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SOLVED! SAMPLE! #34 - Understanding The Dual State: Life Under Authoritarianism and Your Role in Fighting It

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #34 - Understanding The Dual State: Life Under Authoritarianism and Your Role in Fighting It

Episode 34 Published 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Air Date: 2-17-26

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

  • Ch. 1 - The "dual state" concept coined by German Jewish political scientist and labor lawyer Ernst Fraenkel in his 1941 book "The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship"
  • Ch. 2 - Navigating the psychological toll of living under authoritarianism
  • Ch. 3 - "Woke 2.0" as a movement, and dismantling conservative critiques of virtue
  • Ch. 4 - What is actually required to build an effective, broad anti-authoritarian coalition movement
  • SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): Deprograming Nazis and the "run the ball" football strategy for our times

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REFERENCES

Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do? - Vox

They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans. - The New York Times

How to Survive the Information War - The Atlantic

Galaxy Brain podcast: How to Be A Citizen in the Information War (And Stay Sane) - Galaxy Brain (The Atlantic)

Can Woke 2 Go IRL? Even Thomas Chatterton Williams Thinks It's Possible - Vanity Fair

Why Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil Still Matter Today - Philosopedia

The Popular Front Isn't Foreign — It's American /// Want to Fight Fascism? Look to U.S. History. - In These Times

As Congress Begins to Grapple With Restrictions on ICE, States Take Matters Into Their Own - Talking Points Memo

Lawmakers visit Minnesota for inspiration — and to warn the nation - Minnesota Reformer

BACKSTAGE

We Must Establish The Run Against Authoritarianism - Bad Faith Times

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