"Erasing History": Yale Prof. Jason Stanley on Why Fascists Attack Education & Critical Inquiry

[@ProgressiveTruthSeekers]

"I don't care what his cult says. I know him personally. And here's the truth: My uncle is the only person I know without one redeeming quality. Not a single one." ~Mary L. Trump, Donald Trump's niece

[@josephinetracy1485]

I still don't get it. How is Trump any worse than Obama? Obama was perhaps the worst corporate/financial-supremacist/military-industrial complex shill in this country's history. Nobody can explain how that guy wasn't vehemently hated by progresses... besides they fact that they liked the way he "looked."

[@okigi-wo5zm]

She sold a lot of books .

[@Weiner-Worm]

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[@anthonybrownlow8881]

Your welcome

[@cdes68]

They are also proving the professor right, his alocution is just and pertinent.

[@SteveninTune]

@@Weiner-Worm and your mamma spread the love for the troops ❤️

[@suzdeangelo2314]

😂😂😂😂

[@Allastrology]

Exactly!!! ​@@cdes68

[@theresamcmullen4841]

This is why I give money to this news organization.

[@annhill6378]

Me also ❤ from Australia

[@dianal.clausen8118]

​@@annhill6378 love to you, Dear Ann from Chicago; me too.

[@arcanondrum6543]

I as well. - Cyberspace

[@GeriatricPimp]

Same here! From the navajo reservation!

[@carrerau7138]

Many Nazis do that!

[@AnnRead-p8k]

An article in the Intercept in January 2023 describes how Reagan was persuaded to cut off state funding of higher education in California in 1967. The reason: an educated public is a threat to the ruling class. I’ve been watching the damage develop across the country ever since.

[@keigre5319]

Yes, that's why more money is now spent on education and lefty education topics than ever before!

[@robertrichard6107]

It's true he took away the two year junior college ride.

[@SteveninTune]

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[@williamjameslehy1341]

Exactly, we need to talk about this more. Ronald Reagan is the reason we now have multiple generations of Americans living as de facto debt peons. Rich conservatives are terrified of an educated proletariat, they want our kids in trade school instead so they can make themselves useful to the ruling class.

[@Zeitaluq]

@@williamjameslehy1341 I doubt conservatives even want trade schools. They want to siphone all the wealth build aristocracy like antebellum America and trash heap for everyone else.

[@thecatsbackyard4833]

JD Vance: "The Haitian immigrants are eating cats but not really; that was made up". Also JD Vance: Hey tone down your rhetoric

[@miro.georgiev97]

I think he specifically said, "If I have to make up shit like Haitian immigrants abducting and eating people's pets to convince people of my policies' necessity, I would." Forget saying the quiet part out loud-this is the equivalent of someone screaming into a megaphone right next your ear.

[@DEPLORABLEKULAK3]

You sound so sure about this. I've been watching videos that show cats on a barbecue😮

[@thecatsbackyard4833]

@@DEPLORABLEKULAK3 A lot of those are ducks. Or road kill. He admitted the whole thing was made up.

[@DEPLORABLEKULAK3]

@@thecatsbackyard4833 if that's what you think that said I heard Vance say s*** so bad over here that we had to start talking about ducks getting eaten for you to pay attention. But it is true he should have just not said anything America deserves to suffer

[@thecatsbackyard4833]

@@DEPLORABLEKULAK3 Yeah, it was ostensibly about the border. But Democrats have been tougher on the border for decades. People don't know that because the misconceptions benefit both parties.

[@TheeDavidDee]

Dr. Jason Stanley is a name that should be known to all Americans. He has the MAGA movement and their Christofascist threat diagnosed to perfection. We all stand to gain from his wisdom and we are grateful for his contributions.

[@TheeDavidDee]

@@_Historia_Magistra_Vitae Ah yes, tell us random KZbin commenter how a Yale Professor whose family literally lived (and died) through The Holocaust has no clue about fascism. I'm sure as a random KZbin commenter you know everything about fascism, right? *clown music intensifies*

[@_Historia_Magistra_Vitae]

@@TheeDavidDee _"I'm sure as a random KZbin commenter you know everything about fascism, right? "_ Not everything, just enough. Fascism was a totalitarian far-left, socialist 3rd position ideology based on National Syndicalism which they adapted from a French Marxist, known as Georges Sorel. It rejected individualism, capitalism, liberalism, democracy, and marxism. The means of production was organized by national worker syndicals (i.e. trade unions), and the guiding philosophy of the state was Actual Idealism. Fascism was an outgrowth of Sorelian Syndicalism, which itself was an outgrowth from Marxist socialism. The idea was that society would be consolidated (i.e., incorporated) into syndicates (in the Italian context, fascio/fasci) which would be regulated by and serve as organs for the state, or "embody" the state (corpus = body). The purpose was the centralization and synchronization of society under the state, as an end unto itself. To quote Mussolini's infamous aphorism: "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state." As created by Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile, Fascism comes from a belief that the "Stateless and Classless society" Communism calls for after its dictatorship cannot achieve Socialism, and that only the State can properly organize a Socialist Society. It cared about unity in a strong central government with society being brought together by syndicalist organizations obedient to the State. [01] "La Dottrina Del Fascismo / the Doctrine of Fascism", by Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile [02] "Che cosa è il Fascismo: Discorsi e polemiche / Origins and Doctrine of Fascism", by Giovanni Gentile [03] "the Philosophy of Fascism", by Mario Palmieri [04] "Fascism: An Informal Introduction to Its Theory and Practice", by Renzo De Felice [05] "Mussolini's Intellectuals", by A. James Gregor [06] "La Camera dei Fasci e delle Corporazioni", by Rabaglietti Giuseppe & Sergio Panunzio [07] "Teoria generale dello Stato Fascista", by Sergio Panunzio [08] Any work from Emilio Gentile

