RSH 112 -- Return of the Mack-ximalist Demands (12.12.2022)

Recorded on December 11, 2022. After a year-long hiatus, the firebrands of Real Sankara Hours are back! Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn after hibernation to bring another episode before 2022 ends. The guys talk about the big events of 2022, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, inflation, the 2022 midterm elections, then dive deeper into the new phase of U.S. secret wars, why dating in 2022 sucks, men dropping out of the work force, and reparations for Black America. This is a 2-hour long episode making up for lost time.  Links:  News items  Railworker strike: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140265413/rail-workers-biden-unions-freight-railroads-averted-strike ; California's 2022 budget: https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/06/california-budget-surplus-explained/  David Dayen on inflation caused by supply chain issues: https://prospect.org/economy/inflation-isnt-so-different-between-us-and-europe/  U.S. secret wars  Report on U.S.'s secret war playbook: https://theintercept.com/2022/11/03/us-military-secret-wars/  The growth of JSOC post-9/11 (from 2011): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-secret-america-a-look-at-the-militarys-joint-special-operations-command/2011/08/30/gIQAvYuAxJ_story.html  Why dating sucks, men dropping out of the labor force  Non-college-educated men dropping out of the labor force: https://www.yahoo.com/video/men-dropping-labor-force-because-224319223.html, https://fortune.com/2022/12/07/men-dropping-out-work-force-status-study/ ; https://www.yahoo.com/video/most-chilling-metric-mike-rowe-150000193.html  income levels of single Black millennials: https://blackdemographics.com/single-black-millennials-yes-women-are-more-educated-but-there-are-just-as-many-single-black-men-making-50k-and-higher/  online dating leading to burnout: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/well/mind/burnout-online-dating-apps.html   Chapo Trap House episode on the manoswamp/manosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7-OX6EjutE  Irami Osei-Frimpong on Kevin Samuels and "high value men": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsDGni2-kkw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y4pxHEdAUg  Reparations for Black America  California reparations: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/09/california-reparations-slavery-african-americans  California reparations panel recommendations: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/business/economy/california-black-reparations.html  Providence, Rhode Island reparations (white people can get it, too): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/29/reparations-program-providence-rhode-island/  true cost of reparations (Darity's numbers): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/racial-wealth-gap.html the devaluation of Black homes and how Black homes are appraised/worth less than white homes: https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/why-black-neighborhoods-are-valued-less-than-other-neighborhoods, https://www.brookings.edu/research/devaluation-of-assets-in-black-neighborhoods/, https://www.newsy.com/stories/black-homeowners-get-lower-appraisals-than-white-neighbors/, https://www.brookings.edu/research/biased-appraisals-and-the-devaluation-of-housing-in-black-neighborhoods/   Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song" Peter MGunn -- bass guitar Adam Hudson -- drums Support the struggle: Pan-African Community Library in Burkina Faso: https://gofund.me/4b276440 Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter) People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak Follow us on Twitter: Adam Hudson -- @adamhudson5 Peter MGunn -- @MGunnPeter Real Sankara Hours -- @sankarahours Adam's SoundCloud -- @adamhudson5 Get the RSS feed from our Podbean to stay up-to-date with new episodes: realsankarahours.podbean.com Subscribe to us on Patreon to get bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/realsankarahours/ Make a one-time donation to our PayPal: https://paypal.me/realsankarahours?locale.x=en_US