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Neon Liberalism #23: The Porn Brain of the New Right

Samantha Hancox-Li, Alan Elrod

19 Apr 2025 — 1 min read

Content warning: rape, pedophilia, and historical atrocities.

Join Samantha and guest Alan Elrod as they talk about the role of rape in conservative ideology, biopolitics as the Rosetta Stone of authoritarian reaction, and the pornographic fantasies that pervade the new right. Alan is the president and CEO of the Pulaski Institution, as well as a contributing editor at Liberal Currents.

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Links to essays on the subject from Alan and Samantha:

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/guys-win-andrew-tate-rape-politics-and-the-authoritarian-right/

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-gender-synthesis/

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