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Podcast: The Lean to the Left Podcast
Episode: Tom Davis: Could Fanaticism Propel Authoritarianism in the US?
Description: Could political fanaticism propel the U.S. into an authoritarian form of government as has occurred in other countries, including Nazi Germany?That's a possibility that should concern all Americans, regardless of political party, says novelist Tom Davis, a retired Operation Desert Storm commander who served as a key advisor to a Secretary of the Army and several Army Chiefs of Staff."The common theme of extreme ends of the political spectrum is violence and authoritarianism," says Davis, author of "Empty Quiver," on The Lean to the Left Podcast. "I think at this point we all...