You can watch the full interview with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor here. Aditya’s suggested reading: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism is out now and available here. It began life as a special essay in the Guardian, which you can read here.
A different take on whether Trump 2.0 is fascist comes from the economist Branko Milanović on his brilliant Substack. Elon Musk gives Donald Trump millions, and Trump gives Musk vast access to power. To read more, look at Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Long Read for the Guardian and their recent book Muskism: a Guide for the Perplexed.
For some sensational reporting on Trump’s second term, look at Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. How did the business class learn to love Trump and embrace chaos? Paul Heideman gives a lucid analysis in his recent book Rogue Elephant.
If you want more on the new tech bros of Silicon Valley, here are four recommendations: - In their book, Klein and Taylor regularly cite Karen Hao’s Empire of AI. - There’s also The Nerd Reich, just out from Gil Durán. - If you enjoyed Yanis Varoufakis in our last episode of Radical Thinking, check out his book Technofeudalism. - As for how AI is imposing a new age of total corporate control, The Rulers by Cecilia Rikap is a must.
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