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David Weinfeld @davidweinfeld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... truly excellent episode of American Prestige podcast with @noamscheiber.bsky.social talking to hosts @dbessner.bsky.social and @dwdavison.bsky.social about the collapse of the white collar economy and the class consciousness of underemployed college graduates
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E267 - Mutiny of the College-Educated Worker w/ Noam Scheiber
Podcast Episode · American Prestige · September 23 · 55m
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David Weinfeld @davidweinfeld.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
imperialistrealism.substack.com/p/nine-these... very much enjoyed @dbessner.bsky.social ‘s substack post on art and cancellation
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Nine Theses on Cancellation
“Art vs. Artist” at Liberalism’s End
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good point
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yes I have
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m sanctioned by Russia
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Think Tank Calendar @thinktankcalendar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Book Talk | Imperial Realism — Daniel Bessner (hosted by Annelle Sheline) · Wed Sep 9, 2026 · 16:00 UTC · Virt… thinktankcalendar.com/event/4866dc... #Unitedstates #Global #Diplomacy
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
why are you obsessed with me
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You’re at UW???
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thanks Mary!
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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@dbessner.bsky.social on "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century" (@zer0bookmarks.bsky.social). Daniel explains why "it's easier to imagine the end of the world than it is the American empire." Join to keep us free! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...
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New Free Hell! Daniel Bessner and "Imperialist Realism" | This Is Hell!
Daniel Bessner, author of the new book, "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century," on the day after it'
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Andy Beckerman @andybeckerman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Good times with American Prestige's @dbessner.bsky.social! The decline of Hollywood and, in general, society; calm dads; ambition & death; the historical contingencies of Nirvana + MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsBe...
The Beginnings weekly graphic featuring a professorial picture of this week's guest Daniel Bessner with the Beginnings logo superimposed over it
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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Come for the thoughtful analysis on Trump's foreign policy from @dbessner.bsky.social and @dwdavison.bsky.social, stay to hear @aaronregunberg.bsky.social rant about the sociopath he went to law school with who destroyed USAID. Eat shit, Jeremy Lewin.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This was a lot of fun, and I'm grateful to @dwdavison.bsky.social and @dbessner.bsky.social for having me on. It helped me develop my thoughts a bit further, which was really valuable. There are a few things I wish I'd mentioned about the "liberal international order" as an analytical framework. 🧵
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“American Prestige” takes a comprehensive look at U.S. foreign policy and int'l affairs, providing listeners with everything they need to know about what's going on in the world.
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American Prestige @amprestigepod.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
E246 - Cold War Liberal Empire w/ @dbessner.bsky.social and @mbrenes.bsky.social Danny Bessner and Michael Brenes are Derek's guests today as the group gets into topics from Danny and Michael's co-edited volume Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency. Link in the replies!
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Andrew Hartman @andrewhartman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The sixth and final episode of Marx Prestige, where @dbessner.bsky.social and I discuss the many facets of Karl Marx in America, is out now--this episode brings us up to the 21st century. I had a blast recording these. Thanks to @amprestigepod.bsky.social for doing it. Give it a listen!
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Yes, this is extremely complicated. But I believe in you Dr Joe Stieb, just take some time, walk down Franklin Street, and really ponder it. I think you can do it
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Yes this is very complicated to figure out, just try racking your brain for a second, eventually it will reveal itself to you
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Ajay Singh Chaudhary @materialistjew.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The good people @muftah.org had me and @dbessner.bsky.social on to talk the "Fascism Debate"! Even w/ a lot on the cutting room floor, and so much more to cover, it's a pretty deep dive. I hope generative at addressing this question and why it's important, analytically and politically...
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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I love when a leftist repeats some basic left-wing point the left has been making for years and liberals are like "Revealing. The mask has slipped"
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Yeah left maxxing doesn’t sound like an insult
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Obviously it’s justified do you think people shouldn’t interview Trump or other people you disagree with? Why would I have to justify this?
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
You have no idea what happened in that interview
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
You didn’t watch it!
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Also I was on his stream, you didn’t even watch it lol
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Do you know what reporting is? Is your opinion people should write about only things you approve of?
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
You’re saying I’m a Nazi?
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Being on someone’s stream is platforming them? Interesting
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Or did you not watch the interview, where I clearly stated I am reporting a piece?
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Do you know what “reporting” is? Do you understand that to “report” for an article, one must interview people?
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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Great pod with @yashalevine.bsky.social & Daniel Bessner about information as pacification pca.st/episode/6d9c...
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INFORMATION IS PACIFICATION W/DANIEL BESSNER
For this week’s vamp valley stream, I’m joined by Daniel Bessner to talk about how our politics are in the grips of a powerful decadent rationalist illusion: it’s the idea that information is power.…
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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Daniel Bessner explains how Cold War liberalism built the national security state and how the collapse of the liberal order helped create an opening for the far right. @dbessner.bsky.social
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Thanks to @thedriftmag.com and @erikmbaker.bsky.social for spreading the word about Cold War Liberalism edited by @mbrenes.bsky.social and @dbessner.bsky.social -- a volume that is sure to provoke much discussion. Available now in paperback from @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Today in the newsletter: @dbessner.bsky.social and I chat about the book on Cold War liberalism that he co-edited with @mbrenes.bsky.social and to which I contributed, which is out in paperback today newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/the-foundi...
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The founding ideology of American empire
Daniel Bessner and Erik Baker on Cold War liberalism and its afterlives
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Kaiser Kuo 郭怡廣 @kaiserkuo.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This week on the SinicaPodcast, I speak with Danny Bessner about Cold War liberalism, how American primacy became ideology, why the first Cold War was a choice, and what genuine restraint toward China would actually require. Links below!
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
If you want more of this, in conversational form, I spoke with my friends @dwdavison.bsky.social & Danny Bessner for a very Dead Cheney episode of @amprestigepod.bsky.social:
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American Prestige
“American Prestige” takes a comprehensive look at U.S. foreign policy and int'l affairs, providing listeners with everything they need to know about what's going on in the world.
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
It’s SO funny
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Turns out when someone is making jokes with the word bully in it that doesn’t actually mean they’re having a mental health crisis
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
To your first question: learn how to understand irony. To your second question: no that wasn’t me. Do your research
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
This site is incredible. Apparently there are hundreds of people who think I was truly referring to myself as a “hero” being “slandered.” This site, and this world, is cooked
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Yes most people seriously refer to themselves as a hero. You are a good reader and understander
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Lmao people are such dorks, apparently in their world someone would ever seriously say the shit I did
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Holy shit
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Way to reference Lucifer … the ultimate bully
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
BARVO … the b is for bully
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Wow the bully tries to use reverse psychology … classic bully maneuver
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Just what a bully would say
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
What’s it stand for then
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db @dbessner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I thought it was healthy for men to express emotions and then you bully me about crying
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