[@tylersouza]

​@@_Historia_Magistra_Vitae You type of people are like children who think their parents disappeared because they're playing peak-a-boo and they hid behind a corner. "Fascism" as an ideology obviously is not referring to the specific party that existed in Italy in the 20s/30s/and 40s, and instead refers to the political ideology which it has inspired and can be seen in many other movements ever since the demise of the original Fascists. I would recommend reading Umberto Eco's "Ur Fascism" if you want to get an idea of what this means. It's a short text, you can find it for free online, written by someone who grew up in Fascist Italy.

[@tylersouza]

​​@@_Historia_Magistra_Vitae But of course all modern fascists need to deny that they're fascists, not because they think the old fascists were wrong, but because it would show even the dumbest people how truly evil their ideology is. It's a political tactic. The real question is, for those who are being accused of being fascists... Why don't they actually condemn fascism, and instead just act hyper defensive about the fact that they aren't fascists? If they don't know about the OG Italian fascists, they'll just make a cheap comment about them being bad because they were on the Axis, but usually if they do know any of their policies they'll openly praise them. They don't see any hypocrisy in saying they aren't fascists, while wanting everything that old fascists wanted.

[@Historia-Magistra-Vitae.]

@@tylersouza _""Fascism" as an ideology obviously is not referring to the specific party that existed in Italy in the 20s/30s/and 40s, "_ Wrong. It specifically refers to an ideology based on National Syndicalism and Hegelian philosophy, which only existed in Italy and was practiced by Mussolini and his cohorts.

[@njayaram3741]

Thank you, Professor Stanley, for bringing up what's happening in India.

[@balajiraju4157]

Lol..he can't point china or muslim country because it will go against their ideology

[@aesop1451]

@@balajiraju4157Iran is based and redpilled, Israel is cringe and bluepilled.

[@TD1237]

This is true. Hope India can move passed this soon.

[@ryann6067]

Stanley’s books are worth reading. Thank you for platforming him here.

[@Ahng_Noying9574]

You know a man is too far gone when they quote Nixon in a positive light.

[@luisdavidllense2293]

Yet even Tricky Dick approved something as forward-thinking as the EPA.

[@andywomack3414]

He was an ardent supporter of the Biden Administration's efforts to make war on Russia. The shooter had a clear political agenda and it was not in support of Trump.

[@theredvideocassette]

In the future, we’ll hear Vance quoting, “I’m not a crook.”

[@faniarethas2716]

Same thing about Kissinger!

[@richardjangles]

if you're a student of history you will realize how intelligent and good natured he was. Unfortunately, like most of you commies, you are totally brainwashed.

[@danielguzman6934]

I love Jason Stanley. He has some of the deepest investigations, genealogies of fascism. It is very illuminating.

[@aesop1451]

Obama beat McCain and Romney overwhelmingly, so the Republican Party turned paleoconservative (what we could call fascist). Clinton lost, Biden barely beat Trump, and Harris is neck and neck with Trump. This is because the Democrats are neoliberals and fascism is a response to capitalism in crisis (2008 Great Recession and jobs being shipped overseas).

[@JHimminy]

Check out Yale, his college, and their historic association with racists, fascists, capitalists, etc. Don’t be fooled by this man who wants you to hate your neighbor.

[@DaveE99]

This is why it’s important to learn psychological warfare strategies and tactics and also counter insurgency strategies and tactics because that’s what they use and our kids need to understand this too

[@JHimminy]

Who is “they”? You an anti-Semite, mate?

[@thesoundsmith]

Those strategies only work because we are NOT trained to recognize and counter them. The GOAL of Fox and MAGA.

[@hwilson1641]

Orwell was right, just got the date wrong😢

[@abraxaseyes87]

We are living 40 years post 1984.

