Neoliberal culture expects little from government and everything from plucky individuals — including, apparently, the self-sacrificing courage to charge an AR-15 wielding gunman while your classmates cower behind bulletproof backpacks. Writer Patrick Blanchfield returns to the show to discuss his recent essays on guns for
New York magazine (forthcoming) and
The Intercept (
theintercept.com/2018/02/28/parkland-florida-school-shootings-arming-teachers). Thanks to our supporters at Verso Books. Check out
Greece and the Reinvention of Politics by Alain Badiou
versobooks.com/books/2560-greece-and-the-reinvention-of-politics. And support this podcast with $ at
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