Stephen Marche describes the forces driving the USA toward Civil War. 00:00 In This Episode 01:04 Introducing Stephen Marche 01:16 American Openness: A Double-Edged Sword 04:45 Worshipping the Constitution 10:05 How to Understand Civil War 16:56 Preppers and Anti-Gov.’t Patriots 21:29 The Fantasy of Civil War 24:13 Inspiration for THE NEXT CIVIL WAR 28:46 Hope for THE NEXT CIVIL WAR 32:02 Blindness to Gov.’t Overreach 36:53 Entertainment Conquered America 41:23 Is Social Media to Blame? 47:16 The Ultimate Question About Social Media 51:55 China’s “Beneficial” Social Media 53:22 Deep Fakes, Truth and Facts 55:31 Why Podcasts Are Trusted 56:05 We Live and Die by Symbols 1:00:19 America’s Most Powerful Symbols 1:03:36 How Symbols Influence Civil War 1:08:43 What Is America’s Myth? 1:12:06 Exceptionalism Is Poison 1:15:42 The Symbol of American Exceptionalism 1:16:15 The Military: America’s Last Institution 1:18:58 The Military Is Being Politicized 1:24:50 The Dollar Symbolized Our Exceptionalism 1:26:33 How Civil War Ends 1:32:00 The Threat to Canada 1:35:50 Find Stephen Marche Online 1:36:28 The Answer Is Bipartisan RESOURCES DISCUSSED The Next Civil War by Stephen Marche: https://amzn.to/3ZD9g1g Stephen Marche on X: https://x.com/StephenMarche Annie Jacobsen interview: 
