Michael Anton: 📚Machiavelli, a transforming People Operating System and a tyranny turned inwards
Michael Anton is Lecturer in Politics and Research Fellow at Hillsdale College and the author of The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return and writes for Claremont Review of Books
Clips from our chat:
His strong recommendation and favorite reads are: Xenophon Montesquieu, Machiavelli And, to understand Machiavelli, read the ancient historians: Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius, Plutarch, Polybius, Cassius Dio, Josephus
Are we ruled by Roman tyrants with AI and drones. And would you rather be ruled by smart ones, or dumb?
Tyranny vs A well armed citizenry. The empire strikes back. “If you come for the king you best not miss”
Is Michael Anton right? Do we need more pro-America propaganda or do we already have too much?
A People Operating System ruled by science
And, I grill him on Tom Cruise
All of my chats were initially broadcast on Twitter’s Periscope and this is a great way to (re)watch all the questions and comments in (past)real time, there are hundreds and it’s a show in itself
