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Downstream: Woke Capitalism Just Collapsed. Here’s Why w/ Brett Christophers

Published: 16 January 2025 at 11:21 UTC

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Donald Trump is the President-elect. Meta, Walmart and McDonald’s have forsaken previous diversity policies. Elon Musk has demanded that Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, be removed. Why is this all happening at the same time? And why do progressives have so little to offer when it comes to the economy and people’s material conditions?

Brett Christophers is a geographer, author and former management consultant. According to him, it’s the commitment of parties like Labour and the U.S. Democrats to the prevailing economic orthodoxy that means they will continue to struggle.