Episode 1422 • • 48:39 - 50:02
1422: Honk Honk
Kurt Andersen, Anderson Cooper, and Human Sacrifice Comparison
Author Kurt Andersen appears on CNN with Anderson Cooper and compares the current societal response to COVID-19 to mass human sacrifices in ancient empires. He argues that elites in complex societies use such crises to reinforce non-egalitarian political power. The hosts note the irony of these statements being broadcast on a network that has supported the measures Andersen critiques.