Blue States Need to Learn About Soft Power

About this episode

Thom Hartmann discusses how blue states can learn from the European Union to resist authoritarianism with guest Christopher Armitage.

How is the European Union a model for blue states to exert their power to resist the authoritarian takeover? The Existentialist Republic's Christopher Armitage joins Thom for a deep dive. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Thom Hartmann

Guest: Christopher Armitage

Topics covered

• soft power
• blue states
• authoritarianism
• European Union
• political resistance

Keywords

• soft power
• blue states
• European Union
• authoritarian takeover
• political strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: European Union, Existentialist Republic

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