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Season 4 Episode 27
"Don't you know how to make widgets!?!?" This question and many more are answered in this episode of Unlimited Opinions as we look at modern theories…
2 years, 10 months ago
S4 E26: Marxism, Fascism, Dictatorship
Season 4 Episode 26
What is the intellectual basis for totalitarian regimes, and why do so many bad ideas come from France? In this episode, we break down some of the mo…
2 years, 10 months ago
S4 E25: Socialisms
Season 4 Episode 25
Utopias! Our favorite things to discuss on this podcast! In this episode, we look at various utopian socialist systems, including Robert Owen's millh…
2 years, 11 months ago
S4 E24: Empire and Imperialism
Season 4 Episode 24
In a time where all colonization is deemed 100% evil and racist, Alan Ryan gives a very nuanced account of imperialism, and that is where our discuss…
2 years, 11 months ago
S4 E23: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Our elected officials should meet in a swamp in the pouring rain while knee-deep in muck to prevent corruption! Maybe that idea needs some work, but …
2 years, 11 months ago
S4 E22: Karl Marx
Season 4 Episode 22
The incredible urge to have everybody share everything with you, just as Friedrich Engels shared his wealth to keep Marx and his family alive while h…
2 years, 11 months ago
S4 E21: Tocqueville and Democracy
Season 4 Episode 21
The culture war! This topic may have been as familiar to Alexis de Tocqueville in 1830 as it is to us today. What makes for a stable government, and …
2 years, 11 months ago
S4 E20: Utilitarianism: Bentham and James and John Stuart Mill
Season 4 Episode 20
Lyndon B Johnson declared war on poverty, and the poor lost! In this episode, we look at the ideas of three major utilitarian thinkers: Jeremy Bentha…
3 years ago
S4 E19: Hegel: The Modern State as the Work of Spirit
Can slaves truly be free? How is freedom realized in the modern state? Is the entire continent of Africa completely irrelevant to world history? All …
3 years ago
S4 E18: The French Revolution and Its Critics
Season 4 Episode 18
"We're just gonna own it, and we're gonna start beating people up!" - Mark Bishop, 2022. In this episode, we look at how certain political thinkers r…
3 years ago