Episode 21 - Luddism is Good, Smartness is Bad, and BDS is Necessary ft. Jathan Sadowski

Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph BruhnWhen it comes to Palestine it’s bds or apartheidhttps://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1396583870833778690https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/federal-court-says-georgia-bds-law-violates-first-amendment/Guest - Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow at The Monash Emerging Technologies Research Lab in Melbourne, Australia and Co-host of the This Machine Kills podcast alongside previous LR guest Edward Ongweso Jr, and author of “Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World”Technological Determinism vs Langdon Winner’s conception of Technopolitics.What is “Smartness”?The role of insurance and the Lemonade_Inc Threadhttps://twitter.com/jennvzande/status/1397597086531661824?s=20Cops: Understanding Palantir and Fusion Centers.Luddism: Repairing our understanding of this tradition and sabotage as a tool.Biden dropping the loan forgiveness much besides = stop saying the Dems are the multiracial working class party they are upper middle class suburban party nowAlabama minershttps://twitter.com/grimkim/status/1397590881973252106?s=21https://twitter.com/grimkim/status/1397592824267382787?s=21Beaumont workers locked out https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.12newsnow.com/amp/article/news/local/power-city/united-steelworkers-lockout-exxonmobil-protest/502-019d92b0-abaa-4900-9f71-dac4348ca278Dakota updatehttps://twitter.com/jeremyjturley/status/1397618453389926404?s=21https://www.keloland.com/news/capitol-news-bureau/judge-sets-june-target-for-mt-rushmore-fireworks-decision/ https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/tribe-allowed-to-join-mount-rushmore-lawsuit?fbclid=IwAR0BRyL_-Ys0v_3fDL29MrUYV1jZp4C5s-AmL_uV20CzSuawTLyG38xF_b8https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/mount-rushmore-lawsuit-sparks-legal-fight-with-tribe