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Are we living in the End Times? With Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor – Stateside with Kai and Carter
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Writers Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor discuss their new book exploring 'End Times Fascism,' a concept responding to the climate crisis, the rise of the far-right, and advancing artificial intelligence. They analyze how societal normalization of damage caused by the wealthy creates a sense of impending apocalypse. The discussion also examines potential pathways to counter these trends through local engagement.
WHY IT MATTERS
It offers cultural and political critique on how intersecting crises like climate change and artificial intelligence contribute to widespread public anxiety about the future.
In a new book, writers Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor have created a term to define the era we are living in: End Times Fascism. A response to the climate crisis, the rise of the far-right and advancing AI technology, they spell out how the damage being wrought by the super-rich is becoming normalized. Klein and Taylor join Carter Sherman to talk about the recent events that have made us all feel like we’re hurtling towards the apocalypse, and how we can fight back through ‘hereness’.End Times Fas...
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