The Auron MacIntyre Show

The fact that marriage in America is on the decline is concerning, but few people understand how deep the problem goes. Recent data shows the dismal marriage numbers in the United States. The percentage of married couples, average age at which couples are marrying, and number of children are all in catastrophic decline. The numbers represent a dramatic collapse in the institution that serves as a foundation for successful civilizations. Conservatives will often place the blame on a lack of individual virtue, and there is plenty of truth to that claim, but the most important factors are baked into the structure of our society in a manner that Republicans are terrified to address.

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As we continue our reading of Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince," we examine the political theorist's chapter on glory and why it is valuable to the ruler. Machiavelli encourages great undertakings and the appearance of virtuous behavior, but always with an eye to their political utility, not their moral value. We'll also explore Machiavelli's warning about fortresses and how it applies to figures like Donald Trump in the modern day. 

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Alex Jones began his small news organization as a fringe outfit covering what are derisively called "conspiracy theories" but eventually grew to become one of the largest right-wing pundits in America. Along the way, Jones made some wild missteps but also had a surprising number of correct predictions. Jones was one of the first personalities to be deplatformed and face the full brunt of technological censorship. Long-running Infowars host Harrison Smith joins me to discuss the rise and fall of the network and what it means for the future.

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Pro-life advocates have won big victories under Donald Trump, but they have always been unsatisfied with his public priorities. Activists are pushing for a ban of the abortion pill right before midterm elections because they have been unsuccessful with referendums on the state level. What many fail to understand is that despite the legal changes, the American culture and the financial system have now become entirely dependent on abortion. Without a shift in incentives, voters will continue to reject broad changes in abortion law. We'll also discuss a big ruling in Virginia that may have saved the midterms for the GOP.  

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In our modern world, it is very common to conflate motives we do not understand with some form of mental illness. This is understandable when it comes to horrific crime. Someone like a serial killer is so violent and twisted that it is hard for us to comprehend his actions, and there is certainly a fair amount of mental illness that is a factor. But today people often use this explanation when it comes to political disagreements. Abortion, hatred of Christians, the mutilation of children to turn a boy into a girl — these beliefs are so horrible that they can only possibly be explained by a malfunctioning brain. Of course, that is not the only explanation. The other option is that some people have a very different set of values that drive them to pursue goals that we view as evil. The average American would like to avoid this truth because it comes with an unnerving conclusion. Your political enemies are not crazy; they are sane people who hate you and want to hurt you.

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Internet streamer Hasan Piker declared the United States a "white supremacist county" during a recent appearance. Piker is a spoiled rich idiot, but in his statements, he ironically echoed President Trump's remarks about America's Anglo-Saxon heritage. We'll look at what Piker gets wrong but also what he accidentally gets right when describing human nature.  We'll also look at Alexander Dugin's bizarre crashout against white people on social media. 

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Vivek Ramaswamy has recently been caught on camera making two critical political errors. The candidate for governor of Ohio recently announced that he did not think Ohio was the best state and also explained why Jesus was not the one true son of God. Pastor Michael Clary has written a thoughtful piece on why Ramaswamy cannot conserve an American tradition he does not believe in. We will also discuss the current state of Christianity in the political landscape. 

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As we continue our reading of Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince," we reach what has probably become his most famous passage. Is it better for a ruler to be feared by his people or loved by his people? Is there a difference between fear and hatred? We'll also dive into Machiavelli's distinction between fox behavior and lion behavior and why the ideal ruler embodies both.  

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Donald Trump has survived another assassination attempt by an alleged deranged progressive. Thankfully, Cole Allen was never able to get a clear shot at the president, but the allegation that another radical leftist managed to smuggle a long gun into the event site should alarm everyone. Despite multiple assassination attempts against Trump and the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, progressives have only intensified their rhetoric, including open calls for violence. Democrats are not interested in turning down the temperature or abandoning political violence; they are only disappointed that the “lone wolves” they inspired have been unsuccessful. Progressives see political violence as their birthright and will not stop deploying it unless they are stopped with immediate and severe consequences.

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Many conservatives see American politics as a clash of ideologies in the marketplace of ideas. But there are other forces sitting under the surface that shape our elections. Large waves of immigration create foreign diasporas that seek to use their shared political power to secure advantages for their own communities, or in some cases to benefit the country they came from. We'll be looking at Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" to help us better understand the ramifications of this phenomenon.

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