Stop Being Such A Noun: Binding Chaos and Individual Rights
We're back after already being back and then gone again. The fall has brought us many adventures and one gnarly head cold. But SK & JV made it to the microphones to talk about insane campaign ads, the Mackinaw Bridge, and a few chapters in Binding Chaos. Last episode we discussed the first sections of Binding Chaos that covered the problem with democracy. In this edition we cover the dangers of group affiliation and natural and negotiated rights. It will give you so much to think ab...
We're back after already being back and then gone again. The fall has brought us many adventures and one gnarly head cold. But SK & JV made it to the microphones to talk about insane campaign ads, the Mackinaw Bridge, and a few chapters in Binding Chaos.
Last episode we discussed the first sections of Binding Chaos that covered the problem with democracy. In this edition we cover the dangers of group affiliation and natural and negotiated rights. It will give you so much to think about it won't matter if we don't get another episode out next week. But we will. We really will.
Here's a link to Binding Chaos: https://samim.io/dl/Binding-Chaos-Mass-Collaboration-on-a-Global-Scale-by-Heather-Marsh.pdf
And here's an auto-generated list of what's in this episode:
• living through major historical shifts and noticing how fast the social baseline changes
• using Marx as a lens for how economies shape relationships and identity
• why democracy drifts toward oligarchy when groups speak louder than individuals
• how campaign ads weaponize othering and sell “difference” as threat
• why group affiliation can drive bigotry and make moral people commit atrocities
• swapping nouns for verbs as a practical culture shift
• “the greater good” as a pathway to mob rule and rights violations
• Patriot Act logic and how surveillance expands under child safety rhetoric
• natural rights, negotiated rights, and the social contract built on individual dignity
• basic needs as rights, not privileges, and what happens when society blocks them
• the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, what it says, and how caveats hollow it out
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And here are some links for things related to this episode:
KARL MARX: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/marx/
Genius of the Modern World - Episode 1 - Karl Marx (BBC Documentary, 2016)
https://youtu.be/V45wESzJ9xc?si=8GOXPNRsZQLYGygj
NAFTA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement
How NAFTA affected the US: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/naftas-impact-u-s-economy-facts/
Onion Article "Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be"
https://theonion.com/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-consti-1819571149/
The Verve Pipe
Freshman: https://youtu.be/1umEXpGHc0E?si=Gt947PATi1yloJ12
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Credits
Season Two Recorded at Bob's Basement Studios, Michigan
Produced and edited by Sara Kaye Larson
Intro/Outro Music: ‘Shifting pt. 2 (instrumental)’ by Rie Daisies
Executive Producer Kate ML Rogers
Season One Recorded at Troubadour Studios in Lansing, MI (now in Traverse City, MI!)
Audio Engineer Corey DeRushia
Edited by Rie Daisies at Nighttime Girlfriend Studio
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