Syria, Authoritarianism, and U.S. Politics

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This week on Angry Planet writer David Faris joins us to talk about his time in Syria and life in America.

• David’s travels from Lebanon to Syria
• When people hoped Bashar al-Assad would change Syria
• What a real totalitarian state feels like
• The nightmare that follows the collapse of a dictatorship
• Once again, the ugly legacy of colonialism rears its head
• The post-Assad players
• After 15 years, everyone is tired of war
• Turning to domestic politics
• Don’t panic
• “Trump will govern very corruptly.”
• Talking politics with children
• The Trump Cinematic Universe
• “We need billionaires to fight billionaires.”
• The collapse of the liberal intelligentsia

The McDonald’s bombing in Beirut

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