Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Joshua Citarella, host of the ​⁠@doomscrollpodcast joins me to exchange some hot takes on the state of political ideologies, problems with the left, and the political zeitgeist of our time.

In the Backroom on Patreon, we talk about the phenomenon of declining sperm counts, gay frogs, right-wing half-truths, and the "post-left." Become a Patron at patreon.com/OneDime.

Timestamps:
00:00 The Backroom Preview
02:10 Who is Joshua Citarella
06:01 Political Ideologies & Internet Subcultures
16:03 Emerging Tendencies on the Left and Right
40:21 Critique of Liberal Environmentalism
46:11 Economic Planning: Amazon vs. the Soviet Union
52:14 Leftism and Academia
01:05:37 Marxism-Leninism and MAGA Communism
01:14:47: US vs. China
01:16:40 Endocrine Disruptors: A Neglected Crisis

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Outro Music by Karl Casey

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