This week Lenore of The Socialist Shelf joins us to explore how tools, capable of influencing people from a distance, could be used to manipulate not just our precious past time of voting, but implementation of policy. What fresh hells could befall the world if a Politician could write their opponents name in a notebook to guarantee their untimely demise? Or maybe even worse, give them the worst Hangover.

It’s Death Note Vs Havana Syndrome in The Most Important Election of our Lives!


“Is writing a book voting?”: Death Note was a powerful vote in that it has lead to people commiting crimes! JK Rowling created a whole fictional world in her head and got it implemented as official Political Policy. VOTE VOTE VOTE!

“How far does the power of Kira take you?”: Whats the highest office one could achieve with the Death Note? And more importantly would anyone care?

“Someone think of the Children”: Congress has passed legislation to provide support for victims of Havan Syndrome. Would they do the same for Victim’s of the Kira Cult given there is a similar amount of evidence of both existing?

“The Ultimate Question”: What’s more powerful? The Havana Syndrome Hangover Ray Gun or a Death Note that punches someone in the Dick?



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