Episode 10 - Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Whiskey
Prager U gets the recent history of socialism very wrong. Ben is joined by Matt McManus to talk about the relationship between Marxism and philosophical liberalism and then by Matthew Sitman (and David Griscom) to talk about conservatism, country music, and why those are two very different subjects. Here's Matt McManus' latest article in Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/karl-marx-liberalism-rights-igor-shoikhedbrod-review ...and Matthew Sitman's country music essay in Dissent: http...
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Give Them An Argument is a YouTube show and podcast dedicated to building a smarter, funnier and more strategic Left. New episodes are live on YouTube on Monday nights with an exclusive postgame for GTAA patrons after the main show. (To become a patron, go to patreon.com/benburgis and sign up for the monthly cost of a milkshake at a 50s nostalgia diner in 1994.) Past guests have included Slavoj Žižek, Richard Wolff, David Pizarro, Gregory Sadler, Glenn Greenwald, Krystal Ball, Bhaskar Sunkara, Sam Seder, Ana Kasparian, Emma Vigeland, Matt Christman, and Amber Frost. The show has also featured debates between host Ben Burgis and opponents ranging from Walter Block to Charlie Kirk.Ben is a philosophy professor, Jacobin columnist, and frequent debater. He did a regular "Debunk" segment on the Michael Brooks Show until 2020. He's appeared on the Debate Night with Charlie Kirk, System Update with Glenn Greenwald, Rising, Krystal, Kyle & Friends, the Majority Report w/Sam Seder & the Joe Rogan Experience.benburgis.compatreon.com/benburgis