• Syria, Authoritarianism, and U.S. Politics

  • Dec 23 2024
  • Length: 51 mins
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Syria, Authoritarianism, and U.S. Politics

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    This week on Angry Planet writer David Faris joins us to talk about his time in Syria and life in America.


    • David’s travels from Lebanon to Syria
    • When people hoped Bashar al-Assad would change Syria
    • What a real totalitarian state feels like
    • The nightmare that follows the collapse of a dictatorship
    • Once again, the ugly legacy of colonialism rears its head
    • The post-Assad players
    • After 15 years, everyone is tired of war
    • Turning to domestic politics
    • Don’t panic
    • “Trump will govern very corruptly.”
    • Talking politics with children
    • The Trump Cinematic Universe
    • “We need billionaires to fight billionaires.”
    • The collapse of the liberal intelligentsia


    The McDonald’s bombing in Beirut

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