Daniel Bessner – Trump's Triumph and Liberalism's Failure

<p>The Glenn Show is almost entirely listener supported. To receive early access to TGS episodes, an ad-free podcast feed, Q&amp;As, and other exclusive content and benefits, become a full subscriber at <strong>https://glennloury.substack.com</strong></p><p>Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=81s" target="_blank">1:21</a> Have Glenn’s intellectual shifts been misread? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=345s" target="_blank">5:45</a> Danny: Francis Fukuyama was right </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=630s" target="_blank">10:30</a> Capitalism won. Is that a good thing? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=858s" target="_blank">14:18</a> The climate under capitalism </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=1224s" target="_blank">20:24</a> Danny: “People said 'f**k you' to the Democratic Party” </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=1431s" target="_blank">23:51</a> Why the “Trump is a fascist” argument makes no sense </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=1673s" target="_blank">27:53</a> Whither the working class coalition? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=1990s" target="_blank">33:10</a> How the US foreign policy establishment won the argument and lost Ukraine </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=2188s" target="_blank">36:28</a> Danny: There is no way the US can maintain influence in East Asia </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=2306s" target="_blank">38:26</a> Does Jewish survival require a Jewish state? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=2630s" target="_blank">43:50</a> The limits of social science </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=2976s" target="_blank">49:36</a> The media’s obsession with polling </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9faBwCwmkU&#38;t=3235s" target="_blank">53:55</a> Is the US reaping what it’s sown on immigration?<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EjuVUeubfk&#38;t=3154s" target="_blank">52:34</a> Is the US reaping what it’s sown on immigration?</p><p>Recorded November 9, 2024</p><p><strong>Links and Readings</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/content/american-prestige/" target="_blank">Dann’s podcast, </a><a href="https://www.thenation.com/content/american-prestige/" target="_blank"><em>American Prestige</em></a></p><p>Danny’s conversations with Glenn about his intellectual history, parts <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj0NnXaUPl0" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPjWG8fipJs&#38;pp=ygUbYmVzc25lciBsb3VyeSBpbnRlbGxlY3R1YWwg" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV4jLrFssFE&#38;pp=ygUbYmVzc25lciBsb3VyeSBpbnRlbGxlY3R1YWwg" target="_blank">3</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ZQla_n6jA&#38;pp=ygUbYmVzc25lciBsb3VyeSBpbnRlbGxlY3R1YWwg" target="_blank">4</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f4dbc0df-ab0d-431e-9886-44acd4236922" target="_blank">Francis Fukuyama’s </a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f4dbc0df-ab0d-431e-9886-44acd4236922" target="_blank"><em>Financial Times</em></a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f4dbc0df-ab0d-431e-9886-44acd4236922" target="_blank"> piece, “What Trump Unleashed Means for America”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/francis-fukuyama-liberalism-discontents/" target="_blank">Danny’s </a><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/francis-fukuyama-liberalism-discontents/" target="_blank"><em>Nation</em></a><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/francis-fukuyama-liberalism-discontents/" target="_blank"> essay, “The Liberal Discontents of Francis Fukuyama”</a></p><p><a href="https://adamtooze.com/category/on-record/podcast/" target="_blank">Adam Tooze’s podcast, </a><a href="https://adamtooze.com/category/on-record/podcast/" target="_blank"><em>Ones & Tooze</em></a></p><p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/" target="_blank">Danny’s </a><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/" target="_blank"><em>Harper’s</em></a><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/" target="_blank"> essay, “The Life and Death of Hollywood”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/" target="_blank">Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’s manifesto, </a><a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/" target="_blank"><em>The Communist Manifesto</em></a></p><p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2022/07/what-comes-after-the-american-century/" target="_blank">Danny’s Harper’s essay, “Empire Burlesque”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/mass-destruction/" target="_blank">Danny’s </a><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/mass-destruction/" target="_blank"><em>Boston Review</em></a><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/mass-destruction/" target="_blank"> piece, “Mass Destruction”</a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/rajiv-sethi-taking-bets-on-the-presidency" target="_blank">Glenn’s recent conversation with Rajiv Sethi</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Elegy-Memoir-Family-Culture/dp/0062300555" target="_blank">JD Vance’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Elegy-Memoir-Family-Culture/dp/0062300555" target="_blank"><em>Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ordeal-Civility-Levi-Strauss-Struggle-Modernity/dp/0807036099" target="_blank">John Murray Cuddihy’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ordeal-Civility-Levi-Strauss-Struggle-Modernity/dp/0807036099" target="_blank"><em>The Ordeal of Civilization: Freud, Marx, Lévi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle with Modernity</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Century-New-Yuri-Slezkine/dp/0691192820" target="_blank">Yuri Slezkine’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Century-New-Yuri-Slezkine/dp/0691192820" target="_blank"><em>The Jewish Century</em></a></p><p></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. 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