Liberalism in Decay (Ft. Catherine Liu)

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In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined again by Professor ⁠Catherine Liu⁠, author of the book ⁠Virtue Horders⁠, to talk about the recent victory of Zohran Mamdani, the crisis of the Democratic Party, liberalism as ideology of decay, and her upcoming book on Trauma Culture and why everyone in liberal America suddenly identifies as “traumatized” and how that shapes politics, morality, and everyday life.

In the Backroom exclusive segment on Patreon, Catherine and I discuss the potential impact of AI on the PMC (Professional Managerial Class), liberal parenting, and have a lot of fun roasting liberal-leftists. 

Timestamps:

00:00:00 AI and white collar layoffs (The Backroom Preview) 

00:03:06  Catherine Liu returns 

00:03:49 Zohran Mamdani’s victory Analysis: Lessons for Leftists

00:29:44 The Tucker Carlson Left

00:37:05  Is the Left Becoming Less Woke?

00:40:30  Trauma culture, therapy speak, and New Age Capitalism

00:50:10  Liberalism as ideology of decay

00:58:27  From second-wave feminism to PMC “girlboss” feminism

01:02:04  Socialist feminism, PMC feminism, and family policy

01:07:58  Liberal parenting, mental illness, and the crisis of adulthood

GUEST:Catherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine and author of Virtue Hoarders and an upcoming book on trauma culture• Follow Catherine’s work and lectures via UC Irvine and her public talks online

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Outro Music by Karl Casey

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