Episode 2
How Conservatives Argue
How do right-wing arguments work? Why do they often succeed? And how should leftists counter them?
Know Your Enemy · Matthew Sitman , Sam Adler-Bell
May 16, 20191h 17mExplicit
Show Notes
In episode two of KNOW YOUR ENEMY, Matt and Sam discuss economist Albert O. Hirschman's 1991 book The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy. Along the way, they identify the persistent patterns in conservative rhetoric from Edmund Burke to Friedrich Hayek to Paul Ryan.
They finish off by examining some of the rhetorical tics of the progressive left, and Sam reminisces about the good old days when DSA was comprised exclusive of young nerds and old Jews.
Topics
revolutionhirschmansocialismhayekrhetoricdsaburkereformconservative