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👊👹🇺🇸🛡️ How to Fight Fascism in America — with Timothy Snyder | Prof G Conversations

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This interview with Professor Timothy Snyder discusses the 🌍 return of fascism globally and its implications for the United States 🇺🇸. Key issues include:

• 🚫 Denying the presence of fascism is a way to avoid the necessity of organizing. [00:23]
• 🕰️ Current era parallels the 1890s to 1920s with 🌐 globalization and new communication technologies. [01:42]
• 💰 Trump is a different type of fascist, focused on personal wealth. [02:20]
• ⚠️ Current administration’s actions are “inviting a terror attack.” [02:51]
• 📉 Trump administration is draining American power from the international system. [06:12]
• 🤝 Vladimir Putin and transnational oligarchs benefit from America’s current state. [07:04]
• ✊ Defeating fascism requires organization and broad coalitions. [12:07]
• 🇩🇪 21st-century America risks following the path of 20th-century Germany. [15:00]
• 👤 Concept of “statelessness” makes people vulnerable. [17:32]
• 🤫 Modern CEOs remain silent to protect short-term shareholder interests. [17:50]
• 📢 Elon Musk actively promotes fascists and fascism globally. [23:08]
• 🚧 Tariffs disrupt supply chains and potentially set the stage for “more radical things.” [31:36]
• 🇨🇳 China is the biggest long-term winner from the U.S. alienating its allies through tariffs. [33:33]
• 💣 An “exogenous shock” like a terror attack could be exploited to dismantle the republic. [34:52]
• 🏛️ Federal institutions breaking down could lead to a crisis within the U.S. federal system. [35:38]
• ⭐ Optimism about American protests and a new generation of European leaders. [39:08]

📚 Book Recommendations

• 👑🚫📜2️⃣0️⃣ On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder.
• 📖 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley.
• 📖 The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton.
• 👹 The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.
• 🌐 The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman.
• 😠 Globalization and its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

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👊👹🇺🇸🛡️ How to Fight Fascism in America — with Timothy Snyder | Prof G Conversations

🏛️ US Politics | 🌍 Global Implications | 💣 Terror Attacks | 💰 Wealth Focus | 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Coalitions | 💼 Corporate Silence | ⛓️ Supply Chainshttps://t.co/z7WNigMMQa

— Bryan Grounds (@bagrounds) June 23, 2025