Is It Fascism or Just a Lack of Impulse Control? With Jonathan Larsen

E353 - Is It Fascism or Just a Lack of Impulse Control? With Jonathan Larsen

Published: February 4, 2026

Duration: 1:19:24

We are no longer waiting for the other shoe to drop: We are living in the aftermath. Rushkoff sits down with Jonathan Larsen, editor of The Fucking News, to ask the question: Now that we are soaking in authoritarianism, how do we get out?


While Rushkoff worries that the screen has been placed over the boiling pot, Larsen offers a crucial reframing: what we mistake for a grand fascist strategy is often just a lack of impulse control. He argues that diagnosing "fascism" can become a trap that leads to fatalism and paralysis. Instead, the most...