Donald Trump, who we keep hearing is a peacemaker, said his speech for the 250th anniversary of the founding of Navy that the U.S. only lost the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan because we got too "woke" about war tactics. Ben Burgis breaks it down. Get tickets to the election night show in NYC: https://www.barfreda.com/#/events/156966 Read Ben's article in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-vietnam-afghanistan-war-woke Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @G...
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Donald Trump, who we keep hearing is a peacemaker, said his speech for the 250th anniversary of the founding of Navy that the U.S. only lost the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan because we got too "woke" about war tactics. Ben Burgis breaks it down. Get tickets to the election night show in NYC: https://www.barfreda.com/#/events/156966 Read Ben's article in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-vietnam-afghanistan-war-woke Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @G...
Season 7 Episode 22: Exploitation and Analytical Marxism (ft. Nicholas Vrousalis)
Give Them An Argument
1 hour 59 minutes
3 months ago
Season 7 Episode 22: Exploitation and Analytical Marxism (ft. Nicholas Vrousalis)
Nicholas Vrousalis, author of "Exploitation as Domination: What Makes Capitalism Unjust" joins Ben Burgis to talk about his book, how to rigorously think about capitalist exploitation, what it was like to work with G.A. Cohen in grad school, and more. Before that, Ben does an Opening Argument about the bizarro arguments of pro-Trump libertarians. In the postgame for patrons, Ryan Zickgraf joins us for a dramatic reading of Sophie Lewis's thoughts about the sex with octopuses. Order Nicholas'...
Give Them An Argument
Donald Trump, who we keep hearing is a peacemaker, said his speech for the 250th anniversary of the founding of Navy that the U.S. only lost the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan because we got too "woke" about war tactics. Ben Burgis breaks it down. Get tickets to the election night show in NYC: https://www.barfreda.com/#/events/156966 Read Ben's article in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-vietnam-afghanistan-war-woke Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @G...
