Is Trump's Authoritarianism Apocalyptic? w/ Matt Taylor

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 700-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Enter code “SWAJ40” for $40 for an entire year of premium! Matt Taylor, an expert on the New Apostolic Reformation and author of 'The Violent Took It By Force,' joins this episode of SWAJ. Speaking at an event in San Diego, Taylor discusses the implications of MAGA—a populist authoritarian movement fueled by Christian nationalism—on America's liberal democracy. The episode emphasizes the need to look beyond American history for comparisons and learn from global instances of populist regimes. Taylor elaborates on the societal divisions and the potential threats MAGA poses to democracy, while Brad encourages strategic resistance and community mobilization in anticipation of new political challenges. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.2	Maga is a populist authoritarian movement bolstered by a Christian nationalist ethos.
0:41.8	And I would suggest that instead of trying to look backward in American history to try to find
0:46.5	analogs for the moment that we are in now, that is always our temptation as Americans to be
0:51.5	self-referential and try to say, oh, well, this is like X, or this is like
0:56.1	this moment, I think we need to look around the world for comparisons to figure out what
1:02.1	happens when populist authoritarian movements take over governments.
1:07.5	I think we need to let go of the last vestiges of American exceptionalism and say,
1:13.5	we're just people.
1:15.3	And people behave the way that people behave.
1:18.6	And the challenge that we face right now is that Populous authoritarian movements,
1:22.8	U.S. founders call Populous Authoritarian demagogues.
1:25.9	These are democracy killers.
1:34.4	Yeah. called popular authoritarian demagogues. These are democracy killers. Every day we get news about Donald Trump's plans for his cabinet, for his first days and
1:39.6	months in the White House. This weekend, we learned that he wants to name Cash Patel as the director of the FBI.
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