6min chapter

Free Thoughts cover image

American Terror After 9/11 (with Spencer Ackerman)

Free Thoughts

CHAPTER

The War on Terror Is All Through Bertherism

The war on terror has spent nearly the past decade telling you that this sort of person is not your political opponent, but a secret muslem. Trump takes this nativist subtexts and a path dependencies of the war on terror, and makes it really explicit. And he does it in a way that no longer pays whip service to this kind of idea that the wars are valuable or are anything other than disaster.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode