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The Long Struggle Against Equality in America (w/ Kim Phillips-Fein)

Know Your Enemy by Matthew Sitman

Aug 24, 202601:44:32Society & Culture

Matt and Sam talk to historian Kim Phillips-Fein about her new book, Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America.

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