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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Bonus Edition #334 - SOLVED! Collaborators, Internal Exiles, and Dissidents

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Marx, Political, Feminism, Jacobin, Left, Hightower, Politics, Counterspin, News, News Commentary, Maddow, Hartmann, Democracynow, Antiracism, Marxism, Socialism, Capitalism, Ezra, Liberal, Intercepted, Hayes, Progressive, Intercept, Intersectionality, Wolff

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Air Date: 1-26-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- The mindset of collaborators
- Why many people turn inward and drop out - at their own risk - under authoritarianism
- The nature of true dissidents and what we can learn from them

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History Will Judge the Complicit

The Desire to Turn Inward Is a Delusion

How to Keep Your Moral Compass


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0:00.0

Hey there, Ryan Reynolds here.

0:01.4

It's a new year, and you know what that means.

0:03.8

No, not the diet.

0:05.1

Resolutions.

0:06.3

A way for us all to try and do a little bit better than we did last year.

0:09.3

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0:13.6

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0:25.3

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0:26.4

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0:28.5

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0:33.4

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

0:37.3

This is a sample of our recent bonus episode, usually only available to members.

0:41.3

These episodes are comprised of our crew of researchers, Amanda and myself, all getting together

0:46.2

for a roundtable discussion on topics that we find interesting.

0:49.9

So here's a few minutes for free so you can know what all the fuss is about.

0:56.3

All right.

0:56.9

So, I mean, so far we've been touching on Trump's, like, actual supporters.

1:01.8

Now we're moving on to the collaborators who aren't necessarily, like, they weren't

1:08.1

necessarily on board, but over the coming years, you're going to see them make the switch. And I want to start with, you know, statistically speaking, you listening are not a tormented intellectual, right? Like, you're probably not a writer at the New York Times or Washington Post or Wall Street Journal who previously said things critical

1:29.6

about Trump and will in the coming years or maybe starting today start making arguments

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