How Communism Became Cool | Library Circus #12

<p style="text-align:center;">From the entertainment industry to the education sector, it seems like increasingly far-left politics are promoted by people with questionable intentions.</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">What does Nike get from pandering to ideologies that criticize its existence? What do wealthy celebrities get from public groveling? </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">Lenin's rise to power reveals patterns that explain today's strange political landscape. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">◬ In this episode: </p> <p style="text-align:center;">⋗ What do celebrities & companies get from virtue signaling? ⋗ Does comfort & lack of purpose make political activism more appealing? ⋗ Moderate views are more threatening to extremists than opposing extremes ⋗ Salomé's embarrassing leftist past ⋗ How do people still justify communism despite its bloody history? ⋗ Word of the podcast: Bolshevik </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">◬ Book Mentioned: <a href='https://amzn.to/3vg5uN1'>Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> ◬ Get every weekly episode and a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety'>the Silver Eye Society Patreon</a>.   ◬ Listen to the podcast via: <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul"><li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align:center;"> <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvFzt9EyjPzman9Wjf?si=4izCTGmoSh-sMs0qcqWJ_g'>Spotify</a> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align:left;"> <a href='https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3dff262e-dfc9-43f2-99d8-9889c8212e15/SILVER-EYE-SOCIETY'>A