“Our culture’s concern for victims is relatively new and radical in human history. Where does it come from? And how does understanding mimetic desire and the scapegoat mechanism make sense of the world?” David Gornoski recently appeared on Isaac Morehouse’s show to answer these questions while discussing Rene Girard’s sociology, and a political philosophy of […]
Is America’s electrical infrastructure on the downslide as the Texas power outage seems to be indicating? What is the reason behind these increasing power outages across the country? “When all you’re focused on is the lunchroom drama, nobody knows how to keep the lights on the lunchroom itself.” Is capitalism to blame for unjust outcomes? […]
David Gornoski starts the episode with some commentary on the latest calls for mask mandates. “Will they boot [maskless] people from moving trains?” David asks, “Will the state reveal its true colors for once?” Listen to the full episode as David talks about the media’s subtle branding of GameStop stock surge as an “insurrection;” Biden’s […]