About this episode

The episode explores the nature of government and its comparison to organized crime with guest News Fist.

Every government has to use force, but is that what defines the state? Is the government a servant of the people or just an organized crime family with better public relations? News Fist joins me as we read Charles Tilly's "War Making and State Making as Organized Crime" to better grasp the origins of government and the realities of power. Find more New Fist here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZST1WEN9gMY_x3zDWKOnIA Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148af Substack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre Gab: https://gab.com/AuronMacIntyre YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-390155 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@AuronMacIntyre:f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auronmacintyre/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Auron MacIntyre

Guest: News Fist

Topics covered

• government
• organized crime
• power dynamics
• state theory
• public relations

Keywords

• government
• organized crime
• state
• power
• Charles Tilly

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blaze Podcast Network

Books & works: War Making and State Making as Organized Crime

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