Bonus Edition #339 - SOLVED! The Power of Entrepreneurial Spirit Compels You!

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Mar 02, 2025•19 min•Ep. 339

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Episode description

Air Date: 3-2-25

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:

- How “entrepreneurialism” has gained unearned adoration and disempowered labor organizing

- The 100-year-old “New Thought” era and how it shaped our current culture of work

- The social critic Theodore Roszak’s accurate predictions about the dark turn of tech and work

- What Democrats should learn from Steve Bannon’s approach to Musk

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REFERENCES:

The Cult of the Entrepreneur - The New Republic

The Social Critic Who Predicted Big Tech’s Dark Turn - The Nation

What Anti-Musk Democrats Can Learn From Steven Bannon - NY Magazine

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