[@R1SKYB1Z]

The date was nothing more than the two last digits of the year he wrote the book reversed - 1948

[@R1SKYB1Z]

I think you know this but it wasn't is exact prediction for when the crap would hit the fan it was just 88 far enough at the time to sound futuristic

[@Bisquick]

Orwell was also a spy for the British Foreign Office and had an infamous "list" to keep tabs on culturally adjacent revolutionaries that he found sufficiently "Stalinist", targeting famous communists like Paul Robeson and authors like John Steinbeck, even occassionally noting their "jewish" qualities. The extent to which he knew the US continued bankrolling his work is unclear as he adorably seemed to believe the British empire was still in command post-WWII (and not usurped by the US as it was via Bretton-Woods), but the CIA's Congress for Cultural Freedom unsurprisingly also bankrolled his projects, notably the Animal Farm film, part of a largely covert global project to funnel a shitton of money into outlets they found unthreatening, namely "left" anticommunists or as they labeled them, the "compatible left". 1984 and Animal Farm were incredibly useful propaganda tools precisely because they are stripped of any actual class politics, yet masquerade as supposedly prescient and/or illuminating political critiques through concealing its absence with a marginally fun yet incredibly uninspiring "science fiction" that - as Isaac Asimov noted at the time - only vaguely gestures at any substantive political analysis, essentially just pointing at the amorphous idea of "technology bad" because it serves deluge of unidentified "bad" forces, which - while not _untrue_ obviously - is...pretty lacking in any useful sort of explanatory power/relevance, in my opinion (an opinion apparently shared by these various western intelligence agencies which used it as such). I mean despite labeling himself a socialist, he's functionally a liberal (a label which I would also assign to Jason Stanley here for the same reasons), which highlights the utility of his work to confer some sort of "left" legitimacy _against_ the USSR. Dude was archetypical British snob and one need only consider the incredibly lame/hollow/heavy-handed metaphorical framing of animal farm to see his contempt for the working class that shines through most of his work, unsurprisingly carrying that contempt/hubris externally towards Britain's various colonial subjects, which he helped to manage while in Burma/India. Wow the state spies on society via technology perfected in a perpetual war laboratory contrived through perfunctory interchangeable rationalizations of arbitrary manichean "threats" in actuality void of significance and interchangeable because of a normalized flattening of meaning to more effectivity to manage it? Wow such brilliant insight lol, a banal reality he could have ironically gleaned from merely _looking in a freaking mirror_ considering his enthusiastic participation with the Foreign Office. Apologies lol, not trying to judge anyone's aesthetic preferences if one just likes the book or something, just trying to highlight the insane irony of the cultural fetishizing of Orwell's banal "science fiction" while he simultaneously tacitly and occasionally enthusiastically supports the very imperial machine that creates such inevitable conditions in the first place. It's perhaps a marginally fun book to read through I guess, putting that aside lol.

[@scotttatertot69]

So was Marx, who really just tried to prove that "eventually capital will fall due to the weight of its own contradictions" through philosophical and economic inquiry. Which, to me, is obviously true at face value. Suggesting otherwise would require great evidence, evidence that does not exist. Every empire or system falls, eventually. The idea that liberal capitalism is so pure that it will stand the test of time in perpetuity is absolute fantasy, especially now, as the existential global problems we are facing are only intensifying.

[@waxon2]

The perspective of my high school history classes (1976-80) was almost exclusively that of "great white men": generals, presidents, robber baron philanthropists, etc. Even in college, I had to actively seek out other perspectives. The books of the great Howard Zinn helped get me started exploring non-dominant histories.

[@serpentines6356]

Yeah, because you live in the U S. (I assume you do). Not Africa, or China. H.S. classes covered American, and European history. Columbus discovering the Americas changed world history. Most all the great seafarers, explorers to the Americas were Europeans. Columbus, Sir Francis Drake, Amerigo Vespucci, Magellan, etc.

[@serpentines6356]

Zinn is a joke if you want more thorough history.

[@angelikaopland7880]

@@serpentines6356 The reason they found people already living in the Americas is, in part, because they were NOT the first great seafarers. Not everyone walked here before 1492. 20,000-25,000 years ago, Asians colonized the West coasts of all 3 Americas while ice stood in the way of hunter-gatherers traveling on foot. While ice dominated the land, there was a coastline to follow from China & Siberia to Terra del Fuego. There were evidently other voyagers, too, across both the Pacific & the Atlantic.

[@angelikaopland7880]

Want a REAL eye-opener? Read "When God Was a Woman" by Merlin Stone, or "The Chalice & the Blade" by Riane Eisler. History isn't exclusively recorded by the winners; archeology has a say...& what it says is often quite awkward for "the powers that be". "The Bible Unearthed" by Finkelstein & Silberman is another fascinating read. I could list many more...

[@waxon2]

@@angelikaopland7880 Thank you for these interesting titles; I am grateful. I put them on the short list :)

[@AOk-by4pi]

WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH 👁️1984

[@therealthreadkilla]

Men can have babies and chest feed.

[@thesoundsmith]

Rupert Murdoch. And THAT threat is REAL, so can be dealt with, if you DARE.

