Almost every wealthy country in the world has some type of universal healthcare system--except for the United States. With over 170 million of its citizens left to fend for themselves in a sprawling and complex maze of Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, tax credits, child care subsidies, co-pays, deductibles and cost-sharing, the U.S. has not only the largest uninsured population, but also the most expensive system on Earth per capita.

Why America doesn’t have a universal healthcare system has historically been explained away with a reductionist mix of pathologizing and circular reasoning. "America hates big government," "we love choice," "Americans distrust anything that reeks of socialism." And while this is true in some limited sense, it avoids the bigger question of why has American so-called "democracy" rejected the numerous proposals to enact a single payer or other forms of universal healthcare?

While there may be some innate Protestant work ethic or rugged individualistic mentality at work here, there’s also been a decades-long multimillion dollar campaign funded by big business, doctor, pharmaceutical and hospital industry interests, and the insurance industry to convince the public to reject universal public healthcare. Indeed, if Americans were somehow intractably opposed to the notion––if they were hardwired to reject socialized medicine––these forces would never have had to spend so much money in the first place.

On this episode, we explore the 80-year long campaign by capital to convince you to not support universal health programs, how these campaigns have historically fear-mongered against Communists, immigrants and African Americans, who benefits from a precarious, employer-controlled healthcare insurance system, and how this propaganda war on the American mind is anything but over.

Our guest is Ben Palmquist, Director of the Health Care and Economic Democracy Program at Partners for Dignity and Rights.

Episode 134: The 80-Year PR Campaign that Killed Universal Healthcare

Robbie Martin goes solo on this episode of Media Roots Radio to discuss a wide range of issues and stories that slipped through the cracks on earlier episodes, delving into General Flynn's QAnon oath, Freudian projections of 'classical liberals' like Tim Pool who constantly obsess over what they see as an impending civil war, Tucker Carlson's head writer being fired over comments on a web forum and how his program acts as a pipeline for neocon war propaganda about China. Robbie concludes by going over recent escalations between the US and China and why these asymmetrical warfare maneuvers are largely going under the radar.

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The Anti-China Pipeline, 'Classical Liberal' Civil War Rhetoric, Cool it with QAnon

The gang is joined by Christian Parenti, who talks about the birth of actually-existing capitalism narrated in his latest book, Radical Hamilton. We open by discussing a series of new cancellations and why this moralistic approach to politics lets institutions and the powerful off the hook. Next, we're joined by Christian who makes a spirited case for revisiting the Developmentalist model of Hamilton's "American School." 

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Hamilton and the Invention of Actually-Existing Capitalism w/ Christian Parenti

You are listening to a 40 minute preview of our bonus episode: Anti-Masonry, Prince Hall, Joseph Smith & Albert Pike, Masonic History Part 2. In this preview Robbie details the origins of the Anti-Masonic movement in the United States catalyzed by an event historically called the 'Morgan Affair' that took place on September 11th, 1826.

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"In Part 2 of the Media Roots Radio Freemasonic history of the United States podcast series, Robbie Martin starts with the demise of George Washington & Benjamin Franklin, followed by the founding of the first black masonic lodge, Africa Lodge #1 by Prince Hall. Getting into the 1800s Robbie then goes into the origin story of Joseph Smith, William Morgan and Albert Pike. The story of the Anti-Masonic movement and how it gave rise to the first 3rd political party in the United States is also explored in detail. Mormonism's links to Freemasonry are touched on but will be fleshed out in Part 3."

