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The land of authoritarian politics with Brian Klaas

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  • May 11, 2023
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This week’s episode of the Aaron Rupar Show features one of my favorite political scientists — Brian Klaas of University College London, who I interviewed for the very first editio... Show More

This week’s episode of the Aaron Rupar Show features one of my favorite political scientists — Brian Klaas of University College London, who I interviewed for the very first edition of Public Notice.
Klaas explains why grasping the distinction between “the land of normal politics” and “the land of authoritarian politics” is key to understanding Trump. We also discuss the similarities between the contemporary US and other teetering democracies, as well as what Democrats can do to fight back against a Republican Party that’s incapable of shaking Trumpism.
Klaas has expertise both in political campaigning and democratic breakdown, so he brings a lot of insight about this fraught moment in American politics. Listen to the audio of our conversation above, or watch the footage below via my YouTube page.
New episodes of the show drop each Thursday morning. If you’ve missed any of the previous ones, check out the full archive here.
Please subscribe to my YouTube page and share the show to spread the word. And if you’d like to support my work, consider upgrading to a paid subscription to Public Notice.
I’ll be back with much more tomorrow about CNN’s disgraceful Trump town hall. Until then, I hope you enjoy the pod.
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya · Nov 21, 2023
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"The media should be objective rather than balanced. The media should have one bias and that's a pro-democracy bias." - Brian Klaas
Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya · Nov 21, 2023
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"You set up a worldview in which the sort of true believers are pitted against the [wishy washy] fans. The way you sort them out is by increasingly extreme lies. And the lies you buy into have some social costs outside of the movement. So if you are one of the people who said, yes, this was the biggest crowd on innaugauration day back in January 20th, 2017, that was the first lie. And they got much, much crazier over time. People make their identity part of this member only group and they signal it. Because they've bought into so many crazy lies and so much outlandish behaviour, the breaking point becomes much higher. It becomes impossible for someone to jump ship. The cost is raises so high, it creates cohesion." - Brian Klaas on how the MAGA Movement operates like a cult
Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya · Nov 21, 2023
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya · Nov 21, 2023
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"If you were advising the Biden campaign, what would you tell them?" "Vision (sketch out a picture of 2028) & understanding political schema (identity-based shortcut mental filters)."
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