Today’s guest is martin copperFormer CIA analyst, visiting fellow at the Mercatus Center, and columnist free press. 10 years ago, as the Arab Spring broke out A variety of “color” revolutions Published by Gurri worldwide. New millennium popular revolt and crisis of authorityanalyzed how social media gave ordinary people the power to resist control from above and predicted the rise of Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Brexit.
reason‘s Nick Gillespie spoke with Gurri on The shortly after the 2024 election. reason Speakeasy is a monthly unscripted conversation in New York City with outspoken advocates of free thought and heterodoxy in an age of intellectual conformity and groupthink. (Go here For information about reason event.) They talked about why Gurri did it. voted for trump And it explains why he’s cautiously optimistic about the next four years.
0:00- Introduction
1:13- Why Copper Vote for Trump
4:46- Trump vs. Harris: Chaos vs. Control
8:40- Trump’s first term 11:04- Trump’s new coalition
14:33- Is authoritarianism coming to America?
19:00- Attention, Populism & Wild Hair
20:42- Tremendous changes await us
34:05- Creating a community of meaning in the digital age
36:22- Variant activated via printing press
38:41- More chaos is coming 43:11- Lessons from Cuba
48:40- Arab Spring and the spark of regime overthrow
50:37- Short-term pessimism, long-term optimism
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