#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special

Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, author, and anarchist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:43) – Santa and the White Pill

(10:30) – Marxism and Anarchism

(25:48) – The case for socialism

(29:59) – Human nature and ideology

(38:20) – Cynicism

(54:05) – Twitter

(58:46) – October Revolution

(1:01:56) – Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin

(1:06:22) – Communism

(1:30:08) – Suppression of speech

(1:52:04) – Twitter Files

(1:59:08) – Self-publishing

(2:12:27) – Kulaks and starvation

(2:49:42) – The Great Terror

(2:58:00) – Lavrentiy Beria

(3:04:25) – Joseph Stalin

(3:13:00) – Iron Curtain

(3:25:29) – Ideologies vs leaders

(3:29:21) – Emma Goldman

(3:33:41) – White pill moments

(3:45:04) – Hope for the future