How Capitalism Destroys Radical Movements

Movements like Black Lives Matter often start out as radical demands for change, but someone along the way they get consumed, defanged, and turned into meaningless symbols. How does this happen? How Capitalism Destroys Radical Movements – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading Guy Debord/The Spectacle/Recuperation    • Society of the Spectacle: WTF? Guy Debord,...      • Society of the Spectacle (Part 2): WTF? Re...   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Debord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuper...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situati... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectac...) http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/report.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officia... https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816818759231 https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra... http://dl.uncw.edu/Etd/2012-1/perdued... https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/dow... Black Lives Matter & Defund the Police   / 1270149750155808773   https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/... https://cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/file... https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/... https://web.archive.org/web/202006220... https://www.npr.org/sections/live-upd... https://dcist.com/story/20/08/18/dc-m... https://newrepublic.com/article/15810... https://polsci.umass.edu/sites/defaul... https://breachmedia.ca/beware-the-neo... https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/212... https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/02/po... https://dcist.com/story/20/08/14/blac... https://www.newyorker.com/culture/dep... Antonio Gramsci & Hegemony    • Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci ...   https://warofposition.com/94 Capitalist Realism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital... Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter:   / _secondthought   Patreon:   / secondthought   BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondth... CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads:    • Playlist   Spaaaaaace!:    • Playlist   What If...:    • Playlist   Popular Videos:    • Popular Videos | Second Thought   About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: [email protected]