Michael Anton on “The Stakes,” The Failures of California’s Progressivism, and Possibilities for the Future of America

In this episode:

• Michael Anton joins the podcast to discuss his book, The Stakes, about the state of the country in 2020 and what could be lost and gained
• How the progressive ideology that rules California’s politics has turned the state into a nightmare, from education and cost-of-living to immigration and crime
• Where we could be headed in America’s short-term political future with the coming 2024 election, or even the long-term prospects near the end of the Republic

Texts Mentioned:

• The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return by Michael Anton
• “The Flight 93 Election” by Michael Anton
• Rigged by Mollie Hemingway
• The Dying Citizen by Victor Davis Hansen
• https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/
• Regime Change by Patrick Deneen
• “Modernity and Its Discontents” by Michael Anton
• The Narrow Passage by Glenn Ellmers
• Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth by Harvey C. Mansfield
• Florentine Histories by Niccolo Machiavelli

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