305: Behold A Dictator (2 of 2) - Good Taste and Good Breeding, With Thaddeus Russell

Part 8 in the survey series, A Renegade History Course. This is a live discussion with historian Thaddeus Russell, the author of A Renegade History of the United States.

Co-hosts: Antigone Darling of Sex, Lies & Anarchy and Carlos Morales of Truth Over Comfort

Discussed Today:
-Self-Purification of Judaism
-CENSORSHIP/SELF-CENSORSHIP of the Press
-Hollywood transformation
1920s: celebration the rebellious spirit of the time, promoted sexual liberation
1930s: "good taste," regimentation, and pro-state
-Hayes office - code of self-censorship
-"The Road Is Open Again" Warner Brothers propaganda
-FOX and the Will Rodgers formula
-Frank Capra and COLUMBIA pictures
-Folk ethos: developed in Germany in the 19th century
speak through a single leader who understands the will of the people
or what Hegel might have referred to as the "spirit"
-Regimentation of daily life
nutrition army
-Eugenics: what Germans learned from America

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Bumper Music:
"Say Yes (Instrumental)" Wax Tailer
"Battle of Kursk" Greatest Story Never Told Soundtrack

Look Closer:
Thaddeus Russell's Site - www.thaddeusrussell.com

Sex, Lies & Anarchy - http://sexliesanarchy.com/

Truth Over Comfort Podcast - http://www.truthovercomfort.net/

Mises: The Hoover New Deal of 1932 - http://mises.org/rothbard/agd/chapter11.asp

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