Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-03-28
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 225
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Robert Evans discussed Das Capital Volume One by Karl Marx and Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and others. Mia Wong recommended Debt by David Graeber.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Das Capital Volume One
Das Capital Volume One by Karl Marx is a foundational theoretical text examining the critique of political economy, the mechanics of capitalism, and the dynamics of labor and surplus value.
Discussed“Quote, 'Just because I own a copy of Minecom, does that make me a Nazi? If I own Dos Capital, does that make me a Marxist?' Unquote.”
Where to get it
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler is a notorious autobiographical manifesto outlining the author's political ideology and anti-Semitic worldview.
Discussed“Quote, 'Just because I own a copy of Minecom, does that make me a Nazi? If I own Dos Capital, does that make me a Marxist?' Unquote.”
Where to get it
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Debt
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber is an anthropological examination of how debt systems, financial classes, and power dynamics have shaped human civilization over millennia.
Recommended“Molly, this this is the this is the point where I we we need to bring debt the first 5000 years back into this and emphasize the extent to which the financial class has always been deeply connected to the to the military...”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I'm Michael Phillips, an historian and the author of a book about racism in Dallas called White Metropolis and the co-author with longtime journalist Betsy Frioff of a history of eugenics in Texas called The Purifying Knife.”
“I'm Michael Phillips, an historian and the author of a book about racism in Dallas called White Metropolis and the co-author with longtime journalist Betsy Frioff of a history of eugenics in Texas called The Purifying Knife.”