Matt Christman on the history of fascism & the liberal hot takes that enable Trump by Katie Halper published on 2018-11-15T15:59:06Z bonus: Matt talks about being an "insufferable" Civil War History nerd when he was in middle school. https://www.patreon.com/posts/22742080 Related bonus: Matt Karp, who will be joining Matt Christman for our live taping Civil War History-themed Katie Halper Show (date, TBD)talks to me about why the Dems are "handcuffing themselves before the battle". Matt talks about fascism, pseudo-woke gatekeepers, how and why Chapo appeals to the audience it does, and how the Left can maybe win. He also trashes some really stupid and counterproductive liberal hot takes like "economic anxiety doesn't influence people's politics," universal and class-based programs are only good for white people etc. He posits that for fascism to be here, we'd need a more robust Left, which we don't have at the moment. We also reminisce about the live Katie Halper Show taping with Chapo Trap House, which was the first time Matt met Felix in person, and which Matt still considers "one of the best" times of his life. Genre News & Politics Comment by GBreeze Yeah this whole pod is especially prescient now considering the online accult developments 2020-10-12T17:28:00Z Comment by User 398709528 Please ear un ind that the ‘ Corruption Cry ‘ was used by both MBS and JB to lock up Lula da Silva!! 2019-06-06T05:32:36Z Comment by User 398709528 We call it 2019 Fascist America. 2019-06-06T05:17:22Z Comment by User 398709528 “ Like Russian Roulette, we’ll get more empty chambers! “ Katie is so damned funny! 2019-06-06T05:12:16Z Comment by I WANT BAO BAO Matt pats my back walls 2019-01-25T18:38:34Z Comment by (Noah) Wiles Sweat IIRC the first use of "privatisation" was to describe Nazi economic policy in The Economist 2018-12-01T20:11:20Z Comment by Ewan Cvorovic Great episode. Matt is a pleasure to listen to, even when not frothing at the mouth over prestige TV or McMeghan. 2018-11-16T16:33:34Z Comment by Aseem Awad It's a positive feedback loop. 2018-11-15T18:00:53Z Comment by Aseem Awad India, Matt. India. 2018-11-15T17:32:45Z