Jessica Burbank

#568 Jessica Burbank joins us to discuss her political journey from an apolitical working-class upbringing in Connecticut to becoming a far-left organizer working on Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign, and seeing how the Democratic Party handled it. She explains her “syndicates of capital” framework: transnational wealthy networks that can bypass states, differ from a single global oligarchy, and interact with figures like Trump, big tech, and AI/military contracting. We talk about globalization, fascist narratives, UBI (and the need for price controls), and MMT, including criticism of bond issuance as a risk-free transfer to the wealthy and how COVID-era spending and contracts affected inflation. Burbank recommends books/authors, recounts experiences at TYT and The Hill, discusses Epstein-linked elites.nonetaken.horse