Rania Khalek Dispatches - Culture Wars, Fake Populism & the Reactionary Rabbit Hole, w/ Chapo’s Matt Christman
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*With the Democratic Party hopelessly incapable of doing anything to address our many crises, the far-right has managed to brand itself as subversive using oligarch funding for anti-woke and pseudo-populist campaigns. The result is to send more and more lost and alienated people down the reactionary rabbit hole. * *How do we understand and navigate our way through this dystopian political scene? To discuss this and more Rania Khalek was joined by Matt Christman, co-host of the popular podcast Chapo Trap House.* *Listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts.* *Apple:** https://apple.co/3zeYpeW** * *Spotify:** https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK*
  • frontal [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    1 hr 20 min

    Man, another way too long recording that I will never have time to listen to. People need to learn to keep these 10-20 minutes long. :(

  • Eldungeon [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    That's a good interview Rania and BTN are really good. Especially like at the end and his thought of the current political subject being a consumer brand that is reified into an identity through one's choice of media consumption. This is in place of actual political action as that realm is foreclosed in contemporary America. The foreclosure of the political opens the culture war because it is the only arena that can be contested. His conclusion that we can only imagine punishing a political enemy (much like Conan the barbarian we long for the lamentation of our enemies lol) and the right stands to gain in this moment because they're so clear about who are the 'enemy '.

  • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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    2 years ago

    Nah im not going to listen to Matt rant about identity politics