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How does capitalism affect our personal lives? How does the economy affect life at home, relationships at work, romance and dating? Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad and Julianna Forlano explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology. More about Capitalism Hits Home https://www.democracyatwork.info/capitalismhitshome
On this week's show, part 4 of the 4 part series on the intersection of sex, sexuality and capitalism, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano discuss author Kristen Ghodsee's book "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism" and examone at the differences between sex and relationships under state capitalisms versus socialism.…
On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano present some of the ways that sexual sales operate.The utter failure of America's sex education curriculum removes relationship and humanity from sexuality. Sexual need is hyped for men and forbidden for women. Sex becomes a scarce commodity that women can sell within our gender unequal capitalist so…
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The Capitalist Problem with Sex Education in the US
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This is part 2 of a 4 part series on the intersection of sex and capitalism. On this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano discuss how sex education under US capitalism is failing our kids and undermining our society.By Democracy at Work - Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano
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Capitalism and Sexual Exploitation: The PornHub Scourge
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Dr. Fraad and Professor Forlano discuss the recent New York Times editorial by Nicholas Kristof, The Children of Porn Hub, and the intersection of capitalism with sex. Dr. Fraad presents some very interesting alternative approaches to sexual education and normalization from countries far closer to socialism than our own capitalist USA. Professor Fo…
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Why Did Trump Get So Many Millions of Votes?
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This episode of CHH explores the Trump phenomenon, when millions shared Trump's message that they were conned but did not know that he pulled the biggest con of all.By DemocracyatWork - H.Fraad and J. Forlano
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Does Capitalism Kill Creativity? Let's Count the Ways.
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On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss the difference between the life of a Walmart worker with that of a Mondragon worker. Some folks say that socialism inhibits creativity while capitalism enhances competition which spurs creativity. That is not the case. In our capitalist nation, the mass of workers come home depleted and di…
On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss the amazing bill just passed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Socialist Labor Party which explores and reveals the economic value of essential caring labor usually done by women. New Zealand’s social workers, child care providers, nursing assistants and other care workers will now be rec…
On this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano continue their discussion of toxic masculinity and how the social and economic conditions of its existence have transformed. Testosterone fueled aggression and heft are no longer needed or wanted in the workplace or at home. Force comes in when equality and democracy threaten old privilege.…
On this part 1 of 2, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss toxic masculinity and how the social and economic conditions of its existence have transformed. Testosterone fueled aggression and heft are no longer needed or wanted in the workplace or at home. Force comes in when equality and democracy threaten old privilege.…
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The Invisible Labor On Which Capitalism Depends. And Guess Who Does It? - Pt 2
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Part 2 of 2: this week's show is a continuation of the discussion of the labor we all need in order to function in our world: housework, ie. providing food, cooking food, let us avoid distracting hunger pains, that creates the order and cleanliness that allows us to be presentable in life, have clean clothes that don't smell, allow us to find the c…
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The Invisible Labor On Which Capitalism Depends. And Guess Who Does It? - Pt 1
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Part 1 of 2: this week's show focuses on the labor we all need in order to function in our world. It's housework, providing food, cooking food, let us avoid distracting hunger pains, that creates the order and cleanliness that allows us to be presentable in life, have clean clothes that don't smell, allow us to find the clothing we need to wear tha…
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The Empty Nest is Either Very Empty or Still Full
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On this week's show, Fraad and Forlano continue their discussion of Capitalism’s effect on the family but this time they discuss a specific effect. There comes a time in every family’s life cycle where the children leave the nest. Well guess what? Capitalism has been effecting the health transition out of the nest for decades and in this time of CO…
The psychotic level of misinformation and untruth coming from the Trump administration, and from capitalism itself, is creating chaos in our outer world and our inner psyches. This week's discussion centers around one of the biggest lies we are told as children and how to deal with life when you don't know what is real.…
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US COVID Response Destroys Education, Sets Women Back Decades
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On this week's all new Capitalism Hits Home, Fraad and Forlano talk about the of the pandemic on women and the gender pay gap. Public Education, a way out of poverty, has been seriously damaged by the myriad problems of remote learning. Black, Latino, Native American, and poor children are the most affected. Private schooling has flourished. What a…
On this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss the latest news items of the week: majority of Americans ages 18-29 living at home with parents; domestic workers and hotel workers risking their lives for minimum wage; Amazon's price gouging during the peak of the epidemic. Fraad and Forlano then talk about the death …
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Exchanging Sex for Money: The New Feminism? Cardi B's WAP Review
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In this first episode of Season 3 of CHH, Dr. Fraad and Julianna discuss 3 topics currently in the news: Trump knowledge of the dangers of COVID-19 and his decision to keep it from the public; wildfires sweeping the west coast; women in Mexico protest rape and abuse by taking over the Justice Department. Then Fraad and Forlano take on a major discu…
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Why do 38% of Americans support Donald Trump? - Part 2
