Did The Left Get COVID Wrong? (Ft. Christian Parenti)

<p>Get access to The Backroom ( 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio like this) on Patreon:<br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/OneDime" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/OneDime</a></p><p>BONUS EPISODE: This conversation with Christian Parenti was originally released as a Patreon-exclusive episode of The Backroom, recorded well over a year ago. In light of recent disclosures and renewed scrutiny surrounding Dr. Anthony Fauci, the origins of COVID-19, and U.S.-funded coronavirus research, many of the questions raised in this discussion have become newly relevant, which is why I think it is worth releasing publicly now.</p><p>In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Christian Parenti, professor of economics at John Jay College, contributor to Compact, author of books including Radical Hamilton, Tropic of Chaos, and Lockdown America, and son of the late Michael Parenti. Parenti argues that much of the left abandoned its traditional skepticism of state and corporate power during COVID, embracing lockdowns, censorship, vaccine mandates, and what he describes as “scientism.” We discuss school closures and class, the Canadian trucker convoy, Big Pharma and Big Tech, vaccine mandates and civil liberties, biodefense and gain-of-function research, the professional-managerial left, and why Parenti came out of the pandemic identifying as both a classical Marxist and a classical liberal.</p><p>You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>0:00 Cold Open: How the Left Got COVID Wrong<br>2:21 1Dime Radio Intro<br>3:19 Why the Left Embraced Lockdowns<br>10:13 Fauci, the Lab-Leak Debate &amp; COVID Incentives<br>15:25 “Weaponized Solidarity,” School Closures &amp; Mandates<br>25:16 The Trucker Convoy, Censorship &amp; the Populist Right<br>32:46 Biodefense, Gain-of-Function &amp; Vaccine History<br>39:21 The PMC Left &amp; the Politics of Respectability<br>44:49 Vaccines, Myocarditis &amp; COVID Risk<br>53:52 Civil Liberties, Vaccine Passports &amp; the Left’s Authoritarian Turn<br>57:37 Classical Marxism Meets Classical Liberalism</p><p>GUEST:</p><p>Christian Parenti<br>Professor of Economics at John Jay College, author of Radical Hamilton, Tropic of Chaos, and Lockdown America, and contributor to Compact.</p><p>Compact:<br><a href="https://www.compactmag.com/contributor/christian-parenti/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.compactmag.com/