The No Kings rallies fanned out across the United States in protest of Donald Trump’s increasingly dangerous, erratic and autocratic regime. Cuba remains in darkness, the war in Iran has already turned into a quagmire, the economy is cratering and Americans are feeling powerless in the face of Trump’s rule. In this episode Max ruminates on the liberation of “America” from a different era as told by the life and times of Simon Bolívar, one of the great military commanders and political leaders of the post-Enlightenment era. His was truly a revolution of “no kings.” In Bolívar’s approach we can learn about combating despotism.

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The No Kings rallies fanned out across the United States in protest of Donald Trump&rsquo;s increasingly dangerous, erratic and autocratic regime. Cuba remains in darkness, the war in Iran has already turned into a quagmire, the economy is cratering and Americans are feeling powerless in the face of Trump&rsquo;s rule. In this episode Max ruminates on the liberation of &ldquo;America&rdquo; from a different era as told by the life and times of Simon Bol&iacute;var, one of the great military commanders and political leaders of the post-Enlightenment era. His was truly a revolution of &ldquo;no kings.&rdquo; In Bol&iacute;var&rsquo;s approach we can learn about combating despotism.
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Video: <a href="https://youtu.be/D8tecA6bFbY">Trump will leave | It's Trumpism we're now fighting</a>
Essay: <a href="https://www.unftr.com/blog/no-king">No King</a>.
Book Love
Marie Arana: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781439110201">Bol&iacute;var: American Liberator</a>
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