Dialogue on Nietzschean Trotskyism

Talking to Sam.

3:00 - Sam likes curves
8:45 - Buckminster Fuller and Homelessness
14:00 - Studying Arabic in the West Bank
17:30 - George Carlin's Bit on "Ethnic Cleansing"
24:00 - Sam thinks the Handmaiden's Tale was well written
31:00 - Sam's perception of Troskyism
35:00 - Political Economics
39:00 - Back in the day, we lived in the trees.
41:50 - Nietzsche on Warrior vs Priest
44:00 - Did Nietzsche succeed or fail?
48:00 - Does Nietzsche praise Napoleon? "You need context"
49:00 - "I like Nietzsche and Daoism"
53:00 - Disagreement on class struggle
56:00 - Democracy is a marketplace
1:01:00 - When did class arise? When did slavery arise?
1:04:00 - The first class distinction: the Shaman.
1:08:00 - What is class?
1:10:00 - What class is a computer programmer?
1:12:00 - Three types of computer programmers
1:15:00 - Clarifying the disagreement
1:18:00 - Why the working class is dying.
1:24:00 - conclusion

Sam’s Substack: