Conversation #53: Trump Distortion Syndrome and the Normalization of Fascism (September 2, 2018)

Elias Crim is our guest this week. Elias is the founder and publisher of Solidarity Hall, and has written for The American Scholar, The American Conservative, The Washington Times, and The Chicago Observer.

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Elias shares updates on his book project, the Socialism 2018 conference in Chicago, and Solidarity Hall.

Then, we dig into the normalization of fascism that was on display this week, and why the liberal rehabilitation of war criminals and their imperial wars of aggression is so disturbing to watch.

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More Information

• Socialism 2018
• Solidarity Hall
• Elias mentioned the Sociocracy web site “A Deeper Democracy” which mentions an organization we’ve discussed before, Strong Towns.
• Grace mentioned the book We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy
• Paul mentioned Vladimir Sorokin’s Ice Trilogy and Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

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