The Glenn Beck Program

Ep 277 | Is Leftist Rage About to Become as BLOODY as the French Revolution?! | The Glenn Beck Podcast      

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Feb 7, 2026
Jonathan Turley, legal scholar and author of Rage in the Republic, offers constitutional and historical perspective. He traces parallels between the French and American revolutions. He warns about mob-driven politics, attacks on constitutional checks, the rise of 'new Jacobins', and the democratic risks of AI and mass automation.
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INSIGHT

Elites Echo Old Jacobin Tendencies

  • A growing movement among elites echoes French Jacobins who sought to remove constitutional checks.
  • Calls to trash the Constitution or pack courts mirror historical drivers of violent revolution.
INSIGHT

Campus Rage Mirrors Revolutionary Symbols

  • Modern campus rage and guillotine imagery show how historical patterns repeat.
  • Benjamin Franklin's warning stands: every generation can lose the republic if it abandons its founding ideas.
ADVICE

Design A Liberty-Enhancing Economy

  • Prepare the economy for AI and robotics by promoting a liberty-enhancing capitalist model.
  • Avoid subsidizing dying sectors and instead cultivate industries where humans remain productive.
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