Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-06-07
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Mia Wong discussed The State and Revolution by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. James Stout recommended Under the Perfect Sun by Mike Davis and others.
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The State and Revolution
Discussed“As the anthropologist David Greyber pointed out, Lenin's obsession with the German postal service was such that he included this passage about the future socialist state in his famous state and revolution, a text written between the February and October revolutions of 1917.”
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Under the Perfect Sun
Under the Perfect Sun is a critical non-exposé of San Diego authored by Mike Davis, Kelly Mayhew, and Jim Miller, detailing the city's hidden political corruption and systemic inequalities beneath its polished surface.
Recommended“That's literally the thesis of Under the Perfect Sun, right? Which is a book that should be obligatory if you want to move to San Diego. I think it's one of the one of the earlier Mike Davis books.”
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