The Public Spectacle of Cheating

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The Enemy of All: Piracy and the Law of Nations by Daniel Heller-Roazen (2009)

0:00 - intro
8:51 - the parasocial of it all
15:50 - the personal is poltiical
24:39 - why can't we be good people?
33:30 - conclusion