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

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Jun 1, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
2
American Innocence and American Exceptionalism
05:09 • 5min
3
The Liberal Language of Identity Reductionism
10:05 • 3min
4
The Left's Critique of Inverted American Exceptionalism
13:21 • 3min
5
The Ideological Trap of American Exceptionalism
16:23 • 2min
6
The Cognitive Dissidence of the American Liberal Mind
18:17 • 3min
7
The Importance of American Innocence
21:14 • 4min
8
The Insidious Narrative of Appreciation for Kaepernick
24:55 • 5min
9
The American Innocence
29:51 • 3min
10
The Origins Myths of the United States
33:17 • 3min
11
The Origins of the United States
36:32 • 2min
12
The Resistance to Empire and the Class Struggle
38:25 • 4min
13
The Importance of Understanding Idealism
42:47 • 6min
14
The Myth of the United States' Entry Into the War
48:47 • 4min
15
The Myth of World War Two
52:35 • 2min
16
The Cold War and the Repression of the United States
54:28 • 5min
17
The Cold War and the American Innocence
59:17 • 5min
18
The Importance of an Anti-War Movement in the United States
01:04:13 • 3min
19
The Role of the State in the Rise of Neoliberalism
01:07:15 • 4min
20
The Death of Neoliberalism
01:11:04 • 2min
21
The Role of Academic Economists in Maintaining American Hegemony
01:13:24 • 2min
22
The Role of Mythologies in the Psychology of American Identity
01:15:28 • 3min
23
The Fear of American Exceptionalism in the United States
01:18:21 • 4min
24
The Importance of Ideology in a Crisis
01:22:29 • 2min
25
The Importance of Mythology in Societies and Cultures
01:24:08 • 5min
26
The Importance of Mythology in the United States
01:29:18 • 3min
27
The Purity Politics
01:32:15 • 2min
28
The Importance of National Liberation in the Process of a Successful Revolution
01:34:11 • 5min
29
The Rise of the Anti-Trump Narrative
01:39:12 • 6min
30
The Class Struggle in the United States
01:44:56 • 2min
31
The Importance of Having an Enemy in a Deepening Crisis
01:46:44 • 4min
32
Spirit of Hoe: A Guide to Liberation in China
01:50:18 • 3min
33
The Importance of Being Crazy
01:53:13 • 4min