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Thursday, April 27th, 2023
Jeff Sharlet is a journalist, best-selling author, and longtime observer and investigator of the Christian right. His latest book is The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. We discuss America's democratic bankruptcy, the martyrdom of Ashli Babbit, and the rightward shift of the mainstream.
The notion of civil war was a fringe idea, but in recent years it has become mainstream. It was just a question of time and for some, it was already happening. Fascism does not respond to logic but relies heavily on myths. Fascist movements need martyrs like Ashli Babbitt. Along those lines, the MAGA movement can be understood as an innocence cult, wishing for a return to a time that never was.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Jeff Sharlet
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producers: Zack Travis and Sara Burningham
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Thursday, April 27th, 2023
Jeff Sharlet is a journalist, best-selling author, and longtime observer and investigator of the Christian right. His latest book is The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. We discuss America's democratic bankruptcy, the martyrdom of Ashli Babbit, and the rightward shift of the mainstream.
The notion of civil war was a fringe idea, but in recent years it has become mainstream. It was just a question of time and for some, it was already happening. Fascism does not respond to logic but relies heavily on myths. Fascist movements need martyrs like Ashli Babbitt. Along those lines, the MAGA movement can be understood as an innocence cult, wishing for a return to a time that never was.
Follow Jeff on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JeffSharlet
Follow Mila on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/milaatmos
Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/
Love Future Hindsight? Take our Listener Survey!
http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=6tI0Zi1e78vq&ver=standard
Want to support the show and get it early?
https://patreon.com/futurehindsight
Check out the Future Hindsight website!
www.futurehindsight.com
Read the transcript here:
https://www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/a-slow-civil-war-jeff-sharlet
Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Jeff Sharlet
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producers: Zack Travis and Sara Burningham

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