Episode 69: The Higher Immorality (EDS Part 9)
Added 2022-08-31 13:00:09 +0000 UTCWe discuss the higher immorality and crackpot realism as described in The Power Elite—the scholarly masterpiece of sociologist C. Wright Mills—and how these concepts can inform the sociology of the imperial American deep state.
This is Part 9 of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration on my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series.
Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange
Comments
So brilliant, bravo! This whole series is incredible!!
Anthony Zaragoza
2024-12-05 06:16:27 +0000 UTCMichael Parenti, Peter Dale Scott?
Kent Smith
2023-03-28 03:49:03 +0000 UTCPeter Ascott? Michael Ferenzi? I can't make out the names in the recording.
Kent Smith
2023-03-28 03:46:23 +0000 UTCHe said this to me in conversation or in an email I think. He has a great essay in the Palgrave SCAD volume which was published in 2012 iirc.
Aaron Good
2022-09-06 15:37:47 +0000 UTCThe deHaven Smith comment about the river of shit is so interesting to me as a graduate student. I know its part of practice in school in both qualitative and quantitative research methods classes to learn to focus on a small research question and operationalizing variables, but I always see that I am provide analysis on the river of shit rather than what is causing the river of shit. Do you know where that quote is from, or if it was just said in passing?
Thomas Meade
2022-09-05 16:59:14 +0000 UTCHe is terrible. It shows how bad the US has gotten. The "best" major US elected official still must have a mindless imperialist as his foreign policy advisor.
Aaron Good
2022-09-03 15:30:27 +0000 UTCWas just watching an old episode of alternative views and Peter was name checked by Doug Kellner talking about one of Peter's books describing George HW Bush pushing arm sales to the Iranians and trying to bring them back into OPEC so that the oil price would stabilize for Bush's Texas oil contacts
Himbo Slice
2022-09-01 15:38:40 +0000 UTCExcellent episode. Grateful for your call for a focus and reimagining of US foreign policy. Matt Duss is a real dud.
Arielle Curtin
2022-08-31 23:11:41 +0000 UTCCould the browser, or a number of things. And Patreon is a little buggy in general. Plus, this one was messed up for the first hour after posting b/c I didn't realize something had gone wrong when I drafted and scheduled the post. So it goes... Onward and upward!
Aaron Good
2022-08-31 18:20:47 +0000 UTCBy the way, I've been reading your book and I'm really enjoying it. I'm on chapter 5 now.
Cultus Daemon
2022-08-31 18:15:51 +0000 UTCLately, when I click the heart/like button on an episode it doesn't work, or it will just register for a moment and then come off. I noticed that before on someone else's Patreon page too. I wonder what that's about.
Cultus Daemon
2022-08-31 18:14:57 +0000 UTCThe deep state intercepted it like Peter Dale Scott’s article for ramparts
NYCM&AHole
2022-08-31 13:46:51 +0000 UTCCan't see the link to the audio file
Jay Acton
2022-08-31 13:12:24 +0000 UTC
