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Timestamps:
00:00 - Beginning
01:11 - 1. Imperialism 101
02:01 - Across the Entire Globe
04:46 - The Dynamic of Capital Expansion
09:28 - Not Necessary, Just Compelling
12:03 - Myths of Underdevelopment
18:47 - Artificially Converted to Poverty
24:59 - Development Theory
28:49 - Neoimperialism: Skimming the Cream
34:24 - 2. Imperial Domination Updated
34:46 - Market Inequality
37:08 - Debt Domination
40:43 - Foreign Aid as a Weapon
43:34 - With Rational Violence
54:22 - Low Intensity Imperialism
58:57 - Globalization by GATT
1:07:47 - 3. Intervention: Whose Gain? Whose Pain?
1:08:32 - A Global Military Empire
1:13:31 - Why Intervention?
1:22:09 - Common Confusions
1:26:37 - Inventing Enemies
1:30:08 - Who Pays? Who Profits?
1:35:33 - The Myth of Popular Imperialism
1:41:24 - Cultural Imperialism
1:44:13 - 4. Strong Empire, Weak Republic
1:44:40 - Exporting Jobs
1:50:05 - Empire Against Environment
1:53:43 - American Casualties
1:58:20 - Impoverishing the Republic
2:04:34 - The Few Against the Many
2:10:56 - A Moral Self-Interest
2:13:49 - 5. A Dreadful Success
2:15:06 - Unexamined Assumptions
2:17:43 - Macho Posturing
2:21:30 - In the Name of Democracy
2:25:46 - The Hunt for Red Menace
2:30:04 - What Are ”Our Interests”?
2:37:14 - Consistent Inconsistencies
2:45:07 - Arms for Profit
2:48:39 - 6. Drugs, Lies, and Video Wars
2:49:09 - Driving Away Demons
2:53:24 - Looking Left for Terrorism
2:56:23 - Protecting Americans Abroad
3:01:09 - Reaching for Pretexts
3:07:25 - The Gulf War Lies
3:11:41 - Some Real Reasons
3:16:57 - The ”War on Drugs”: Cover Story
3:20:19 - Which Side Are You On, Boys?
3:25:01 - Drugs as a Weapon of Social Control
3:31:26 - 7. Worthy Causes
3:31:49 - Discouraging Arms Proliferation
3:39:09 - Chemical Warfare Hoax
3:42:39 - Humanitarian Pretense
3:45:01 - For Freedom – Mujahideen Style
3:48:15 - Famine Relief for Conoco
3:53:22 - Elections Yes! (Depending on Who Wins)
4:01:00 - Operation Facelift
4:07:01 - Coming Out of the Capitalist Closet
4:16:42 - 8. Democratic Governance vs. The State
4:18:46 - The State Against Democracy
4:27:07 - Conservative Consistencies
4:30:10 - An Executive State
4:35:05 - Exposé as Cover-up
4:37:02 - Keeping the Government in Line
4:41:13 - Constitutional Tyranny
4:43:49 - The State in Society
4:48:41 - Conspiracy Theory?
4:52:41 - 9. Voodoo Economics: The Third Worldization of America
4:53:01 - Trickle Down to the Free Market
4:55:43 - Conservative Double Standards
4:58:20 - Welfare for the Rich
5:02:54 - The Tax Game
5:07:32 - A Military Feast
5:09:43 - A People's National Debt
5:11:57 - Toward 1893
5:20:11 - Old Problems, No Solutions
5:23:57 - 10. The Empire in Academia
5:25:28 - A Temple of Knowledge
5:27:57 - A Matter of Some History
5:34:22 - The Open and Closed University
5:41:30 - Lefties Need Not Apply
5:47:01 - Elastic Criteria
5:52:17 - Presumptions of Objectivity
5:57:18 - Quarantine the Survivors
5:59:56 - The Myth of the Radical Campus
6:04:57 - 11. Real Alternatives
6:06:11 - ”Moderate Alternative”
6:09:04 - Military Spending and Peacetime Conversion
6:11:14 - The National Security State
6:13:00 - Electoral Reform
6:14:26 - Tax Reform and Labor Law
6:16:36 - Agriculture and Ecology
6:18:00 - Health Care and Safety
6:19:02 - Fiscal Policy
6:19:57 - Social Justice and Jobs
6:22:37 - Class Warfare a Two-Way Street
It really sucks that annotations were removed as in post I hear myself make mistakes like government instead of environment or Indonesia instead of Indochina and it makes me wonder if I have mild dyslexia or just have bad vision. There's about ten of those slips throughout, so check the original text if something sounds weird.
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Astaghfirullah this one took me forever. Between editing, school, and technical problems there was plenty of pain, but it is finally up. Plus, my new rig exported this in 30 minutes, which is just incredible. It's going to make things a lot easier in the future.
This is a book that needs to be required reading in every highschool in America. Redpill after redpill after redpill. Alas, this is America, so we get Ayn Rand instead. Great.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy and are able to learn a thing or two or five hundred.
#audiobook #imperialism #democracy #eu4
