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Part 4 of Dissecting MAGA is live.

This episode breaks down how power gets moralized, becoming “law and order,” “strength,” or “protection.”

Understanding this helps explain why calling out cruelty directly often backfires.

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Tomorrow’s episode looks at something uncomfortable:

How harsh behavior gets reframed as virtue.

Most people don’t think of themselves as supporting cruelty, so the brain finds a workaround.

Part 4 drops tomorrow.

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Part 3 of Dissecting MAGA is live.

This short explains how perceived threat changes judgment, and why strength can start to feel more important than rules or constraints.

If you’ve ever wondered why authoritarian language lands differently under fear, this one matters.

1 day ago | [YT] | 0

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Tomorrow we talk about fear.

Not panic, but the kind that quietly shifts priorities.

When the world feels unstable, people stop asking, “Is this good?”
And start asking something else.

Part 3 drops tomorrow.

2 days ago | [YT] | 0

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Part 2 of Dissecting MAGA is live.

This episode breaks down how norms erode one step at a time, and why escalation rarely feels shocking in the moment.

This isn’t about blaming.
It’s about seeing how tolerance gets trained quietly.

2 days ago | [YT] | 0

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Tomorrow’s short looks at something subtle, and dangerous.

Not outrage.
Not shock.
But how things slowly start to feel… normal.

If you’ve ever wondered how lines get crossed without anyone stopping them, this one connects the dots.

Part 2 drops tomorrow.

3 days ago | [YT] | 0

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Part 1 of Dissecting MAGA is live.

This episode explains why criticism feels personal, and what’s actually happening in the brain when disagreement turns into defensiveness.

Watch it less like commentary, more like a diagnostic tool.
Understanding the reaction changes how you respond.

4 days ago | [YT] | 1

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Tomorrow’s short kicks off a new series: Dissecting MAGA.

We’re starting with a simple question:
Why does criticism feel like a personal attack for some people?

This isn’t about arguing or shaming.
It’s about understanding the psychology so conversations don’t keep going off the rails.

If you’ve ever thought, “Why did that escalate so fast?”, this one’s for you.

5 days ago | [YT] | 1

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Part 5 just dropped.
This is the pattern underneath all of it.
This short connects distraction, external blame, and rising authority, and explains why they show up together when a political narrative stops working.

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Heads up: full episodes are moving to our dedicated channel so everything’s easier to find (and so the algorithm doesn’t get weird about formats).
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