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One of the most destructive lies we're fed is that the wealthy are talented and deserve unparalleled power to determine the future. That lie is unraveling, but we have to understand the history of how that myth was constructed and its ties to fascism 1/

The Destruction of Myths and the Creation of the Future

The lies we've been fed were created to benefit the wealthy. It's way past time we destroyed them.

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A really kind and humbling review of THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS. I know a lot of attention will be paid to the warnings in this book, but I felt seen here that Harvey saw the hope in it, which is what I hope people take from it.

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Harvey Freedenberg

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From @ShelfAwareness my review of @JYSexton’s THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis: shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2022- #history #politics #democracy

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It’s eerily reminiscent of the trauma many of us suffered in abusive homes and mirrors the same safety / danger states. And the culture war, which is a constant source of profit, makes it worse, creating cycles of escalation.

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When wealthy white men breakdown and become increasingly erratic and destructive, the panic they create is harnessed to build dependence on breaking news, up to the moment updates, and generally create an environment with feedback loops profiting off crisis and danger.

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Coverage of powerful men having breakdowns and projecting their self-loathing onto society is always terribly handled because the profit incentives in this system are completely programmed to be damaging and crisis-inducing. None of it is wired to make anything actually better.

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A really kind and humbling review of THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS. I know a lot of attention will be paid to the warnings in this book, but I felt seen here that Harvey saw the hope in it, which is what I hope people take from it.

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Harvey Freedenberg

@HarvF

From @ShelfAwareness my review of @JYSexton’s THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis: shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2022- #history #politics #democracy

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All right. We are LIVE with the last BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A LIVESTREAM of 2023. This is a big important show. Grab a drink. Grab some food. Grab a friend. You're gonna want to watch this.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

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In half an hour (8pm eastern) I'm going live for my Q&A show where I answer your questions and drink some bourbon. Tonight we're talking strategies for defeating fascism in 2023, making a better future, and what we can do as individuals. Tune in.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

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In half an hour (8pm eastern) I'm going live for my Q&A show where I answer your questions and drink some bourbon. Tonight we're talking strategies for defeating fascism in 2023, making a better future, and what we can do as individuals. Tune in.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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Listen. I've got a bottle of booze and a whole lot of questions to answer. We're roughly an hour out from the BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A LIVESTREAM. If you know, you know, if you don't, listen, you got to tune in. Get comfortable and join us.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

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Listen. I've got a bottle of booze and a whole lot of questions to answer. We're roughly an hour out from the BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A LIVESTREAM. If you know, you know, if you don't, listen, you got to tune in. Get comfortable and join us.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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We're a few hours out from the last BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A LIVESTREAM of the year (8pm eastern). Reply with your questions or topics you want me to answer and plan on coming out. This is going to be...a pretty important episode.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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We're a few hours out from the last BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A LIVESTREAM of the year (8pm eastern). Reply with your questions or topics you want me to answer and plan on coming out. This is going to be...a pretty important episode.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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Tonight is the last BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A LIVESTREAM of the year. We've got so much to talk about, but there's still room for YOUR questions. Reply here and tune it at 8pm eastern. It's time we talked about how to defeat fascism and win the future.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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Tonight is the last BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A LIVESTREAM of the year. We've got so much to talk about, but there's still room for YOUR questions. Reply here and tune it at 8pm eastern. It's time we talked about how to defeat fascism and win the future.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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TONIGHT at 8pm eastern, it's the last BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A of 2022. Reply with questions and get ready to have a big, long, important talk about what we're going to do in the coming year to win a better future and defeat fascism.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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jaredyatessexton.substack.com

Take a break from the insanity of this final and read about oligarchical control of our media and the much-earned decline in evangelical numbers that’s fueling the rise in fascism.

Odds & Ends: Bourbon Talk, Oligarchical Control, and the Christian Exodus

DISPATCHES FROM A COLLAPSING STATE is the exclusive home of Jared Yates Sexton’s political, historical, and cultural writings. Subscribe now to support Jared’s work and gain access to additional...

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Tough day for the soccer is boring crowd.

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TONIGHT at 8pm eastern, it's the last BOURBON TALK POLITICAL Q&A of 2022. Reply with questions and get ready to have a big, long, important talk about what we're going to do in the coming year to win a better future and defeat fascism.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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jaredyatessexton.substack.com

Take a break from the insanity of this final and read about oligarchical control of our media and the much-earned decline in evangelical numbers that’s fueling the rise in fascism.

Odds & Ends: Bourbon Talk, Oligarchical Control, and the Christian Exodus

DISPATCHES FROM A COLLAPSING STATE is the exclusive home of Jared Yates Sexton’s political, historical, and cultural writings. Subscribe now to support Jared’s work and gain access to additional...

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Episode 2 of The Midnight Kingdom Lecture Series is LIVE. This is the story of how we’ve arrived at this moment of crisis, how white supremacist capitalism rigged the world, and ultimately how we’re going to defeat it and create a better future.

The Midnight Kingdom Lecture Series: Episode 2 - Capitalist Apocalypse

A deep-dive into the history of how our world was constructed using white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories, and how...

