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Best of: Why fascism in America isn't going away
Vox's Sean Illing talks to Yale professor and author Jason Stanley about why American democracy provides such fertile soil for fascism, how Donald Trump demonstrated how easy it was for our country to flirt with a fascist future and what we can do about it.
Correction (2/1/21): Professor Stanley suggested in this conversation that West Virginia declined to expand the Medicaid option in 2013. In fact, the state did expand the program and has gradually added enrollment since 2013.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox
Guest: Jason Stanley (@jasonintrator), Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy, Yale University; author
References:
- How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley (Random House; 2018)
- How Propaganda Works by Jason Stanley (Princeton; 2015)
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This episode was made by:
- Producer: Erikk Geannikis
- Editor: Amy Drozdowska
- Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall
- Vox Audio Fellow: Victoria Dominguez
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