EP49 - Gothic Marxism & Revolutionary Pessimism (w/ The Regrettable Century)

For BONUS audio from this episode, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-audio-for-25684365 -- 3/4 of the Regrettable Century(Kevin, Chris, and Jenny) join us in a pod crossover to talk about their fave subjects, revolutionary pessimism and Gothic Marxism. We contrast it with utopian science fiction(like Kim Stanley Robinson), ask if there is a Higher Power("IT WAS ME, AUSTIN! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!"), podcasts as radicalizing vector, Texas, shit-talking militant atheists, also get into the future, automation, and human flourishing. That kinda thing. --- Relevant bits: - Their ep that's related to this: https://www.buzzsprout.com/220523/952305-gothic-marxism-and-marxist-romanticism-embracing-all-that-makes-us-human-part-i-of-ii China Mieville on Marxism & Halloween: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paCqiY1jwqc China Mieville's Salvage quarterly: http://salvage.zone/ Svetlana Alexievich's The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II Subscribe to the Regrettable Century: https://www.buzzsprout.com/220523 Dirty Pinko Commie: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-pinko-commie/id1448981303 The Skeptic Magazine devoted to Jordan Peterson: https://www.skeptic.com/magazine/archives/23.3/ Recs: ---- Cuck Philosophy - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkzHxIcfoEr69MWBdo0ppg David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 years Silvia Federici's Caliban & the Witch West Wing (boooooo) Astra Taylor's "What is Democracy?" Fede Alvarez's "Evil Dead (2013)" The Sopranos Panopticon's "The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness" --- Check out Nat's show Metamashina at https://metamashina.com/ - Hear Garrett's band Late Shift at https://lateshiftcountry.bandcamp.com/ - @grandradioabyss @ashesforfoxes @comradegarrett @givingthemic - Questions/comments/suggestions for great local Korean food: givingthemic@gmail.com - http://facebook.com/givingthemic/ - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.