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The Midnight Kingdom by Jared Yates Sexton: 9780593185230 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

This is all an adaptation from my new book THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS. If you haven’t already, preorder. This is information we have to have if we’re going to defeat fascism and make something better.

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From the author of American Rule and the host of The Muckrake Podcast, an ambitious account of how white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories built the modern...

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Episode 1 started with the merging of Christianity and state power, revealing exactly what the modern GOP wants to recreate and how it weaponizes conspiracy theories to destroy democracy.

The Midnight Kingdom Lecture Series: Episode 1 - The Great Chain of...

A deep-dive into the history of how our world was constructed using white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories, and how...

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This Sunday at 8pm eastern I'll be hosting the last Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream of 2022. We're going to go over the past year, answer some questions, but also set some intentions for how we're going to win the battle against fascism in 2023.

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A Livestream, December 18, 2022 | Jared...

Preorder THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS now to ensure you get your copy when it publishes January 17th: https://si...

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The Midnight Kingdom by Jared Yates Sexton: 9780593185230 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

This is all an adaptation from my new book THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS. If you haven’t already, preorder. This is information we have to have if we’re going to defeat fascism and make something better.

penguinrandomhouse.com

From the author of American Rule and the host of The Muckrake Podcast, an ambitious account of how white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories built the modern...

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Episode 1 started with the merging of Christianity and state power, revealing exactly what the modern GOP wants to recreate and how it weaponizes conspiracy theories to destroy democracy.

The Midnight Kingdom Lecture Series: Episode 1 - The Great Chain of...

A deep-dive into the history of how our world was constructed using white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories, and how...

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Episode 2 of The Midnight Kingdom Lecture Series is LIVE. This is the story of how we’ve arrived at this moment of crisis, how white supremacist capitalism rigged the world, and ultimately how we’re going to defeat it and create a better future.

The Midnight Kingdom Lecture Series: Episode 2 - Capitalist Apocalypse

A deep-dive into the history of how our world was constructed using white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories, and how...

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Absolutely loved this interview and talking about what happens as empires decline and what is possible if we can just disabuse ourselves of the lies we’ve been fed.

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Pleased to introduce Jared Yates Sexton: author, broadcaster, historian, commentator @JYSexton - takes questions from sub_ʇxǝʇ's @kult_epigenetic Alex Head. 13.30-14.30 (EST) LIVE HERE: threadsradio.com

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In case anybody needed a single tweet that simultaneously sums up with horrifying clarity what’s wrong with education and how inextricably linked government is with the interests of the wealthy. Tremendous work here by the Secretary of Education.

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Secretary Miguel Cardona

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Every student should have access to an education that aligns with industry demands and evolves to meet the demands of tomorrow’s global workforce.

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@subtextradio

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Introducing: When Empires Decline

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Alex Head interviews guest

Jared Yates Sexton and 2 others

Jared Yates Sexton in this special show covering the current decline of the British way of life, useful idiots and more. Sexton’s recent book The Midnight Kingdom is on

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Programme artwork: Bread Line by Clare Leighton, New York, 1932 (Remix)

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And here is the truth the myth hides: we will save ourselves. We don't need techno messiahs. Or cult leaders. We need to come together and reject their lies and rediscover that WE have the power and WE deserve better. That is essential and it is happening. 25/25

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Despite an alarming lack of coverage, advancements like what happened at the National Ignition center show us that diligent, serious people working for the public good are better bets than any of these self-serving oligarchs. It's a myth-busting moment through and through. 24/

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The "free market" cannot answer the crises of things like climate change. It can only profit off it, make it worse. But the lie that oligarchs and tech lords will get us off the planet in time are just lies. Myths. Religious faiths that buy them time and get them richer. 23/

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Because neoliberalism hollowed out the government and made it a redistribution machine, it is incapable of handling all of our massive crises, leading to more and more suffering and a great feeling of loss and powerlessness. It is reaching a new, complicated crisis. 22/

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This current crisis is a result of an era of neoliberal redistribution that has created historical inequality. It was always going to end in this crisis, but the lie that the wealthy should control everything has only made matters worse. Now, we're at a crossroads. 21/

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We do a terrible job of understanding fascism because it scares us to realize it wasn't just a phenomenon at a certain time. It is a part of capitalism, of our white supremacist culture. And the wealthy are always just an inch or two from embracing it to save themselves. 20/

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I've been watching recent events with wealthy men having public breakdowns while being radicalized and embracing the Right Wing. It is...disturbing, but not surprising. This is what history shows us. They will happily destroy democracy and hurt us to protect themselves. 19/

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Here's an unfortunate truth: when the wealthy were challenged, when the lie of the meritocracy and the future utopia collapsed, they turned immediately to fascism, to authoritarians, to Right Wing murderers willing to protect them / attack their enemies This always happens 18/

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And here's the thing: if the wealthy were going to make that utopia a reality, it would take everything. Including backbreaking labor. Endless toil. Our children being forced into mines and factories and sacrificed to the mills and machinery. 17/

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