America: at war with itself
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What does the release of Julian Assange reveal about the Australia-US relationship? And is Trump’s authoritarian behaviour really an outlier in American political history?
On this episode of After America, Dr Emma Shortis reflects on the first presidential debate performance and the release of Julian Assange, before former BBC United States correspondent Nick Bryant joins the show to discuss the country’s long history of authoritarianism.
This discussion was recorded on Tuesday 25 June and Monday 1 July 2024 and things may have changed since recording.
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Guest: Nick Bryant, former BBC correspondent and author of The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself // @NickBryantNY (x.com/NickBrya...)
Host: Emma Shortis, Senior Research for International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @EmmaShortis (x.com/EmmaShortis)
Show notes:
The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself (www.penguin.co...) by Nick Bryant (June 2024)
‘American authoritarianism has a long history. What can it tell us about Trump and the battle for America’s soul?’ (theconversatio...) by Dr Emma Shortis, The Conversation (July 2024)
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australia really should be sovereign from the u.s.
Agree. But the United States of Israel has total control of all facets in Australia. 😔🇦🇺
I agree but it will be a huge step for our country. We have been vassals of an empire since European settlement.
Yahtink?
@@hitreset0291 people like you are traitors to mankind.
@@wfdroneservices3690 Then it should not.
I find it interesting that you don't at all talk about the more crucial internal battles, that play out between lobbyists. Whether it's Qatari vs. Saudi influence, or Lockheed Martin vs. Zuckerberg. These are the battles that actually decide American external policy, which is the most important question for a country like Australia. Are lobbyists of one kind or another going to convince the Americans to abandon us in a moment of need [possibly]. If they might do that, then shouldn't we formulate policy for what to do in a world without America [yes]. Does that involve a full, or partial break on the lies of Western (see your discussion of white) supremacy, like carte blanche for Israel's Gaza genocide, arming Nazis in Ukraine, enabling Arab monarchies, etc [I don't know because nobody is brave enough to have an honest debate about reality].
There was NO insurrection. GMAFB
Oh my, no mention of the USA's gen0syde 😵 Previous to ES coverage of the USA, I loved everything the AI did. But of late, Ive been repeatedly unimpressed at this super middle of the road coverage. Disappointed 😞
Oh no...not AUKUS 🙄
Welcome to WWIII
It started with a whimper & its going to end with a BANG!
Wrong little man.
We need to have an adult conversation about AUKUS. Too many costs to Australia, and we tread too close to American fascism.
An adult conversation would be the polar opposite of whatever the hell narrative they're presenting in this appallingly generic book marketing exercise, aimed squarely at low information Boomers.
@@danielhill9080 Nonsense.
25:23 we should conflate “authoritarianism” and “racism”. They are two distinct things that of course can overlap.
Two liteweights ,don't waste your time ,
The US is the irritant. Julian Assange was a journalist just doing his job. The US just realised how screwed they were and wanted to chuck history’s longest tantrum.
23:15 americas as so focused on left wing vs right wing. No wonder they have such struggles when living in such a state of dichotomy with no ability to reconcile opposing contexts. They lack a framework that bridges and connects that gap. I’m not sure why.
Democracy? I thought the debate was about their golf handicaps? Thanks for clarifying.
I don't really get why people like this have to keep up the pretense of the USA being a democracy. It's actions have been the most anti-demoratic of any currently existing state, except for maybe the British.
Love it!
Excellent discussion with Nick Bryant, Emma 😊 More, please!
First nine minutes worthless
The entire thing is a vomitous center-right diatribe heaping praise on US hegemony, aimed at low information Boomers.
Economic investigator Frank G Melbourne Australia is following this informative content cheers Frank 😊
Thanks team 🎉
For what? This narrative was appallingly stupid, dumb as a box of hammers.
@@danielhill9080 and yet here you are
@@tomstruct This vapid nonsense deviates greatly from Richard Denniss typically excellent economic narrative. This is Western liberal fascism, full-on, no holds barred American exceptionalism, they didn't miss a single mainstream corporate media trope.
@@tomstruct Richard Dennnis is the draw card, this is just drivel, for people who consume corporate media, don't know anything.
@@tomstruct AI's economic analysis is great, but this fascistic Western liberal exceptionalism narrative is unbelievably bad, amateurish, uninformed nonsense.
Just subscribed to the podcast channel. Looking forward to listening to this at work tomorrow :)
Julian Assange is the Boy who cried Wolf, in the face of a world of Wolves. He gets punished like Cassandra and the boy and anyone else who stands up to bullying.
You say in defence of the wolf pack that killed 4.5 million people during Assange's active time as a journalist and political prisoner...
@@senorfreebie read it again, @davidwilkie9551 is not defending the wolf pack.