Understanding the systemic causes of political violence
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June 1, 2026 · 57 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the systemic causes of political violence and the role of propaganda in amplifying grievances.
Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – Propaganda multiplies the effect. Foreign broadcasters, hostile regimes, and ideologues amplify grievances and blur truth. Purity politics and virtue signaling make belief a credential. Once people feel moral bankruptcy awaits them unless they accept contested claims, they become immune to evidence. That is the moment when rhetoric can tip into violence...
People in this episode
Guest: Wallace Garneau
Topics covered
- political violence
- propaganda
- moral bankruptcy
- rhetoric
- evidence
- purity politics
Keywords
- political violence
- propaganda
- moral bankruptcy
- rhetoric
- evidence
- purity politics
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