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The Creep of Marxism with Mark Moss
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The Creep of Marxism with Mark Moss

Dec 14 2022 • 2hr 15m

Show Notes

“If you look at the long-term secular trend, there’s been three trends: one has been globalisation; so we’ve increased peace, we’ve increased global trade. Two, we’ve increased the population. And three, we’ve increased the money supply…and all three are reversing.”— Mark MossMark Moss is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker and host of The Mark Moss Show. In this interview, we discuss his recent co-authored book “The UnCommunist Manifesto”, which is a critique of Communist theory in response to its continued influence in our modern world.- - - - The Communist Manifesto was one of the most influential political writings in modern history. It was written by the 19th-century philosophers, historians and political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Despite falling into obscurity for a generation after its initial publication in 1848, it went on to provide a theoretical basis for one of the 20th century's most pervasive ideologies. The Soviet Communist Empire the Manifesto inspired ultimately failed. Proponents have argued that the Soviet political and economic system was not the same form of communism proposed by Marx and Engels. Many others have indicated that the fall of the USSR and its vassal countries showed the inherent fallacy of centralised control being the optimum political system. It wasn’t merely that communism failed, but the brutal nature of the system it inspired. There is a debate about whether the quantum of deaths under communist regimes could be referred to as genocide. Semantics aside, tens of millions of people have been killed in Communist countries. Further, it discouraged innovation whilst encouraging waste, corruption and nepotism.Boris Yeltsin acknowledged the Soviet issue when he made an impromptu visit to a US supermarket during a state visit. “There would be a revolution" he stated when contemplating how normal Russians would react to seeing the range and quality of produce. And yet, despite the epic collapse of the USSR, young people are increasingly being drawn to socialist ideas that underpin the Manifesto. Does a review of the Communist Manifesto provide adequate insight into the system it inspired? Can we identify the dangerous tenets of a communist system to better protect society? Is there anything theoretically sound in the Manifesto? Ultimately, do the transparent weaknesses of our current system give rise to society underestimating the weaknesses of competing systems?- - - - This episode’s sponsors:Gemini - Buy Bitcoin instantlyLedn - Financial services for Bitcoin hodlersBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereFidelity - Careers in cryptoLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletWasabi Wallet - Privacy by defaultBCB Group - Global digital financial Services-----WBD593 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.
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@eselsee
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Dec 14 2022
"...I agree with a progressive tax" ---- "of course you do" This was a great show! We are all on some spectrum, if you dont think so, there is a spectrum for that.
@user7062438900943674
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@user4011328535226608
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Dec 16 2022
what a load of bull... "I am very nuanced" proceeds to see everything black and white
@user4011328535226608
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Dec 16 2022
what a load of bull... "I am very nuanced" proceeds to see everything black and white
@poboy
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Dec 19 2022
I like that Peter is willing to entertain other ideas. It seems rare that people willingly venture outside their echo chambers.
@jimsbook
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Feb 10 2023
love Mark Moss
@commonsense
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Dec 16 2022
And in Canada you can add #9.
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@hansa1
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Dec 16 2022
Peter is such a fucking moron
@oneincredible
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Dec 15 2022
This was ridiculous.
@oneincredible
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Dec 15 2022
idiot
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@hes
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Dec 15 2022
Pete is a communist no matter how many times he says he isn’t and how much “nuance” he tries to bring in this conversation. Love your show Pete, but you said it best— should have let Mark speak more.
@southside
Dec 15 2022
Communism: China and North. Pete is not a communist.
@hansa1
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Dec 16 2022
Peter is a fucking idiot
@oneincredible
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Dec 15 2022
He is fucking nutter!
@oneincredible
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Dec 15 2022
muppets
@oneincredible
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Dec 15 2022
Retarded
@hansa1
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Dec 16 2022
Peter is such a fucking moron
@hansa1
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Dec 16 2022
Peter is a fucking moron🤡
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