Jimmy, have you ever heard of the work of philosopher Achille Mbembe? He has a book called Necropolitics, I think you would be interested in reading. Its a small essay, there's a version online here:

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/pg/masters/modules/postcol_theory/mbembe_22necropolitics22.pdf

I've watched your show for a long time now, I think you'll love this book.