What Is Civil War in the Digital Age? — with Barbara F. Walter

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🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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What are the generator functions for civil war in the digital age, and how do we prevent them? This week on Your Undivided Attention, we're joined by Barbara F. Walter — one of the world's leading experts on civil wars, political violence, and terrorism, and the author of How Civil Wars Start: And How To Stop Them.

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0:00.0	In early 2019, when presidential campaigning was barely underway, MSNBC commentator Doni
0:06.8	Deutsch said that, if impeached or voted out, Donald Trump might initiate a civil war.
0:12.6	I believe Donald Trump is not beyond starting a civil war.
0:15.9	Chris, I think we are really headed for a very ugly time in American history.
0:20.2	In October of 2021, a year after Trump had lost the election, Tucker Carlson posted a video
0:26.5	on Twitter.
0:28.2	It was a trailer for a documentary series called Patriot Purge, which suggested that
0:32.6	the government is using the events of January 6th to go after Trump voters.
0:45.5	If you believe the other side was hunting you, or about to initiate a civil war, if you
0:51.2	felt under attack, what would you do?
0:56.7	I'm Azaraskan.
0:58.5	I'm Tristan Harris, and this is your undivided attention, the podcast from the Center for
1:04.4	Humane Technology.
1:07.1	Civil war might be the most likely escalation pathway towards disaster for a country.
1:12.2	On the flip side, learning how to avoid civil war and more ambitiously repair our civic
1:17.6	fabric may be the highest leverage for addressing the challenges we face.
1:22.9	Our guest today is Barbara F. Walter, one of the world's leading experts in civil wars,
1:28.2	political violence and terrorism.
1:30.8	Barbara is a professor of international affairs at UC San Diego and her latest book, How
1:35.6	Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them identifies the conditions that give rise to modern civil
1:40.6	war in order to address them.
1:49.0	Barbara, I'm so excited to have you on your undivided attention.
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