3.52 Auron MacIntyre, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies”
Episode 132
63 Min
October 7, 2024
ABOUT THE EPISODE
Listen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Auron MacIntyre on the concepts from his book: The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies.
3.52 – Auron MacIntyre Interview Show Notes
Timestamps
00:50 – Intro
04:50 – Auron MacIntyre’s Background
06:20 – The Wake Up Call of 2020
09:58 – Observations About 2020 from Trent Hunter
13:53 – The Thesis of Auron’s Book The Total State and ‘The Cathedral’
18:32 – Are We Blind to Communism and Managerial Ideologies Today?
21:35 – Managerialism in the Church vs. The Authority of God’s Word
26:06 – “Massification”
30:17 – The Need for Efficiency Leads to an Overreach of Authority
34:23 – Multiculturalism and the Creation of Conformity
37:46 – The Tower Babel Still at Work Today
41:18 – The Different Forms of Totalitarianism
47:08 – Why Should Christians Care About This?
52:46 – Takeaways from The Total State for the People in the Pew