Karl Marx, Socialism & the Future of Capitalism (with Cole Costello)

Centered From Reality

English - October 05, 2021 15:08 - 56 minutes - 78.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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In this episode, Alex sits down with Cole Costello to discuss socialism, the future of capitalism, and what people get wrong about Karl Marx. Cole is a friend and currently in the graduate program for history at Cal State Los Angeles, focusing on early twentieth-century American urban/race/labor history. Cole falls somewhere on the left, with some Marxist tendencies and a sense of loss and confusion in modern politics. In this episode, some topics they discuss/debate are -

Does the US system still work?

What Marxism actually means and would it work in a country like the US?

Is the US heading towards a Civil War or conflict?

What does history tell us about socialism? And why did the Soviet Union fail?

Is Capitalism the best system?

Should there be billionaires?