US Gov + Politics 101
Channel: Pierce Delahunt
Date: 01/05/2023

This month, F*cking C*pitalism looks at the fundamentals of US Government +. Politics 101. We look at the electoral system in all its entanglements, and what we can do about it...

Notes:
0:00 Intro + Land Acknowledgment
1:22 Voter Simulation! + Bare Basics
6:08 Winner-Take-All + Other Voting Models (Green IDs Vote)
7:20 Political Economy + Political Compass (Yellow IDs Vote)
10:51 Voter Suppression
11:54 Gerrymandering
13:03 Felon Disenfranchisement
14:38 Imperialism + Colonialism (Red IDs Vote)
16:21 Who Representatives Represent (Vote Results!)
17:44 Campaign Finance!
19:16 Media, Propaganda, + PR
20:28 Honest Gil MashUp!
23:21 Government Spending + Modern Monetary Theory
26:20 Global + US Military Spending
30:18 What Do We Do?
31:25 Reflection Questions
32:14 Resources Walkthrough

Reflection Questions:
a) How might I support the government I want? (What gov do I want?)
b) How do threats to representation in general threaten my own rep?


Intro Video on Political Economy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7awvJ-pN_b8

Me + My Social:
https://linktr.ee/DelapierceD

MySexBio:
https://www.mysexbio.org/

MySexBio YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFt2OX5vp8P9ZXpnGSrJyVA

MySexBio's Slack:
https://rebrand.ly/slackinvite

AntiSocialism:
https://medium.com/delapierced/antisocialism-dab05a484200

Sex & Socialism:
https://medium.com/delapierced/what-does-sex-have-to-do-with-socialism-a919ef593c1f

21st Century Socialism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WUKahMm1s

Mumbo Jumbo: (Glossary)
https://blacksocialists.us/mumbo-jumbo

Slides: (with other linked resources)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kH5l8Zs-VpyaIzB9CVyBq6G1OJZYuDMcovnq_vOA7sE/edit?usp=sharing