PHILOSOPHY FOR THE PEOPLE EP. 71: TAKING THE RED PILL

In Vivek Chibber's book "The Class Matrix," he defends old-school materialism. In response, William Clare Roberts has accused Chibber of pretending that class structure is the only kind of structure and economic compulsion is the only kind of compulsion. In his essay "Taking the Red Pill? William Clare Roberts vs. Vivek Chibber on the Class Matrix," Ben Burgis argues that the criticism falls flat. Ben and Stefan discuss.

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