{"id":158272,"date":"2024-12-15T09:14:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158272"},"modified":"2024-12-15T15:45:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T23:45:31","slug":"decoding-americas-slide-into-soft-totalitarianism-2013-2022-12-15-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158272","title":{"rendered":"Decoding America&#8217;s Slide Into Soft Totalitarianism 2013-2022 (12-15-24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9kcDRektRvc?si=4vwH_4f4Z5mn_ibN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Don&#8217;t be a sucker, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158267\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158267<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 09:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#570\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"570\">09:30<\/a> Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship and Dining With Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sgTeZXw-ytQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sgTeZXw-ytQ<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 13:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#780\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"780\">13:00<\/a> Debanking over your politics, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158257\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158257<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 16:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#960\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"960\">16:00<\/a> Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158243\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158243<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 30:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1800\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1800\">30:00<\/a> The emerging counter-elite who are often more successful than the ruling elite <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 37:50\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2270\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2270\">37:50<\/a> &#8216;Nick Fuentes gives credit where credit is due to Israel.&#8217; <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 40:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2400\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2400\">40:00<\/a> What happened in Syria? <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 48:10\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2890\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2890\">48:10<\/a> Kip joins to discuss admirable vs contemptible behavior <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:47:40\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6460\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6460\">1:47:40<\/a> Democratic political strategist Lindy Li is not going to pre-hate everything Trump-related, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KO_fSBGFMoQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KO_fSBGFMoQ<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:55:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6930\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6930\">1:55:30<\/a> &#8220;The Elites are Shaking&#8221; &#8211; CIA Analyst breaks down modern media manipulation, Trump, Elon, and Obama, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4wH-MsQpxo8\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4wH-MsQpxo8<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:02:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7320\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7320\">2:02:00<\/a> The Comfort of False Beliefs: Why We Crave Misinformation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XK8jXJPbnLc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XK8jXJPbnLc<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:07:45\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7665\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7665\">2:07:45<\/a> Politics as an identity akin to a religious identity<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:10:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7800\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7800\">2:10:00<\/a> Psychology of disgust, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aporiamagazine.com\/p\/the-psychology-of-disgust\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.aporiamagazine.com\/p\/the-psychology-of-disgust<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:25:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8730\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8730\">2:25:30<\/a> Disgust as a vehicle for prejudice<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:33:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9210\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9210\">2:33:30<\/a> Does America have vital interests in Syria?<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:36:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9360\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9360\">2:36:00<\/a> Does Europe need to increase its defense spending?<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:39:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9570\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9570\">2:39:30<\/a> Elbridge Colby vs John Mearsheimer on China, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0CfjlhAyZQw\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0CfjlhAyZQw<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:58:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#10680\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"10680\">2:58:00<\/a> Philosopher Rony Guldmann joins the show, <a href=\"https:\/\/ronyguldmann.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/ronyguldmann.com\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:26:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#12390\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"12390\">3:26:30<\/a> Transgender coverage in the news<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:38:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13110\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13110\">3:38:30<\/a> American conservatives live under soft totalitarianism<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:43:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13380\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13380\">3:43:00<\/a> Was Sam Bankman-Fried excessively punished?<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:49:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13740\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13740\">3:49:00<\/a> Republicans are the low-IQ party<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:53:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#13980\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"13980\">3:53:00<\/a> The best &amp; 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