Jun 28, 2017
In this episode, Matt and I sit
down over some fine 90s music (and a PC Pils from Founders for the
Big Pitcher!) to discuss an important article published after the
end of the Cold War; Benjamin Barber’s “Jihad vs McWorld.” In it,
Barber describes two futures – one marked by the violent forms of
ethno-nationalism he terms jihad, and the other by the globalist
consumerism of McWorld. The twist is that he argues neither of
these futures is good for democracy. We debate the coherence of
capitalism, war profiteering, the value of local democracy, and the
merits of Terminator 2, Hackers, Jurassic Park, and Independence
Day (the celebrations Matt mentions are here). Recommendations
are:
Dave – Mitchell, Carbon
Democracy
Matt
– Wright, The World and a Very Small Place in
Africa