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In this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad argues there is a class war in America. The majority of Americans are losing. What does that mean economically, socially, politically and psychologically? How are people beginning to fight back?By Democracy at Work - Dr. Harriet Fraad
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Why do 38% of Americans support Donald Trump? - Part 1
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In this part 1 of 2, Dr. Fraad takes on the question of why so many Americans still support Trump. Donald Trump has shown himself to be utterly incapable of helping Americans to recover from the CoronaVirus Pandemic. Americans are 5% of the world's people and we have fully 25% of the world's COVID-19 victims. Countries like Taiwan, China, Scandinav…
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The Pandemic's Impact on American Families - Part 2
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In part 2 of 2, Dr. Harriet Fraad continues to explore the impact of Covid-19 on Families and particularly focuses on 2 issues. One is the impact of Covid-19 on children at their different ages. The other is ways the US could have managed and could manage the pandemic with less terrible impact.By Democracy at Work - Dr. Harriet Fraad
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The Pandemic's Impact on American Families - Part 1
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In this 2 part series, Dr. Harriet Fraad talks about the impact the current pandemic is having on families. The capitalist market-driven health care system has left so many families with little or no protection from contamination. This episode will focus on on Married Men, Single Men, Married Women, and Single Women of different income levels.…
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George Floyd and the Eruption of American Rage - Part 2
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On this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of "public servants." She argues that Americans have experienced our political leaders depraved indifference to our suffering as the rich got richer and all others felt the official knee in our necks. We now have a moment to make class change. We cann…
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George Floyd and the Eruption of American Rage- Part 1
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On this part 1 of 2, America is a powder keg waiting to explode from 50 years of a class war in which we became the most unequal nation in the developed world. Our money equipped and paid the "public servants" who murdered George Floyd with depraved indifference. As a people, Americans have experienced our political leaders depraved indifference to…
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What is Essential: Profit or Life Itself? - Part 1
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On this part 1 of 2, Dr. Fraad explores the question of values. Do we value the lives of the workers who are essential to or lives? Or rather, is corporate profit essential for a government that sends our life maintaining "heroes" to work in unsafe, non-disinfected workplaces and health facilities without sufficient protective equipment or means to…
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COVID Disaster and US Family Life in Trump Capitalism - Part 2
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On this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the way the Corona Virus is managed in the US and the terrible hardship it has caused for American families. US families are trapped with added responsibilities and no help or money. For the 1% their lives proceed with fine take out food delivered, expensive virtual tutoring and in place na…
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COVID Disaster and US Family Life in Trump Capitalism - Part 1
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On this show, Dr. Fraad talks about the way the Corona Virus is managed in the US and the terrible hardship it has caused for American families. US families are trapped with added responsibilities and no help or money. For the 1% Covid-19 is an interference but not a tragedy. Their lives proceed with fine take out food delivered, expensive virtual …
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Covid-19: A Psychological, Political and Economic Plague
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The Corona Virus Tragedy in the US is brought to you by Trump and those who serve him. It effects our whole lives as each area, the personal, political and economic interact. We can do something about it!By Democracy at Work - Harriet Fraad
Sexual interactions like all else in America are involved in an intimate dance with the capitalist system, our culture, religion and other social forcesSex can be an expression of love and intimacy. It can be an exploration among people interested and intrigued by their own sensations. It can be Rape a gender hate crime. It can also be a direct cap…
Part 1 of 2. Dr. Fraad talks about what sex is, the different forms of it both positive and negative, and the emotions associated with it.By Democracy at Work
CHH Live Special Event Dr. Harriet Fraad, host of Capitalism Hits Home is joined by radio and tv personality Julianna Forlano for a special CHH event. Dr. Fraad talks about what happened with Jeffrey Epstein, how and why it could happen and the question of justice.By Democracy at Work
Disciplining people to submit is crucial for authoritarian rule. There are three mechanisms, three ideological state apparatuses in Althusser's terms. They are more powerful than the police and the army and far more effective at getting people tp submit to authoritarian leaders. They are the authoritarian family, authoritarian religion, and authori…
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Capitalism, Socialism and Communism - Part 3
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[S2 E02] Part 3 of 3 This podcast will define those different class arrangements of Capitalism, Socialism and Communism and how they effect personal life. We will explore what they are and how do they differently effect personal life, particularly the lives of society's most vulnerable people, women and children.…
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Capitalism, Socialism and Communism - Part 2
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[S2 E01] Part 2 of 3 This podcast will define those different class arrangements of Capitalism, Socialism and Communism and how they effect personal life. We will explore what they are and how do they differently effect personal life, particularly the lives of society's most vulnerable people, women and children.…
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Capitalism, Socialism and Communism - Part 1
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Part 1 of 3 This podcast will define those different class arrangements of Capitalism, Socialism and Communism and how they effect personal life. We will explore what they are and how do they differently effect personal life, particularly the lives of society's most vulnerable people, women and children.…