[@corujariousa]

In US schools, in the South, kids already have a different version of THE SAME history book used in other parts of the country. In their local version, slavery if soften up and even romanticized. As we grow up learning different versions of our own past, the basis for basic dialogs on important matters become affected. That is the plan. Divide and control.

[@corineskipper1919]

I lived in Dayton Ohio til I was 12 and moved to east Tennessee. I graduated high-school and what u said IS A LIE! I'm 42 now. My sister stayed up north when our parents split and I assure u we learned the exact same history. My sister and I don't walk around with different understandings about history. No one does. Only people on the Internet. U need to worry more about them Block-chaining and tokenizing our kids at school not re-writing history.

[@corujariousa]

@@corineskipper1919 Before you start spitting poison on strangers, you should do some research. What I stated is a fact and result of an investigative reporter work and published by several sources, like NPR. I wish you better days!

[@JHimminy]

@@corujariousayou’re spitting poison on a bunch of strangers, yourself. A reminder that politics is largely projection. I’ve done my own research. What he said is basically true. NPR lies about this because it’s the narrative these idiots have gone with. Do your own research and don’t calumniate wantonly.

[@corineskipper1919]

@@corujariousa i don't need to research what i have lived thru. R u dense?

[@corujariousa]

@@corineskipper1919 If you can't see the huge arrogance and many limitations of your statements it's probably too late for you.

[@S0M3-B0DY]

Another video I wish everyone on earth saw

[@stephenbarry1539]

“It is a well known fact that reality has a liberal bias.” - Stephen Colbert (2006)

[@aesop1451]

Bruuhh, Colbert is a shitlib neoliberal Democratic Party operative.

[@justinbetland9792]

Also, "Facts are racist."

[@flinch622]

Colbert? Poor bastard. When he retires, I'm guessing he spends most his days cussing out pigeons as he feeds them.

[@karenhousley610]

Free community college for everyone

[@Keepthepeacesharethelove]

Nothing is for free. It would be payed by taxes.

[@bruces4515]

@@Keepthepeacesharethelove You didn't outsmart anybody.

[@gabbycarter965]

My mom went to a community college and it was tuition free. She just had to pay for any books that were required.

[@curtrice1264]

Free education for all. Determined only by your ability to learn. Reduce the “ military industrial complex “ and education is paid for. PS ; no tax loopholes.🙏🇺🇸👍🧐🤓

[@carolscholp3659]

CA had 2 years free college for many years

[@eltorocal]

I like Presidential candidates who arent targeted and shot at by their own voters

[@TheZenGarden_]

😂

[@Celestial_Reach]

I'm confused as to weather or not he was or not a supporter. But I wouldn't be shocked

[@brendasmart553]

Waking up from the fog of their having been duped by all the gaslighting, revealing they've been used & betrayed, must be a tragically painful awareness... 😮🙏✌️

[@eltorocal]

@@Celestial_Reach registered RepubliKKKlan, tried to be an Independent, got pissed at Drumpf & Co. so he shot at him .. just like the last guy

[@luisdavidllense2293]

Bravo! Well said.

[@fashioncitymetaverse]

Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@ProgressiveTruthSeekers]

"Donald Trump is the Michael Jordan of Lying." ~Jon Stewart

[@the.masked.one.studio4899]

I've started reading one of his books recently and I wish so much I'd picked it up years ago. I feel like it answers the majority of questions I've had about society for most of my life.

[@tanyawilliams8254]

💙💙 Thank you for talking about the fact that those men were both former Trump supporters

[@scotttatertot69]

Thank you Democracy now on your tirelessly excellent reporting. It's a breath of fresh air in times like these. Knowing there are sane, educated people on this planet talking about the issues as they present themselves helps keep me sane. My entire worldview has been turned upside down since last October. The assault on Academia and what it represents, even from Democratic (it's not just Republicans) politicians, is absolutely terrifying to me.

[@emilydahlia4178]

Wow! My whole back tingled! You are an incredible human being! Keep it up Jason-thank you Dem. Now!

[@portmantologist]

As I like to say, they are not merely anti-science; they are not merely anti-education; they are anti-people-knowing-things.

[@deeznutz8320]

Coming from the kabal thag block and censor😂

[@barbaras2669]

For a more extensive discussion with Jason Stanley, listen to the Diane Rehm Show interview of him.

[@dl-zf9dj]

end capitalism. end fascism.

[@Historia-Magistra-Vitae.]

Wrong. Fascism was a socialist ideology and strictly anti-capitalist.

[@scotttatertot69]

It's only possible to end fascism by ending capitalism, full stop.

[@cyber-psych2503]

end 'crony' capitalism, I would still like to make some money before the corporation's steal it all.

[@saturationstation1446]

@@cyber-psych2503 did you know we can capitalism without rich people existing?? :O weooow what a f()cking revelation!

[@handlessuck777]

​@@saturationstation1446"We can have heroin without heroin addicts existing."🤤

[@Lumu321]

It's like they're saying "keep the people dumb" and the crowd cheers this is why trump said he loves the uneducated

[@Chann223]

I really want to read this book now.

[@thesoundsmith]

If you have not, there can BE no better time. If you HAVE read it, it's a good time to REFRESH your mind...

[@stevebeckerlcsw3409]

He’s fantastic. Expressing profound truths. His book’s important and beautifully written.

[@TurtleTimeVoiceOvers]

4:38 With republicans… Every accusation is a confession. So listen closely.

[@cayennesinivassinel6977]

This guy is very Knowledgeable....on historical Atrocities and present ATROCITIES😮....love this...😊

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

It is surreal that this is finally actually happening. Peace to all those who suffer. Infinite Blessings for your hard work and for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

[@luisdavidllense2293]

Obviously Yale and Harvard aren't sending us their best when it comes to government officials.

[@letsomethingshine]

Take and Harvard wanted rich donors so badly that they debased themselves.

[@Zeitaluq]

@@letsomethingshine Professor Alan Dershowitz went to Harvard and was involved in plagiarism see Professor Norman Finkelstein

[@gadielgomez2709]

This interview blew my mind. Super interesting. Thanks.

[@NeptunesHorses5909]

Studying literature for a late career phase of teaching/tutoring, related work. I am sometimes sorry that I did not take this redirection earlier than this layoffs-pandemic-grad school adventure, but appreciate that my updating and expanded studies took place at a time when a more diverse, predominantly women, student body in the major demanded a wider, more representative selection of important work. Previous humanities studies and readings, and vigilant journalism, have augmented my appreciation of this immersion during "interesting times."

[@sandal_thong8631]

What's sad is we didn't get a book like his _How Fascism Works_ in 1942. If we taught it in schools good people might have known what to do when McCarthyism showed up a few years later. It wasn't just against communism, but against liberalism: new ideas like equal rights for women, Blacks, and gays. It set back reform in America (and worldwide) over ten years, which resulted in all kinds of protests coming together at the same time in the late 1960s. But you'd think university presidents would have learned about it, too, so they weren't made to look the fools when testifying before a McCarthyistic Congress.

[@keigre5319]

Most of the suspected communists turned out to be communists.

[@redtidereadings]

You should read 'Fascism and Social Revolution' by Rajani Palme Dutt. I think came out 1933. We need to regain these literature and these connections to the past

[@sandal_thong8631]

@@redtidereadings I think I'll pass on reading Marxist-Leninism books, since I'm not trying to get a Masters or PhD. _Defeating Dictators: Fighting Tyranny in Africa and Around the World_ by the late Dr. George Ayittey is my next read. In his other writings and speeches he says that after independence in the '60s African nations mistakenly looked to the Soviet's command economy (with price controls) as an example, which is why their economies haven't developed properly.

[@redtidereadings]

@@sandal_thong8631 i fully understand that initial sentiment. and yes the african socialist nations of the mid1900s were idealistic thinking they could survive economic blockades from the capitalist nations. i would blame the external actors moreso than command economies. Imagine if these projects had the internet and mass communication networks that we had today. Creating algorithms for the distribution of resources would have made those stagnant, self-serving bureaucracies redundant.

[@justmyopinion9883]

Thank you, Amy and Professor Stanley. Very informative conversation.

[@moranmike36]

We love Jason Stanley, can't wait to read his new book! Thank you, all.

[@taharamuhammad3771]

" One Learned Man is harder on the devil Than a Thousand ignorant Worshippers" Brother Leo Muhammad you held it down Sir 💯

[@satnamo]

Fascism is an emerging zeitgeist because the whole world seems to have descended into fascism and nationalism 🇵🇸

[@Zeitaluq]

In supposed developed world so called late stage Capitalism we witnessed the blueprint in Spain under General Franco insurrection. The Catholics and Capitalists got a plan to preserve their class

[@DanFeldman-Edge]

This is nothing but a tautology.

[@handlessuck777]

Which parallel universe are you people living in?

[@ProgressiveTruthSeekers]

"Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office." ~J.D. Vance, U.S. Senator

[@CrashingPotatoEngineer]

Only a minor correction, the communities guarded by "military police" should have been militarized police. The former means police within the armed forces, the latter is the paramilitary that I assume he meant.

[@Lll20498]

Very interesting. Great speaker. Putting his book on my TBR list.

[@scottekoontz]

It is rare that I listen to a segment and want to rush out and buy a book. Heading to B&N this week.

[@Happy-uy5wc]

How can you make educated decisions based on reality when you are told a bunch of lies?

[@ronstephen-wy4ib]

That's what the CIA wanted.

[@handlessuck777]

I wouldn't know, I'm not left wing.

[@longshank59]

As a Trans Woman who served in Military people say Thank You for your service. Then turn around and call me the F slur right to my face

[@tosco26]

You shouldn't be insulted for being trans. You should be insulted for willingly joining the usa army

[@handlessuck777]

Lol

[@cyber-psych2503]

Read somewhere that Russian officials (aka., Soviet KGB) like to say 'The past hasn't been written yet." Re: 'Fargo' the series Season 3

[@Busto]

In my younger days, I was taught that 'Murica was a melting pot. When did we stop believing that? I always thought a liberal education was the point of higher education. Liberal as defined by the Oxford dictionary. Willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas. But a small taste of power can corrupt all of that.

