Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast.

Today we trace the pipeline from masculine grievance to fascism.

We'll hear how ICE agents' own family members describe them as low IQ bullies chasing signing bonuses,

why a former white nationalist explains that the alternative to unpacking

discomfort is becoming overtly racist, how in-cell culture evolved from lonely forums into a

MAGA recruitment tool, and what researchers found about why men socialized to equate violence

with manhood end up joining state-sanctioned death squads?

I'm sure you'll never guess.

For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 45 minutes today

include Swalsam, Some More News, The Humanist Report, Pist Majestis, and Matt Bernstein.

Then, in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in four sections. Section A, fragile masculinity,

followed by Section B, Pipeline to Hell, Section C, the Propaganda Machine, and Section D,

authoritarian curious. But first, a reminder to check out our new show solved on the Best of the Left YouTube channel.

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That's all on the Best of the left YouTube channel linked in the show notes.

And now, on to the show.

I used to hold completely unexamined beliefs about my identity, race, and place in the world.

So much so that the discomfort I experienced when I was encouraged just to think

about these things felt like an attack. It was new and scary, and it made me feel responsible

for something that I played no direct part in. It made me feel like I had inherited the sins of my

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