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[BEST OF] American Exceptionalism and Innocence: Liberal Ideology and American Creation Myths

Jun 1, 2023

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Introduction

5min

American Innocence and American Exceptionalism

5min

The Liberal Language of Identity Reductionism

3min

The Left's Critique of Inverted American Exceptionalism

3min

The Ideological Trap of American Exceptionalism

2min

The Cognitive Dissidence of the American Liberal Mind

3min

The Importance of American Innocence

4min

The Insidious Narrative of Appreciation for Kaepernick

5min

The American Innocence

3min

10.

The Origins Myths of the United States

3min

11.

The Origins of the United States

2min

12.

The Resistance to Empire and the Class Struggle

4min

13.

The Importance of Understanding Idealism

6min

14.

The Myth of the United States' Entry Into the War

4min

15.

The Myth of World War Two

2min

16.

The Cold War and the Repression of the United States

5min

17.

The Cold War and the American Innocence

5min

18.

The Importance of an Anti-War Movement in the United States

3min

19.

The Role of the State in the Rise of Neoliberalism

4min

20.

The Death of Neoliberalism

2min

21.

The Role of Academic Economists in Maintaining American Hegemony

2min

22.

The Role of Mythologies in the Psychology of American Identity

3min

23.

The Fear of American Exceptionalism in the United States

4min

24.

The Importance of Ideology in a Crisis

2min

25.

The Importance of Mythology in Societies and Cultures

5min

26.

The Importance of Mythology in the United States

3min

27.

The Purity Politics

2min

28.

The Importance of National Liberation in the Process of a Successful Revolution

5min

29.

The Rise of the Anti-Trump Narrative

6min

30.

The Class Struggle in the United States

2min

31.

The Importance of Having an Enemy in a Deepening Crisis

4min

32.

Spirit of Hoe: A Guide to Liberation in China

3min

33.

The Importance of Being Crazy

4min

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Dec 9, 2019

Danny Haiphong, co-author of American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News--From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror,joins Breht for a long, in-depth conversation about the stories that America tells itself about itself, and why those stories are false.

We cover so many topics and ideas that its impossible to summarize them all here, so check it out yourself!

Check out Danny's work at the Black Agenda Report here: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/Danny%20Haiphong

Follow Danny on Twitter @SpiritOfHo

Outro music: 'Craazy' by Rebel Diaz (feat. C-Rayz Walz)

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