The latest The Old Gods Podcast about how democracy works, how it can break down, and even some disagreement from your hosts about what our priorities should be.
A podcast by Birch Smith and Dan Visnovsky on why the US is losing confidence in the ‘old gods‘ of liberal democracy, the free market, and the open society.
References:
Mark Bray – Antifa
Vox – “They have no allegiance to liberal democracy”: An expert on antifa explains the group
WSJ – Buffalo Mayor Race: Byron Brown Declares Victory Against Socialist India Walton
The Bulwark – The Merrick Garland Theory of Politics
NYT – Menace Enters the Republican Mainstream
The Hill – Shocking poll finds many Americans now want to secede from the United States
Washington Post – Approval of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is more deeply embedded than you might think
James Fearon – Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict
Associated Press – Georgia official: Trump call to ‘find’ votes was a threat
The Atlantic – The man who made January 6 possible
Newsweek – Glenn Youngkin Targets Education in Virginia Gov. Race, Says He’d Ban Critical Race Theory
The Hill – Education blunder igniting suburban parents driving McAuliffe panic in Virginia
Berkeley School of Information – Reading Level of State of the Union Addresses
Claremont Review of Books – The Flight 93 Election
