Air Date 12/22/2025
It's said that mockery is one of the most effective weapons against dictators. I guess it depends on your goal, but still, there's truth there. And the good thing in that regard is that they are so very mockable. No really nice, likable, non-clownish people make themselves dictators and so the people who do are, without exception, absolutely ridiculous lunatics who deserve all the mockery and disdain in the world.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: Why Is Trump so Obsessed with the Kennedy Center? - Post Reports - Air Date 8-14-25
KP 4: A Guide to Propaganda - Shawn Grenier | The Canvas - Air Date 1-29-23
KP 5: How Dictators Really Control the World I Anne Applebaum Part 1 - Brad Carr - Air Date 9-18-25
KP 6: On The Epstein Loop and Parallel Improvisation - Robert Arnold - Air Date 12-20-25
(00:47:46) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On Trump's narcissism
DEEPER DIVES
(00:55:26) SECTION A: MADE UP AWARDS
(01:18:24) SECTION B: MONUMENTS TO SELF
(01:40:40) SECTION C: PROPAGANDA WORKS
(02:08:56) SECTION D: DICTATORS ARE ALL THE SAME MAN
(03:04:50) SECTION E: DICTATORSHIPS ALWAYS END
HOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Cartoon image of Trump in the famous portrait of King Louis XIV, with a giant long curly wig, tights and robes.
Credit: "donald-trump-louis-xiv-létat" by heblo, Pixabay | Pixabay License
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