Contemporary populist movements on both right and left (Trump, Elon Musk) promote a radical lack of trust in institutions and advocate destroying existing institutions and reinventing civilization from scratch, which mirrors the revolutionary position of Leninism and Bolshevism from a century ago.
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Yuval Noah HarariEvidence Quote
“the Republican party today in the United States is a re is a revolutionary party”
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Yuval Noah Harari: Free Speech, Institutional Distrust, & Social Order | Making Sense #386— Sam HarrisCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:26:14 PM
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