Amanda Prestigiacomo
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3,699 appearances
17 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 5d ago
Amanda Prestigiacomo’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 17 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 8.
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What both sets of steps seem to be revealing is that this like core truth that
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Authoritarianism doesn't actually require most people to support it and it doesn't require most people to reject it.
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It just requires people to conclude
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Nothing I do matters.
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Exactly.
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It's not the opposite of authoritarianism, isn't some doing everything all the time, nor does it require this kind of Pollyanna belief that anybody else has the answer.
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I think that's what's happening right now.
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People are looking at Democrats and being like, oh shit.
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And then they're looking at Republicans and being like, oh shit, more.
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And then you don't have a belief in anything.
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And so you just throw your
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Hands up.
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It doesn't require optimism or a fidelity to a system.
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It's just participation in any level.
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It's such a powerful message.
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It's kind of like who needs enemies when your friends are the people who are like, it's over, we've lost.
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That's not a thing we can do.
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We don't have the luxury of doing that.
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And that's playing exactly into their game.
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I get the despair because I have it, but I also get that that is a strategic goal.
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