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Ben Burgis talks to anti-capitalist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek about one of the strangest ‘scandals’ of recent months. AOC and her boyfriend were vacationing in Florida and right-wing idiot Steve Cortes posted a picture them on Twitter. As well as speculating about their alleged COVID hypocrisy, Cortes took a shot at her boyfriend’s “gross pale feet.” AOC tweeted that right-wingers like Cortes are just mad they can’t date her so they’re transferring their sexual frustrations to her boyfriend’s feet. Zizek speculates that something else is going on here. Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get a bonus episode every Thursday, access to the Discord server, a “Sopranos” Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosny Lambre, a monthly Discord Movie Night, and "Discord Office Hours" (regularly scheduled group voice chats). Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA Visit benburgis.com Image Credit, Slavoj Zizek: matthew_tsimitak https://www.flickr.com/photos/7284791@N05/8752099718/in/photolist-ekoNk1-2dAik3r-ekoXfU-ekoU5s-aBA6JJ-EERB6M-eki4Jg-25WDNvg-WUyz5x-FDarKB-ps2zQx-2mZVUmG-8b42Ex-5ZKvAz-dhFN9b-ekhLM2-ekoych-eki7Zt-e39vBk-e3fc93-ekoVvU-ekoQzo-5wNE5K-c1Mn53-9EwRH2-4FdnAr-mPnMF-9byTfm-7Lo4AY-6nL5Xs-93LPbg-2NUZaX-aBPweW-ghRdhV-68TbTX-Pq8dFd-afyaTi-d6WdjC-auguGf-2UuXHy-berYbr-8b42Fn-8b42Kr-w7KpDv-wpGJta-wpGELR-vsdTnG-w7Cuef-wpf8YK-4R7MMz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Image has been cropped and color has been altered. Image Credit, Birkenstock Sandals: Tony Alter https://www.flickr.com/photos/78428166@N00/5757143104/in/photolist-9LJS51-9VNNZg-2iUvX8U https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Image has been cropped and color has been altered. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O0BAiVJ1pc

Since there wasn't a regular episode this week, Ben's coming on to take a few superchat questions and plug everything that's going to start happening on this channel in the New Year. Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get early access to every episode as well as a weekly bonus episode and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats. Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA Visit benburgis.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYutCdkK9is

Samuel Moyn joins us to talk about his fascinating new book "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times." In it he argues that liberalism today is shaped by the shift made by many liberal intellectuals who turned their backs on the radical aspirations of earlier liberalisms during the Cold War. One of our favorite recurrent guests, Matt McManus, just reviewed Moyn's book for Liberal Currents. Both of them have a lot to say about liberalism, socialism, and how we think about rights and human liberation, and it should be a fascinating conversation. Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew will talk about Ben's Jacobin article today about the "human shields" defense of Israel bombing civilians in Gaza, and Ben and the GTAA crew will watch a debate between Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti about whether what Israel is doing rises to the level of "ethnic cleansing." (She says yes, he says no.) In the postgame for patrons, we can relax with some Ben Shapiro nonsense. Order Samuel's book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300266214/liberalism-against-itself/ Read Matt's review: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/samuel-moyn-on-the-abandonment-of-revolutionary-liberalism/ Follow Samuel on Twitter: @samuelmoyn Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattPolProf Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going: patreon.com/benburgis Read the weekly philosophy Substack: benburgis.substack.com Visit benburgis.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruyCfnH1_CU