Return of the Masket: Amusing Ourselves Into Tyranny
Beltway Banthas
English - August 10, 2017 16:00 - 30 minutes - 35.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsTV & Film News Politics comics history disney film movies politicalscience politics starwar starwars starwarspodcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Seth Masket, political scientist and professor at the University of Denver, sees something ominous in the background of the Star Wars Holiday Special. He wrote about the politics of the campy Star Wars program in Mischiefs of Faction, a blog for Vox. The piece is called Amusing Ourselves Into Tyranny, sound familiar?