Policy
What the law says, what it changes, and what gets left out of the summary.
Left, progressive, Midwestern
Policy with the receipts. Politics with a pulse.
Ope Social breaks down policy, messaging and the data behind both, with some feeling left in. New videos on what is happening and who it lands on.
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Start with the numbers
11:42Who really pays for it?
One chart that explains who carries the cost, and who doesn't.
Data
9:18The one number to remember
42%. What it measures, where it comes from, how to say it out loud.
Messaging
14:05What the bill actually does
Reading the text so you don't have to rely on the headline.
Policy
12:30Why this one hits home
The story behind the statistic, and why it moves people.
Emotion
The idea
Cornfed solidarity
Folks in the Midwest were organizing long before it had a hashtag. Ope Social picks that up: polite, plainspoken, and not going to let a bad argument slide.
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Four ways in
Data
One clear chart per video, with the source on screen.
Messaging
How arguments land, and how to say the true thing in a way people hear.
Emotion
The human story that makes the numbers matter.
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It's OK to Be Angry About CapitalismBernie SandersSanders on why anger at the economy is justified, and what to do with it.
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Poverty, by AmericaMatthew DesmondWhy poverty persists in the richest country on earth, and who benefits.
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Work Won't Love You BackSarah JaffeHow "do what you love" taught workers to accept less.
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TechnofeudalismYanis VaroufakisThe argument that big tech has turned markets into private fiefdoms.
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The Nerd ReichGil DuranSilicon Valley's push toward authoritarian politics, and the fight over democracy.
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Understanding SocialismRichard D. WolffA plain-language primer on what socialism is and the case for it.
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Democracy at WorkRichard D. WolffThe case for worker-owned, democratically run workplaces.
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The Socialist ManifestoBhaskar SunkaraA practical case for socialist politics in an age of extreme inequality.
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Surviving AutocracyMasha GessenA guide to recognizing how autocracy takes hold and how to resist it.
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On TyrannyTimothy SnyderTwenty short lessons for resisting tyranny, drawn from 20th-century history.
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Ordinary MenChristopher R. BrowningHow ordinary German policemen became killers in the Holocaust.
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Age of RevolutionsFareed ZakariaRevolutions since 1600, and the backlash each one provoked.
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Except for PalestineMarc Lamont Hill & Mitchell PlitnickHow Palestine became a blind spot in progressive politics.
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against ThisOmar El AkkadA writer's reckoning with Western silence over Gaza.
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