Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-11-05
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 58
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Andrew (Andrewism) recommended Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky, and discussed Governing the Commons by Elinor Ostrom and Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott. Christopher Wong discussed Lula and His Politics of Cunning by John D. French, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx, and A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy by Marian Radetzki and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Governing the Commons
Governing the Commons by Elinor Ostrom is an influential economics and political science book that examines how communities successfully manage shared resources without falling into the tragedy of the commons or requiring heavy-handed government intervention.
Discussed“Most famously, Eleanor Astramm, the economist who explored the concept in depth and debunked the tragedy of the commons, wrote in her book, Governing the Commons, that from, you know, the alpine meadows”
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Seeing Like a State
James C.
Discussed“You know, um James C. Scott talks about this in seeing like a state. You can't just the in these states they they they start these sort of forestry projects. They they they try to legible legibleize you know these forests these simple rows”
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Rules for Radicals
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky is a political guidebook detailing tactics for community organizers and activists seeking social and political change.
Recommended“You can also check out Eleanor Austramm's book, Governing the Commons, as well as a book called Eleanor Astramm's Rules for Radicals, which I haven't read yet, but I've heard it was pretty good.”
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Lula and His Politics of Cunning
Discussed“And this is where Lula like learns politics. Um, from the book Lula and his politics of cunning, quote, Lulu would have to master the mundane aspects of union life, including bureaucratic routines, budgets, services, and preparing union assemblies.”
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx is a classic political essay analyzing the 1851 coup d'état in France through the lens of historical materialism and class struggle.
Discussed“I I I'm gonna I'm gonna quote here from one one of the sort of more famous Markx quotes from 18th Bair uh that is genuinely a very good way of understanding history which is men make their own history but they do not make it as they please.”
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A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy
Discussed“And Lula Lula like takes office and leaves power like almost exactly perfectly to take to take advantage of like the peak of the commodity boom, right? Lula comes into power in 200 in well okay so he wins 2002 election he takes off in 2003”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“It sounds a little bit 1984, like big brother is watching you kind of vibe, but that's not really the intention. It's just the idea that it's just this this constant informal process of looking at and observing”
“And I don't think that every infraction must automatically be responded to with sanctions. Like again, I'm not trying to do something 1984. It's just obviously when you have a system that has and I know I'm referencing 1984 like a right finger”