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

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