#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism

Bhaskar Sunkara is a democratic socialist, political writer,
founding editor of Jacobin, president of The Nation, and author of
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (13:24)
- Socialism (31:54) - Communism (58:31) - Class struggle (1:09:33)
- Quality of life (1:17:29) - Unions (1:29:57) - Corruption
(1:43:15) - Freedom of speech (1:51:38) - War (1:59:24) - Karl Marx
(2:13:03) - Socialist vision (2:18:28) - AI and socialism (2:23:26)
- Socialist policies (2:48:45) - Billionaires (2:54:43) - Bernie
Sanders (3:05:10) - AOC (3:17:11) - 2024 presidential election
(3:22:05) - China (3:31:06) - Jacobin (3:38:35) - The Socialist
Manifesto (3:45:55) - Advice for young people (3:49:28) - Meaning
of life