Episode 406 - David Shields

In 2018, essayist David Shields wrote Nobody Hates Trump More Than Trump: An Intervention (Thought Catalog). For Election Day 2020, we decided to revisit that book, how he would write it differently now, and why Trump is the Bizarro World's Personal Essayist #1. I prompt David with the adventitious sight of a car that bore the message, "Compassion Is Another Word For Control," and we go off to the conversational races, talking politics, the superior messaging tactics of the right-wing, concerns about far-left cultural policies, faith in radical skeptical intelligence, the absence of reality hunger vis-a-vis the history of America, why rage isn't a primary emotion but rather a cover for fear and pain, the lessons of Howard Stern, and why "An Intervention" is not for Trump but for the American people. Follow David on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal