/169/ Authoritarian Liberalism and Its Discontents ft. Amber A'Lee Frost & Daniel Bessner

On the Biden administration and Trumpist reaction.   We discuss the riot at the US Capitol and why it was not a (failed) coup attempt. How serious was the event, and what next for Trumpist reaction - will it lead to a split in the Republican Party? Our guests - journalist Amber Frost and political science academic Daniel Bessner - help us preview what the Biden administration has in store for the US. With Democratic control of both houses, it should be able to pass legislation - but does it have any substantial plans to do so? In foreign policy, we can expect more foreign adventurism and at home, an ominous anti-domestic terrorism bill. Does the alliance of the Democrats with an increasingly domineering Silicon Valley signal the coming-out moment of authoritarian liberalism? Readings: Riot on the Hill, Mike Davis, NLR Sidecar blog Render unto Ourselves, What is Ours—or Caesar Will Seize It, Alex Hochuli, Damage What Experts on Extremism Want From the Biden Administration, James D Walsh, NYMag Morbid Symptoms Can Persist for a Long Time, Barry Eidlin, Jacobin Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath, Glenn Greenwald, Substack The revenge of the blob, Alex Ward, Vox