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May 15, 2026 2 min

PROGRESS PROPAGANDA

from NEFARIOUS RUSSIANS Hosted by Yasha Levine and Samuel Miller McDonald

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nefariousrussians.com I talk to Samuel Miller McDonald about his new book on the history of the idea of progress and how this idea has been used to justify parasitic super-stratified societies that have been denuding and killing our world, going back into antiquity. Pretty much everyone believes in the notion of progress these days. It’s safe to say that progress is a sort of religious belief that unifies all ideologies, even capitalism and communism. And that’s the problem. Check out the book Samuel wrote: Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It. It’s a really wonderful book. I’d go straight to the first chapter. —Yasha I’m doing these weekly Vampire Valley streams about technology as part of my research for the Vampire Valley doc series I’m working on. Live streams are available to the public but recorded streams are only available to subscribers. Reminder: If you give $100 or more to the Vampire Valley doc project, you will automatically get an annual sub.

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