For The Defense With Brad Koffel
Aug 20, 2026 · 40 min · 12 segments
Will America vote her way out of this to the Far Left, The Far right or something else?
We had the red scare in the 1920s with the red with the scare of the McCarthy era.
Probably a little touch of it in the counterrevolution in the late 60s, early 70s.
Gordon Gekko, the Trump era, Trump businessman era, the 80s and 90s, Silicon Valley, big banking, the 2000s, private equity.
There is a cohort, there's a big chunk of our population that are economically ill.
The high school, the straight high school grads, The they're OK. They're moving into the skilled trades are moving in the military.
And they're ill, depending on their degree.
You get it.
You get a degree, advanced degree in electrical engineering.
You're not doing poorly.
We had the red scare in the 1920s with the red with the scare of the McCarthy era.
Probably a little touch of it in the counterrevolution in the late 60s, early 70s.
Gordon Gekko, the Trump era, Trump businessman era, the 80s and 90s, Silicon Valley, big banking, the 2000s, private equity.
There is a cohort, there's a big chunk of our population that are economically ill.
The high school, the straight high school grads, The they're OK. They're moving into the skilled trades are moving in the military.
And they're ill, depending on their degree.
You get it.
You get a degree, advanced degree in electrical engineering.
You're not doing poorly.
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