Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison – Is the World Headed Toward "Mutual Ruin"?

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comThis episode was originally recorded for Danny and Derek's podcast American Prestige and cross posted here. Subscribe to American Prestige at https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/joinOrder Glenn's new book, Self-Censorship, here or where you get your books:Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/683p6kk3 Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/4yvz4fta Bookshop: https://tinyurl.com/44rznxwwVideo Links0:00 The origins of Self-Censorship4:11 Black and conservative in Reagan’s America8:30 The social science hall of fame12:45 Jews, assimilation, and the quantitative revolution17:56 Human universalism vs. ethno-national particularity21:42 Historicizing “the Jew”23:47 Danny: Larry Summers can’t see outside his own neoliberal paradigm27:50 Are we entering a period of, as Marx wrote, “mutual ruin”?30:46 Is capitalism leading us toward nuclear war?37:18 What the Manhattan Institute incident taught Glenn about his own book42:02 Glenn: “I’m rethinking everything”46:40 Is the right reverting to a pre-New Deal political paradigm?51:37 Is Israel a reversion to an Early Modern model of nation-building?58:07 American Jews’s role in Israel’s creation and perpetuation1:03:04 Why Glenn previously censored himself on Gaza1:09:30 Glenn: So far, I’m disappointed in TrumpRecorded August 6, 2025Links and ReadingsDanny and Derek’s podcast, American PrestigeGlenn’s new book, Self-CensorshipJohn Murray Cuddihy’s book, The Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Lévi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle with ModernityCorey Robin’s book, The Enigma of Clarence ThomasGlenn’s City Journal essay, “Clarence Thomas and Me”Seth Schwartz’s book, The Ancient Jews from Alexander to MuhamadOmar El Akkad’s book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against ThisGlenn’s post, “I Was Fired by the Manhattan Institute. Here’s Why.”Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, The MessageSam Gindin and Leo Panitch’s book, The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American EmpireAvi Shlaim’s book, Genocide in Gaza: Israel, Hamas, and the Long War on PalestinePeter Beinart’s book, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A ReckoningGlenn’s conversation with Beinart This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe