#143 - Auron MacIntyre - The West Has Already Become A Total State And Most People Inside It Have No Idea

Auron MacIntyre is the host of The Auron MacIntyre Show on Blaze TV and the author of The Total State. Auron previously taught high school before leaving education to build his media platform, writes the Substack The Total State, and appears across conservative and heterodox media. In this conversation, we think out loud about: - Why every Western state is becoming total and why the HR department is the new political commissar - How bureaucracies automatically recognise one another as authoritative and create a self-reinforcing system - Why it’s not a state-run media but a media-run state and that distinction changes everything - Why Britain is further along the path to total control than any country in the West - The First Amendment and American federalism as defence mechanisms  and whether they will hold - Why Texas told the federal government no and the federal government backed down - Why the system doesn’t need boxcars it just closes your bank account - Why constitutions don’t make people, people make constitutions  and what happens when you change the people - John Adams at Edgehill: the English foundations of American liberty - R.R. Reno’s strong gods: will they return, and whose gods will they be? - Why the right cannot govern when it wins and what formation institutions must be built Find Auron MacIntyre: - X - YouTube - Instagram - The Total State: https://link.amazon/B0fCMJp6R Sponsored by Aquinas Tuition - bespoke academic tutoring for children who deserve to be stretched, not managed: https://aquinastuition.co.uk/ Related:  - Nathan Pinkoski - France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The Peace - R.R. Reno - What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods Return - Carl Trueman - The West Killed God. Then It Killed Man Watch The Call of England: https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ ▶ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass  ✍ Substack: https://thinkingclass.substack.com  🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH  🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615  🐦 X: https://x.com/thinkingclasses  New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.