How Communism Became Cool | Library Circus #12

From the entertainment industry to the education sector, it seems like increasingly far-left politics are promoted by people with questionable intentions.

What does Nike get from pandering to ideologies that criticize its existence? What do wealthy celebrities get from public groveling?

Lenin's rise to power reveals patterns that explain today's strange political landscape.

◬ In this episode:

⋗ 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

◬ Book Mentioned:
Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror (https://amzn.to/3vg5uN1)

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