Ep. 255: Philip Zimbardo Explains the Psychology of Evil Inside of Trump's Concentration Camps

The Chauncey DeVega Show

Philip Zimbardo is one of the world's leading authorities on the psychology of cruelty, groupthink, and evil. Most famous for the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, Dr. Zimbardo has written dozens of books and articles including the powerful and disturbing book The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil.

Dr. Zimbardo explains how America under Donald Trump is fully devolving into a state of violence, authoritarianism, and cruelty and the many ways that the Trump regime encourages thuggery against nonwhite immigrants, migrants, and refugees by law enforcement and others. Dr. Zimbardo also highlights the connections between his infamous Stanford Prison Experiment and the evil taking place inside of Donald Trump’s concentration camps.

Chauncey tells some harsh truth about how the American corporate news media, many members of the Democratic Party, and too many average Americans were in denial for too long about the fascist white supremacist threat embodied by the Trump regime – and which is now fully obvious and naked in the president’s and his handlers’ recent declaration that he is a king who is above the law and cannot be impeached for any reason.

Chauncey also shares his thoughts about politics of the great new film Joker and its damning indictment of neoliberalism, the culture of cruelty, and gangster capitalism.

SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW

• Read the full letter: White House says it won't cooperate in Trump impeachment inquiry
• Trumpism Is the New McCarthyism
• Roy Cohn Was an Infamous Political Fixer Who Made President Trump 'From Beyond the Grave'
• Trump Wants Alligator Moats at the Border Because He’s a Medieval Tyrant
• The Snake-And-Alligator Border Moat: A Budget Analysis
• "Joker": A harsh indictment of neoliberalism and gangster capitalism

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