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Revolution in the Home and Personal Life - Part 2
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In this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the counter revolution in US politics, the revolutions have taking place in the home and in the American personal/sexual life.By Democracy at Work
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Revolution in the Home and Personal LIfe - Part 1
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There is one unsung place where a revolution has happened in America. That place is in the home and American personal & sexual life. Trump and his minions mount a counter revolution against that revolutionary transformation.By Democracy at Work
Racial categories and perceptions are cultural and political fabrications. Race designations exist as an excuse for exploitation. Without the wish to exploit, people’s color is another uninteresting aspect of human diversity.By Democracy at Work
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Revelations, Cover-ups: Round Up of the Epstein Case - Part 2
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Dr. Fraad continues her exploration of the Jeffrey Epstein case and what lessons have been learned from it.By Democracy at Work
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Revelations, Cover-ups: Round Up of the Epstein Case - Part 1
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Jeffrey Epstein's Case Reveals the Combination of Depraved Sex Abuse and Capitalism that allows the "suicide" of Jeffrey Epstein while his rich fellow abusers walk free. This is the last two parts of a series covering the case of Jeffrey Epstein.By Democracy at Work
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Jeffrey Epstein: Literal Rape by the 1% - Part 2
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Part 2 of 2 This episode explores the ways that shame is transferred from rapists, corporate heads and exploiters on to the women they rape and the people they exploit. It discovers some of the ways that shame is being shifted back on to the shoulders of male sexual predators and capitalist predators with their "friends" in government.…
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Jeffrey Epstein: Literal Rape by the 1% - Part 1
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This episode discusses the seamy means by which a working class Jeffrey Epstein accumulated $550,000,000 by providing more than his tax and money market expertise to his wildly wealthy white male clients and their servants in our government, at Harvard and at other prestigious educational and scientific institutions.…
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Listen Up Leftists, There's a Class Revolution in the Household - Part 2
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The US has had a class revolution in the household over the last 50 years and the left did not notice, no less champion that revolution. Hot button issues like abortion and birth control rights or family leave are shadow battles in that revolution. It is time to pay attention.By Democracy at Work
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Listen Up Leftists, There's a Class Revolution in the Household - Part 1
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The US has had a class revolution in the household over the last 50 years and the left did not notice, no less champion that revolution. Hot button issues like abortion and birth control rights or family leave are shadow battles in that revolution. It is time to pay attention.By Democracy at Work
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Why are African Americans in the inferior positions we are now fighting?
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The ideology of racism began as a rationalization for the hideous crimes of slavery. This podcast explores the US development of white supremacy and how to change it.By Democracy at Work
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Why are women in the inferior positions we are now fighting?
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For most of human existence, human societies were hunter gatherer societies. We survived through our ability to cooperate. That changed with the evolution of private property which was left to heirs. Controlling women was an opportunity to ensure that only a man’s heirs could inherit his property. Just as early matriarchal religions provided the id…
The one class revolution that has happened in America is in the US household. This podcast exposes the class underbelly of revolutionary struggles around abortion rights, paid maternity leave and family leave. Lost abortion rights and no paid maternity or family leaves keep women from advancing at work as they take time to care for children. Aborti…
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Why Can we NOW Call Out Rampant Sexual Abuse?
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This podcast examines the sea change in US gender roles that has rendered toxic masculinity outmoded and intolerable.That gender metamorphosis is a powerful impetus for social ,personal and political movements against sexual abuse. At the same time there is a powerful American backlash of right wing misogynists from Incels to Trump.This podcast exp…
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Economic Transformation - Gender Transformation
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Gender struggle highlights the struggle between those holding on to former gender roles with women serving men and children and those recognizing the opportunity that we now have to be equal partners in the home and at work. Movements like #Metoo or #Timesup, March for Women, or abortion rights, and many more, support the conditions of existence fo…
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What's Happening to American Men - Part 2
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American men are in serious trouble. Former standards of masculinity as aggression, power, and stoic denial of emotional vulnerability are now widely considered toxic. The economic dominance that white men had with family wages disappeared when American capitalists mechanized, computerized, and outsourced white men's jobs from the 1970s on. I hope …
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Sugar Arrangements: Intimate Personal Connection For Sale - Part 2
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In the second part of this 2 part show, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the the Sugar Arrangements Industry, a marriage of America's trillion dollar educational debt with the emotional and sexual labor of young, usually college students, serving rich men in exchange for the money they need for college.…
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What's Happening to American Men - Part 1
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American men are in serious trouble. Former standards of masculinity as aggression, power, and stoic denial of emotional vulnerability are now widely considered toxic. The economic dominance that white men had with family wages disappeared when American capitalists mechanized, computerized, and outsourced white men's jobs from the 1970s on. I hope …