[@SteveninTune]

It was when the Russian Republicans went full Nazi Cork Soakers

[@SteveninTune]

@@jethrogump9016 I wot my mamma learn me. Trump Humpers United against Democracy

[@SteveninTune]

@@jethrogump9016 HighlightedCorkSoaker

[@Busto]

@@jethrogump9016 It was actually a pejorative. Considering the video & the rest of my comment, I'd have assumed a sharp Tom like you would have caught. Gotta work on that reading comprehension, tiger. Good luck with the trolling 🥸

[@scratchpost1702]

`Murica has never been a melting pot. You were taught lies - anyone who is not "white" (and not self hating), knows this at a visceral level. It was a nice "white" lie that made YOU sleep well at night.

[@robertc2121]

Great point he makes about the Central European University in Hungary. Really sad unfortunate case of a well thought of institution :(

[@DeeBaker-o7p]

......it's time to wake up people......📣

[@ProgressiveTruthSeekers]

"I think most people are not very ideological, and Trump, while I find him loathsome, touches a legitimate nerve. You should read David Frum’s piece in the Atlantic on the Republican revolt. But I’m not surprised by Trump’s rise, and I think the entire party has only itself to blame." ~J.D. Vance, U.S. Senator

[@andrewpierce1588]

They never say what is true…they say what has to be true to justify what they plan to do.

[@ginxxxxx]

one thing you cannot blame trump for is wasting good will, none was given to him

[@ProgressiveTruthSeekers]

"I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like [President Richard] Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler. How’s that for discouraging?" ~J.D. Vance, U.S. Senator

[@carolscholp3659]

His projection never stops - he tries to blame everyone else for his words, actions, deeds. He has no redeeming qualities, none.

[@danpovey]

Some insightful content from Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky professor of Fascisms at Yale University.

[@vivavasquez]

what kind of drugs are the RNC cutting their fog machine with.

[@rexiioper6920]

why do u keep talking about the rnc when its the dems doing the fascist stuff

[@jeffreycheng5984]

"The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves."- Vladimir Lenin.

[@blackdiamond306]

Divide divide divide both sides more than hate each other the more they can't see what's going on. 🌄🦍☮️🖤

[@beckyroyle6853]

This IS a DEMOCRATIC EMERGENCY!

[@jaysteve4442]

Great interview

[@afrozuz]

People spread the word, we will win! Let the next generation know everything.

[@RoseIceTea]

Conservatives just keep getting weirder by the seconds

[@scotttatertot69]

Nothing weird about fascism and reactionary violence. It's always easier to scapegoat entire swaths of the population than understand the issues we are facing in a concrete fashion.

[@ronstephen-wy4ib]

You seem to understand Fascism but don't recognise the sheople are what props up Capitalism and their Fascist allies.

[@rexiioper6920]

it was the biden admin and democratic administrations at the state/ city level who did the highest profile assault on pro palestinian protesters

[@saturationstation1446]

thinking its weird is being is absolute denial of the culture you support and want to perpetuate. eurocentric culture is and always will be incentivized murder and slavery for the sake of enriching european monarchs... what you call weird is apparently the most effective propaganda in YOUR CULTURE lol

[@handlessuck777]

​@@scotttatertot69Do you people do anything other than project? Jfc, you're worse than Christians.

[@rafealkiahjohnson-fs3cr]

Very well explained! Thank you

[@delaneyondreams]

When will Part 2 be posted? Stanley is so NECESSARY for us and the younger GEN.

[@barbou2you]

Students, Universities, Libraries, and Churches during wars! Think about it. Where do all the lies come from?

[@TonyMidyett]

CAPITALISM EQUALS FASCISM.

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

Wrong. They are two polar opposite of things, as Fascism was a socialist Far-Left ideology and strictly anti-capitalist.

[@onedroprule]

​@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.nope. False. Fascism is not a far left socialist philosophy at all. Read a book or even just wikipedia for petes sake 😂

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

@@onedroprule : Nothing false about it. Fascism was a totalitarian far-left, socialist 3rd position ideology based on National Syndicalism which they adapted from a French Marxist, known as Georges Sorel. It rejected individualism, capitalism, liberalism, democracy, and marxist interpretation of socialism ("class warfare"). Instead, it advocated for class collaboration where the means of production was organized by national worker syndicals (i.e. trade unions / Fascist Corporatism), and the guiding philosophy of the state was Actual Idealism (Neo-Hegelianism). Being an outgrowth of Sorelian Syndicalism, (which itself was an outgrowth from Marxist socialism), its idea was that society would be consolidated (i.e., incorporated) into syndicates (in the Italian context, fascio/fasci) which would be regulated by and serve as organs for the State, or "embody" the State (corpus = body). The purpose was the centralization and synchronization of society under the State, as an end unto itself. To quote Mussolini's infamous aphorism: "All within the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State." As finalized by Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile ("the Doctrine of Fascism"), Fascism comes from the belief that the "Stateless and Classless society" Communism calls for after its dictatorship cannot achieve socialism, and that only the State can properly organize a socialist society. Therefore, Fascism cared about unity in a strong central government with society being brought together by syndicalist organizations obedient to the State.

