Erasing History: How Fascism Works (w/ Jason Stanley) | The Chris Hedges Report

Jason Stanley, author, American philosopher and Yale professor, joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to give proper context to what fascism means and how the Trump administration’s second term could really mean the completion of the American fascist state. Support my independent journalism at Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/ Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/chrishedges (0:00) Intro (3:13) Weaponizing Title VI (5:14) Victimization (9:00) Why is history threatening? (13:03) Anti-semitic education (15:54) The importance of academic freedom (21:51) The attacks on bias (24:19) Destroying the country’s greatness (29:50) Financial vs. cultural elites (30:45) How fascists justify colonialism (34:47) Strict gender roles (37:03) Patriarchy under fascism vs. communism (42:38) Fascists are elites (50:33) Draining the swamp (52:53) How far down the road are we? (58:31) Outro