The Economy of Nothing Podcast

Episode 212

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Captain's going to Mexico. He may not come back.

In a special beach edition, Green and Captain ditch the desk and let it ride β€” canon jokes, Patreon guilt, and the philosophical weight of one bad apple. The boys trace a line from envy and fear all the way through why unions fell, why power always corrupts, and why every philosopher eventually just throws their hands up.

Then: peak TV is eulogized. Sons of Anarchy gets its flowers. The Simpsons vs. Family Guy debate resurfaces. South Park's ManBearPig is re-examined as a political document. AI hype cycles, debt dystopias, and biometric futures get their due.

They compare In Time and Daybreakers, torch the Harry Potter reboot casting discourse, call Sinners a mis-marketed masterpiece, and diagnose Hollywood's problem as "economic freebasing" β€” a term Robin Williams coined and these two are running with.

Marvel is culturally fracking your nostalgia. Give peace a chance.

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