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3 days ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton |Danielle Moodie
Man alive, I love doing these livestreams with . In this episode of The Check-In, Danielle and I talk about listening to the Self and recognizing what things bring us joy and what things deserve our time, our attention, and our labor. The vast majority of Americans spend their time running from themselves and avoiding any kind of discomfort, thereby putting off the necessary self-reflection that can defeat authoritarianism and lead to a better world.
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6 days ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -6:54Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Authoritarian takeovers are strange. There are moments of absolute chaos and violence, then periods where it’s oddly quiet. Right now, we’ve entered into a bizarre chapter where people are tired, exhausted, and behaving in ways we might not have expected. This is an ongoing fight and we need to take stock of how it shifts and changes.
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1 week ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton
This article is free for educational and organizing purpose. Dispatches From A Collapsing State does, however, depend on your support. Become a paid subscriber today if my work has resonated with you. Unfortunately corporate media does not support actual critiques of capitalism or power. Dispatches From A Collapsing State depends on your support, so become a paid subscriber todayI don’t know. Sometimes, in the midst of all this chaos and tragedy, something starts to really bother you.
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1 week ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton |Danielle Moodie
Another week, another conversation with my friend . Just to start: I’m sick. Like, beat-up sick. We talked about that. About how even though an authoritarian takeover is happening, we are still living and going through all of our stuff. That takes a toll and adds to the overwhelming nature of things because living, even under the best circumstances, is hard work, and these are most certainly not the best circumstances.
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2 weeks ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton
A podcast diving deep into the historical context of our authoritarian crisis and focused on what each of us can do as the threat grows. A podcast diving deep into the historical context of our authoritarian crisis and focused on what each of us can do as the threat grows.
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2 weeks ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton |Danielle Moodie
I’m on the road but that didn’t stop me from getting on with my friend for our weekly Check-In. Today we talked the difference between living and the unnatural and unhealthy state that capitalism requires, which brought us to the problems with MAGA and even some people (and parties) that loudly proclaim themselves an anti-MAGA. Oh, and how men and their bullshit always form the base of authoritarianism.
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2 weeks ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton
This article is free for educational and organizational purposes. Dispatches From A Collapsing State depends on your support though, so become a paid subscriber today. Unfortunately corporate media does not support actual critiques of capitalism or power. Dispatches From A Collapsing State depends on your support, so become a paid subscriberThere is an anticipatory nature to fascism. In many ways, it is a reaction to deteriorating conditions.
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3 weeks ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -5:37Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In this episode of Audio From A Collapsing State, I discuss the massive tornado that ripped through my hometown on Friday and the disturbing storm that slashed through the Midwest. In talking about it online, I was peppered with people who dismissed the concern, saying people in so-called “Red States” deserved whatever they had coming to them.
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3 weeks ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton
This article is free for educational and organizing purposes. Gain access to subscriber-only features like Audio From A Collapsing State and mailbag Q&A’s with a paid subscription. Plus, it helps keep this project growing. Unfortunately corporate media does not support actual critiques of capitalism or power. Dispatches From A Collapsing State depends on your support, so become a paid subscriber todayCrises reveal character. So much of our politics is grounded in spectacle.
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3 weeks ago | 
jaredyatessexton.substack.com | Jared Sexton |Danielle Moodie
In this episode of The Check-In, and I discuss the kind of self-work and self-introspection that this moment requires of us. There’s a need to find the things that nurture and replenish us as we withstand the onslaught of authoritarianism, but we also have to learn to sit in discomfort so that we can decide what we want our lives and the world to be.