Ben Shapiro: The Science of Authoritarianism (#183)

I spoke with Ben Shapiro about his thoroughly discursive new
book: The Authoritarian Moment. Ben is prolific to say
the least: his second book in just about a year. Some of you aren't
Big Ben fans, but I hope you'll provide to me, and to him,
some forbearance in this, the Yom Kippur season. Speaking of
Yom Kippur we discussed forgiveness and tolerance and
even Ben's biggest regret. Topics: ️ Science vs. The Science
Private Space Flight Another Free Speech Book?? Vaccine Mandates
Ben Shapiro Drinking Game ️ Yom Kippur Repentance Ben on Aliens Ben
on Bitcoin How far are Americans willing to go to force each other
to fall in line? According to the establishment media, the
intelligentsia, and our political chattering class, the greatest
threat to American freedom lies in right-wing authoritarianism.
We’ve heard that some 75 million Americans who voted for Donald
Trump represent the rise of American fascism; that conservatives
have allowed authoritarianism to bloom in their midst, creating a
grave danger for the republic. But what if the true authoritarian
threat to America doesn’t come from the political right, but from
the supposedly anti-fascist left? There are certainly totalitarians
on the political right. But statistically, they represent a fringe
movement with little institutional clout. The authoritarian left,
meanwhile, is ascendant in nearly every area of American life. A
small number of leftists—college-educated, coastal, and
uncompromising—have not just taken over the Democratic Party but
our corporations, our universities, our scientific establishment,
our cultural institutions. And they have used their newfound power
to silence their opposition. The authoritarian Left is aggressively
insistent that everyone must conform to its values, demanding
submission and conformity. The dogmatic Left is obsessed with
putting people in categories and changing human nature. Everyone
who opposes it must be destroyed. Ben Shapiro looks at everything
from pop culture to the Frankfurt school, social media to the
Founding Fathers, to explain the origins of our turn to tyranny,
and why so many seem blind to it. More than a catalog of bad actors
and intemperate acts, The Authoritarian Moment lays bare
the intolerance and rigidity creeping into all American ideology –
and prescribes the solution to ending the authoritarianism that
threatens our future." If you're fasting for Yom Kippur, I wish you
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