Dr. Aaron Kheriaty: Why Totalitarianism Doesn’t Require Gulags or Concentration Camps
American Thought Leaders
The Epoch Times
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🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
What is the difference between totalitarianism and dictatorship? What is an unjust law, and how do you identify it? What makes some people more prone to being manipulated than others? And what is the antidote to tyranny?
We speak with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, author of “The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State,” a former psychiatry professor at the University of California Irvine, and the former director of the medical ethics program at UCI Health. Now, he is a fellow and director of the Program in Bioethics and American Democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Dr. Kheriaty is also one of the plaintiffs in the landmark Missouri v. Biden free speech case.
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| 0:00.0 | the willingness to go along with the lie. |
| 0:03.5 | That's precisely what sustains that harmful, |
| 0:06.9 | oppressive regime. |
| 0:08.4 | In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Aaron Carriotti, |
| 0:11.5 | author of The New Abnormal, |
| 0:13.5 | and former director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health. |
| 0:17.3 | What is an unjust law? |
| 0:19.2 | And how do you identify it? |
| 0:21.4 | What is the difference between totalitarianism |
| 0:23.8 | and dictatorship? |
| 0:25.0 | At the end point of that process, |
| 0:27.1 | you don't even need concentration camps |
| 0:29.8 | or secret police or mass surveillance anymore, |
| 0:33.2 | because every citizen starts silencing their fellow citizens. |
| 0:37.4 | Carriotti is one of the plaintiffs |
| 0:39.2 | in the landmark Missouri vs. Biden-free speech case. |
| 0:42.6 | Even the Treasury Department was involved in censorship. |
| 0:45.7 | The census bureau was involved in censorship. |
| 0:49.6 | This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Janie Kelleck. |
| 0:55.0 | Dr. Aaron Carriotti, such a pleasure to have you back |
| 0:57.6 | on American Thought Leaders. |
| 0:58.9 | It's always great to be with you, Jan. |
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