Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff Is It Fascism or Just a Lack of Impulse Control? With Jonathan Larsen
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Feb 4, 2026 Jonathan Larsen, editor of The Fucking News, offers sharp media and political commentary. He reframes alarmed talk of fascism as often impulse-driven chaos. Short, tactical responses beat grand diagnoses. The conversation covers voter suppression backlashes, dangers of dehumanization, media consolidation, and local, issue-focused resistance.
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Voter Suppression Is Politically Newtonian
- Voter suppression can backfire by creating visible injustice and political mobilization.
- Large-scale purges risk energizing the disenfranchised to demand reform or regain their vote.
Turn Abstract Claims Into Concrete Cases
- Tailor messaging to concrete harms (e.g., killings, deportations) rather than abstract systems.
- Use specific cases to recruit allies and build practical solutions without invoking defeatist labels.
Impulse Over Strategy Matters
- Trump's behavior often reads as lack of impulse control rather than coherent fascist engineering.
- That distinction matters because it defines which levers of power still constrain him.