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Phil is working on an Aachen book related project for Fallout.

He will be on WW2TV next week.

Ben is dealing with his workload.

Machete’s favourite battle

Choo choo Imperator

Shoutout to Ben and Phil!

I’ve been playing CK3 with its Roads to Power DLC appropriately

I even became Emperor by accident, I wasn’t planning to. Fourth generation Viking immigrant via conquering Egypt, becoming a vassal, losing it all, and then grinding back (with the help of vast wealth) back to power.

My favourite method of cooking

My favourite youtuber

Hitler got to free speech Mein Kampf and then he exterminated yiddish

Free speech absolutim for the fascist win!

Also Applebaum, fascist witch hunter ultra

On this edition of of Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael, British reporter and book critic Samuel McIlhagga joins to dissect Anne Applebaum's latest work, Autocracy Inc., and his critique of it in his Jacobin article, "Anne Applebaum’s Dystopia of Rules." Together, they explore Applebaum's analysis of rising authoritarianism, her framing of the battle between democracy and autocracy, and how her perspective may overlook key complexities. McIlhagga challenges Applebaum's conclusions while agreeing with some parts of her general analysis, offering a deeper critique of the political narrative she builds, particularly in the context of global politics today. Amongst the topics we cover are NATO, multipolarity and the concept of the multipolar world, France's Emmanuel Macron and European intellectuals/political figures preparing for a world where Europe won't be able to rely on the U.S. (especially in the case of a 2nd Donald Trump Presidency in the White House), autocratic states that are U.S. allies vs. autocratics states that are U.S. enemies, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Latin America, the post-WWII order, geopolitical tensions, thinkers adjacent to Applebaum like Timothy Snyder, the Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, and much, much more.

Speaking of fascists

Soft Coup: MAGA's Simpleminded but Scary Election Scheme

Over the last 18 months, Nina Burleigh, my friend and guest on today’s PREVAIL podcast, has produced some of the country’s most essential investigative journalism, one of the best and most reliable Substacks, and a stick-of-dynamite of a debut novel. If you want to know about subjects as diverse as Melania Trump’s early life,

PREVAIL by Greg Olear

Yes, he can

Trump Can Still Win

I’ve got a bad feeling. And it’s getting worse: Trump is gonna win. I don’t know for certain and this could just be a case of the heebie-jeebies, but I think I have a few actual reasons to worry.—

Unpopular Front

Our book is still out

Phil has a new book coming out soon

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