Written/edited/produced by: Robbie Martin w/ additional research help from Sam Hyde aka Dj Sal Paradise (no relation to MDE) & Daniel Wright

Artwork: Robbie Martin edit of drawing of William Morgan from the Anti-Masonic Almanac 1830

#NeverForget September 11th 1826, the Masonic History of the US Part 2  [Preview 2]

A 25 minute preview of Part 3 of the Media Roots Radio Freemasonic history of the United Stated podcast series

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" Robbie Martin continues the Freemasonic History of the United States starting with the unintended occult allure amplifying consequences of the Anti-Masonic movement and how the Anti-Masonic convention pledge to expose as many documents as they possibly could might have actually backfired on their intent.  The rise and fall of Joseph Smith Jr. the founder of Mormonism is of particular focus in this episode. Joseph Smith was influenced heavily both by Anti-Masonry and Freemasonry and the goal of not only restoring Christianity but also Freemasonry to it's alleged ancient roots. Frontier era heroes like Sam Houston, Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie are revealed as practicing Freemasons who ended up facing off with other well known Freemasons on the Mexican side. Famous Slave rebellions and revolutionary abolitionists also have interesting connections to Freemasonry and lunar events. Robbie then speculates about the possibility of another Masonic secret, that may have informed Smith's visions, the discovery and ritual use of psychedelic drugs. "

Written/edited/produced by: Robbie Martin w/ additional research help from Sam Hyde aka Dj Sal Paradise (no relation to MDE), Daniel Wright & BayonetsNHarmonicas

Artwork: scan from the Anti-Masonic Almanac 1832

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Jahbulon, the Prophet, Acacia & the Widow's Son, Masonic History Part 3 [Preview]

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the emotional rollercoaster thinking Trump was at death's door from contracting Covid, the presidential debates and the latest Project Veritas scam.

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Spenser and Mike discuss the BLM upsurge, the role of the National Guard in suppression, and looking inward to find new paths. 
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Looking Inward, Going Forward

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CALIFORNIA UBER ASS w/ SARAH SQUIRM & SHANTI SINGH

This week with Alex Ptak of Pod Damn America we cover the life and misdeeds of Jonathan Tisch. Find out all about how the Tisch family initially made their riches, (Friends & Family LLC) the 6 billion dollar net worth of the family does all sorts of horrible things including a insurance racket where they wouldn’t pay out on hazard insurance to contractors in warzones. Find out all that and more right here on Grubstakers.

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Episode 204: Jonathan Tisch & the Tisch Family feat. Alex Ptak

Following Robbie Martin's 2-part podcast QAnon breakdown on Media Roots Radio, the anonymous (self- proclaimed) 'government insider', Q continued to post on the 8kun message board but appeared to be running out of steam, lacking the creativity and spark it once had. Trump has lost the election and gone into hiding and interestingly the anonymous poster known as Q decided to do the same, only posting 3 times total in the month of November. Unfortunately for the sitting president, Q now seemingly describes Trump as 'post-POTUS'. But what happens if or when Q stops posting? Has the QAnon movement become stronger than the identity itself? What the hell does this all mean? Robbie attempts to decipher all this from @ 01:16:00 onward. The co-founder of 8chan, Fredrick Brennan joins Robbie at the beginning of the episode to discuss his political trajectory and how he was intimately close to the technical backend of the 8chan website enough to have a plausible theory on who may be behind Q. Is it possible Jim and Ron Watkins, the father/son duo and owners of 8kun are currently posing as Q? Take another journey with Media Roots Radio into QAnon land to find out answers to these bizarre questions and more....

intro/outro music: Gescom - Seventh Stone Triangle 

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The Storm Recedes? QAnon Post-POTUS & the Chan Board Origin Story of Q w/ Fredrick Brennan

We’re back In the Enemy Camp w/ C Derick Varn, and we would like to speak to the (((managers))). On the forced march from a generous patron, we read a mid-90s reactionary pseudo-class analysis from Pat Buchanan’s main man Sam Francis entitled “Leviathan and Its Enemies”, published in 2016. 

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#129 - In the Enemy Camp: “Leviathan and Its Enemies”

Since 2010, siblings and journalists Abby Martin and Robbie Martin have been doing Media Roots Radio, a political podcast with a critical eye on US foreign policy, political partisanship and what people can do to fight back. Conversational, controversial, passionate and explicit, Media Roots stands apart from the majority of podcasts coming from a similar point of view.

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