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

@@onedroprule How about you go read some books. You can start from these. [01] "La Dottrina Del Fascismo / the Doctrine of Fascism", by Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile [02] "Che cosa è il Fascismo: Discorsi e polemiche / Origins and Doctrine of Fascism", by Giovanni Gentile [03] "the Philosophy of Fascism", by Mario Palmieri [04] "Fascism: An Informal Introduction to Its Theory and Practice", by Renzo De Felice [05] "Mussolini's Intellectuals", by A. James Gregor [06] "La Camera dei Fasci e delle Corporazioni", by Rabaglietti Giuseppe & Sergio Panunzio [07] "Teoria generale dello Stato Fascista", by Sergio Panunzio [08] Any work from Emilio Gentile

[@onedroprule]

@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. rambling, citation-less, word salad where you yourself admit that fascism rejects socialism. How embarrassing. 🤣

[@richarddeese1087]

"Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history." [Frank Herbert, the Dune books]. Nothing new. tavi.

[@nsbd90now]

I have an entire list of Republican quotes and headlines inciting violence and hatred that would never get past the auto-mod. There is nothing similar from the Democrats. Indeed, even this comment might not make it through....

[@sandal_thong8631]

One way to come up with arguments against your enemies is to look in the mirror. That's what Putin did before the latest invasion of Ukraine, calling them fascists.

[@ronstephen-wy4ib]

Stop falling for the false two-party duopoly. Neither side will ever put the best interests of the people above the best interests of their donors.

[@sandal_thong8631]

@@ronstephen-wy4ib You said that already. Stop falling for Republican propaganda saying "both parties are the same" to get people not to vote Democratic. We need all hands on deck to defeat a party that's against Truth, Justice and Democracy. If you're serious, then work on getting ranked-choice voting so people aren't afraid to vote for a left party that's not Democratic, or a right party that's not Republican.

[@nsbd90now]

@@ronstephen-wy4ib I haven't fallen for it. I'm well aware of it, being familiar with writers such as Chris Hedges. He talks about how we have had a "slow-motion corporate coup" resulting in an "inverted democracy". HOWEVER... the Republicans are literally filled with fascists, racists, Nazis, and QAnon lunatics. The democrats are not. That's a big difference. The oligarchs don't care if we have Gilead or smiley-face "democracy". But I do, and you should too.

[@lindabb621]

❤ Thank you 🙏 We needed this today!

[@momwifenurselife]

He listed a bunch of names, and then said they are sending their kids to Harvard and Yale. I fact checked it and none of those people have kids old enough to be in college.

[@Anaximander9]

Reality or truth doesn't matter to a committed leftist.

[@beadmecreative9485]

He said all of them went to Ivy League universities. When he says "these guys", he means the whole MAGA people who use their privilege to get ahead with institutions like Ivy league universities and then pretend to be supporters of the downtrodden and unprivileged.

[@beckyroyle6853]

He said “they” went to those schools

[@jackcross5446]

About half my family are Democrat and the other half are Republican. BOTH sides would read the title of this vodeo and think to themselves, "EXACTLY, I AGREE!"

[@bps7209]

Democracy Now!??🤔

[@keigre5319]

Should be called: Gulags Now!

[@Seekthetruth3000]

DN is a propaganda arm of the Democratic Party.

[@anthonykimball7463]

"Gatekeepers Now"

[@terrylaguardia6838]

We’d like an interview with Jill Stein, Amy!

[@ProgressiveTruthSeekers]

“My god what an idiot.” ~J.D. Vance, U.S. Senator, referring to Donald Trump (October 2016)

[@encarnacionvillazana3270]

Yea, duh! They hate everything!

[@blinkingmanchannel]

Please do a show on why this strategy works so well! I have often noticed that the cause and the effect create a spiral that makes it easy to flip the script. In other words, my instinct is to make sure we have properly (fully and correctly) distinguished cause from effect… Critical thinking works best when it is thorough.

[@TheZenGarden_]

The only difference between Eastern Europeans practicing a "religion" and calling themselves "jews," and Western Europeans practicing a "religion" and calling themselves "christians" is that the "love thy neighbor christians" were colonizers long before zionist. ⌛

[@BarnabyWild13]

What happens to Ivy League professors who stand with student protests for Palestinians? They get threatened or fired.

[@densmoreken]

Endless editorials about Trump and Harris. JILL STEIN FOR PRESIDENT

[@CJ-im2uu]

Defeat is a painful pill to swallow.

