The crew returns to Attack & Dethrone to discuss the Capitol siege on January 6th in Washington DC, including the outright absurdity of the event, and the implications of what may come next as the United States continues its steady and predictable descent into reactionary, conspiracy-laden political suicide.
For the first hour, friend of the podcast and theme song producer Jordan Thornquest regales us with a personal saga and provides answers to these very important questions: 1) what does it really feel like to be a**blasted by a Dodge Avenger?; and 2) what are the real costs of being life-flighted to a Boise hospital on a private plane, wait 14 hours for treatment in the ER as the coronavirus pandemic rages and overwhelms the state's hospitals, all while your grandmother attends a local city council meeting to denounce a proposed mask mandate, stating that the surging numbers of COVID-19 patients in Idaho's hospitals is a fat lie based on "fear"? Jordan answers these questions and more!
The latter half of the episode focuses around Jeff, Forrest, Mike, and Patrick providing their predictions of what the new year will bring as we approach the end of the Trump presidency and prepare for the upcoming Biden administration. This includes a reading of Kenn Orphan’s article Warnings from Weimar, which goes a little something like this:
"There are many similarities of current day American politics to the final years of the Weimar Republic of the early 20th century: a bureaucratic plutocracy governed by out of touch liberal capitalists, incapable of understanding, let alone meeting, the needs of ordinary working people, in a nation where factions of the left foolishly downplayed the looming threat of the far right. This terrible recipe created the conditions that led many Germans to feel increasingly alienated from public life, and thus easily manipulated by nationalism, racism and the scapegoating of all of their problems.
"In the coming months and years, we will likely see more platitudes about unity, all while civil liberties are ruthlessly crushed by an already bloated surveillance state in the name of stopping “domestic terrorism.” It is not likely, however, that we will see any meaningful economic reforms, or the radical change that is needed to stem the rising tide of fascist sentiment, from the incoming administration either. No living wage. No universal healthcare, even in the midst of a pandemic. We will also likely see erstwhile or confused leftists attempting to align with elements of the far right. A venture which will only lead to tragedy. And without a mass movement to disrupt this trend, a reincarnated Weimar Republic may serve as a handmaiden for a more terrifying fascism to come."
Timeline + Notes:
00:00 - 53:06 | The horrors of getting a**blasted by a Dodge Avenger (w/ Jordan Thornquest)
53:06 - 53:32 | Deny Everything by Circle Jerks
53:32 - 01:40:38 | Clusterf**k at the Capitol
01:40:38 - 02:11:05 | A reading of Warnings from Weimar by Kenn Orphan and our final thoughts
02:11:05 - 02:13:07 | QAnon Shaman's Unholy Prayer in the Capitol & Alex Jones' war on witches, warlocks, and pumpkin popsums
Episode title card designed by Jeff C.