Show Notes
On ICE, Minneapolis – and your questions & comments. Contributing editor Ryan Zickgraf is back from Minnesota and tells us what is happening on the ground. We also discuss:
If this was Trump picking a fight, why Minnesota?
Do the slayings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti mark a step-change in who can be killed in the US with relative impunity?
What are the implications for the 2nd Amendment and will this divide MAGA World?
Does a hard border necessarily entail a hard, militarised society too? Is the interiorisation of the border inevitable?
For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast We then discuss listener questions on:
What is important that Bungacast cover?
The benefits of citizenship
Capitalists paying themselves for labour
The post-doomer personality
Readings:
South Minneapolis has had enough, Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
Enforcement Regime, Michael Macher, Phenomenal World
Minneapolis Is a Second Amendment Wake-Up Call, Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic
ICE unloads, Ken Klippenstein, Substack
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