In this episode, we're pleased to welcome back historian Kim Phillips-Fein, one of the truly outstanding observers of the right, past and present, working today, for a conversation about her new book, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324074441" rel="noopener noreferrer">Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America</a>. It makes for a companion episode of sorts to our recent discussions on Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence, but this time about those who rejected equality: proponents of slavery, biological racists (in various forms), captains of industry, and more, from the American founding through today's tech billionaires like Peter Thiel. 
Listen: Bob Dylan, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEIMCWob3U" rel="noopener noreferrer">My Back Pages</a>"
Listen Again: "<a href="https://know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/w-kim-phillips-fein-I2G05H7o" rel="noopener noreferrer">The History of the History of the Right (w/ Kim Phillips-Fein)</a>," Know Your Enemy, Jan 18, 2024
Sources:
Kim Phillips-Fein, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324074441" rel="noopener noreferrer">Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America</a> (2026)
— <a href="https://kimphillipsfein.com/books/fear-city/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics</a> (2017)
— <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393337662" rel="noopener noreferrer">Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal</a> (2009)
Steven Hahn, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393635928/about-the-book/product-details" rel="noopener noreferrer">Illiberal America: A History</a> (2024)
Richard Hofstadter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Political_Tradition" rel="noopener noreferrer">The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It</a> (1948)
Louis Hartz, <a href="https://archive.org/details/liberaltradition00hart_0" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Liberal Tradition in America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since the Revolution</a> (1955)
...and don't forget to subscribe to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Know Your Enemy on Patreon</a> for access to all of our bonus episodes!

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