Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of How Fascism Works, joins us.
On today’s show: Mazie Hirono grills Kavanaugh about his clerkship with personal mentor Judge Alex Kozinski and how it’s possible he never heard the open secret of his abusive behavior.
Jason Stanley (@jasonintrator), Professor of Philosophy at Yale, joins us to discuss his new book, ‘How Fascism Works.’ In this book, Stanley examines fascism from a philosophical perspective to catalog the various elements of fascist tactics, ideology and propaganda, including: law and order policy, attacking unions, destruction of norms, the one party state, looking back to a mythic past, and playing on people’s anxiety during a crisis. Also on the menu: a zero sum mentality, anti-intellectualism, sexual angst, social conservatism, and social Darwinist ideas that naturalize hierarchy.
On the fun half: Stormy Daniels describes Trump’s unusual, mushroom-like penis. Ken Starr says on CSPAN that he’s “reaffirmed in my firm belief” in Kavanaugh because of all the women supporting him…by which we guess he means the 5 of 65 who stand by their support. Erick Erickson blows lid off Ford’s eviction revenge plot; Kav’s creepy friend Mark Judge flip-flops on what he remembers. Ted Cruz wishes Dems wouldn’t be so quick to blame cops when they kill people; Beto O’Rourke speaks to Dallas church about Botham Jean’s unjustifiable murder. Joe Rogan parrots conspiracy theories about land reform in South Africa. Trump’s complacency may hurt GOP in midterms. McDonald’s workers strike for $15/hour and against sexual harassment, with the support of Fight for 15. Disabled rights under attack in CA. Mark Judge’s weird YouTube page. Caller Mariana reminds us how slippery and adaptable fascist messaging and tactics can be.
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