Aaron Bastani sat down with Novara Media’s own Ash Sarkar, to celebrate the paperback release of her bestselling book, Minority Rule. ‘Minority rule’ is the term Ash used to describe the irrational fear that minorities are trying to overturn and oppress majority populations. She revealed how minority elites rule majorities by creating the culture wars that have taken over our politics, stoking fear and panic in our media landscape. Together before a live audience at EartH Hackney, Ash and Aaron dug into the question of what has changed since the book was published. What can be learned from Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York? Does the left hate Britain? What do we need to do, in order to establish a ‘majority rule’? And is there such a thing as a middle-class dog? 00:00 Intro 01:47 Who Did Ash Write ‘Minority Rule’ For? 06:39 On Being Deliberately Misrepresented by the Right 09:39 Melanie Phillips’ Transphobia 11:31 Do Right-Wingers Believe in Anything Other Than Advancing Their Own Status? 12:02 Politicians Are Pundits Now 14:36 The Left Is Winning Culturally, the Right Is Winning Everywhere Else 19:12 Larry Ellison, TikTok, Bari Weiss & The Free Press 22:50 Infinite Jest & Social Connection 25:29 Is All Social Media Bad? 27:52 How to Build Power 30:15 Dogs & Class 34:34 Does the Left Hate Britain? 40:05 On National Identity 42:28 The Crisis of Masculinity 46:37 Delete Your Dating App 51:19 What Happened to Your Party? 54:34 Your Party’s Social Networks Can Survive 55:54 Why Did Your Party Fail? 57:49 Building Solidarity Across Identity Groups 1:01:49 Who Is National Identity For? 1:06:32 What Can We Do About Stopping Reform? Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/ Discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Novara/_Media/ Sign up for the new Downstream Newsletter here: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters/the-downstream-newsletter/

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