Lectures from WHAT IS POLITICS? | YouTube Playlist

Socialism@beehaw.org – 7 points – 10 months ago

Are you in need of Politics 101? Do you need more clarification on what is what in politics?

I suggest you check the lectures from this great YouTube channel called "WHAT IS POLITICS?" Since he can explain some fundamental concepts in an easy-to-understand manner.

If you are entirely new to the subject, follow the order of the videos since it is essential to set the ABC right, and that begins by clarifying that, in this topic, it is necessary to have words with meaning. Something you will see clash with everyday uses of words.

Here are all his current videos in order:

1. Worbs: when political terms have no meaning | What is Politics?
1. What is Politics, and Why Should Anyone Give a $#&%?
1. The Left-Right Political Spectrum is about Class Conflict | What is Politics?
1. How Political Definitions Shape Reality | What is Politics?
1. How we know what Left and Right actually mean: who’s who, 1789-1917
1. Political Anthropology: When Communism Works and Why | What is Politics?
1. The Origins of Male Dominance and Hierarchy; what David Graeber and Jordan Peterson get wrong
7.1 Material Conditions: How to Eliminate Sexism
1. Materialism vs. Idealism: How Social Change Happens | What is Politics?
1. Cancel Culture and At-Will Termination | What is Politics?
9.1 "Cancel Culture" is Corporate Management Culture | What is Politics?
9.2 - A Rainbow of Inequality: When Social Control Masquerades as Social Justice
1. David Graeber & David Wengrow "The Dawn of Everything" critique: The Wisdom of Kandiaronk
10.1 Do "Egalitarian Societies" Exist? David Graeber & David Wengrow’s "The Dawn of Everything"
10.2 The Dawn of Everything: How Graeber & Wengrow’s book sets us up to fail at politics
10.3 The Ingredients of Hierarchy: Graeber & Wengrow's Dawn of Everything, Chapter 3
10.4 What Causes Seasonal Political Structures? Graeber & Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything Ch. 3
11 - Why Every Communist Country is a One-Party Dictatorship
11.1 Why the Russian Revolution Failed: When Rich Kids do all the Socialism

Anyway, hope this can help you guys solve some important questions.

Best of luck 🫰

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