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Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Autocracy Looms, Democracy at Stake

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Lincoln Square

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.93.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In these final days before the election, Trump has doubled down on his authoritarian, fascist rhetoric. To help us make sense of the chaos leading up to the big day, Rick welcomes historian and political analyst Heather Cox Richardson for a thought-provoking discussion on the future of American democracy. Together, they delve into the stark contrasts between democracy and authoritarianism, the Republican Party’s transformation under Trump, and the growing influence of tech billionaires pushing anti-democratic agendas. As the 2024 election upon us, they examine the stakes, the shifts in voter sentiment, and the potential for new political coalitions to reshape our reality. Timestamps: (00:01:21) Closing out the race (00:06:30) Corruption of the American system (00:17:29) The new generation Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There was also maintained what was called an enemy's list, which was rather expensive, and continually being updated.

0:49.0

Democrats want Republicans dead.

0:56.5

Where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?

1:03.8

The women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortion.

1:11.3

On January 6th of 2021, you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.

1:20.6

No, it's not a right-way conspiracy. You're not queuing on. It's real. I'm Rick Wilson, and this is the enemies list.

1:33.9

Hi, folks, it's Rick Wilson. Welcome back to the enemies list podcast. I am absolutely delighted today to be joined by Heather Cox Richardson. She is one of the smartest observers of American politics and democracy.

1:44.9

It's the publisher of the phenomenal substack letters from an American, which I highly recommend. We are going to talk today a little bit about the closing moves. We're recording this on Friday.

1:45.8

This will air on Monday.

1:50.0

So whatever craziness happens over the weekend, you're just going to have to ride with us.

2:00.1

But we are closing this race out, Heather, in a way where the contrast that I think a lot of us in the pro-democracy movement sort of predicted it would end up. It would be a referendum between a constitutional democracy and an insipient autocracy.

2:07.9

And Donald Trump has played the autocracy card more and more and louder and louder as we've closed out this race.

2:15.8

I think that's right.

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