Right-Wing's Faux Populism | Rick Perlstein | TMR

Live-streamed on December 2, 2024

Rick Perlstein, historian, writer at The American Prospect, and author of his most recent book Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980.

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Rick Perlstein then joins, as he, Sam, and Emma dive right into making sense of the social welfare promises made by vitriolic far-right populist regimes, be it Bismark’s invention of unemployment, a KKK that supports single-payer healthcare, or an RFK healthcare regime that could reign in Big Pharma, assessing the actual value of these promises and the limited impact they have as fascist carrots, and emphasizing why these administrations focus on destroying institutions and systems, not building them. After expanding on the particular threat of an RFK-led world of public “health”, Perlstein dives into the unfortunate necessity of relying on experts for a well-functioning democracy, before turning fully toward the future of a new Trump Administration, unpacking why the failure of their fear-mongering policies – particularly when it comes to their insane deportation scheme – won’t undermine the administration or its support, and why we need to rebuild our society’s trust in the government’s ability to help.

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