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In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Daniel from @WHATISPOLITICS69, a YouTube channel that uses anthropology, political theory, and evolutionary psychology to explain the basic questions most political discourse skips over: what is politics, what are left and right, where does hierarchy come from, and what does human nature actually tell us about socialism?
We discuss David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, the “noble savage” myth, hunter-gatherer egalitarianism, why human beings are neither angels nor devils, how material conditions shape power, the difference between democratic hierarchy and domination, why Leninism failed, how left-wing ideas get captured by a new clergy class, and why the terms “left” and “right” have become so confused that they may now obscure more than they reveal.
There are two Backroom exclusive Patreon-only episodes from this conversation this week. In Part 1, we get into Canadian immigration, the new clergy, socially conservative leftism, wokeism and cancel culture, Iran, Zionism, Palestinian history, and the way anti-imperialism can collapse into third-world campism. In Part 2, we go deeper into desire, decay, democracy, dating apps, monogamy, the family, IQ, education, Enlightenment racism, political theology, property, and the limits of far-left projects.
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Timestamps:
00:00 The Backroom Preview
03:16 Introduction
07:50 Graeber & Anthropology on The Left
21:58 Egalitarianism vs Hierarchy, Communism, Cults & Charismatic Authority
42:36 Delegated Power and Equality
47:46 What Is Politics?
50:39 The Distribution of Power
54:17 The New Clergy Class
01:05:40 Conservative vs Liberal is not Left vs Right
01:13:24 The Backroom Preview
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Daniel / What Is Politics?
YouTube: youtube.com/c/WHATISPOLITICS69
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Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: patreon.com/OneDime
In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Daniel from @WHATISPOLITICS69, a YouTube channel that uses anthropology, political theory, and evolutionary psychology to explain the basic questions most political discourse skips over: what is politics, what are left and right, where does hierarchy come from, and what does human nature actually tell us about socialism?
We discuss David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, the “noble savage” myth, hunter-gatherer egalitarianism, why human beings are neither angels nor devils, how material conditions shape power, the difference between democratic hierarchy and domination, why Leninism failed, how left-wing ideas get captured by a new clergy class, and why the terms “left” and “right” have become so confused that they may now obscure more than they reveal.
There are two Backroom exclusive Patreon-only episodes from this conversation this week. In Part 1, we get into Canadian immigration, the new clergy, socially conservative leftism, wokeism and cancel culture, Iran, Zionism, Palestinian history, and the way anti-imperialism can collapse into third-world campism. In Part 2, we go deeper into desire, decay, democracy, dating apps, monogamy, the family, IQ, education, Enlightenment racism, political theology, property, and the limits of far-left projects.
Listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all podcast platforms.
Timestamps:
00:00 The Backroom Preview
03:16 Introduction
07:50 Graeber & Anthropology on The Left
21:58 Egalitarianism vs Hierarchy, Communism, Cults & Charismatic Authority
42:36 Delegated Power and Equality
47:46 What Is Politics?
50:39 The Distribution of Power
54:17 The New Clergy Class
01:05:40 Conservative vs Liberal is not Left vs Right
01:13:24 The Backroom Preview
GUEST:
Daniel / What Is Politics?
YouTube: youtube.com/c/WHATISPOLITICS69
FOLLOW 1Dime:
Patreon: patreon.com/OneDime
Substack: 1dimereview.substack.com
X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial
Instagram: instagram.com/tonyof1dime
Main channel: youtube.com/@1Dimee
Leave a like, comment your thoughts, and subscribe to 1Dime Radio.
