The Rise and Fall of 'the Resistance'

In 2017, the Resistance movement exploded across America with massive protests, hashtags, and nonstop anti-Trump content. The Resistance birthed a powerful group of anti-Trump influencers, podcasts, Twitter accounts, and personalities. But fast forward to today and Liberals have all but stopped resisting. Resistance influencers who once railed against Trump now openly support him, and progressive movements have been significantly hollowed out. What happened?

I dove deep into the Resistance movement to unpack how it arose, who benefitted from it, and, ultimately, how Democratic leaders, resistance influencers, and mainstream media gradually embraced the exact ideology they so vocally claimed to oppose.

00:00 Intro
00:57 2017 inauguration vs today
02:07 The resistance coalition
02:42 Resistance media
04:06 The death of the resistance
05:27 2017 internet soup
06:15 "Resistance" govt accounts
07:22 Sarah Cooper
07:37 The stars of resistance internet
08:45 How social media changed
09:41 Liberal conspiracism
11:02 #Resist influencers' pro-Trump pivot
11:20 Lindy Li
13:00 Back to brunch
14:24 Mueller, She Wrote
14:37 Brooklyn Dad Defiant
14:50 Jack Hopkins
15:08 The Bulwark
15:55 An offramp from progressive ideals
16:38 Hollowing out of the left
17:03 MSM goes MAGA
18:10 Right wing social media
18:30 The DNC's role
18:59 Biden's role
22:00 Lessons we can learn
22:55 Commodification of dissent
23:07 Class solidarity
23:36 Luigi Mangione/anti establishment
24:09 Why death of the resistance is good

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