Douglas Lain – Fredrik deBoer

Douglas Lain and Freddie deBoer discuss his new book "How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement."  They explore why left movements fail. In the digital age, social movements flare up but then lose steam through a lack of tangible goals, the inherent moderating effects of our established institutions and political part

Freddie deBoer and Douglas Lain discuss Freddie's recent essay "The Left's Vapid Anti-Musk Discourse" in this week's Diet Soap podcast.  In his essay deBoer writes, "The amount of attention Musk has attracted can be chalked up to culture war: Exxon’s CEO, whatever his business practices, isn’t shitposting in a way that

For this first episode of Social Justice Incorporated Ryan and Lavit talk to Freddie deBoer about his response to Daniel Bergner's New York Times Magazine article "Doctors Gave Her Antipsychotics. She Decided to Live With Her Voices." Freddie describes his own experiences with mental illness as he rejects Bergner's not

Here, Freddie and Doug talk about what the Millennials learned from Gen-X, the Left's relation to the Democratic Party, and cancel culture. This video follows up on DeBoer's essay "Gen X Was the Political Generation."  Gen X Was the Political Generation Essay https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/gen-x-was-the-political