Episode 509 - Political Violence

Cliff Nance, Paul Cook, and Royce Wilson get into one of the heavier topics on the Misfit Social Podcast — political violence. From Flanders Field to Franz Ferdinand, the shot heard 'round the world to 9/11, the guys take a walk through history to show that political violence isn't new — it's practically been a constant. The real question is: what do we do about it now? The conversation covers everything from MLK's nonviolent resistance and Gandhi's soul force, to the forever wars, Hitler's rise out of post-WWI Germany, and what's happening in our own backyard today. They also dig into how social media algorithms, foreign propaganda, and a 24-hour news cycle are fueling the fire — and what each of us can actually do to restore dignified discourse, one conversation at a time.