SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES - "Collaborators, Internal Exiles, and Dissidents" (Original Air Date: 01-26-25)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Re-Air Date: 01–26-25
Unless you were a member in January of 2025, this episode of SOLVED! will be brand new to you! If you were a member back then, THANK YOU and this one is worth a re-listen. We're working on slowly increasing our production again, but, for now, enjoy this episode from our archives (and before YouTube) where Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
00:00:00 - Ch. 1 - The mindset of collaborators
00:07:55 - Ch. 2 - Why many people turn inward and drop out - at their own risk - under authoritarianism
00:32:14 - Ch. 3 - The nature of true dissidents and what we can learn from them
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"People, Power, Change" by Marshall Ganz
History Will Judge the Complicit - The Atlantic
The Desire to Turn Inward Is a Delusion /// Don't Let Donald Trump Drive You Into Internal Exile - The New York Times
How to Keep Your Moral Compass /// A Mindset for the Trump Era - The Atlantic
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| 0:00.0 | Call my wife. |
| 0:20.9 | Calling UK Wildlife. Voice assistance not working for you. BlackRock Investment Trust has a lot working for you. Get to know them at blackrock.com. Capital at risk, marketing material. BlackRock Investment Management UK Limited, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Welcome to this episode of Solved, plucked from deep in our archives. You may not realize we've actually been doing this show since way before it was called solved and started being posted to YouTube. So this is good stuff. |
| 0:25.4 | I also wanted to let you know that we're temporarily slowing down the pace of production for |
| 0:30.0 | new episodes of Solved while we reorganize our processes here on the back end to get ourselves |
| 0:35.6 | on better footing so that we can come back |
| 0:38.1 | stronger than ever. You can help support us in this process as we hire additional help by |
| 0:44.0 | becoming a member. Members get an extended version of solved before YouTube, as well as ad-free |
| 0:50.5 | versions of the Best of Left podcast podcast available wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:54.8 | So sign up at bestofthe left.com slash support. |
| 0:58.4 | And now enjoy this throwback edition of Solved. |
| 1:05.3 | Welcome to Solved. |
| 1:07.1 | That's all caps and an exclamation point. |
| 1:09.8 | We do this show because if we don't tell you the right answers, someone dumber on the |
| 1:13.8 | internet will. |
| 1:14.6 | My name is Jay and our resident solvers are Amanda Dionne and Aaron, who, guessing, based on past |
| 1:21.3 | experience, will offer a greeting now. |
| 1:23.6 | Hey there. |
| 1:24.6 | Hello. |
| 1:25.6 | Hello. |
| 1:26.6 | How's it going? |
| 1:28.9 | Today we are seeking to understand three of the main archetypes of people who live under authoritarian governments. |
| 1:36.1 | No specific reason for this topic. |
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