classes.

Art exists to advance social justice messages.

It's a scary comparison.

The attack on the Capitol Jan 08, 2021

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P&C discuss the Georgia elections and the prospect of Democrats controlling the Senate, then address the big story -- the attack on the Capitol.

There are a few important points to be made. First, this kind of violence needs to be condemned in no uncertain terms. Second, Trump's behavior and language was completely unacceptable. Third, the long-term implications of this event are hard to predict, but will be very negative for Trump.

570: The Cloward-Piven Strategy: The weaponization of chaos Jan 01, 1970

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The boys drink and review a Kolsch from Sky Blue Brewing, then discuss the influence of an old sociology paper by Cloward and Piven.

These 60s-era "intellectuals" lamented that not enough eligible people had signed up for welfare benefits. They proposed overwhelming the welfare system by deploying an army of activists and troublemakers to (1) get more people to sign up for benefits, and (2) riot, demonstrate, protest, and generally cause trouble.

The goal was not to get more wealth to the poor, but to cause the welfare system to fail, create a crisis, and force the federal government to institute a new system.

Their proposed "solution" was called "guaranteed minimum income," which is an idea so stupid you have to be an intellectual to believe in it.

Their overall proposal seems to define the basic playbook of the left, which is to cause disorder and crisis, destroy the current system, and replace it with socialism.

Cloward and Piven believed the only way for poor people to get their way is to riot, set fires, and cause trouble. Incremental change is not enough. There has to be a revolution.

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