[@louisesumrell6331]

Where is Jill Stein?😕

[@moranmike36]

Shilling for Putin!

[@FischerNilsA]

In the margins. Where she has been for 30 years, really. I like her stances, but she failed to muscle her good political positions onto stage and into power for decades now. Trump managed somehow, and he is an unlikeable nincompoop with bad policies and bad politics. Power isnt ever given up, it _needs_ to be conquered. And Stein, just like Bernie, dont seem willing to do that.

[@MooreDick]

Being suppressed >.>

[@moranmike36]

@@FischerNilsA Jill and Bernie are nothing alike. Jill Stein has recently refused to say that Vladimir Putin is a war criminal! Jill is no friend to democracy!

[@brycedumas59]

She's cashing Putin's check

[@Amused-px6cr]

The FEAR of the entitled in losing ground.

[@densmoreken]

Jesus Amy, What's up? Talk about OUR ONLY HOPE, JILL STEIN!!!

[@brycedumas59]

The spineless Russian stooge who has led the green party for decades and secured no meaningful positions of clout in any level of government, you mean?

[@dryan6793]

I feel great shame because my neighbor dehumanizes me. Thanks for the enlightened interview Amy.❤

[@JustinMauroBenavidez]

Jill Stein! 🎉

[@tommcfadden5232]

Professor Stanley has a doctorate in Philosophy. What makes him an expert on authoritarianism and fascism? Nothing. Though he has every right to write a book on the topic I think it’s disingenuous to use his credentials to give the book a veneer of professorial legitimacy.

[@IrfanAli-qp1gm]

Much of Philosophy is not a million miles away from Politics. And also there you go confirming his contention about controlling Professors output.

[@JessicaDainese]

The problem with American highschools is that they do not teach philosophy. In Italy we study philosophy in highschool. It helps to think critically. Fascism had their own philosophers you know. Once you study them, you can tell fascism when you see it. I am Italian and I know Trump/ Republicans are more fascist than any neofascist party in Europe rn, of which there are unfortunately many.

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

@@JessicaDainese _"I am Italian and I know Trump/ Republicans are more fascist than any neofascist party in Europe rn,"_ Where have Trump and the Republicans advocated for National Syndicalism? or socialism in general? or Hegelianism? Also there is no Neo-Fascism anywhere in Europe. The only active mainstream Neo-Fascist movement is in Argentina, known as Perónism.

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

@@JessicaDainese _"Fascism had their own philosophers you know. Once you study them, you can tell fascism when you see it. "_ That is true, however if you think Trump and the Republicans have something to do with Fascism, you have never read any of their works (Gabriele D'Annunzio, Giovanni Gentile, Sergio Panunzio, Alfredo Rocco, Mario Palmieri, Alceste De Ambris, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti ... or even Georges Sorel). Since you are an Italian, do yourself a favor and read some Renzo De Felice or Emilio Gentile's work "Chi è fascista" before you talk about this subject again, since you have no clue what you are talking about.

[@Jennifer-do8cm]

Thank you for inviting intelligent, educated guests

[@Seekthetruth3000]

This piece is the very definition of Orwellian journalism.

[@Barklord]

Can you tell us more about that? Give an example from Orwell's writing.

[@rai2423]

I don’t think you understand what Orwellian journalism is. Probably read his book before yapping.

[@Seekthetruth3000]

@@Barklord My reply to you was censored.

[@Seekthetruth3000]

@@rai2423 Google Christopher Hitchen's " Why Orwell Matters ".

[@lil_mocha3772]

@@Seekthetruth3000 maybe don't say repugnant things then.

[@mohamedaityoussef9965]

love you guys

[@robertnewberry7799]

The Eras(e) Tour is the ongoing sixth concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It commenced on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona, and is set to conclude on December 8, 2024, in Vancouver, consisting of 149 shows that span five continents

[@albertwaterfield7983]

Adolf Hitler Schools = American Ivy League? Chapter 8, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

[@klarakrok]

Excellent cut

[@rrubens3026]

Omg I never really seriously thought about the ivy league connection. Spot on!!

[@aimeegeorge7113]

The professors certainly weren’t the enemy when they were flogging his fairytales to publishers.

[@kimberleebrackley2793]

Great interview. I'll be waiting for the next one. Professor Stanley is someone I want to hear more from.

[@AbdeslamCheikh-tg2bx]

PEACE UPON HUMANITY, 100 % ACCURATE !

[@Eeclon]

The people truth continues to be expose for good.

[@daviddauterman325]

Morgan Freeman said “black history IS American History.”, so there’s my two cents. Besides that JenOside ain’t cool.

[@RobertaSirgutz]

My son was born in 1995, and attended the. Lehman College H.S. of American Studies, in one of NYC's excellent Specialized H.S system. The very DAY a verdict was reached about the Citizens United decision, it was the topic of discussion and debate. Public institutions education had been known for their example of meritocracy. And these kids were PREPARED for a 4 year University education. Admission requirements have been watered down considerably.