Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think!
May 24, 2023
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May 24, 2023
Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think!
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Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think!
Summary
<div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>Welcome to our special live taping of Gaslit Nation! Thank you to everyone who joined us and asked such profound and moving questions in the live Q&A. It was a replenishing joy to hear from you. Thank you so much to the great</span></span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 iUIcXv" href="https://us.macmillan.com/author/kasiababis"><span><span>K</span></span><span><span>a</span></span><span><span>s</span></span><span><span>i</span></span><span><span>a</span></span> <span><span>B</span></span><span><span>a</span></span><span><span>b</span></span><span><span>i</span></span><span><span>s</span></span></a><span><span>, a renowned illustrator and activist in Poland who created the visual world of the Gaslit Nation graphic novel</span></span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 iUIcXv" href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250781000/dictatorshipitseasierthanyouthink"> <span><span>Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think!</span></span></a> <span><span>a</span></span><span><span>v</span></span><span><span>a</span></span><span><span>i</span></span><span><span>l</span></span><span><span>a</span></span><span><span>b</span></span><span><span>l</span></span><span><span>e</span></span> <span><span>n</span></span><span><span>o</span></span><span><span>w</span></span> <span><span>o</span></span><span><span>n</span></span> <span><span>p</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>e</span></span><span><span>-</span></span><span><span>o</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>d</span></span><span><span>e</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>,</span></span> <span><span>a</span></span><span><span>n</span></span><span><span>d</span></span> <span><span>o</span></span><span><span>u</span></span><span><span>t</span></span> <span><span>e</span></span><span><span>v</span></span><span><span>e</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>y</span></span><span><span>w</span></span><span><span>h</span></span><span><span>e</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>e</span></span> <span><span>s</span></span><span><span>t</span></span><span><span>a</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>t</span></span><span><span>i</span></span><span><span>n</span></span><span><span>g</span></span> <span><span>J</span></span><span><span>u</span></span><span><span>n</span></span><span><span>e</span></span> <span><span>1</span></span><span><span>3</span></span><span><span>. If you haven't met the book's rascally narrator yet, Judge Lackey, see him at work by watching the book's</span></span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 iUIcXv" href="https://twitter.com/gaslitnation/status/1660650944084819970"><span> <span>f</span></span><span><span>u</span></span><span><span>n</span></span> <span><span>a</span></span><span><span>n</span></span><span><span>i</span></span><span><span>m</span></span><span><span>a</span></span><span><span>t</span></span><span><span>e</span></span><span><span>d</span></span> <span><span>t</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>a</span></span><span><span>i</span></span><span><span>l</span></span><span><span>e</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>.</span></span></a></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman also joined the live-taping to discuss whether Putin's days are numbered (they are!), who will replace him (someone worse?), and whether the Freedom of Russia Legion liberating Russian towns and villages inside Russia from Putin's dictatorship is real (it appears so!), and what it all means. Will Putin use nukes, especially as Ukraine's spring offensive gets underway? What should the world's response be to Putin going nuclear?</span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>We're having another live taping Wednesday May 24 at 2pm EST with David Pepper on his new book</span></span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 iUIcXv" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/saving-democracy-david-pepper/1143474804"> <span><span>Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American.</span></span></a> <span><span> You can get access to that by subscribing to the show at the Truth-teller level or higher -- details will be sent out to those subscribers on how to join the live taping the morning of the event. Sign up at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/gaslit">Patreon.com/Gaslit </a></span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>Our bonus episode this week will be the Q&A of our live taping. We'll be back with an all new Q&A answering questions submitted by our listeners at the Democracy Defender level and higher. To submit your questions or to get access to the bonus episodes, and our full back catalog of bonus episodes, be sure to subscribe to the show on Patreon to keep us going! Thank you to everyone who supports the show – we could not make Gaslit Nation without you!</span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>S</span></span><span><span>h</span></span><span><span>o</span></span><span><span>w</span></span> <span><span>N</span></span><span><span>o</span></span><span><span>t</span></span><span><span>e</span></span><span><span>s</span></span><span><span>:</span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>Ilya Ponomarev clip: https://twitter.com/GwarWorin/status/1660748853111410688</span></span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><span>Freedom of Russia Legion Twitter https://twitter.com/legion_svoboda</span></span></div> </div>