The Progressive Alternative, our effort to restore the integrity and broaden the vision of the Democratic Party, was inspired by the political thought of philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger. During college, I made a series of videos with him that we titled “The Beyond Series.” Here’s Beyond False Necessity, explaining his opposition to the idea that our social world is natural and necessity:
And here’s “Beyond a Small Life,” a letter to young people:
His political theory is hard to jump into, so I decided to record a series of introductory videos that I titled “Unger 101”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iLy2YE922c&list=PLQ-hAiKnQfm-OHLKV8dVxDPpFvCmv2HCx