The second installment of topical cream peers into the petty world of the billionaire class and the purchase of Twitter by racist enabler and inventor of nothing Elon Musk.

Resources

Good Jobs First: Los Angeles Times Stirs Debate: Elon Musk’s Use of Subsidies at Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity

The New York Times: Judge reduces $137 million penalty against Tesla over factory racism.

Time: How Elon Musk Built His Fortune—And Became the Richest Private Citizen in the World

The Wrap: Elon Musk Dragged Hard After Saying He’s a ‘Socialist’ – and Marx Was a Capitalist

The New York Times: Elon Musk details his plan to pay for a $46.5 billion takeover of Twitter.

Insider: Elon Musk ruthlessly cleaned house of any Tesla workers who disagreed or got in his way, a new book says

Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality: 20 Facts About U.S. Inequality that Everyone Should Know

Economic Policy Institute: CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,322% since 1978

Public Citizen: Citizens United 10 Years Later: 25 Ultrarich People Have Spent $1.4 Billion on Elections

UNFTR Episode Resources

Fuck Milton Friedman: The Chicago School of Economics.

Manufacturing Dissent: How We Let an Aussie Destroy the U.S.

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The second installment of topical cream peers into the petty world of the billionaire class and the purchase of Twitter by racist enabler and inventor of nothing Elon Musk.
Resources
Good Jobs First: <a href="https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/blog/los-angeles-times-stirs-debate-elon-musk%E2%80%99s-use-subsidies-tesla-spacex-and-solarcity">Los Angeles Times Stirs Debate: Elon Musk’s Use of Subsidies at Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity</a>
The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/business/tesla-lawsuit-racism.html">Judge reduces $137 million penalty against Tesla over factory racism.</a>
Time: <a href="https://time.com/6127754/elon-musk-net-worth-person-of-the-year/">How Elon Musk Built His Fortune—And Became the Richest Private Citizen in the World</a>
The Wrap: <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/elon-musk-socialist-marx-capitalist/">Elon Musk Dragged Hard After Saying He’s a ‘Socialist’ – and Marx Was a Capitalist</a>
The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/business/elon-musk-twitter-funding.html">Elon Musk details his plan to pay for a $46.5 billion takeover of Twitter.</a>
Insider: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-elon-musk-ruthlessly-fired-anyone-who-disagreed-spacex-report-2021-8">Elon Musk ruthlessly cleaned house of any Tesla workers who disagreed or got in his way, a new book says</a>
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality: <a href="https://inequality.stanford.edu/publications/20-facts-about-us-inequality-everyone-should-know">20 Facts About U.S. Inequality that Everyone Should Know</a>
Economic Policy Institute: <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2020/">CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,322% since 1978</a>
Public Citizen: <a href="https://www.citizen.org/news/citizens-united-10-years-later-25-ultrarich-people-have-spent-1-4-billion-on-elections/">Citizens United 10 Years Later: 25 Ultrarich People Have Spent $1.4 Billion on Elections</a>
UNFTR Episode Resources
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr23">Fuck Milton Friedman: The Chicago School of Economics.</a>
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr24">Manufacturing Dissent: How We Let an Aussie Destroy the U.S.</a>
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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 
Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 
As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 
Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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