Understanding the systemic causes of political violence

About this episode

The episode discusses the systemic causes of political violence, focusing on the role of propaganda and moral dilemmas in shaping beliefs.

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
• evidence
• rhetoric
• purity politics

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