Ep 112 - Rhetoric: Change the faces or change the system?
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Elections have begun! As expats head to the polls around the world this weekend, Nizar and Ben take a deep dive into what political parties are saying — and what that tells us about how they see Lebanon's problems and their proposed solutions.
0:00 - 4:51: Intro
*Diagnosing the problem*
4:51 - 14:00: The establishment and/or hezbollah?
14:05 - 19:00: Hezbollah's reasoning
- 28:20: Bassil's disillusionment with 'power'
28:21 - 37:32: Alliance justifications
*Solutions*
37:34 - 51:42: Stability rhetoric (Hezbollah - Amal - Mikati - Jumblatt)
51:43 - 57:45: The 'sovereigntists'
57:48 - 1:03:30: Neo-liberalism & technocratic economics
1:03:30 - 1:09:05: FPM's new rhetoric: Attacking banks & systemic change
1:09:07 - end: Strategies for change
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Music track: Zuhal by Elepheel, check out his other work @elepheel
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