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A Slow Civil War?: Jeff Sharlet

Published: April 27, 2023, noon

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Thursday, April 27th, 2023

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Jeff Sharlet is a journalist, best-selling author, and longtime observer and investigator of the Christian right. His latest book is The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. We discuss America\'s democratic bankruptcy, the martyrdom of Ashli Babbit, and the rightward shift of the mainstream.\\xa0

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The notion of civil war was a fringe idea, but in recent years it has become mainstream.\\xa0 It was just a question of time and for some, it was already happening. Fascism does not respond to logic but relies heavily on myths. Fascist movements need martyrs like Ashli Babbitt. Along those lines, the MAGA movement can be understood as an innocence cult, wishing for a return to a time that never was.\\xa0

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Credits:\\xa0

Host: Mila Atmos\\xa0

Guests: Jeff Sharlet

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producers: Zack Travis and Sara Burningham

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