E28: E28: Kabul is evacuated and the Afghanistan War is over - but militarism is here to stay

It's uncertain what the future holds for Afghanistan. But what is certain is that the US will continue to embrace militarism in the years to come. On a new "Right Now with Stephen Kent," Stephen sits down with Abby Hall Blanco, co-author of "Manufacturing Militarism," Fiona Harrigan of Reason magazine, and Brad Polumbo of the Foundation for Economic Education, for a discussion about the concept of paid patriotism; the tools governments use in crafting effective wartime propaganda; and if the withdrawal from Afghanistan could have been conducted more effectively.Subscribe to Rightly and catch more details about the episode below. Make sure to sign up for Unfettered, our new newsletter, available now. Newsletter signup:https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rightlyaj/issues/right-now-unfettered-8-27-21-740292 ---- Content of This Episode ---- 00:00 Episode start 00:05 The end of the “endless” war 02:40 Some credit where credit is due to Pres. Biden 04:41 Response to Afghanistan withdrawal – it’s complicated 08:57 Abigail Hall Blanco America’s pro-war posture 14:25 Paid patriotism 18:09 Countering the messaging 23:30 Sports metaphors 27:30 Unchecked and not balanced 29:50 Messaging around the TSA 35:25 Brad Polumbo, TikTok, and Karl Marx ---- Reading list ----- Manufacturing Militarism: U.S. Government Propaganda in the War on Terror (By Christopher J. Coyne & Abigail R. Hall) https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33558 The Afghanistan Papers (By Craig Witlock, The Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/ ---- Plugs for our guests ---- Follow Abby Hall Blanco, Fiona Harrigan, and Brad Polumbo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Abigail_R_Hall https://twitter.com/Fiona_Harrigan https://twitter.com/brad_polumbo